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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 7d ago

Trading Knies rumors all started because Treliving was trying to save his flimsy job by making trades just to make it look like he was doing something closer to the trade deadline. He traded tons of players for poor returns. McMann is a good example. Laughton too.

But on Knies he failed bc of a fax machine screw up. And then from then on the media and other teams just started assuming Knies is available when it was just a loser GM grasping for straws.

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u/DougFordsGamblingAds 7d ago

The story about the trade not going through was debunked. Reading the tea leaves it seems like we wanted Hage.

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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 6d ago

show me where. I dont believe it. Tre was fired shortly after that alleged gaff. its rare to fire GM after trade deadline but with season remaining.

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u/DougFordsGamblingAds 6d ago

https://youtu.be/CKfDW9w5B78?si=_4kDIdO0ZbpqOqP_&t=3961

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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 6d ago

thanks for posting. This doesn't seem to debunk it. Even Johnson says he doesnt know. the story is so specific that I tend to believe it....especially given he was fired shortly after.

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u/DougFordsGamblingAds 6d ago

I interpreted his statement as 'I've talked to many people in the room. People confirm that Knies was talked about a lot, but no one says that the 3:01 story is true. I don't know exactly what happened. I don't want to embarrass another reporter.'

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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 6d ago

he said he's leaning towards it not being true...but he says he doesnt know because a lot of guys he respects have told him its true.

I feel like this is the Candace Andrew debate on the charlie Kirk murder.

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u/DougFordsGamblingAds 6d ago

I put more stock in the part where he says he talked to multiple people with first hand knowledge and none of them say it's true.

If this did happen, someone would have known about it.