Like him or hate him, Mo helped us win a lot of games last season and was loved by the players. I hope he gets a good ovation when his name is announced for tonights game. Will the crowd cheer him?
He got the steal and hit three that won us Game 4 last year. We were on death's door. All Jeremy Lin had to do was call a time out and the Rockets would have tied the series 2-2. Mo tips the ball out of his hands, we swing the ball around and into Mo's hands for a three to save us.
Of course he will get an ovation. It's not like he forced his way out of Portland. And he wanted to win. He never gave up, which is fans always appreciate. I'm glad he's gone because our bench is more fluid, but I don't have any ill will for the guy. He came in and left a classy Blazer
he's not evil, and it wasn't his fault that he was empowered to play Bad Mo. Then again, he had a contract to stay with us this year and chose to opt out of it. He can enjoy a million more a year while living with mosquitos, frostbite and Flip Saunders. I'll put it this way--I'd clap for Jamal Crawford before Mo. but I wouldn't waste the boo (like I would on, say, Turkoglu or Felton).
Uh, what he did was the epitome of "forcing his way out". He opted out of a contract for more money--money we couldn't give him. You can't force much more than that.
Well that's not true. We could use MLE to sign him if we really wanted. You can't blame the dude for wanting more money. It's not like he took less to go somewhere else
No, he opted out of a contract he already had to make more money. As I said, he can enjoy a million more a year in Minny, more power to him. Hell, I'd move to MIN for an extra million a year. However, he DID force his way off of a playoff-contending team for more cash. That's all.
