[2016-2017] Donatas Motiejunas as a New Orleans Pelican

It's one game, people. And one that the Pelicans lost, BTW. Let's see what D-Mo does over the course of the season.

 

If egos would have been put aside he would be starting as our center right now while Capela is out.

Just pisses me off how cheap the Rockets are in regards to RFAs.

DD

 

You are incorrect. Morey was well on his way to doing exactly what needed to be done to have him on this team until the league stepped in.

 

Yes, that may indeed be true, can't wait to get all the details on that, but if the league gave him an option of keeping DMo as a RFA or going UFA, he should have gone RFA again....

You never let an asset walk for free.

DD

 

D-Mo was running up and down the floor JUST fine. He didnt even look too gassed, like how Capela still gets. He was running from in the paint way up to the 3 point line to set picks with good movement.

The only thing was, though he got 5 boards, he didnt really stay down low banging for rebounds. He was transitioning like a wing player after a shot having the other guys get them. (Probably the smart thing for him to do, play a more finesse game at first). And D-Mo DID have the WORST plus/minus of everyone in the game...

Nene is already missing games and back-to-backs. Maybe that happens to D-Mo after a month too. But after 1 game he did not look like a health risk where you have to put him on the Nene plan. Or on the Failed Physical List. My honest observation.

 

Nope we traded DMo and got a first round pick that was then rescinded. Stop being dishonest or remember better.

 

can we finally stop talking about DMO RFA situation as we all know relatively nothing about it? I expected this thread to be a discussion about what kind of basketball DMO is showing, not how much money or whatever he/rockets lost/etc.

 

That was a monumentally STUPID trade. A low first round pick for a guy that is already a contributor, that is not building that is kicking the can down the road.

He looked outstanding for only a week's of practice, and was easily scoring and playing, if New Orleans was not such a selfish team he was open a lot more and could have easily had more points.

If he stays healthy, he will get that money in the offseason.....he is a very skilled big, and left handed skilled bigs will get paid - now that everyone knows the physical crap was a ruse.

DD

 

As long as we have people romanticizing about how good DMo is, I guess the answer is no.

 

time is our friend. we just have to wait this thing out like a bad cold....

 

Actually it was more a mid round first pick. Why was it stupid? DMo wasn't playing at the time of the trade.

Lastly, Morey let DMo get his money on the free market. There is nothing cheap about letting DMo get as much money as he can and then deciding to match. Your cause and effect are incorrect.

The fact that DMo only signed for the vets minimum is a loud sign he is damaged goods long term.

Stop being dishonest.

 

Fact is we don't know what happened. DD is speculating and there is no way for him to know what actually went down.

Dmo looked good for a guy who hasn't played a game in the last 8 months though.

 

so you believe this came down to money

 

Because we are in "WIN NOW" mode, and a first round pick is not going to contribute for at least 2 - 3 years what DMo would be contributing and he absolutely was playing at the time of the trade, and played all the rest of the year, though did not get consistent minutes so his averages dropped.

Pretty amazing that he can get 1 week of practice come in with an 11-4-5 night isn't it....imagine if we had him on the Rockets even as a backup?

That is entirely my point, we gave him up for nothing......an asset, for NOTHING.......there is no reason for that - it does not help the team at all....

At first it was, yeah, I think the team and DMo could have come to an agreement considering the Rockets were offering 7m, and DMo ulimately signed for 9m, we could have come to an agreement earlier if the Rocks would have negotiated instead of basically asking him to bring an offer to them.

There is a reason none of our drafted players ever stay here beyond their rookie deals.......we don't have the patience to watch them develop until Morey flips them - outside of Harden have we gotten anyone in trade has contributed all that much?

I would prefer to see us build chemistry over time with guys we draft...at least the good ones...and DMo was a good one....

We should have never let him go....he would be a nice piece to have right now. But hey, at least we got a 4th string PG instead.....nice.....

DD

 

My god DD's triggered, Harrell just went for 28 and he's crying over Dmo. Let it go man.....

 

It's hard to rationally have a discussion with someone who has no problem changing the facts in order to support their narrative.

Bottomline, we had a 15-20 pick coming our way if the DMo trade went through.

Bottomline, we let DMo test the free market and DMo would be making more money if he simply taken the QO or merely had shown up.

Or we don't want to overpay the Marcus Morris and Patrick Pattersons of the league.

Why overpay when you consistently draft good role players.... Our current batch is Capela, Dekker, and Harrell out of a 9-10 man rotation. Approximately a third of our contributing players who get minutes are on rookie deals....

It's comical how blind you are.

DMo decided he didn't want to make more money on the Rockets, playing for a style that would get him lots of money, on a top team in the league. This is all on DMo.

We ain't kicking cans, we have a deep team built around proven vets and quality players on rookie contracts.

 

You're right at the end of the day, what's done is done and you have to move on to the 30-9 season we're having.

 

Dude, we gave him up for nothing because he was worth nothing. To be an asset you have to be worth something. The proof was in the pudding. Dmo was an UFA and could only sniff a one year prorated vet minimum from a basement dweller. Now, if someone would have scooped him up and paid him bank, then you would have a legit point. Problem is you don't.

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Why do you come into this thread if you are so tired of DMo talk? There are only two DMo threads left. One here and one in the GARM. Before long, this will be the only one left. If you don't like the conversation, you don't have to stay. I have not touched the Lin thread for months. Let them fling mud all they want in there.

There are still some substantive discussion about the DMo situation. So I'm still interested. If this thread devolves into something like the Lin war, then I'll leave this thread for good.

 

Apparently, the Pelicans are even cheaper than the Rockets in regards to Dmo.