Post#59 » by theonlyeastcoastrapsfan » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:15 pm
Here's the thing about players, agents and minutes; the player doesn't have to be po'ed for his agent to talk to the gm. The more dough a player makes, the more dough an agent makes, so agents want to maximize their players earning potential. No matter who they are, especially in a contract year. At times a player in a long deal may ask their agent to talk to the gm, either they want to be playing, or not happy with how they are being used and would be open to a trade.
So Beli's agent for example could be afraid if he doesn't end up getting minutes in Toronto, what's it going to be like for his next contract. Beli and Jack also share an agent.
I'm not sure if you caught it last week but CDR made some comments how he a LeBron share an agent and how if he's not happy about how the team is treating him, LeBron would never go there as they all stick together. Players do that. It's almost like a sub union of the players union. That's why BC takes care of guys and at the same time the same reason agents have to be careful not to get involved in things like what happened with Salmons. It's give and take, so if it's a FA we're trying to bring in, but his agent's had a bad experience dealing with us, that can affect things. At the same time a FA looking for a deal, or a player hoping to be traded, or get a 10 day, if their agent burned a bridge and they're not good enough to make the GM get over it, that can cause problems too.
I guess what I'm saying is it's not always a player that's whining, but the agent could be whining because his interest is to advocate what is best for his client, and he's rewarded by putting his client in positions to maximize his earning potential. So it's not always that the players a whining in the locker room or two the coach.