I still think my theory about the Bagley camp is far and away the most likely scenario. I dare anyone to debunk it. TBH i'm good at reading the tea leaves with this sort of stuff. Nothing I've seen since has dissuaded me from that stance.. It stands to reason.
Even Carmichal here says "I can believe he had a source".. The catalyst to that source is Marvin's camp... Otherwise, I'm supposed to believe the front office out of the blue, on their own volition, is saying Marvin (who's clearly making tons of defensive mistakes) should start over Bjelly? who's fingerprints are all over our wins? C'mon now.
There are obvious layers to the onion beyond whats being reported
If you think back to opening night wasn't there some social media post from Marvin's camp, a gif of him shrugging or something like that? (perhaps in response to not being in the starting lineup?). After seeing this report, I'd say we've got some grounds to establish intent... We don't really need to re-trace all sorts of odd steps to figure that Marvin wants to start over Bjelly, who's someone the Kings aren't nearly as invested in as Marvin... Most players enter the league with little weight to throw around, not Marvin, not here..
I'm telling ya thats why he wanted to get drafted as high as possible while other players were picking and choosing their spots, because he knew he had weight to throw around wherever he landed.... He's young, and probably aware that the clock is ticking much faster for most everyone around him than him, what I mean is he can afford to wait and has MAJOR leverage, I'd say enough to spur on this whole report.....
Bottom-line; Who stands to gain from this? It's Marvin....... It's not the media pointing fingers like Nelson Muntz at the Kings, u gotta have a real victim mindset to believe that.