[Stein] Rockets Latest DMo offer "multiyear starts at a fully guaranteed $7m in Yr 1"

DMo has already cost himself $850K by not signing. By the 23rd, it will have cost him a million. That's a hell of a price to pay for not wanting to be traded. No one hates being traded that much. He just appears to have overvalued himself or can't come to grips with how much the failed medical exam with the Pistons has affected his next contract. Had he passed that exam he'd be getting at least what Mozgov got (4yr/64mil), but now he's looking at a deal starting at $7mil with the years after that non-guaranteed. That's gotta suck for him, but there are no other offers coming.

 

Given that he has a standing offer for more than twice what he made last season, he could skip half the season and make more money than he did last season.

 

That's because he played for peanuts on a rookie scale contract. Do you think Chandler Parsons would have wanted to give up 85% of the first year of his contract with Dallas just because he still would have made more than his last year with Houston? How does skipping half the season and losing $3.5 million help DMo at all?

 

If it gets him at least a 2nd year guaranteed then it's well worth it.

 

If he could play at a fraction of his true ability the team would easily pick up the option on his 2nd year. There's no reason to give up half his salary on his first year to get a guarantee on the second. And even if he doesn't his option picked up for some crazy reason, guess what? He's free! He can sign anywhere he wants as an unrestricted free agent. All he has to do is prove that he's healthy for a year and can play well and he'll get a huge contract. But sitting out for a half year or an entire season doesn't let him earn that next huge contract.

 

Sure, but he also runs the risk of getting cut or instantly traded to a team he doesn't want to play for with no salary protection. If I'm gonna run the risk of being traded, I'd want guaranteed salary to be part of that deal.

 

Agreed, that's probably the two things he's looking for and I also agree that he should have just taken the damn QO to begin with. We'll see how it plays out.

 

Why would Houston cut him? They're going to offer him a $7mil contract and cut him right afterward? Even his play last year wouldn't have warranted being cut. That's just a ridiculous concern. And if he were that concerned with being traded, which really isn't that bad, he could have just signed the QO. I really don't understand why he didn't just sign the QO. What he's doing makes no sense other than he's butthurt that the Detroit medical screwed him over on his big contract.

 

When you have a non-guaranteed contract you are ALWAYS at risk of being cut, ask literally any NFL player.

 

All true but what I meant is Morey will reduce the offer after the deadline rather than increase it.

 

You probably wanted him to sign the QO too?

Why can't you see what's happening here?

You guys that think DMo and BJ are stupid don't know what you're talking about.

 

Ever since the Faried farce when they hired a couple of CBA experts they aren't close to bottom 5. If they were the league would be in a nice place that a FO who doesn't give away contracts that are candidates for amnesty or stretch and has one of the best international scouting departments was at the near bottom.
Unfortunately the likes of Orlando, Wizards, NOP, Kings, Knicks and Lakers have them beat by far.

 

I think Morey would rather just decline and tell Dmo, sorry it didn't work out, we will try restricted free agency again next offseason.

Not having DMO for the rest of the season is not going to change our season in any material way.

Having rights to Dmo at a low cap hit, next offseason is more valuable.

As I said earlier in this thread, Dmo really ****ed himself in all this.

 

Seems like too smart of a deal for BJ to conjure up. All evidence I've seen thus far points to utter incompetence & negligence with his valued client. But I def. wouldn't be surprised though if the one year contract comes back into play.