2 things: 1. This is the most butthurt fanbase in the world. Parsons played well for us, he brought it most nights, he really was the glue sometimes for this team, he helped us win a lot of games, he was absolutely the third best player on this team, he progressed every year and didn't cause any drama. Morey treats players like assets we all know that. All given information suggests that no one told Parsons what would happen with his contract - he was treated as an asset (which is something we shouldn't support, btw, this is not how we want the future of sports to be) and was let go. Of course he's gonna feel offended, who wouldn't. Of course he said he is worth this new contract, what was he suppossed to say? They overpaid me? I don't deserve this much money? Get a grip, most of you are acting like you just got dumped, and are going through the breakup stages, which leads me to my second point. 2. I don't know if your beauty standarts are different than here in Europe, but Parsons is nowhere near as good-looking as you've been making him out to be. Objectively he is average looking at best, the guy still has acne for crying out loud, he still can't grow a full beard, his nose is all screwed up, his head is of a weird shape and his haircut is straight up stupid. This has been puzzling me ever since he got drafted.
I'm with you on the 'looks' thing. Never understood that. But people who make your pro-Parsons argument tend to forget how he left the team. (Hint: He went clubbing with an arch-rival owner/GM and signed a contract that pretty much guaranteed things couldn't work out for his current team). Seems like ample reason to be a bit sour on him. I hope Dallas just invested all of that money in a lemon - he isn't a Rocket any more.
Well, clubbing is just like a modern day meeting I suppose... Who turns down a huge contract like that?
Lol no.. Just no. A modern day meeting would be attending an office where it's quiet, sitting down and thinking things through. Much like Daniels did.
That's not the question. Let me help you a bit... Q: Who signs a huge offer sheet structured in such a way that it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that his current team won't match it to keep him? A: Someone who doesn't first bother to check if his current team will give him something close to the terms in that sheet because he's really pretty much a douche who doesn't give a **** about that current team. Q: Why would he sign the contract in a nightclub and pose with his new douchey owner? A: Because birds of a feather, that's why.
For a lot of Rockets fans it's not that he left. It's the fact that he signed the contract in a club and posted that stupid video on the internet. And his brother didnt do him any favors. I liked him because he was a Rocket..he's not a Rocket anymore and his last year he was beginning to get on my nerves with his thirst to be a model and apparently "The Bachelor". The last Houston athlete who got so much attention for his hair was David Carr and we know how that worked out. hanging out with the Baby Kartrashian was the last straw.
You don't sign a contract in a club unless you're doing some sort of drug contract. It's unprofessional. And even more so when you take a picture right after, basically sending a message of "Yeah, f*€k off Rockets. I just signed a contract to screw over everything you are working on." If anything it was selfish of him to agree on such a contract and showed he either wanted to screw over the Rockets or doesn't understand how RFA works. We did him a huge favor by letting him get paid a year earlier, and in turn he ran to the first and probably only max offer on the table. Which was made to spite Morwy in the first place, as Cuban admitted. Cuban didn't want Parsons at all until Melo skimped off on him and he wasn't going to get any of the big free agents. He just saw Parsons as a way to mess with Morey. The contract itself is a joke. Parsons comes out a big winner but it hurts every team that has to deal with it. If the Rockets matched, we lost all flexibility for the rest of Howard's prime. A waste. The Mavs are going to be a mess for the rest of Dirk's career. Unless you really think Parsons is worth all that money.
I think the contract negotiation with Morey went something like this P:I think I am a cornerstone player for this team, I want the max M: lol.. get a load of this guy, here's 8 mil a year, take it or leave it
you guys jump to conclusions without finding out all the facts... Parsons explained the reason he signed the contract in the club was because he was already at the club when Cuban flew in and wanted to sign the contract ASAP, so he met him at the club. It wasn't planned. Anyways Parsons was obviously one of the least talented players on that roster but I think they would have been better off keeping him or Hayward over Cousins
Well, in US America, we don't take the internet so seriously as you seem to be. Most of are are having fun with the Blander Parsons stuff. It's much more about the Mavs than it is about him.
