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if he's Boris Diaw we might have something here. Would surprise me though
I was just about to post this. Rich Paul and his people must have ed up and it wasn't Morris fault with him signing with us, I suppose.Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
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According to a source, Marcus Morris and Nerlens Noel have fired agent Rich Paul.
Maybe Dejounte will follow their path and do the same thing because I have a bad feeling about when it's time to negotiate his new deal.
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if he's Boris Diaw we might have something here. Would surprise me though
I'm going to revise my thoughts. I think he may have mismanaged their expectations, never setting a clear idea of what they were looking at this off-season. His tactics are just to bludgeon, extort, and demand, then go to free agency if it doesn't work. For mid-tier players this rarely goes well. Also, they may look at what the Lakers had in cap space and wonder why they didn't go there instead.
Luka is our catch
Nah. He could have reached out to the Spurs. He had to know that the Morris Watch was being headlined on every basketball site. And he knew the Spurs had made a full MLE offer.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Knicks can't get Bullock to agree to the Room Exception, so they don't have any way to sign Morris. He could wind up having to sign on somewhere for less than the Spurs' offer. This little game could cost him a ton of money. That would be a good reason to fire Rich Paul, wouldn't it?
But if he really wanted to play in SA for the full MLE, he could have made that happen with a single phone call. 'im.
didn't Morris already sign with the Knicks?
That a deal didn't exist and that Dolan didn't unscrupulously interfere is giving too much credit to Dolan. I believe Dolan approached Morris, Morris backed out, Paul pressured Morris to accept the Spurs offer so Rich wouldn't seriously damage his reputation with other front offices. Morris didn't like Paul trying to make him honor the offer and so said adios Paul. Cant believe Spurs wouldn't have traded Bertans without at some point talking to Morris who was on board at that point.
Aww, , I don't really know. I quit following it closely, and all these "news" sites say a guy signed, when what they really did was agree to a deal.
If Morris fired his agent after signing a deal for $5M more, it's sort of a non-story. I shouldn't have even commented - I really don't give a what Marcus Morris does at this point.
Of course he took the 15 mil
dont think so, dont see it officially announced on their social media pages tbh...
Everything I can find says he agreed to terms. That's not the same as signing. We should all know that now. But I did find this statement from Morris:
"I had to make this decision based on the best situation for me and my family," Morris told Charania. "This is no knock on the Spurs. I have respect for them."
Maybe he's got to feed Latrell Sprewell's family too.
Maybe his family only eats New York pizza.
'That's all fine and good for your family Marcus, but what about the Spurs Family!!???'
He respects the spurs remember
I could go with that! Which reminds me the smell of the Pizza Hut pizza they sell at games smells like someone burning a tire.
He respects the spurs remember
In case anybody sort of scanned over this part:
"I had to make this decision based on the best situation for me and my family," Morris told Charania.
So Rich Paul may be a s , but nobody can blame this on him alone. Morris says that HE made the decision. He knew what was going on. Paul may have gotten him the better offer, but HE chose to renege on the Spurs.
I don't know the whole story, but I can't see any reason for Morris to fire Paul for getting him more money. So maybe he's pissed that Paul made the deal with the Spurs public - so maybe he didn't mind screwing over the Spurs, he just didn't want everyone to know about it.
I hope Paul insists on getting the full deal promised to him, and Morris is left holding the bag.
I guess Rich Paul didn't want him on the Flippers. That's probably what this is aboutMorris, according to a source, turned down a $41 million offer from the Clippers before pivoting to the Spurs and, eventually, the Knicks. Paul has emerged as an NBA lightning rod with his Sports Illustrated cover story and high-profile clients such as LeBron James, Anthony Davis, John Wall and Ben Simmons. He pushed for Davis’ trade from New Orleans to the Lakers — a saga that essentially sabotaged last season for both teams — and recently secured a max offer for Simmons in Philly. Still, he has never had a player in New York, and it will remain that way after the separation from Morris
So the final shoe drops, how bad was the low-ball offer?
That's a capitulation
Dang from 21mil over two years, to two-year 4.7mil exception, with a team option for the 2nd year
There is no way of knowing whether he got side deals. Still smells fishy to me. Still benefits Lakers and Bron too much to weaken Spurs.Dang from 21mil over two years, to two-year 4.7mil exception, with a team option for the 2nd year
apparently Morris had a 41mil offer from the Clippers early in the FA process, Rich Paul had him decline it and then Clippers went for Mo instead...
Dude, at least sign anywhere else to save some face.
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