He signs a deal with another team and they are off the hook. They owe him a little over $10M I believe so if he takes 3/18M then he really gets 3/8M. 3/18M is already not enough for a title-winning coach. At least make the term longer, and in this case that's absolutely essential. They jerked him around about involving Kidd, Rambis and whomever else. So they are keeping him on a short leash, making him a laughable cash offer and they are also trying to pick his staff for him. It's no wonder he balked and evidently had his camp leak all the details immediately.