re: CP already recruiting Bron to Houston

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guys daryl said he wanted to bring his free agents back at his press conference today. Sorry to rain on steiny’s speculation. This WAS steiny personal newsletter however. So it’s not him reporting on this but merely him giving his opinion. Which is wrong. In this case.

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Not exactly. He did say he wanted to bring his free agents back. But this exchange also happened:

Reporter 1: "You mentioned that you'd like to bring your free agents back... what happens if a high level free agent becomes available and expresses interest in joining the team?"

Morey: "Yeah, my job is to look at everything, and we'll explore that. We've got our key people in coach D'Antoni, Tillman, James, and Chris, and that group will all have to be united in going after certain guys."

Reporter 2: "To follow up on the previous question... if there is that kind of free agent available that he was describing, *[everybody laughs as everyone knows he's talking about LeBron]*, that would not match with your previous comments about wanting to bring everybody back. If you were to have to create the kind of the room for someone who would command a max contract, is that something you've already decided to rule out given what you said about bringing your guys back?"

Morey: "I think they match... so... that should tell you something."

Reporter 2: "Can you do that? With the math... Wouldn't you have to renounce your rights to create the room...

Morey: "We have new math."








So from that exchange, it's clear that Morey thinks he can go after a high level free agent, and still bring his guys back.