Actually it is pretty air tight, if what you say is true, the league would not have gotten involved, it would have simply been a cut and dried case. And he couldn't go to Brooklyn because the Rockets matched the deal - the League was trying to make it EXACTLY the way it was intended, and mistakes were made on both sides. 1. DMo's team screwed up by not having their deal all in the principal portion of the contract. 2. Morey matched the lessor amount in order to force DMo to move his 2nd year guarantee 3. This forced DMo to be on the Rockets - if he finished the physical. This is where it gets nutty. 4. By the Rockets and DMo tearing up the deal - it violated the spirit of the CBA, and the league stepped in 5. League forces the letter of the law. 6. Rockets matched, then rescinded the match making him an UFA 7. League nullifies the new deal. 8. And, because they initially matched, Brooklyn was out of the picture. There is no conspiracy if you follow the contractual agreements of the CBA as intended.... The Rockets lost him because they tore up their matching deal - making him an UFA - they could still sign him, but that ship has more than sailed. This was 100% the league slapping the wrist of the Rockets and DMO. DD
You left out the part where it said the Rockets were working with the NBA and Brooklyn to come up with a resolution. The only way Brooklyn would be involved here is if they felt like they still had a shot at getting DMo at the end of the day. Brooklyn was not out of the picture as you put it. They did nothing wrong and if the Rockets were guilty of doing something they shouldn't or couldn't, there is no reason to believe he wouldn't be a Net right now. Stop passing off speculation as fact. You're acting like you have "inside information" and "sources". Eventually the facts may or may not surface, but until they do, speaking in absolutes is foolish.
We don't know about what the league and the Rockets were talking. IIRC, Brooklyn's part in the "talk" was not clear. You make it sounds like the three parties came together to work out a resolution. The reports didn't say that. They just said that they were involved in the talking. Some people speculated that the Nets complained to the league when the Rockets and DMo tore up the originally matched contract, which violated the spirit of the RFA.
Exactly, and the league disallowed the new deal, forcing DMo to be an UFA and not allowing him to go to Brooklyn, all sides had to abide by the letter and spirit of CBA. DDT
My exact point is we DON'T really know. Some here act as though they have info others don't have. If the new deal was not allowable, why punish Brooklyn though? If the new deal is not allowable shouldn't the old deal be reinstated? Brooklyn had nothing to do with the dea they signed him to being thrown in the garbage. Just saying...If the new deal was allowable like pretty much everybody said it was at the time because DMo didn't report and the Rockets flunked him physically, it makes sense that they all would go to the league and see if they would allow him to go back to Brooklyn. They obviously said no.
Actually it isn't close to air tight. It is 100% message board speculation. Not one source has said this is what happened, even if we believe it to be the case.
Why are we talking about incorrect numbers of $31m base and $37m possible The contract base was $33m and upmost value was $39. $2m was unlikely incentives, so DMo was really only arguing over $4m. He screwed himself by holding out for $4m and also screwed himself by failing to get the Nets to make that $4m actual base salary or Principal Terms. He screwed himself for signing that offer sheet. Morey might not even match if that $4m was principle terms I guess we need to discuss this for 10 more pages, sigh. There is an NBA dish thread for this thaat DaDakota made
What we know is that the Rockets matched and had DMo reported and failed the physical, he would be a Brooklyn Net. What we know is that this contract was trashed and DMo signed a new one that replaced his incentive money and had more team friendly guarantee dates. DMo took a physical and was sent home. Next thing we hear is the Rockets are working with Brooklyn and the NBA for a resolution. Obviously that first contract wasn't honored by the NBA because DMo would be a Net today which leads me to believe they honored the second contract and it was recognized as a valid one or else they would have forced the Rockets to either match the original one or let him go to BK. In the scenario we have now, DMo and BK are left empty handed. Why are they being punished if this is supposed to be a punishment for the Rockets?
Only Mistake the Rockets made was trying to help DMo out by tearing up the contract No good dead goes unpunished Rocket River
Let's just look at the end results as the end results. D-Mo is now UFA. There you go. No more need to go further than that. He can audition for any other team he wants. He can't go sign with Brooklyn, that means the Offer-Match rule is being upheld by the NBA FO. So what else is there to discuss? What 'could' have been is irrelevant now. Who to blame? Well, is D-Mo suing anyone? Has he fired his agent? Nope. So everyone was amicable with what happened.
Will donate $50 right now to lock all D-Mo threads. Will donate $100 to guarantee another is never created
We also know he did not fail the Rockets physical and that when he took it Friday and tried to report to work on Saturday he was sent home.... Dunno about that - I believe the league and his agent are still talking. DD
The league isn't going to slap anyone and not announce that they slapped someone. That makes no sense. In the entire history of how the league behaves - they always announce the penalty whether against a player or a team when someone has acted outside of the rules. So it makes absolute zero sense that the league would somehow want to slap the Rockets but keep it hush-hush.
