Y'all are forgetting about Johnny's 5 team trade list and how it would have limited options. The list itself would have been some interesting tea leaves to consider.
I suspect Tre presented the scenarios, possible trade returns, and his recommendation to ownership before a few pressure points (July 28, and TDL).
Before NTC kicked in, I think the decision was to see how the season went and then reassess, since they didn't see a huge differential in how the returns would change.
Trading him before TDL is simply LOSER thinking given the circumstances. And this comes from a huge pessimist who thought the team had <5% chance of making the finals and like 1% chance of winning the cup.
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