My apologies to you, Mr. O'Connor. I applaud the outstanding trades you've done each year to improve the team. And you sure are astute in your bargaining tactics. Pure genius how you maximized the Deron deal by haggling on the compensation. I suggest before heading out for a relaxing weekend, you call the other 29 teams in the league and ask them if they'd like to "do something." Shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. Maybe when you return from the slopes, you'll have a few calls waiting with trade proposals that others have thought up."
""Nets general manager Billy King said the deal came together quickly.
"I had talked to [Jazz general manager] Kevin O'Connor yesterday," he said. "He asked me would I do something. And I said no, then I called him back and asked, 'I wonder if you'll do this.' And he said, 'Let me look at it. We talked a couple times yesterday. And then I guess he visited with his ownership. I visited with mine. And this morning we came to an agreement.""
