At this point, I think I'd just let him walk. Let's bring back the good ol' days and "Make Utah Hated Again!"
Don't you have to play the PR game a bit? Holding a player against his will may not play well with potential FAs, however in the wrong the player may be. It seems like matching was pretty close to a split decision anyway. I do agree that it's a dangerous precedence. Feels like Silver should step in and go Stern on this thing.
@cyberx said something before about being an "LA" fan and many assumed he was a Lakers fan, I think in part because he seems to hear a bunch about the lakers (probably because that will always be the team in LA) so i could understand it being the clippers actually. If I recall correctly he says he posts here because he truly enjoys clutchfans and thinks its the best fan site around and has met and likes @Clutch
Against his will? He signed a deal, there are obligations on his part once he does that. Do you see Steph Curry refusing to show up because he thought "Hey, teams are willing to pay me more than the contract I already signed."? This stuff is legally binding and the Rockets have no incentive to let him out of a deal just so he can sign one that's more expensive for them to match.
it should be on Silver to come out with some form of retribution against Armstrong to set a precedent that reinforces for Agents that he was the one who screwed up royally and this won't be tolerated in the future. The Rockets have done nothing wrong here.
DMo and BJ are clearly in the wrong. It's against his will nonetheless. If the speculated cold "treating players as assets" thing is actually legit, this could be an opportunity to soften that image. Just playing devil's advocate; DMo deserves the worst of what the Rockets decide to do here.
I'd say most posters here didn't get your pretzel logic too. Sorry I'm not smart enough to follow. Guess I'll have to ask Harvard for a refund on my degree.
http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Landry-s-agent-questions-Rockets-request-for-1657008.php they brought up knee issues in an effort to undercut the offers Landry received while an RFA
Morey, however, said there was nothing new about his requests. "We have discussed this with Buddy and Carl since the end of the season,'' Morey said. "We discussed the importance of getting more information. We plan to match any offer and expect any team that is planning to give him an offer to request the same information.''
What about Rox' will? If you let go of him easily this time, how can ROX handle RFAs in the future? You want to take that risk just to maintain a "good" PR image? Plus, you already said ROX are not in the wrong anyway. So whatever option they choose, I don't think their image would take a hit anyway.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. DMo and his agent signed, now they want out of the deal. Does it work both ways? Corey Brewer isn't as good as two years ago, Rockets probably want out of that deal too. Never sign anything before reading the fine print. Geesh! Can DMo sue his agent.
There are more productive ways to shed the "treating players as assets" image. Caving and letting a player dictate the terms of a contract they've already signed sets a bad precedent to other players on the team. That actually creates negative goodwill with the players and is counterproductive. It's one of the main reasons why we couldn't cave and let Royce White take games off whenever he felt like it, have his own personal doctor, and have personal travel arrangements. It's unfair to other players to give one player special treatment. Caving to DMo in regards to a signed contract is very bad. This isn't like a draft pick where a player has no choice in where he is drafted. DMo actually signed this damn thing knowing full well the Rockets could match.
