Yaron Weitzman
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Yeah.
He did not want to take it out.
And their intel was right.
That's the thing.
Paul George โ I mean, I never know.
I put it in because someone close to LeBron, who I trusted, told me if Paul George โ if that trade โ
If Paul George goes to Cleveland, LeBron doesn't leave.
And I weighed when they put it in because I'm like, I don't... That seems like a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking, but...
I mean, I trusted the quote enough where I was like, I put it in, and it's fascinating to think.
And the answer would be, I guess, that if the team's that good, is LeBron really leaving Cleveland if Paul George is there, right?
Right, right.
We're pointing out that trade was so funny because it's one of these awesome examples where I heard Dave's story.
You get tipped from five different people five different ways.
And one of the reasons I was asking for help is I think I kind of โ
I think it was one of these things where I had to X out like a thousand words because I didn't have it fully verified or like there was some โ one assistant GM was contradicting something.
Another player personnel guy and another GM was saying from a different team.
And I think it just became one of these things.
The wires got crossed on some of these things.
But in the end, it's the ownership and that Indiana โ
correctly i guess it seems like realize that lebron whether it was intel or assuming that like hey if paul george is here he's just not gonna leave right like that's a great team but was able to convince herb simon and as the case is always and you see like the gm's job and others have told me number one might be managing up and if you can figure either that could be manipulative or making sure the correct information gets through but like that's the job and if you could figure out that like then you can do a good job