He would've done so. He didn't (as is his right) so he could keep all of his options open. Nothing wrong with that, but it's also the right of everyone else (including The Bad Lying Media Elites) to wonder if/when you're leaving.

Nobody felt sorry for Lebron when he took the Heat to their 4th straight Finals and everyone took it as a foregone conclusion he was going back to Cleveland, why is KD so special? Get another 90's hip hop related tattoo and STFU.