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Yeah, I remember expecting him to get a max contract in Detroit and have the team built around him. Not only did he not get that, they made no attempt to keep him and chose Jerami Grant instead, for more money than Wood got. 

Again, I think that for those who have to live day to day in these organizations, things like showing up to practice are more important than the one-sentence throw aways they become around here. It's understandable. We don't want to know how the sausage gets made, even if we think we do.

And a big reason they wanted Grant is because he was a culture guy.

I still have high hopes for Wood.  This is the best environment he'll be a part of.  Further, he'll respect Kidd.  And while it is purely coincidental, a side benefit of McGee is that he can be a big brother to Wood and went through a lot of turmoil in his 20s, a lot self inflected and some unfair.  Wood's going to have his best shot at thriving on and off the court.