“We made a suggestion to him, it’s effectively chronicled, within the fall, considerably larger than what he finally did find yourself signing for. So I assumed it was particularly reasonable,” Lacob stated of the reported two-year, $48 million provide earlier than final season. “Particularly reasonable, if no more than honest on the time. We’re making an attempt to anticipate what the market is for him. We’re making an attempt to be actually honest to him and acknowledge him for who he’s. And so we did that and that was not acceptable to them. That’s their selection. At that time, , we kind of must go to free company, we instructed them. Get nearer to that day and see how the staff is forming, so how we do that yr, and see how the team-forming course of was going. And we had been doing that. “But you know, to be frank and honest, Klay made the decision prior to the beginning of free agency and he informed us of it that his intention was to not come back. … He referred to as me and stated the identical belongings you heard (at Klay’s Dallas information convention). Klay is an open e-book. He felt he wanted for a wide range of causes to have a recent begin. -via New York Times / July 26, 2024
