As I heard today, this began as a discussion of "what if" between Harrison and Pelinka. That was three weeks ago. Then it got serious and moved beyond that to "what would it take to make it work".
As I also heard today on ESPN radio, apparently Harrison reached out to another team and was rebuffed immediately. That team was not named.
While I know that James's time in the league is coming to a quick end, this certainly extends his window. He's not going anywhere at this point and we're all just going to have to deal with it. For better or worse, this is where we are now. And while we all love to hate the Lakers, the NBA isn't going to have one of their biggest cash cows wandering off the main prairie.
I'm not going down the road to collusion between the commissioner and anyone else, but this is a pretty egregious move that has shaken the foundation of the league.
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