keith smith talking to execs about it. and again, dirk nowitzki, gary trent, etc. all required trust in a way that can't be punished. what i mean is, what they did isn't against the rules because they didn't sign an illegal contract. trent accepted milwaukee's promise they'd take care of him, and then they did. dirk accepted dallas's promise that they'd take care of him, and they did. minny got busted for joe smith because there wasn't enough trust there, and they signed an illegal contract (wise, btw, as i'm sure mchale is like his buddy ainge on the loyalty front). what the clips did IS against the rules, and there IS a paper trail.
Steve Ballmer could put an end to this all tomorrow based on his first public statement on the matter. He said that it was “provably false”…..so ok. Where is your proof and why haven’t you released it? Edit: He could have just said this didn’t happened but he said provably false. Ballmer is a very smart man and knows the difference. Words matter, so do ethics which he seems to be short on.