01-24-2020, 04:09 PM
(01-24-2020, 04:00 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote:(01-24-2020, 03:54 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Iguodala doesn't get to choose where he wants to go unless he wants to give up a lot of money in a buyout which he doesn't want to do. If Mavs get him he is going to play.
That's not stopping him from sitting on his hind end - and not even reporting, practicing, or anything to my knowledge - in Memphis. If Dallas gets him and he doesn't want to be here, he will *not* play, or play and be a locker room problem. Hard to see why the Mavs would want that.
He came to a mutual agreement with Memphis at the beginning of the season that suited both parties. Everyone thought (including Memphis) that they would be bad. He didn't want to run around with a bunch of kids. They have been flirting with an 8th seed which has been a surprise. They thought he would be fine on the shelf bc he was a trade dump anyway and they could turn around and flip him for a small asset. If he plays and gets hurt it doesn't really help anybody.
Players can't just decide to not play. Yes short term you could have a DSJ fake an illness or something like that but players are under contract and get paid to play. Furthermore Dallas is not some bad team, they will be in the mix for a top playoff seed. He is not going to complain because he has to play for a playoff team for 5 months. He's a professional. He can go to a different team next year but he's not going to demand to sit just because the team isn't the Lakers. That would look terrible on him and would be an indefensible position to take. I don't think for a second the Mavs would hesitate to get Iguodala if that's the guy they want.