First I don't know that I believe Mike Florio stories. There is something about him that makes me immediate doubt whatever he puts onto the page.
Second I don't see Clay's brother as having the whole story either just because he is related to Clay doesn't mean he knows exactly what his brother was thinking. As an example Greg Jenning's sister didn't have it completely correct. Another example is a lower profile one. My daughter called me a few weeks back concerned that I was upset with how much we had to pay for her wedding. She had heard from someone (she didn't say who and I didn't ask) that my wife and I thought it was going to cost us too much money and that we would have to refi the house to pay for it. While we may have kidded about the costs of weddings in this day and age and how ridiculous the costs are, we never said anything about being upset with the costs that we are responsible for. Nor did we even think about needing to refi. I actually offered to help pay for more than what she and my s-i-l have asked us to handle.
So unless Clay comes out and says so publicly it means nothing to me.