bwgood77 wrote:Villalobos wrote:bwgood77 wrote:What is this agent thinking?
I don't think he wants to go there, or his agent doesn't at least, so he's trying to get them to pass on him. He has to fight for playing time over Crowder and Brown, and that's before they try and get Hayward or another all-star SF. He may have a promise from #4 and doesn't want to risk an injury in a useless workout and fall in the draft. If he goes to a bad team he'll have more playing time, put up bigger stats, and get more attention and even something like Rookie of the Year. That's almost certain not to happen in Boston.
Waylay13 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:What is this agent thinking?
That he wants to get his player playing the game. If he is in Boston he is likely going to be stuck behind Jae Crowder, Gerald Green and Jaylen Brown. If he was drafted by the 76ers or Lakers he would have gotten some playing time and if he was drafted by the Suns or Kings he would likely start before the end of the year.
Well then why do they want a promise from them before a workout? I guess I can understand if he wants to go to Phoenix, or especially Sacramento where they just lost Rudy Gay. But it's also maybe costing him and his agent money.
They also worked out with the Lakers who just drafted Ingram. It will be very interesting to see who we draft and if Jackson drops all the way to 5. That would be pretty crazy. But it's beginning to look like either Boston trades the pick for Butler so Chicago may take Jackson, or Jackson will slip to us.
To me, the whole point is their demand is an unreasonable contradiction so that Boston passes, and a message saying, "Please don't draft me" without actually saying it. You do workouts so someone will be impressed with you to pick you. Same is true if they're not giving Boston his medical info. Doing the opposite makes a team not want to pick you. Like how players have treated Sacramento the last few years.
Only way it makes sense to me is if a more favorable team gave him a promise right above or right below, like Phoenix or the Lakers. I don't see the Lakers promising him with Lonzo around, so it's probably Phoenix. Maybe even Sac.
As for losing money. Consider this: he gets drafted by Boston and doesn't look great so most of his playing time goes to Hayward/Crawford/Brown. Less stats, less highlights, less attention, no RoY, and because of those things he gets less attention from sponsors; that's already less money right there. Fast forward to the end of his rookie deal and he's still not getting the minutes and stats he wants. He may get a smaller contract as an RFA from a team who doesn't need him all that much. Other teams may not want to give him a ton because he hasn't proven enough playing behind other, better guys. That contract is much, much more important than a slight increase in rookie scale money from #4 to #3.
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