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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5096746, member: 966"] Yeah, the “lowball” thing might be loose or sloppy language but it’s not an unreasonable take. The list of top salaries needs to be parsed in the context of contracts recently signed, not just overall. Hurley isn’t some recently fired coach, sitting around waiting for an offer—he’s at the top of his particular game and has options. It’s Los Angeles—a franchise that should have a coach at the top of compensation. It’s Los Angeles—a city at/near the top of cost of living. LA needs someone badly, at the end of Lebron’s window—there’s some desperation there. Hurley needed to be pried away from what he likely considers a great situation. And lastly-ish, the lowball thing was also related to the expectation that Buss was going to back up the Brinks truck and make an overwhelming offer. In the context of all that, the offer absolutely does seem low. And it evidently was… too low. [/QUOTE]