DMO's agent "Rockets not doing enough to re sign him"

And Dmo is?

 

DaDa

How has DMo proved his back is ok?

Rocket River

 

If this was a certain "type" of player holding out, he would be labeled as selfish and the negativity towards him on these boards would be severe.

However since he isn't "lazy" or "fat" or "urban"; he gets a serious pass.

I note the little criticism being unleashed is against his agent... an "urban" former player.

 

So you are saying he isn't lazy or fat and he is dodging criticism because of that. Doesn't that make sense? Personally I have no idea if he is lazy or fat or urban. I also think he gets plenty of hate. Check what people thought of him before he played out of his mind lol

 

"We" don't know; but wouldn't one expect DM the GM to know? And there's the matter of a physical. Insurance = complete physical, front and BACK.

 

I am saying that certain players are labeled a certain way, regardless of the validity of the label; based on their appearance or background.

 

I'm so sick of this thread and just wish that he would sign for what we are offering, because he won't get more. I'm just posting here because there is nothing else to talk about.

 

Who are you referring to? Why would dmo be considered fat and lazy? Are you talking about Harden last season? That might have been because he was smashing a Kardashian. Not me though he was still my lord and savior. but ya maybe you are referencing someone else?

 

Just write that kind of stuff off as incoherent babbling. There's no reason to give it any kind of validity.

 

He played well in spurts in the playoffs - he looked good - when he got some consistent burn.

DD

 

There's been no rumors of any other team pursuing him so I can't figure out what the hold up is. If someone else wanted him this would have been over by now. No one else does so......

 

DMo when healthy has shown a touch for being able to score in the post. He's someone who can be in an offensive set in the post, score on most defenders, as well as hit some open threes. That is huge because he can be a legit scoring option when Harden is not on the floor.

His defense even at his healthiest always had weaknesses. As his minutes increased so did his injuries, and then he's been up and down since then. His defense seems to be worse than it was before. It is true that his offense can't be expected to be the same without getting touches, but over stressing an injury could be career ending. Having less of a career should be preferable to having no career because of injury. He failed a physical, and has been prone to injury.

It isn't fair to point to times when he was just acclimating himself to the league and saying he wasn't injured then. Because once he was relied upon by the Rockets he became injured. The Rockets clearly(and probably wisely) aren't willing to invest heavily in someone who may not be able to play regularly because of injury.

 

I just realized that over the last day or so this thread has surpassed the Jeremy Lin as a Brooklyn Net thread in number of pages.

 

Then he backed out of the Olympics. (No pun intended).

You could say he was making sure not to get injured, but man... what a great opportunity to show everyone what you've been wanting them to believe. Seems like not playing basketball is what he's good and consistent at lately.

 

Yeah, he did, but it is pretty common practice for guys without a deal to sit out, Kevin Love did it, IIRC....guys without deals don't take the risk.

If his back is not healthy, then why did the Rockets play him? Clearly they know he is healthy or they wouldn't have even made the QO to him.

I find the whole back is injured narrative frankly ill - informed and stupid because of the above.

DD

 

I hope this ends already.. so everybody can move on with this dragging issue

 

Cuts both ways though. If he knows his back is healthy, then play in the Olympics and ease the market concerns. Because he isn't Kevin Love. If he knows his back is healthy, then take your team's offer and understand it just isn't your time yet to press leverage you don't have. If he is so confident of his back being healthy, then play this 16-17 season. Because he literally has nothing to lose right now sitting on the couch with a phone that hasnt rung in 4 months.

 

I'd meant to quote HP in this. This is for you, HP. You were talking about the Asik trade.

I think enough time has passed that I can share this without feeling I'm betraying a confidence. It's just an interesting little story. In Nov or Dec of 2013 Daryl was acting in a play I was directing and had to drop out because Asik was demanding a trade. We made the common decision to replace him in the play so he could focus on an Asik trade. I asked him who he'd want for Asik way back then and he answered "Asik three years ago."

 

Some of you people need to read the whole thread so you can realize that your saying the same thing over and over again. Sometimes 3 & 4 different times.

LET'S GET THIS SEASON STARTED ALREADY!

 

I can see the value he CAN bring to a team. I have not seen that value on the court recently and, when I did see it, it was incredibly short-lived.

D-Mo needs to SHOW his value. It is a natural fact he will be paid an ungodly sum of money once he does.

The problem here is he's insisting on a big payday for what he CAN do (maybe) and not what he has DONE.

I keep repeating this question and you keep ignoring it:

Why do you think you know better than every GM in the league?

A RFA's value is set by the offer sheets he receives, from the qualifying offer to the alternate offers. D-Mo's value was set by the Rockets at 4.4 mil. 29 GM's had a chance to offer him more. Zero out of 29 offered him more. Hence, his value is 4.4 mil.

This isn't Morey trying to get a discount. This is his official, actual value, as determined by 30 teams and 30 GM's.

Why should Morey pay him more than any other team is willing to do? That would be overvaluing him.

It's like selling something for $X OBO (or best offer). D-Mo's value is 4.4 million OBO. Since there were zero other offers, his value is 4.4 million.

Why do you think that you and holic (only) know better than 30 GM's?