Norris Cole probably had the most anticlimactic summer vacation since Chevy Chase punched out Marty Moose outside of Wally World.
Thanks to Miami failing to extend Cole last off-season, New Orleans was able to offer Cole a qualifying offer just north of $3 million. Cole's people, namely his agent Rich Paul, felt that he could get a better offer from somewhere else, the only problem was "somewhere else" never materialized. I don't know how much money Paul and Cole were hoping to get but nobody was offering and New Orleans didn't have to jack up their own price tag.