Steve Mills said that Kristaps Porizingis threatened to go back to Europe to finish his rehab if he weren't traded by the New York Knicks by the trade deadline.
Mills recounted the story at a Knicks fan forum on Wednesday.
“When he walked into our office, my office, and Scott [Perry, Knicks GM] was sitting there with me, and point blank said to us, ‘I don’t want to be here, I’m not going to re-sign with the Knicks, and I’ll give you seven days to try and trade me or I’m going back to Europe,'" said Mills.
Mills and Scott Perry added that they started receiving trade offers for Porzingis last September.