There is more to the story with this whole Mike Rob deal. There has still not been an explanation of his illness.
My conspiracy theory: His illness and correlating weight loss (which quite a few of the local media have commented on, most recently Eric Williams from the TNT on 710 awhile ago) made the team realize he wasn't going to be in game shape for awhile. They also realized that he would probably not draw much interest from other teams if they released him, which seems to be accurate. He is much more valuable to us in our system than he is starting from scratch elsewhere.
Now he has a chance to get back in shape and come back for a veteran minimum deal, which I think he would jump at.
I would not be surprised at all if this was all orchestrated and the lack of definitive commentary from Pete or John is part of the plan.
