But tells it's a "Smart vibe" instead of negative vibe

Letting go Joe for nothing is not smart from ASG, giving him 120M is not smart from ASG and Joe (because he kills the team improvement even if they want to spend more than before, which still need to be seen).
Joe at 90 or 96M/6yrs is smart for both.
If he prefers 120M+70M he already got from ATL and not winning anything at 90M+70M and a better chance to win something by allowing to add one more MLE guy (maybe ASG want to spend one MLE this year but not next year if Joe is at 120M), then he's not smart but has an ego problem or a money problem.
Just look at SAS, they wouldn't have all these titles if Ginobili and Parker were money problem guys.
They could go to other team and get more, which Joe already did from PHX to ATL...