I am as left as it gets and I still find that disgusting. Dude lost Nerlens Noel 58 million dollars, let him be hated for a while, and yes there must be some racist people who hate him for being black, those are sick disgusting people, but Nerlens is black too and defending Noel against Rich Paul is not racist, it is black vs black and we are defending another black person, not a white one.
As far as I know, Rich Paul just advises Noel not to sign any contract because Rich Paul can give him a better deal, but this is just a verbal advise because at that time Rich Paul was not his manager. So Noel dump his former manager and then sign with Paul.
However, he gets injured, and guess what, your value goes down after you get yourself hurt in this league. Unless you are KD who can still sign max contract. But he is not a superstar player, that's why one one offered him close to $58 million after that injury. So NBA players job is not secure, if any teams offered you good money then accept it. We all have heard the case of Dennis Schröder, decline $80 million and look at what he is getting per year.