What he does or does not want is likely irrelevant. His group wants him in LA so that they can try to milk him for as much as they can get. Not one word from this assburger during the saga. Not one. As long as he gets to LA somehow, someway, I think he'll be happy enough to let his handlers run (ruin) his business for him.
That said: yeah. being able to trade him again (this time on a three year deal) would be sweet. Pop could cozy right the up to him and hold a joint press conference where Pop takes the lion's share of the blame for how things fell out. Then we flip his ass to another organization but for much better assets this time.