The fallout and bad feelings from the rescinded trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hornets involving center Mark Williams continued Thursday when Williams' agent formally alleged the Lakers did not properly handle the physical examination that derailed the deal.
"The overwhelming sentiment, after conferring with multiple, nationally recognized doctors, is that the Los Angeles Lakers should not have failed Mark Williams on his physical," Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management said in a statement released by ESPN's Shams Charania. "Mark was ready and able to play for them and should have been given that opportunity.