Saturday’s news of Tyson Chandler and the Suns working toward a buyout, which was completed Sunday morning as he heads to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, wasn’t surprising, but the timing was head-scratching to say the least.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, this agreement with Chandler has been in place for some time now, which raises major questions about why the Suns obliged a distressed asset’s demands? If this buyout was in the final stages during the offseason, why not pull the trigger then and let Chandler have his pick of teams with front court needs?