Auto correct on the phone, but yes.
Passan was talking about the process of breaking rumors and trades, no one is getting this from the GM level.
So, Passan is not doing any reporting so far about Bryant. Buster IS doing reporting about Bryant. Therefore, it follows that there is no factual conflict about “interpreting” anything regarding Bryant, between Buster and Passan.
No clue about Buster’s actual sources but he’s a professional with a lot of good sources and many years of credibility regardng how to report a story. I think he knows how to report what somebody says to him and whether that source is in a position to know. That’s what journalists do. If it was a non-professional who knows a guy who knows a guy, then I’m with you.
You don’t have to have a source at the very top of the food chain to have an accurate, credible story. Not the way that journalism works when the top guy isn’t talking.
I get the notion that there’s been too much hoopla about this story given the unlikelihood of a trade. But, I don’t get the notion that there’s something inaccurate or not credible about Buster’s story.