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Deron's Parting Interview

CALJAZZFAN said:
Wow. Just when I thought I was over Deron. Sucks to not have him here. He sure doesn't look or sound like someone who wanted out. I wonder if the Jazz ever considered sitting down with him and asking him flat out whether or not he wanted to be here and to stay here. From what Boler and Locke said, it seems he was going to leave, but were the Jazz sure or were they just scared?
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There's no way you can be sure, and no way you'd ever get a meeting put together with Deron like that and have him be honest about it. They took the safe route.. this organization can't afford to do anything else.
 
NUMBERICA said:
One LAST thing:

Dearest Box,
I didn't sign my neg rep because I commented my neg rep with precisely what I responded to your post with and at the same time. I didn't think you'd be so dense as to think that that was my cunning plan to remain anonymous on the matter.

Get over yourself,
-Numbskullica
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Well I am dense.
 
unluckyseventeen said:
Ya know, even if he is broken up about it, he controlled his own destiny more than he likes to let on. He could have taken the Durant way and said "yeah, this is my team, I want to get it done, and I'm not going to be just like everyone else". I think the Jazz were right in the sense that Deron was behaving the same way most other superstar players have recently where they'll go buddy up with whoever and/or take the most money that's available at a place that's not Utah.

If he really wanted to be here then there are ways he can express it. Criticizing the team's personnel decisions, criticizing the plays they run, acting all pissy about basically everything, and saying stuff like he's not going to comment on his free agency are all ways to drive down the front office's confidence in that player, so I think they did the right thing by getting out early before he walks to another all-star team when his contract is up. And if it hit him like a ton of bricks, you can't say he didn't deserve at least a little bit of it.
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He didn't think the Jazz FO would have the balls to trade him to the Nets....and gut the Nets while they're at it. Bang. He's rebuilding from the bottom.
 
CALJAZZFAN said:
Wow. Just when I thought I was over Deron. Sucks to not have him here. He sure doesn't look or sound like someone who wanted out. I wonder if the Jazz ever considered sitting down with him and asking him flat out whether or not he wanted to be here and to stay here. From what Boler and Locke said, it seems he was going to leave, but were the Jazz sure or were they just scared?
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Is Deron really sad to be leaving the Jazz, or is he sad that he's going to New Jersey? I honestly think it's the latter. He's sad that he has to play out his current contract without a prayer of making the playoffs. NJ is going to be no better than a 25-win team for the next couple of years. That's 57 losses per year, no matter how well D.Will plays.
 
If D.Will thinks it's tough to superstars to Utah, then try NJ when it's just you and Brook Lopez for another year and a half.

And no, Brooklyn isn't Manhattan.
 
Catchall said:
Is Deron really sad to be leaving the Jazz, or is he sad that he's going to New Jersey? I honestly think it's the latter. He's sad that he has to play out his current contract without a prayer of making the playoffs. NJ is going to be no better than a 25-win team for the next couple of years. That's 57 losses per year, no matter how well D.Will plays.
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I think he's sad that it wasn't on his terms, and he wasn't prepared to cope with it. Because there's been no sign of this tender emotion or compassion for Utah or the fans in any of the past months.
 
Lance-A-Million said:
I think he's sad that it wasn't on his terms, and he wasn't prepared to cope with it. Because there's been no sign of this tender emotion or compassion for Utah or the fans in any of the past months.
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Right - he would have considered leaving Utah, but only for a better situation--the chance to play with more All Starts, a big media market, more wins, more glory. Instead he gets pushed out the door and sent to NJ, which is a worse situation. He thought he had Utah in the bag and could explore better options for the next year and a half with leverage on his side. Not the case.
 
Brooklyn is NYC, you know that right? The area will the new arena will be built is literally 2-3 miles from Wall Street.

Currently the Nets are about a 10 minute train ride away from Madison Square Garden. No, it's not the Knicks, but DWill is definately in NYC now.
 
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