09-28-2023, 01:18 PM
I mean, I'm not trying to say it's true or not. Just that it was reported back around the time free agency started by Stein (and I want to say Chris Haynes also confirmed the rumor on their podcast). I feel like there was plenty of discussion about it at the time on this board, would be surprised if there wasn't considering how many folks on here share news from Stein's substack but maybe it just flew under the radar. I certainly remember being shocked we wouldn't simply remove Javale from the package if that's all it took which speaks to your point about red flags around Ayton. Funny looking back at it now since we ended up stretch waiving Javale anyway.