True. Not only did he sound frustrated, he actually SAID he was frustrated. Well, I bet he is a lot less frustrated now with big Al in town though.
KOC Interview from Locked on Sports today
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True. Not only did he sound frustrated, he actually SAID he was frustrated. Well, I bet he is a lot less frustrated now with big Al in town though.
Hopper
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VJ, he said the primary reason for missin the worlds was "health." The fact that he might need to shoulder more of the load with Booza, Korver, and probably Memo gone was an additional reason for not wanting to risk his health, but it has been an issue since the season ended, and his participation in the games has been questionable since then.
billyshelby
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I don't agree with posts in this thread about Wesley. I think KOC is flat out unreadable. I hope they don't match because the deal is awful, but I didn't pick up any signals that they're unwilling to pay it. The only signals I get on that are the reports the Jazz are talking to the agents of other wings.
Hopper
Banned
And he didn't say HE was frustrated, as I recall. He said it was "frustrating" to see friends and team contributors go, but said that also gave them a chance to get other players. He said he was bein patient, not that he was "frustrated" because all problems hadn't been immediately solved.
But, of course, all that was just typical BS, intended for public consumption but totally insincere. The only sincere thing he said was that Miami wanted him and that he would force the Jazz to trade him, one way, or another.
But, of course, all that was just typical BS, intended for public consumption but totally insincere. The only sincere thing he said was that Miami wanted him and that he would force the Jazz to trade him, one way, or another.
If he did'nt think he would have to shoulder the extra load he would have given the Worlds a shot, wrist injury or not. He was actually the last one amongst the stars to pull out of the Worlds.And he actually did say that he was frustrated.
Hopper
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In retrospect, the whole conspiracy becomes obvious. Miami didn't really want Bosh, they wanted Deron. Bosh didn't really want Miami, because he didn't wanna play with them ballhogs, Wade and LeBron. Everyone knew Booza would leave, and that Utah would be without their "best player" and desperate to replace him. Miami trades Bosh to Utah for Deron: All a pre-planned and inevitable outcome, see?
Hopper
Banned
Ya left out the part about how close he said he was to Korver, personally. That was frustrating, yeah. I don't think he's really gunna miss Booza's sorry ***, but that's a different story.
Still out to present your PROOF that Deron was extremely unhappy with, pessimistic about, and dissatisified with the prospects for the team, Borat?
He may have been close to Korver, but he SAID he was frustrated because we lost both Booz and Korver. I am not sure what's to debate here. I also think he is A LOT less frustrated now that we got Al, but certainly at the time he was frustrated we lost Booz and Korver, and he actually said it. He also could not have known we were going to get Al, because I doubt even KOC knew it, since negotiations were far from over, and Dallas was very much in the mix.
Hopper
Banned
Of course he couldn't have known it, it hadn't been done yet, and, even though KOC had been lookin at Jefferson for months, and, according to KOC, talkin to Deron about him and other potential players, nuthin is done until it's done. But he knew KOC was workin hard at it, apparently, even if he didn't let on like he knew much (as he was probably told to do, if he didn't know it already). He did say that he was bein patient and just hoping the team would be improved.
It's kinda like goin into the 4th quarter of a tough game tied. You don't KNOW you're gunna win, but you don't hike up your skirt and flounce to the bench because you haven't won the game yet, either. You play on, HARD, without quittin due to "frustration."
Finally we agree: he was frustrated at the time, albeit patient hoping something would come at some point.
Hopper
Banned
There's a difference between bein temporarily "frustrated" because, for example, you're obviously fouled on a play with no call and have to run hard back to defend, like it or not, fair or not, and throwin in the towel like Sonny Liston against Cassius Clay because you've been frustrated into submission. Some here had "thrown in the towel" and were preachin utter defeatism. Interestingly enough, some here insisted that Deron felt exactly the way they did. They forgot one thing: Deron aint no candyass quitter.
No mas, no mas!
No mas, no mas!