shrink wrote:jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:My assumption with reporting about obviously unbalanced trades is that something got left out. In this case I'd guess that Maxey being included gets this close enough to be a counter that isn't a joke.
This is the same GM who leaked that he wanted Fox and multiple 1sts for Simmons in an attempt to set the market.
The book on Morey has been that ever since he got his first GM position, he’s been spamming the other 29 teams with multiple bad offers, sometimes multiple ones within the same week. He is also reported to be very slow to accept an offer that he thinks isn’t a big win. This privately annoys several GMs, who have often accused Morey of not bargaining in good faith. For years, there have been rumors about him being like this, and several leaks were made during the Ben Simmons fiasco that correlate. I totally believe this was an actual Morey offer.
Well, the Cavs run a very tight ship and this "rumor" appeared to leak through Philly sources.
So, it's worth mentioning there are two reasonable explanation for why a GM would make a ridiculous ask:
1) He's trying to expose a leak in his organization (by even talking about this we're accepting there is one);
2) He's trying to obfuscate a legit rumor that's out there with some false ones (maybe Harris was getting upset because of leaks).