Mavs 108, Thunder 116

[Kammrath]

I think there is actually some chance that it was KP's people who were initially sniffing around trying to gauge the level of interest, possibly without notifying the Mavs in advance of the effort. 

Just something about KP's veiled expressions of dissatisfaction, the Mavs' staunch denials, and KP's lack of surprise, and his acknowledgement that it had happened and unfortunately "got out."

This also 100% makes sense of what we know. In fact I would bet on this if I had to choose who "started" the sniffing around process. If this is the case I bet the Mavs said to KP and company:

1) We want you to give things a chance for things to work out here.

2) We will do our due diligence to figure also possible win-win landing spots if it comes to that.