I doubt most people would just take any deal especially when you’re talking about personal business matters that would pay you the most money according to your service or output. If you think you deserve a certain salary and your skills are in high demand you would want to be compensated at market price or better. Who said 85 mil was guaranteed? There’s nothing in the 2023 CBA that says 85% of a contract is guaranteed. This is how they were able to draft the KPJ contract that only guaranteed year 1. I would imagine that this contract is similar in terms of money not guaranteed unless certain conditions were met.
the report said the terms are unknown and the guaranteed money is not known. Knowing how Stone constructs his contracts and how Tari didn’t agree to it, it’s very possible and likely that the money was not guaranteed
Why do you question his character? We all know this is a business. We know you and I and everyone on this site has a salary or gets a paycheck. Wouldn’t you want the biggest compensation for your services? Would you be upset if your organization doesn’t seem they value you if they give you less than market price or non guaranteed money?
Even if he isn't "done", they need to move someone and a pick for a PG, so let's hope he plays well enough that a team will want to trade and sign him.
Well said! I’ve also laughed when people got mad because players wanted more money or to be traded when that didn’t happen. Like we at our current jobs would stay there if we felt underpaid.
Tari should be starting. Amen - KD - Tari - Jabari - Sengun. Tari is betting on himself, the front office should not be slow playing it. If he can't hold up or pouts the negotiation is over and if he does Tari things and balls out then you figure out a good problem next offseason...or at the deadline.
Which can be why Udoka kept playing him so many minutes yesterday, even though Okogie was earning that PT. Sure, we need Dialed-In Fewer F***ups Tari to show up for our own sakes, but maybe Stone needs Udoka to show the NBA world that Eason wasn't lowballed due to current injury. Of course, Eason needs to shake off the contract thing. He's been horrible these first 2 games.
It’s always hypocritical and silly to me how we want players to sacrifice for the greater good of the organization meanwhile we look out for num 1 - ourselves and take the first job that pays more lol
Again we don’t know he is. The reports said likely it’s the guaranteed money his agents were concerned with and rightfully so if this is true. “The contract extension that didn’t happenbetween the Houston Rockets and Tari Eason may have come down to a dispute over how much money would be guaranteed.” https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/st...nt-in-tari-eason-contract-talks/86838588007/#
It's not that he wants the salary that brings his character in to question. It's the shitty body language, lack of engagement and general shitty play when he should be working to prove he deserves the contract he wants. That's what calls his character in to question. I genuinely would've thought that was obvious.
How much of this is true or just imagined by fans and people who already have a bias or judgement against him? Really this is all judgement with no evidence. It wasn’t like he just stood there or ran off the court like KPJ. He was still actively trying and playing. Once again a lot of people act as if they are saints themselves. How many people here bi+ch and complain about their jobs all the time? How many are truly happy? How many go out and work 110% effort everyday after knowing your company does not value you? Or are you making your next move for a new job with higher salary and better management? If he does take it personally and his play is affected can you blame him? I for one wouldn’t want to play for a team that I feel does not value me. If true how much will he let this situation bother him or continue to be professional and let the situation play out. We love to demonize and point the fingers a lot but we do the same things or worse in our personal lives.
Exactly. This version of a healthy Tari, is not worth what he is asking for. Let's play/pay players that want to be on the team, not disgruntled ones. If Tari keeps playing like this he can secure the bag from some other team, and I'll be happy for him that he secured that despite having barely played the last couple of years. However, as a Rockets fan, and not a player-only fan like some of our posters, if you are not going to give it 100%, you might as well go somewhere else. We'll spend the money on players that want to be on our team.
Nah, you're reaching hard here I'm afraid. This is the whole "character" thing again. You can hate your job whilst still absolutely crushing it, if it's "beneath" you then it should be easy. Or you can b****, make life harder for your colleagues, and generally just be a pain all-round to the business until you eventually quit for your new job (or get traded in Tari's case.) Character. Literal basic ****, who raised you?
Ya he’s just wrong here, nothing else to it. My school district is technically paying me less this year compared to last year but guess what, I’m still trying just as much as always.
Reaching for what? I simply said you are assuming and judging he has no character which you 100% are. Are you impervious to everything your company or organization tells you and never affected by what your leadership say or do to you? Do you never have an off day? These are normal human things and his reaction is a normal human reaction. How many people put in 100% effort while hating their jobs? And if you hate your job why not leave? No one even said anything about hating a job, it’s about feeling wronged by management or the organization. You and some people on here love to judge when you probably can’t even do these things yourself. As I said if this is true let’s see how long this lasts and that may be a better indicator of character. Let’s stop demonizing and pointing fingers for things we can’t or don’t do ourselves. And we don’t even know what’s happening internally with him and the organization.
Don't project your shortcomings on to me. I've been underpaid, undervalued, overworked and everything. I've had life threatening injuries, things go wrong in my personal life, hated companies, witnessed frauds, turned whistleblower and guess what? Through all of that I still absolutely ****ing CRUSHED every job anybody has ever paid me for. Like I said, CHARACTER. That my military background father instilled in me, because that's what you're supposed to do. Not sulk like a child and make life harder for everybody else.
Again you don’t know what’s going on with him and assuming. and you’re projecting your shi++y circumstances and history onto him and penalizing him for your own personal experiences which seems like you didn’t enjoy too much. This doesn’t preclude the fact that his reaction is a normal reaction and many people do this in their personal lives. Not everyone has to do what you did. Often those who lived through shi++y circumstances resent others and compare their own experiences with them because they had it so “tough” while offering no grace or empathy. I mean shi+ you made it personal here with me for no reason. You also did not answer my question whether you ever been affected mentally or had an off day in your life after feeling disrespected by an organization. By the way, just someone being in the military does not mean they have character.
