Offered him $1.5 million. The going rate is $4 mil to $5 mil.
Sounds like a good decision by Chauncey. That looks like a ****storm in Cleveland. No-win situation. If he went, it would be for the money and they weren't offering enough to make it worth the headaches that would inevitably result.
The money issue would certainly be a red flag if I were in his shoes.
I also still think that Cleveland has a bad ownership situation. It has been covered for because LeBron is from the area he and his ability to attract other players has kept them near the top but Dan Gilbert wasn't exactly the model owner before the LeBron era and I don't think he has changed much.
If the rumors are true and LeBron heads for the west coast I could see that job being an ugly one, certainly one worth a lot more than being one of the lowest paid GMs in the league.