Along the way, were there times you thought it was coming? The deal would happen?
“Yeah, you do. Rob, I don’t have a relationship with him like I do with the other general managers because it takes time to get to know somebody, so I have to learn his style. But looking back on it, he did exactly what he was supposed to do. He took his time, he looked at every opportunity, narrowed it down, negotiated, went back to a different team and negotiated some more, and kept on coming back to you. I never thought it would be a four-team deal, I thought it might be a three-team deal. So even when I thought there might be a deal, he went out and found a fourth team to make it a better deal.”
Who brought in Philly and Denver?
“[Orlando] did.”
What tipped it? Why did things change on Wednesday?
“I have no idea, however one thing that may have been a part of it, players – rookies who were signed – they can’t be traded I believe for 30 days. And Moe Harkless was signed I think 31 days ago. So that may have had something to do with it. Maybe they were waiting, and maybe they were going to do something with Philly and weren’t going to tell us about it until they were sure. I know Denver was a late entry. They really didn’t commit until recently. So I’m starting to think there was always something there between Orlando and Philly, but they had to wait.”