I do believe that vacationing can play a role this time of year, but I think that these types of stragglers are being held up by an agent not wanting to concede to certain  clauses and stipulations. 

 

There are so many little clauses written in to protect a team (or player) in the event of injury, under-performance, early release, arrest, suspension etc. 

 

I think one or more of these is holding up the deal, and the team is likely just waiting on the agent to either fold or meet in the middle. 

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