that was just that, of course i am aware you cant use two amnesty provisions in one year or anything close to that. stretch/waive leaves them with the diminished hit, sure, but in the grand scheme it was not a deal breaker.

pretty flimsy justification for saying i "know nothing," especially when the question at hand (which we agree on, apparently) was just about what price they should be willing to re-sign kobe at.

not "everyone knew," if you go back to the threads loads of people were talking S+T possibilities, even with houston. it started with some discussion about their interest in lin, asik and whatever, well before the thread you linked.

anyway, i'm not that pissed about it at this point, apologies if i went overboard or whatever. i just don't appreciate that kind of misquoting. i make enough mistakes of my own, i dont really need the stuff i get right held against me too.