There's no legitimate reason for a player to not show up for a physical. If a player does not show up for a physical, then he should be forced to sit out the entire season without pay.
If he indeed passed the Nets physical he should be confident in passing ours. Remember he failed the Pistons physical but passed ours last year. So the Rockets physical is on the same level of scrutiny as the Nets.
I think at this point if Dmo does join the team, it'd be an awkward fit in the locker room. Him not being here probably brings our locker room together in a "we are all here, all-for-one, one-for-all" mentality.
For those who want a summary, here is where we are: Dmo will only be a Net if the rockets say he fails his physical. Dmo can only be a RFA again THIS season if the rockets decide to let him before March 1st of next year. If that date pases no one other than the rockets can sign him till the remainder of this year. Now for the question only Dmo knows the answer to. Is he willing to miss a whole year of salary just to prove a point and hope for a better contact next free agency?
Missed the last several pages again. Please tell me Adam Silver enforced his powers and put that scummer BJ Armstrong behind bars
Donatas Motiejunas is being ridiculous MORE LIKE NO-NATAS NO-TIEJUNAS: In the bizarre saga of Donatas Motiejunas, our protagonist signed an offer sheet with the Nets, which was matched by the Rockets on Monday. This means that Motiejunas is back with the Rockets. Except he refused to show up to his Tuesday physical. His agent (B.J. Armstrong) said that Motiejunas is expressing his rights. This makes no sense. Armstrong and D-Mo knew what signing that offer sheet meant. Restricted free agency isn’t a mystery. Y’all really should have signed that qualifying offer in the summer so you’d be unrestricted in 2017. Now D-Mo faces being held in violation of his contract (which he is now under, once the Rockets matched), and he could still be restricted in 2017. Larry Coon has more. ________________________________ https://percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=890713&episodeId=9655967 ________________________________ Biggest loser in contract ploy likely Donatas Motiejunas' career You know those kids who get in a bitter argument with their parents, threaten to run away from home, try it for a few frantic hours, then realize how misguided their childish ploy was? That's Donatas Motiejunas at 26. Remember DeAndre Hopkins' ill-fated, one-day holdout from Texans training camp that resulted in absolutely zilch? D-Mo would kill for D-Hop's career advice right now. You must have leverage to negotiate. You must be needed to be missed. And if you take a stand, you darn well better have something to stand on. Motiejunas clanks iron on all those fronts. And the news Tuesday that the fourth-year power forward failed to report for his Rockets physical - passing up a new four-year, $31 million contract in the process - was as laughable as it was insane. Yo, D-Mo: Buy a clue. Or find a new agent. Maybe the point guard Michael Jordan carried in Chicago can wring a few extra million for his client with this sorry stunt. Maybe agent B.J. Armstrong eventually will push a raw athlete - who has only started 101 of the 349 regular-season games he played in the last four-plus seasons - to another team in need. But in case Motiejunas and Armstrong haven't noticed, here's what they're missing while issuing hollow threats and whining about all the "rights" D-Mo doesn't have. After a record-setting free-agency period, the offseason, training camp, the preseason and 21 Rockets games into the Mike D'Antoni Show, only 5-15 Brooklyn offered Motiejunas real dough. The rebuilding Nets then issued a restricted free-agent offer sheet that was loaded with trapdoor triggers, just in case the 7-footer's back went out again. The Rockets matched Brooklyn's deal and again own Motiejunas' rights. And a reignited team that entered Tuesday tied for the fifth-best record in the NBA could live life just fine the rest of this season with D-Mo never wearing red again. Motiejunas doesn't crack D'Antoni's rotation and the 14-7 Rockets - the league's biggest early-season surprise - don't have time to waste on training him. He's months behind his teammates and hasn't played in a game since last April. And while Motiejunas is generally known as a good guy with a warm heart, his confused self-importance clashes with a revamped roster that finally has chemistry on and off the court. Keeping it light Ryan Anderson fake-interviewed James Harden on Tuesday at Toyota Center, as Twitter spewed out new D-Mo drama updates. It was Anderson with a microphone in hand, unsuccessfully holding back a glowing grin, and Harden looking as calm and relaxed as he has appeared in years. Second-year forward Sam Dekker held a hand over his mouth to hide his own smile. About 50 feet away, centers Clint Capela and Nene put up practice shots while D'Antoni listed all the reasons he believed Motiejunas would ultimately return to the Rockets. "It's not going to affect us. It's only going to help us. We're real solid," said D'Antoni, who has handled the Motiejunas circus perfectly since the first time he was asked about it. "I'm hoping for him, because I like him personally. … But I don't worry about it because these guys are great and they're resilient and we're going to be fine no matter what." The Rockets tried to trade D-Mo to Detroit last season, so it's not like they haven't already weighed the risk-reward factor of moving on from a role player who would fit in somewhere between Anderson, Dekker, Montrezl Harrell and Kyle Wiltjer on the depth chart. The Rockets also entered Motiejunas' Brooklyn bluff with ambivalence. If the money was right and they were able to keep him, great. If the Nets were foolish enough to overpay for a recuperating backup and the Rockets lost him, oh well. Public image takes a hit Unless D-Mo mans up and appears on Toyota Center's hardwood in the next few days, the biggest loser could be the stalled career Motiejunas is supposed to be rebuilding. His public image has taken a hit and definitely isn't what it used to be. Out of politeness, I won't repeat what Rockets fans tweeted me about D-Mo the last few days. But I'll just say most of the words lacked the holiday spirit and many involved references to packed moving boxes. Motiejunas should have accepted the Rockets' initial $4.4 million qualifying offer, benefited from the space in D'Antoni's offense and bet on himself this season. Instead, we're staring at this drivel from Armstrong: "We're not going to show up. We'll see what happens. We'll see what the Rockets do." Um, how about nothing and you'll like it? And ever heard of working for a living? There's no magic out in the collective bargaining agreement. Motiejunas is restricted for a reason; he's not a test case for reconfiguring the intricately layered levels of NBA free agency that took decades to create. And if there's a high-stakes poker game between Daryl Morey and Armstrong, I'm betting everything on the Rockets' general manager. D-Mo is a backup forward who has never stayed healthy and does a few things well. That's perfect for a complementary piece in the new rotation. But if this weird drama continues, he doesn't deserve to be a Rocket.
^^ yeah but it's all part of the plan by Dmo and Bj to increase his value - _holic (nevermind that this drama is doing the exact opposite)
On one hand, I feel bad for DMo that he's getting such bad advice from his agent. On the other hand, he should know how unprofessional this is.
I just realized Dmo is 26 years now. Not young anymore in NBA terms. At 26 years old Klay Thompson just dropped 60 bombs.
Which is more likely: 1) Utah saw the contract he signed and was like, oh damn, that's it? We woulda gave you more! (Why didn't they from the start? They've been winning games, and BJ considered whatever they offered if they even made one). 2) Utah is trying to sabotage the Rockets by making a big offer once they realize Houston will match him on a good deal. Why didn't they just make it sooner? Were they lowballing and then decided ok here is our serious offer now.
Does D-Mo still stay at the Mosaic? Send him tranny escorts off backpage. Tell him it's part of Moreys bonus money.
I understand that you feel mad and betrayed, but this would be unreasonable in any other line of work. If you don't show up for work, you simply get fired, and you can go try look for another job.
