While there’s no official recording of this Twitter Space, many Twitter accounts in the space corroborate him saying this, and there were over 1k+ people listening at the time. Here’s some of the tweets and article quotes related to the story: Chris Haynes just confirmed that LeBron and the FO wanted Demar DeRozan first, but the FO not wanting to give Demar a 3 year deal (to open up space in 2023) made them pivot to Russ instead