Mobley OTL

I think Mobley knew as well and he did what he needed to do in order to play -- when the specialists in New York saw the data they said no way.

It's a pretty bad condition.

 

RECAP

The first time Mobley was diagnosed with HCM was when he was a 23 year old rookie for the Rockets.

They had an interview with CD on it and he claims to have not known the severity of his condition, but Cat says that the Rockets knew and made him sign a liability waiver so that he could not sue them if something were to happen.

Cat also said that the Magic, Kings, and Clippers all made him sign similar liability waivers.

CD was asked in the interview if he thought having a player sign a liability waiver was appropriate. His response was that he didn't know how to answer that because the question sounded so "morbid" and that it was something for the league to answer.

The Knicks knew about his condition the whole time but only made it seem like they were the ones who discovered it so that they could take advantage of the disabled player exception, to which his salary would be taken off the books. The league denied their claim presumably because his condition was diagnosed prior to him becoming a Knicks.

The Knicks are still obligated to pay the remainder of his contract and that an NBA source says that they are trying to have his salary taken off from their luxury tax in November. Thus reiterating that they traded for him for financial reasons (to clear up cap space for the 2010 free agency) and not for his basketball abilities. The reason was clear when they waived the physical requirements and went through the trade anyway.

Cat disputes that his condition worsened and that the only that the has changed is that his condition is now public.

He said he felt differently about the consequences of his condition after seeing the NY doctors than before because he was younger back then and didn't have his son yet. Says he had to retire soon anyways and didn't want to gamble the last couple of years.

 

Found the video for those who want to watch it:

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Thanks for the vid, always loved the Cat.

 

Likewise. He may have done some dumb things on the floor sometimes, but the heart and effort were always there. That's basically how I sum up the Stevie Francis era...lots of heart and energy, UNBELIEVABLY low basketball IQ.