Ghost Pepper
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Is Roy responsible for a huge money grab and misleading the team knowing he was hurt? I think so! It's called ethics and personal integrity! Big concept around here! BUT.... If you know you're being paid to be the franchise player and the face of Portland for the next 5 years and ya can barely walk between games, and you're iced most of your off court time? You have a responsibility not to cripple a team from getting better so your family can have an additional 30 million after tax to buy "homes" with! It's not like he's hurt mid season, we aren't a full month into the schedule yet! There's being well taken care of and greed especially if your not seeing the court for weeks at a time! This is why there will be a lockout next year cause 90 million dollar players who play 1 year on those contracts are breaking the NBA in half! 9 out of 10 Blazer fans are buying season tickets for their allstar "Roy" and their first round draft pick Oden, not for Dante and Babbitt!
But hey maybe you're the kind of person who lives for the free handouts.... got me! What I find startling rather than "stupid" is how quickly you overlooked doing the right thing and being a real "TEAMATE" for getting yours. Think that's the more telling part of your post! Free lunch always costs someone...... In this case it'll be the Blazer Fans a championship for the next 5 years....
Both Roy and the Blazers Organization have a role in this fraud, but ethics is clearly the big issue here, both have shown little in my eyes and the fans will pay the bill for it!
Is Roy responsible for a huge money grab and misleading the team knowing he was hurt? I think so! It's called ethics and personal integrity! Big concept around here! BUT.... If you know you're being paid to be the franchise player and the face of Portland for the next 5 years and ya can barely walk between games, and you're iced most of your off court time? You have a responsibility not to cripple a team from getting better so your family can have an additional 30 million after tax to buy "homes" with! It's not like he's hurt mid season, we aren't a full month into the schedule yet! There's being well taken care of and greed especially if your not seeing the court for weeks at a time! This is why there will be a lockout next year cause 90 million dollar players who play 1 year on those contracts are breaking the NBA in half! 9 out of 10 Blazer fans are buying season tickets for their allstar "Roy" and their first round draft pick Oden, not for Dante and Babbitt!
But hey maybe you're the kind of person who lives for the free handouts.... got me! What I find startling rather than "stupid" is how quickly you overlooked doing the right thing and being a real "TEAMATE" for getting yours. Think that's the more telling part of your post! Free lunch always costs someone...... In this case it'll be the Blazer Fans a championship for the next 5 years....
Both Roy and the Blazers Organization have a role in this fraud, but ethics is clearly the big issue here, both have shown little in my eyes and the fans will pay the bill for it!
