Pops Waived

Post #1 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:28 pm

Pops was waived from the roster. Odd move by the team, as I thought that Dorsey going to the D-League meant that Pops was going to be the guy on the active roster getting those minutes.

I don't understand the reasoning for this one.

YaoZaii · Post #2 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:01 am

very strange... perhaps morey has someone else in mind.

DreamShook34 · Post #3 » by **DreamShook34** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:34 am

Has to be some kind of trade in the works.. Maybe Mccants is healthy now.. or cap issues..

Loved Pops' games and attitude but I never thought he would last though. I was wondering why we picked him up instead of Conroy (even though I liked Pops more than Conroy) Chuck/Luis/Carl/Andersen (Dorsey) just too many forwards on the squad. We need someone else who can dribble outside of AB and Lowry.

Canucklehead · Post #4 » by **Canucklehead** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:45 am

90% of the raptors fanbase including myself is hoping we sign him again perfect end of the bench type of player

rocketsballin · Post #5 » by **rocketsballin** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:49 am

maybe he thought popsa bonsa wasnt undersized, when he realized that he got angry and immediately cut him from the team. now he'll look for a more real sized big, enough w/ these undersized bafoons

tisbee · Post #6 » by **tisbee** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:19 am

If Brooks ankle starts to bother him the Rockets are short at PG,perhaps making room for Conroy-or Temple.

DreamShook34 · Post #7 » by **DreamShook34** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:22 am

roxfashoballin wrote:maybe he thought popsa bonsa wasnt undersized, when he realized that he got angry and immediately cut him from the team. now he'll look for a more real sized big, enough w/ these undersized bafoons

Undersized [b]bafoons[/]b? You'e not serious.. These guys maybe undersized but they are all good players.. Its disrespectful to call them that. If you think every team can just go out and pick up 6'11''-7'0'' big with game you're kidding yourself.

Kuq_e_Zi91 · Post #8 » by **Kuq_e_Zi91** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:33 am

i've been a fan of pops since his days at college here in dc. this is sad since i thought he was playing well in houston. i think he's good enough to catch on somewhere, he just needs the right opportunity.

Teckon · Post #9 » by **Teckon** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:35 am

Sensing this move is to create a roster spot. Morey is going to either sign a new player or trading for one.

HTown_TMac · Post #10 » by **HTown_TMac** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:49 am

I dont understand, unless a trade is in the works. Pops was always the guy standing up and giving props to his team members (moreso than Cook)

Makes little sense, maybe we are actually getting a big man

glydersid · Post #11 » by **glydersid** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:11 am

what the deuce? before the season starts, i actually believed he will be a rotation player backing up hayes. now hes waived? i didnt think he played bad at all in limited mins.

Guy986 · Post #12 » by **Guy986** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:53 am

Trade is in the work. Otherwise this move doesn't make sense unless Pops was causing trouble in the lockerroom. And Pops doesn't seem like the trouble making type.

cuad · Post #13 » by **cuad** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:12 am

All the Raptor fans loved this guy didn't they? Hopefully a team in need of rebounding picks him up. Thankfully a little extra rebounding power is always welcome on teams.

Rendezvous · Post #14 » by **Rendezvous** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:47 am

This is confusing. why would he get waived?

aznkillabeezZz · Post #15 » by **aznkillabeezZz** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:07 am

we could've used another big body against the kings. Morey probably wants another guard. It better be a good move. Pops was a decent backup. I dont understand it. They prolly wanted to save luxury tax money

Ribalding · Post #16 » by **Ribalding** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:27 pm

Dork Elvis is lurking, like a sith lord in a statistician's cloak.

Beware. Trade's brewing. And don't expect to like it when you 1st hear about it.

YaoZaii · Post #17 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:14 pm

cuad wrote:All the Raptor fans loved this guy didn't they? Hopefully a team in need of rebounding picks him up. Thankfully a little extra rebounding power is always welcome on teams.

wait, isn't that team houston rockets?

xingjianma · Post #18 » by **xingjianma** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:02 pm

Is it just me or does this make no sense, especially with Dorsey in the DLeague?? Wasn't his contract tiny? Would it be worth the trouble (and possibly risk) of waiving him over that?

IMO most likely we're signing a guard (McCants anyone?), or we're hyping up for some kind of trade. And the way this team is playing so well right now I can't really see a trade happening unless it involves us getting a tall legit C(DA is not a C).

hitAndRun06 · Post #19 » by **hitAndRun06** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:54 pm

Morey is saying that this move is to create roster flexibility and to relieve some luxury tax.

Post #20 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:40 pm

Doesn't make sense, aren't we still over the luxury tax, and by a decent margin that Pops smaller contract doesn't have that much bearing on it? Whenever he came into the game, his energy was electric, even if it was in garbage time. Has to be more to this coming later - otherwise I have no clue why we'd do this.