If someone doesn't want to be on your team, you can't let that fester.
We can say they should have bought him out instead, but that's really an ownership decision.
So within the possible trades available for the team - really a Lucic type of deal was the only likely fit.
I maintain the mistake was the signing. I don't buy into the Lucic deal compounding it. In fact, allowing Neal to remain may have also compounded it.
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