ESPN: Donatas Motiejunas won't report to Rockets cause of $6M difference

B.J. can be forgiven for his oversight regarding the incentives because he's been busy defending one of his other clients, a professional karate expert:

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"Now that he got Donatas Motiejunas an offer sheet from the Nets, agent B.J. Armstrong can lodge back-in-my-day complaints on behalf of another client.

This time, it’s Draymond Green."

Link here.

 

Check the shot clock, if its 17 seconds left, then Morey is going to slowly walk pass the mid court line like James did.

 

How often does the incentive thing gets matched by the home team

There's been hundreds of RFA signings, this is the first time I've heard of a player holding out because of incentivese. What is the by the book procedure

 

Give him the incentives... Gonna need a pivot center (move the ball playmaker) to navigate the playoffs.

 

Didn't the Nets have to cut a player to make room for DMO, though? Wouldn't that also mean that the Nets have to keep a roster spot open until this is all resolved, just in case he does end up back with the Nets?

 

By the book procedure is precisely what we did, match what we are obligated to match. Yet, some of our very own fans are taking D-Mo's side over the Rockets for various twisted and completely wrong reasons.

 

Don't give him the incentives. It sets a bad precedent. Dmo and BJ should've negotiated the incentives in private and maybe Morey would've given in. By going public, Dmo/BJ screwed up royally and they've given Morey no choice but to stand strong. I'm pro-front office 100% on this one

 

I may be wrong, but I believe the Nets are well and truly a footnote in this discussion. They put forward the offer sheet, Rockets matched, they are out of the equation now.

If Donuts doesn't show up, then the Rockets have various options, but (per Larry Coon) he will count as being contracted to the Rockets until he actually turns up and does his duty.
I believe the Rockets can pull their 'match' and put him back to RFA status - but I doubt the Nets could sign him again? Not sure what the rules on that would be...

 

bahahahahahaha.... you're a clown if you believe this nonsense.

if dmo wanted the money guaranteed than he should've negotiated it that way. if they were unable to do so the onus sure as f*** isn't on the rockets.

 

Also, incentives are TEAM BASED - they are not normally transferred in the RFA process. Teams can set their own incentives, but don't have to.

Donuts doesn't deserve the incentives. Royce White him - let him rot and see how much fun it is not making any money.

 

Ball is in Rockets court. DMo isn't showing up. Tomorrow will be two days.

You can bet the Rockets and league lawyers are scrambling right now trying to determine if DMo is under contract since the match was pending a physical. But it's not there. He's not under contract UNTIL he PASSES the physical since Morey requested it. They can't change that. Gotta deal with the consequences.

 

yes, so super rare that after months and months of holding out he was offered by ONE team with one fairly terrible contract that HE agreed to. nevermind the existing precedent of other players not pulling this stunt in identical situations.

jesus man grow a pair of balls.

 

I don't blame DMO especially after knowing Les screwed Charles Barkley over 3 million dollars

 

D'Antoni and Morey aren't seeing eye to eye on this. D'Antoni wants Dmo here ASAP.

 

Ok. That's acceptable. You don't deem DMo an asset and you'd let him walk. Perfectly understandable then why you see no way for us to lose. You actually think we lose if we keep him.

 

We are talking about if Dmo shows up and fails the Rockets' physical. Then he will become a Net under the rule.
But I don't know if the Nets have to keep a open spot before this drama is sorted out.

 

It's like some of you jokers just started following basketball yesterday.

How many times do you have to hear the expression, "it's a business" before you get it through your heads?

Well here it is again: It's a business. And it's not the Rockets fault that BJ and D-Mo suck at it.

 

Has the deadline passed for the physical yet?

He had to report here within 48 hours didn't he? No physical after that. He is screwed. Rockets can make him RFA again, or just laugh and wait for him to apply to 'activate' his contract (FIBA rules prevent him playing elsewhere until he does so). All 'deadlines' on his contract get pushed back for every day that he stalls...

 

Out of interest, what were the incentives Brooklyn put in their offer to DMo? And how likely would he have been to achieved them?
If they were things like 1: Brooklyn making finals 2: DMo making All NBA Team and things of that nature, then he'd never stand a chance of earning a cent of those incentives.
Just curious.

 

I negotiate contracts for a living. It is my opinion this is on BJ Armstrong. And this is common. A lot of agents who are bad at their jobs like to blame others when they screw up. If the client doesn't know any better, they often take their agent's word and the agent doesn't lose face with their client. That said, I don't know how that is going to work in this situation. It is entirely too high profile and you have CBA experts like Larry Coon weighing in and saying BJ is wrong and the Rockets are right. Surely Motiejunas is going to start to understand his agent is at fault here, not the Rockets.

And the thing is, nobody is infallible. I have made mistakes in negotiations. I typically try to make them right but I've been fortunate in that all of my mistakes were considerably smaller than my commission. As such, it was not difficult for me to fix the situation. I merely had to settle the mistake with a portion of my earnings in the deal. BJ made a 4-6 million dollar mistake. He can't afford to fix it. And he apparently won't take responsibility for it either.