On his twitter page. Anyways, I've been thinking, how is Roy going to make this "statement"? Is he going on the radio? Maybe talking to Quick? Press release? I mean, how is he going to do this?
What does that matter? Did Wheeler lie about the text, then spend the next hour talking about it on the radio?
IMO he already has gone public on the radio. I don't get what else there is to say that we don't already know, so I don't get why he's making an "official" going public day. Stuff like this seems to always lead to bad things.
If it is a press release or a taped statement, then I'm really going to take it with a grain of salt. I think coming on Wheelers show, making a statement, and asking questions would at least give me a real idea of how he's feeling. I'd love it if Wheels had Roy and KP on at the same time! That would speed negotiations up real quick!
He already did that. That's why some of us are less than positive about the contract talks right now. Is Roy supposed to go back on the air Monday to reiterate how much he wants to be in Portland?
Big picture, I agree with you. However, if his main priority is to get his 5th year because he deserves it (and yes he does deserve it), and he doesn't mind making the organization look bad, then it will be good for him. You would hope that he realizes that he'll be a Blazer for a long time and he would tell his agent he doesn't want his negotiations made public, but we're well passed that point. His agent gets 3%-4% of this deal, so that extra year could be worth nearly $750k to him. He may be willing to look past the very best interest of his clients perceived relationship with his team for that kind of money.
You posted that having KP and Roy on the same show would speed up negotiations. How about having Roy and Paul Allen on the same show?
There are some questions I think Wheels would ask him that were not asked on KJR. I can't say Wheels would ask the types of questions I'm thinking of. However, having listened to that KJR interview 3 times, I still don't hear any disappointment in his tone. He got his point across, but didn't sound mad, bummed, upset, or anything along those lines (to me).
I really wish they wouldn't go public with this as it seems rather unprofessional. I thought the radio interview last week was fine but making a 'statement' just seems like unnecessary drama.
Sounds good to me. And Roy's agent. And the Vulcan rep. The more there, the quicker we would get to the bottom of this, figure out the root issue, and move on. Either way, Roy is going to be a Blazer in the 2010-2011 season, I'll bet my house on it.
Seems like it should have been an easy negotiation. Then again, I'm not used to 2nd team All-NBA players on the Blazers, so perhaps I'm a bit skewed on how I view Roy's worth to the franchise that was dead three years ago.
