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

Morey is pretty pretty shady guy. He would probably trade his grandma if he had to. I guess that probably better than Rudy who was loyal to a fault and gave guys like Matt Maloney and Moochie Norris big contracts.

 

His best option would have been to sign the QO play it out and get a contract next year as an UFA.

 

I don't understand this post at all. Detroit was the one who rescinded the trade, saying D-Mo's physical didn't check out. How is this Morey doing something dirty?

 

DMo plays in Europe for a season, proves his health, gets big offer sheet next summer, walks away for nothing. This is what's going to happen. What will be your excuse for Morey then?

 

That would be fine. It's not like Dmo is a Allstar. Plus he is not going to make 4.4 mill even in Europe. I don't think any Euro team will do a one year deal with him. They may want at least 2 years, maybe 3. If he wants to go that route more power to him. Kick rocks! I would still fire my agent.

 

This^^ BJ is not really helping DMo's cause as much as he's trying to make a name for himself. I think DMo will get paid, but he needs to prove this season that he's worth it.

 

You do realize that he will still be a RFA, so if he gets a big offer sheet and is actually worth it, we can match it right?

 

Does anyone know if he is fully healed?

 

So the Roxs are not doing enough? Hope they keep it that way.

 

It's very comical that a few people are actually trying to blame BJ for this man not getting any offers.

Stop deflecting and address the real elephant in the room.

 

What does that have to do with him deciding to play in Europe? The NBA's RFA rules only pertain to the NBA. DMo is a man without a contractual obligation and can play wherever he wants, and we only have his NBA rights. If he signs with a European team, we can't simply match the contract and retain him.

 

That's assuming he stays there. If he comes back, I believe we still own his rights as a RFA. If he does go to Europe, good on him. At least he won't be playing with another team.

 

What ever happened to the pink elephant that bbasketballholic was talking about?

 

It was about as real as his self-proclaimed insider status.

 

Right, he could go over there and prove something for probably less money and then come back to rfa status. Maybe some other nba team at that point offers something since it'll be a newer mix tape... But obviously that depends on what club/where he plays over there. I'm looking forward to this moving along so he can either get a good deal after a year or move on. Hopefully he helps rockets a lot and proves he's worth it and recovered. It's not my money I just want the team to win

 

You don't know Euro basketball then, they would be all over a short deal. Even for couple months. Player like DMo would guarantee you a trophy in most Euro leagues. Europe doesn't do these long 3-4-5 year contracts like NBA. Most common contract in Europe is 1+1.

 

Euro Leagues favor the short deals with Americans not other Europeans. They lock up other Euro Players(see Sergio Lull)
Also, just so you know DMo wasn't averaging but 9 or 10 minutes a game as a Euro player before coming to the NBA and you think he will guarantee some Euro Team a Trophy!!! Maybe one of the lower level leagues, but he should want to play against the top competition there and I don't think he guarantees anything until he proves he can play significant minutes.

 

My favorite BHolic position was when he swore up and down that Dantoni wanted him to play off the ball, which just so happen to correlate with his own personal feelings on the subject which he endlessly lamented onto the forum. Flash forward to today, James Harden, starting PG....whooops.

 

I guarantee you that without googling you can't name 3 players who have 4 or more years contract in Europe. Teenagers, 13 year old etc, they do SOMETIMES sign 5 year deals with teams, then play on their youth squads before moving to main team. But grown players, Americans or not, do not sign long deals. I said majority of the contracts are 1+1, I didn't say there aren't some long term deals, but there's so little of those that it's not worth talking about them.
I already forgot why are talking about it... Oh yeah, you said Euro teams wouldn't sign DMo for 1 year, and I just wanted to correct you, since I have a lot of info about it, being Euro myself, that they PREFER short deals, because they don't have long term deals with sponsors, like NBA have billions worth media deals. In Europe you go after new sponsors EVERY YEAR. Your budget is different EVERY YEAR. You NEVER know what your budget gonna be next season, so they can't afford to make long deals. With a few exceptions, teams like Barcelona or Real, they get money from their football clubs, so they don't have to bother about sponsors and can make long term commitment to their players. But that's just 2 teams out of 1000s.

 

I think so too, but we are not privy to all the inside info, and machinations - there is probably more to this than any of us know.

DD