I believe NTCs can be written in varying ways as well, so it’s entirely possible that Noah didn’t have to submit his trade list until somewhat recently - and at that stage he could have used it as a ploy. Listed 8 of 16 possibly playoff bound teams as teams he won’t go to, immediately limiting the field down to 8 possible teams - and it may be 8 teams that Brisson knew weren’t overly interested in Hanifin’s services, effectively giving Noah complete control over the situation in that he’d have to waive his NTC for any team that is actually interested in him.
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