...dragging their heels in general. The organization talked a big game about wanting to re-sign X-Man, but then tried to sign Harvey Grant for (what was then) pretty big money (he was a restricted free agent and the Bullets matched the offer).

Shoot, they tried to complete the Charles Smith/Doc Rivers trade before X-Man signed with Boston.

So for all their "We were going to offer McDaniel more money than he got in Boston" talk, they never actually committed.