Anyone could find use for him. What I meant was they are not dependent on him to win big. This aint sports related, man, this be about trust and bridges that ve been burned, I do not think both parties trust each other. I am against holding a player against his will, that does not want to be here...... examples: Howard, Asik..... now Motiejunas Morey got ways alienating players, we all know, sadly.
A healthy D-Mo would have been a big help last night. I have to think that he would have had a better chance defensively against Brook Lopez than Capela. He also is probably the only big man of the 4 (Nene, CC, Trez) who could play on the floor at the same time with the others. The problem with those 3 is that they can't share court time, while D-Mo could share court time with any of them. I know the chances are minuscule at this point, but D-Mo having the capacity to help us is not the issue. He absolutely would provide value to this team (if he could stay on the court).
I don't understand what is going on. If you fail your physical, then you can't play...right? If he passed another team's physical, then just let him go play there. Otherwise, are they saying he can still play for the Rockets but were going to re-work the contract to account for your back problems so we're not on the hook for it if you can't play?
Is it me, or is this whole 'disgruntled-player-done-wrong-by-the-GM' a common theme among players that BJ represents?
What does it mean that he's fighting for his career? Every restricted free agent has to walk the same path...and do we really want to think that a organization is that dumb to take a risk like this just to do a dirty to a bench player? I just cannot believe this... Btw he did say that he was ok for him coming back here, nobody forced him to say that. He's also the one who didn't want to sign the qo to free himself as fast as possible so, yeah...if he's in this situation AND at this point, it's mostly on him/BJ tbh. And since at this point we just don't know what's going on, what if D.Mo and BJ lied about some medicals or other stuff like that? I don't understand how we can easily assume the Rockets made something dirty but we cannot do the same if we speak about the other part which well, was the one who did something dirty first when they didn't show up after the offer sheet was matched. Like i said yesterday, can we even think about a single little reason to why the Rockets should do this on purpose? They got the player, with the most perfect contract possible and having the last laugh (for those interested in this aspect). Again, why would the Rockets do this without a reason? I agree that the longer this drags out, the worst it can get, but i don't know...the fact the D.Mo is also retweetting that show makes think that he may be the one scared about something, trying to attack before he gets ****ed...i mean, i'm 100% wrong, but by this logic we can assume everything at this point...
Anyone else hear the closing segment with Meltzer and Payne on 610 this morning? They also think the Rockets are at fault now.
Without hesitation. One of the goals of a GM is to collect good contracts and assets for if no other reason than to bundle them together in a trade for guys like Harden. Every single good GM in sports does this, not just Morey. And who says we wouldn't benefit from Dmo in the playoffs when everything slows down? He would immediately be the best post option on the roster.
I can't imagine why anyone would feel strongly that either side is at fault here, seeing as how nobody knows the details of what is taking place behind closed doors. DMo and his agent have an agenda: Protect his career and get the most money out of a contract which could very well be his last. Maori and the Rox have an agenda: Don't overpay for damaged goods, especially when it could jeopardize future roster decisions. Simply put, this is a business decision on both sides, with both sides doing what's in their own best interest. Anyone who sees it as something other than that is just looking to stir up ****, and the louder they scream about one side being unfair or duplicitous (like Travis Johnson in that radio segment), the less knowledgeable they are about the situation.
Yeah, plus $2m were deemed "Unlikely" to achieve, too. Those were probably the Generally Recognized League honors mentioned by Bobby Marks, who read the offer sheet.
Morey is up to something. He is shielding information from other staff members like D'Antoni. Not saying anything is dirty per se only that both parties obviously have more than just some issues to get over with. It was just my opinion and I will side with Dmo on this until he is sentenced guilty by the NBA or any other higher organization. http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-in-talks-with-league-about-Donatas-10790831.php
They said something along the lines about they should've just let him go and that this being dragged out looks bad on Rockets.
Travis is an ex-player - he is always going to take the players side. Joel - is getting it straight from DMo - we are hearing his frustration - clearly DMo feels he has been mistreated, fair or not, that is his interpetation. DD
D'Antoni knows EVERYTHING that's going on. He's just smart enough to know that if the team isn't talking publicly about it, and the GM isn't talking publicly about it, then he probably shouldn't talk publicly about it either. Why is that so hard to grasp?
Why take sides when none of us knows what is really going on? Just because Morey is not keeping his coach and/or players in the loop doesn't mean it's anything bad or imply Morey is "up to something". Fact of the matter is we haven't heard from Morey but we also haven't heard from BJ, DMo, or anyone else on this matter either.
We still don't know what the real problem is here. It has not been totally confirmed that D-Mo failed the Rockets physical. It could be another team like the Nets complaining, or Players union stepping in. Lot unknown right now
