DMO's agent "Rockets not doing enough to re sign him"

One is proven good and the other one isn't. Not hard to figure out.

 

"He fights like a giant to get a nice deal." ??

More like "Lies in wait like Harden at a strip club."

"Excuse me Mr. Morey"
"Yes?! You got something for me?"
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Haha this is great... Finally the truth we all knew but deep down DOFs didn't want to accept. I hope he recovers and has a great season to prove us wrong, but... after the trade and failing the physical I don't think any teams are going to beat the QO. Hopefully DMo has an actual breakout season and gets paid... even if it's by the Rockets. Unfortunately the Rockets already stacked themselves with injury prone players though.

 

No teeth in a serious "BJ?" Apparently you've forgotten my early D&D days. That's best.

 

What's with the Zeller comparisons? How exactly Zeller a 3rd string center who has never established himself, couldn't even get any playing time at all last year while healthy and doesn't play any defence compares to DMO? Zeller was a candidate to have his QO rescinded because of the roster crunch. Of course he would take the second year non Guaranteed. 8 mil is already too good for him. No defence no versatile Centers are not a high commodity.

 

In any case it doesnt' matter. An agent's job is to get the best deal for his client. This is all lip service all the complaints to put pressure.

The issue with the agent is that he let it go till the middle of September to START putting pressure. Now that he has lost almost all the leverage.
I am not judging the agent based on what he says about the Rockets but what he is doing for his client which seems to be too little too late.
He should have been saying things like that a whole month ago.

 

Anderson was a Top 49 player when he was in Orlando.

A borderline allstar at his peak and one of the best shooters from the PF position.

Dmo had just a good stretch of 49 regular games in his career and couple more perhaps.

I would not given Anderson 80 Million but certainly he would deserve it more than others.

 

Did I miss the "Yule C" news or do I need to come back later?

 

...you'll see...

 

BJ actually has clients that play on the court though. If he's actually behind Draymond Green getting endorsements lately... And still getting paid on the Rose deal I don't think DMo is priority since he knows DMo's stock is garbage atm. He's also probably been busy with Rose's trouble and working on the next player that can get an actual contract.

http://basketball.realgm.com/info/agent-client-list/BJ-Armstrong/102

 

Did not know that Bj repped Bizmac. BJ is crazy if he thinks Dmo getting Bizmac money. Bizmac should not be getting Bizmac money lol

 

Haha, exactly. Some of these contracts getting done are insane, unfortunately DMos injury happened wrong year.

 

Are the Rockets not doing enough, or is DMo/agent playing hardball? Value is subjective in some cases...

Tit for tat

 

My concern is perception. DMo should not be a poster player for DM the GM to 'defeat' in negotiations. Rox should be a destination franchise, have been/are not presently. Could 'DMo' keep the perception poor(er) than it should be?

The man is good, good enough to earn a reasonable #1 pick + cap relief (ere SVG's air ball) and good enough to be a rotation piece going forward in GoodGuyLand.

Pay DMo a fair contract (oh, who defines same...oops).

 

Any finance guy and Morey himself would have to disagree with you. The market does not lie. Financial value at least is based on supply and demand of the player's attributes, future estimated value, and associated risks.

The market has spoken and it told us a pretty objective story about D-Mo's financial value around the league. It told us that he is not in high demand hence for the devaluation of his contract offer from the Rockets.

The only criticism you can make for what the Rockets are doing here is that there was some sort of courtesy dollar amount they owed him that went above and beyond his market value. The Rockets already have done him quite a few "favors" to help him contractually like starting him (when he clearly wasn't 100% coming back from surgery) enough games to qualify him for starter criteria on his next contract.

Not sure what the Rockets are really supposed to do here to lend a helping hand that DOESN'T constitute as overpaying over market value just to do a favor for someone they like. He's worth what the market says he's worth at least financially.

 

But really, is DMo the guy whose negotiations we want the rest of the league to take notice of? I totally understand what you're getting at, but I mean, seriously -- DMo?

I love the guy, love his work ethic, his hustle, his skill for a 7-footer both in the post and from outside, his team-first approach to rebounding and defense... I find nothing to dislike about him and would love to have him stay a Rocket for years to come. That being said, he's projected to be just a rotation guy for us, maybe the 7th or 8th guy if he's healthy. I don't think the high-level free agents really pay that much attention to contract negotiations between a team and their lower-rotation players. Even more so when the player in question has missed significant time with injuries and isn't attracting any attention at all from the other 29 teams in the league.

DMo seems to be a great guy, but his injury seasons (end of 2014-2015 and 2/3 or 2015-2016) just happened to occur at the worst possible time for him, salary-wise. The team has no obligation to pay more than his market value, which doesn't seem to be all that high at the moment. Playing hardball with a player no one else seems to want is not going to harm our reputation at all. Another way to look at it is this: If the other 29 teams aren't interested in even making him an offer, the Rockets are doing him a favor by keeping him, even at a salary he and his agent aren't thrilled with. Prove yourself healthy and show off those skills and you can cash in on your next contract.
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The market has said "He is a RFA, and in order for us to get him we would have to OVERPAY him" and they decided not to do that.

The CBA has made the rules, as a RFA, he has little choice......either Morey comes up a bit and makes DMO happy or he signs the QO and if he has a good year he costs us or someone else a lot more next year but we get him on the cheap for a year.

This is Carl Landry all over.

DD

 

Actually he (and his bad back) weren't that good, which is precisely why the trade was rescinded: once SVG learned more about DMo, he realized he had overpaid.

 

There is no overpay. It's what the market will bear.

At this point nothing above QO is beared by the market

 

Dmo's agent must suck . I wonder how much he wants ? Dmo has always seemed like a reasonable person . If ****ing Solomon hill can get 10 mil plus a year , there had to a be team willing to offer Dmo 8 .