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We had a meeting at the first possible moment — 9 p.m. in L.A. — with little-used Indiana Pacers forward Solomon Hill, and realized our hopes of getting him for "just" four years and $40 million were unrealistic given the multiple rivals lining up to beat our offer (New Orleans eventually got him for four years and $52 million). We tried to get Eric Gordon to take $40 million, since he'd known our star guard, Mike Conley, since childhood; we didn't know he had more than $50 million waiting for him in Houston . We also bailed on a five-team bidding war for a player who averaged seven points the previous season, when we all stopped, looked at each other and asked, "What are we doing here?" He got nearly as much as Hill and Gordon.
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