Have your agent tell the team you want a trade. Give them your list in order of preference. Tell them you won't sign an extension anywhere else and let them handle business behind the scenes or let them make it public.

I also think he should have done it in early January so they could have had more time to shop. I don't think he was for 'public' sentiment, that was likely his agent but he signed off on it so in that sense he's responsible.

I think if it was a private request, they would have moved him.

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