Woodsanity wrote:They wouldn't fail him without reason. He is damaged goods most likely.
If I'd have to guess, what happened was that the circumstances of the trade were right after the Luka trade and right before the deadline. Luka was in shock but the Lakers banked on him being happy and staying happy in L.A so when his camp promptly conveyed that he would like that to acquire a lob-threat center (akin to Lively etc.), someone in the org wanted to make him happy and jumped the gun on this trade, it all happened very fast and it was a hectic couple of days over there, i'm betting
maybe the trade didn't go through all the usual proper channels, maybe someone who wasn't really informed until the deal was already in place weighed in or they had time to look into it deeper and just decided it wasn't really worth it..cold feet
and yes they knew a future arbitration will side with them, because u can always argue that your doctors saw whatever (even if other doctors say disagree, it's ultimately a team's perogative to have their own doctors vet the incoming player)
buyer's remorse, nothing more