Joel Lorenzi

I don't know, I don't think that escalated to negotiation at the time.

That could obviously change as we get closer to the deadline.

I think, I mean, it's becoming pretty clear.

Like, obviously the league is more nuanced and the trends happen so fast, but like,

I think some of the best teams can say that there's a price to the mission as far as how many ball handlers you need, how many sound guys that could handle coverages in a playoff setting, right?

And Minnesota for a while has known that Ant is their guy and they want to alleviate some of the coverages that happen with him because there's maybe no star right now

as at least high leverage, high scoring guard, that's as susceptible to double teams right now than Ant, just because of the personnel.

So it makes sense, right?

Like a basketball thing, it makes sense.

The questions I'd ask then...

as far as the basketball fit, this is not even the business side of it.

The basketball fit, I ask, well, what role does that put Kobe in?

You can, I mean, he's in like year six.

We can, I, I,

I don't want to put a ceiling on him, right?

I mean, there are encouraging things about him.

At his best, he can score in a flurry.

He has good free throw numbers, good free throw rates.

But he's also very turnover prone right now.

The decision making is...