RE:When should this move had been made?
Right when it was.
We can talk in the hypothetical about when Nellie should have been gone or what moves should or should not have been made, but if not for the assemblage of ill-fitting pieces we traded off over the last off season, this team would look completely different right now.
Not to mention the fact that AJ probably wouldn't be here.
I think Nellie realized that
a. He was no longer able to take the stress of fully investing himself in this team
and
b. that AJ could very well be the final piece of the puzzle...and that Nellie will still get credit for putting it together.
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