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Message: [QUOTE="HyattsCuse, post: 5325713, member: 1538"] I have to wonder if there was more to this situation behind the scenes? I get betting on yourself, wanting a better opportunity, and all that, but you would think his agent had to know at least a little bit if his client had a market? Pre-NIL, we knew college guys got bags through back channels. Does it happen in the pros? Like are there situations where a team will pay a player indirectly maybe sometime in the future to NOT take his player option? In this case, a team like the Celtics would be motivated to do that if paying Oshae to not take his player option benefits them in significant luxury tax savings. May seem unlikely, but I find it hard to believe that NBA teams operate completely within the rules all the time. [/QUOTE]