Previously, it was rumored that Michael was hearing offers from teams in Europe, but he immediately turned them down because San Antonio is where Finley wanted to be. He also felt that it just was not right to move across the world at this point in his career.
If Finley had not resigned with the Spurs, it looked as if, the Cleveland Cavaliers would have made a hard push to sign the veteran. Danny Ferry was very interested when Michael was on the market.
The departure of Brent Barry to the Rockets might have pressured San Antonio to resign some of their veterans, namely Finley and Kurt Thomas.

