I think that it's possible that he and his agent have decided that the most prudent thing to do is wait to start playing even longer than the doctors think is necessary; and because of that decision they agreed to revise his contract amount downwards.
Who know's what is real, what is fake. But false and twisted reports seems to be common place. They only thing we can do is sit and wait. See where this goes. I hope he can come back this year. He could add some serious size and strength in the middle. Yet, time will tell...
