In a fascinating new column on HoopsHype from big-time player agent Bernie Lee, the longtime player rep shared a compelling story about a meeting with the Celtics and one of his free-agent clients. A big focus has been trying to figure out which mystery player Lee was referring to in the story, but it’s not too difficult to piece this puzzle together.
In the piece, Lee described going into a free agency meeting last summer with “a client I had at the time who had underperformed for years and was going to be on a vastly reduced contract, with the thought that if he could prove he was healthy, his value would return.