Tbh I don't buy it at all, to me it sounds like posturing to lower his price.
12% of the cap is fine money for a proven starting caliber forward, this summer LAL had all the cap space of this world and almost all they did was throwing long-term money at bench players.
Also considering that our new FO doesn't leak anything (I mean it's probable Stein got the Sasser news from the Pistons side, not the other way around) I don't think we directly put PJ on the market, I think it's what other teams assume.
12% of the cap is fine money for a proven starting caliber forward, this summer LAL had all the cap space of this world and almost all they did was throwing long-term money at bench players.
Also considering that our new FO doesn't leak anything (I mean it's probable Stein got the Sasser news from the Pistons side, not the other way around) I don't think we directly put PJ on the market, I think it's what other teams assume.
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