Agree with you, did you also notice that Vardon phrased it (and also the tone he used) to LeBron "we were actually told to ask you", whereas what I got from watching Blatt's interview was that Blatt could care less if Vardon asked LeBron about it, but basically if Vardon wanted to follow up on it he would have to ask LeBron directly. It sort of implied at least to me that Blatt was possibly upset with LeBron for staying in and was sort of challenging LeBron to respond to that. Dunno, thats how I took it, it just seemed like he was trying to stir things up. To me Blatt was just saying ask LeBron that rather than me...get it from the horses mouth. But Vardon was twisting it in such a way as to suggest that Blatt wanted to know why Lebron did what he did or to somehow embarass LeBron for it. It's a minor thing but its the sort of thing that can set off one of these little sub plots, and Vardon knew that. you can tell blatt doesnt like Vardon much, and honestly who would given his lack of respect toward Blatt. Not saying a reporter should kiss people's asses but theres a difference between asking hard questions and trying to set people up to cause infighting.