He didn't decide to sign with Charlotte until after the Nash domino fell and he knew for certain that that he wouldn't get a long-term deal in LA (I distinctly remember hoping he would still opt-in and be the backup PG because he played so well with the faster 2nd unit...he always had the ball in his hands on the break or screen-roll, he and the 2nd unit absolutely dominated @Houston in the 4th quarter, his 2nd game wth the team....once he became a starter, he was relegated to a spot-up shooter because of the double-post offense with Bynum and Pau)

Abbot is a notorious hack...Nash talking to Kobe about his role in a D'Antoni offense (when Mike Brown was the coach lmao), and the idea of PG somehow coming to LA even as a restricted FA lmao exemplify that.