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Plowright
03-06-2011, 06:53 AM
“Basically, you feel betrayed by somebody you love,’’ Wallace told the Observer before Saturday’s Blazers-Bobcats game. “I totally didn’t see it coming. I’d been there seven long years and then you feel like you’re not wanted anymore. That’s a bad situation to be in, especially for me, who committed so much to the organization.
i know GW feels hurt, but in someway he did committ to the organisation even when he left cause he got us 2 first rounders
ohara831
03-06-2011, 08:10 AM
The team gave you a chance, and that made you millions of dollars and gave you a large fanbase. It's a business and tough decisions get made. Stop crying about it and have a great time in Portland. Answer the question like a professional, and not a drama queen.
"Well, I will miss Charlotte and the fans. The fans were great. I will miss my teammates with whom I worked so hard to make the Playoffs. But this is a business and I understand changes happen. It is part of the game. I appreciate the fans in Portland showing me so much love, and I will do my best for them. I am a Portland Trailblazer now, and my focus is to help get this team into the Playoffs and have a strong run at the Championship. "
That's all he had to say. Not all this drama queen BS about being betrayed by someone you love. Good grief.
The team gave you a chance, and that made you millions of dollars and gave you a large fanbase. It's a business and tough decisions get made. Stop crying about it and have a great time in Portland. Answer the question like a professional, and not a drama queen.
"Well, I will miss Charlotte and the fans. The fans were great. I will miss my teammates with whom I worked so hard to make the Playoffs. But this is a business and I understand changes happen. It is part of the game. I appreciate the fans in Portland showing me so much love, and I will do my best for them. I am a Portland Trailblazer now, and my focus is to help get this team into the Playoffs and have a strong run at the Championship. "
That's all he had to say. Not all this drama queen BS about being betrayed by someone you love. Good grief.
not to mention you had been the subject of several near deals in the past 3 years and the team had publicly put you on the block in the 8 weeks prior to the deadline. but, in the end, i still feel bad it went down but am glad he went to a city that actually cares about its team
polarcat
03-06-2011, 11:36 AM
but, in the end, i still feel bad it went down but am glad he went to a city that actually cares about its team
^^ This. After some time in Portland, he will truly appreciate their diehard, non-front running b-ball fans that embrace and support the team regardless. Something, the city of Charlotte does not do. You will be missed Gerald!
stun704
03-06-2011, 12:30 PM
Well I guess he won't be resigned in charlotte, when his contract ends. but lets not act like he was an angel before he got traded, he has to atleast suspect, that he is some what responsible for the teams skid, he wasn't playing up to par for half the season, also he tried to SHIT on the starting PG, saying he missed raymond, dun give me that.
Dcarnys
03-06-2011, 02:07 PM
Feel bad for the guy, but it's not like this wasn't coming evntually.
Ghost Kat
03-06-2011, 03:48 PM
Wallace sounds like he needs a hug
spectre
03-06-2011, 04:37 PM
Wow. So now he's a "drama queen"?
Glad you got those picks. Maybe they'll develop into an all star who'll want to stay in a small market like Crash did...even tho the owner decides to waste your prime doing the opposite of what he said he was going to do.
Good luck with that.
Plowright
03-06-2011, 04:40 PM
he wasn't playing up to par for half the season.
really or has he been playing above par last season and his body is just aginig, with his type of game he wont be around long after 32 i imagine
Marvel
03-06-2011, 04:42 PM
Fans starting to show their true colours. Wallace didn't say a damn thing after being on the block few times before. He went about his business continued to play hard, heck even became our 1st All Star, now when he IS traded and says something he's a "Drama Queen". What the F.
Scottley Crue
03-06-2011, 04:51 PM
I can't go along with all the drama queen stuff, either. I think his reaction is a perfectly normal one for a person in his situation. I imagine you ask most players who have been traded, especially for the first time, you'll get a similar response.
ohara831
03-06-2011, 05:29 PM
"..betrayed by someone you love." is totally being a drama queen.
stun704
03-06-2011, 06:26 PM
Fans starting to show their true colours. Wallace didn't say a damn thing after being on the block few times before. He went about his business continued to play hard, heck even became our 1st All Star, now when he IS traded and says something he's a "Drama Queen". What the F.
Sorry, i'm a fan of the team, i'm not a fan of a singular player. How crash is going upon this is wrong, it wasn't easy for both sides. Atleast we didn't trade him to cleveland, we traded him to a contender. MJ obviously wants to blow it up, and atleast he had the gratitude to trade Crash to a winner, and not waste anymore of his "prime" years to do so. And lets not act like Crash wasn't acting like a drama queen before he was traded. Remember before larry brown got fired, he had that article with bonnel shitting on DJ? is that how an captain was suppose to act? it was best for both parties to part ways at this time, except now crash is deciding to burn a bridge.
Gerald has always been opinionated. I think he was probably told (perhaps by Silas) he wasn't going to be traded, which is what he's upset about. He shouldn't be going public with it, but he's not a "drama queen."
Lots of players feel like this when they get traded, they may not always publicly say it, but they all feel dejected to some extent. Anyone see Nazr's comments on twitter when he got traded? It was obvious he was upset as well. Gerald is not being a drama queen, he's telling it exactly as he feels. Charlotte is where he wanted to be, and he's hurt that he got traded. He could've gone to the Lakers or Celtics and he would feel the same way.
Twan's Kin
03-06-2011, 10:53 PM
Gotta love Crash for speaking his mind. What's there not to like about #3.
TheBeagle
03-08-2011, 07:34 PM
Call it what you will, but when a dude is hurt because he's traded away from our team, and given his all over 6+ years, I got his back any and every day. Fuck you, Jordan. But thanks for keeping Diop and Jack on the team and trading away our 2012 pick and giving an inflated longterm contract to Thomas. That's how you rebuild a team, baby.
But thanks for keeping Diop and Jack on the team and trading away our 2012 pick and giving an inflated longterm contract to Thomas. That's how you rebuild a team, baby.
have said it all before but couldn't say it any clearer than this.
This is a part of a story at Hoopsworld concerning the trade...they interviewed Crash and it was more than a "blurb" to a Newspaper interview...I don't know how much it adds but I understand why he was pissed after I read this...
...and my opinion on the "drama queen"...yep...it is a business and these guys make millions of bucks...but if a "company" lied/misled me the way Crash gives it...I'd be more than a little pissed...this is part of the story and the link for the full story...
"I think you always see it, but it's harder when the organization is telling you, 'We're not going to trade you. You're good. You're the one guy we're going to keep.' When hours later, you end up getting traded, that's the tough part about it. That's how it goes," Wallace said.
When the team finally broke the news to Wallace, he couldn't believe how they went about it. Rather than communicate with him throughout the process or even explain the thinking behind their decision, they simply told the veteran: "We're ready to part ways."
Read more NBA news and insight: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=19007#ixzz1G4g01wU7
That's what I figured happened. He's not upset with being traded, he's upset with the lying. Same as Raja.
That's what I figured happened. He's not upset with being traded, he's upset with the lying. Same as Raja.
yep...I think we begin to see a pattern...
The one downside to having a tight-lipped front office. They won't even tell the players until it's done.
As I recall, Mek and J-Rich were blindsided too, right?
Dcarnys
03-09-2011, 12:17 AM
Hopefully this isn't a deterent to FA's in the future. Security I'm sure is a major factor in contracts and so far our FO's track record isn't very good in that department.
The one downside to having a tight-lipped front office. They won't even tell the players until it's done.
As I recall, Mek and J-Rich were blindsided too, right?
Teej...I know JRich was but I don't much remember the EO50 thing......could be right about both though...
I just feel it was a very crappy way to treat Crash...we all know (including him) it's a business but everyone deserves to be treated with respect and IMO he was not...I feel less-and-less "fuzzy" about the 'Cats FO...but as I've said...as a season ticket holder it's time "we parted ways"....LOL
spectre
03-09-2011, 08:46 AM
Teej...I know JRich was but I don't much remember the EO50 thing......could be right about both though...
I just feel it was a very crappy way to treat Crash...we all know (including him) it's a business but everyone deserves to be treated with respect and IMO he was not...I feel less-and-less "fuzzy" about the 'Cats FO...but as I've said...as a season ticket holder it's time "we parted ways"....LOL
Damn right it was a crappy way to treat the guy. To LIE to his face just hours before they pull the bait and switch? ASS....HOLES.
We are seeing a pattern here. We know:
1) Richardson wasn't told
2) Raja encouraged (begged) to play thru injury...which he did, and then they trade him
3) Wouldn't even talk to Felton his FA year
4) Crash lied to hours before the deed
Is really the way we want to be known to treat our own players?
Drama queen indeed.
seems to me it is a gm issue. rod has not been a very good gm player acquisition and draft-wise and it seems pretty evident that he is horrible at player relations. i know part of it is negotiating the disaster that is larry brown, but still. i think we need a new gm. we should call kevin pritchard and beg him to take us on. if i were mj, i would offer him the keys to the car with minimal intervention from ownership.
spectre
03-09-2011, 09:25 AM
seems to me it is a gm issue. rod has not been a very good gm player acquisition and draft-wise and it seems pretty evident that he is horrible at player relations. i know part of it is negotiating the disaster that is larry brown, but still. i think we need a new gm. we should call kevin pritchard and beg him to take us on. if i were mj, i would offer him the keys to the car with minimal intervention from ownership.
I don't "know" this, but I've read that MJ practiced with the team that day. I'm wondering if HE told Crash he wasn't going to be traded...or was it Silas?
I don't "know" this, but I've read that MJ practiced with the team that day. I'm wondering if HE told Crash he wasn't going to be traded...or was it Silas?
I'm not sure who is actually the problem...MJ or Rod...but it would seem to me that this kind of thing comes from the top...so I'm putting on MJ...
...and I'll add this...it is on MJ as the owner...he's hired the Head Coach's and all other personnel since he became majority owner and directly influenced them as minority owner...
I've defended many of his decisions...even the "Fine-Ham_Biscuit"...but to treat a player that gave it his all here from day one like this...and really (in my book) to treat any "employee" this way is really a "shi**y" way to run a business...
this way is really a "shi**y" way to run a business...
so is not going out of your way to make sure fans can watch your product on tv. sorry, but i am going to harp on this for awhile since the basketball we are playing isn't discussion worthy.
so is not going out of your way to make sure fans can watch your product on tv. sorry, but i am going to harp on this for awhile since the basketball we are playing isn't discussion worthy.
It seems to be one of (take a number) many problems this franchise has...and the closer I look that number seems to be closer to "infinite" rather than one-or-two...(wish I could put a smiley here...too darned depressed about the FO though)...
Marvel
03-09-2011, 03:29 PM
I don't "know" this, but I've read that MJ practiced with the team that day. I'm wondering if HE told Crash he wasn't going to be traded...or was it Silas?
Well we know Silas was also blindsided, so he could've told Walace that he wasn't going anywhere, while MJ was being tightlipped about the whole thing.
BlockParty
03-09-2011, 05:07 PM
I'm not argueing the way it was being done, but it is a business, and the FO/MJ have always been clear that they will make a trade that makes the team better (albeit in the future in this case). I would bet money that Silas' comments to the media that "we were staying put, actually got us something more in the trade from the other teams. It's supply and demand, and if the deadline is approaching and you aren't offering enough, you won't get the prize.
All the players knew that no player was off-limits, and they all knew the time of the trade deadline. If MJ/FO and Silas were chirping to reports and GW, we are trying to move GW however we can to build for our future, we woudn't have gotten the same deal.
Having said that, I'm pissed as a STH. The value of the product is watered down and probably will be for the next year or three.
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