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However this turns out, if the stuff about Brisson is true, it's brutal.

What a grind this year has been for Conroy. It was already tough to have to deal with Tre's, um, legacy. On top of that, the whole league seems to have been trying to squeeze a first-year GM. He's done remarkably well so far.

This may end up being one of those scenarios in which you take a slightly lesser deal from a rental team in order to send a message to Brisson and other agents that this organization won't be strong armed, a la Burke not moving Cammalleri.

From a pure asset management perspective, that didn't make sense. But, looking back and as Burke said at the time, it was an important non-move that reset the perception of the organization around the league.