Elliotte Friedman

It was the overalls, the jerk.

It just wasn't going to work out.

Oh my gosh.

That is so good.

Yeah, I'm staying out of this particular part because I've heard about three different versions about what happened.

And I knew once that got out that it was gonna be a thing and people were gonna say, how did it not happen?

And I've looked into it enough from when I first found out about it that I've heard several different answers.

And like I said, people are adamant that the version that they have is the truth.

And I'm not gonna call anybody a liar and I can't say that one person is right or one person is wrong.

I think basically the simplest way to answer it, Mike, is that, you know, the day before the deadline, we reported that NICE was potentially available.

And I think at that point in time, until it got out, there were only maybe one or two teams that knew.

And all of a sudden, everybody knew and it got crazy.

And sometimes that happens.

Sometimes you just run out of time.

And I think that's what happened here.

Now, in terms of who is responsible, both teams have to file something with Central Registry saying, hey, this is what we're talking about.

And you have to do it before 3 p.m.

Eastern.

And

You know, for example, the Toronto trade with Lawton to the Kings, I think that one legitimately happened at like 259.57.