I think you lack some perspective and haven’t thought very much about the issue at all, nor did you do very in depth reading of my response. First, is the name calling really necessary? Does it really add anything to the conversation? Probably not. As I acknowledged, there are some valid arguments against what Jack did. At the same time, you haven’t recognized or even thought about any of the motives behind Jack’s actions. Before we go further, keep in mind, like you and me, Jack is a person – it might seem like athletes are different because of the privelaged lifestyle/job, money, and whatever else, but they’re simply people, too, and often make the same decisions and have the same thought process as other people would in their shoes.

The team also made commitments that it did not keep. Brit, that’s really rec worthy? Are you serious? Can you even try to give the issue some real thought before simply rec’ing someone for replacing serious thought/argument with “creep”? Getting back to the point – as Brit has noted in the past – we were promised big moves by the organization. Jack was expecting more from the organization. They did not deliver on these commitments, similarly to Jack not delivering on his whole “leader” stuff. We made no big move in the offseason, we did not add anything meaningful in terms of a veteran presence, instead using the draft pick to get younger (which I support, but again, was contrary to the impression Jack had of the teams direction). We’re buildnig towards a future Jack is not a part of.

Again, as I said, Jack was given a contract that was better than any other option he would have had. He took it. Can you even begin to think most other people would not? Sure, maybe he could have done more to honor his contract and act more professionally, but he has other interests besides just the money – like winning, like expecting the Warriors to go the direction they told him they would, and those things have changed since he signed the contract.

I’m not justifying anything as much as recognizing what went into the decision. You obviously have not given this any thought. I’m pointing out that Jack was in a situation that many reasonable people would have behaved similarly – well, maybe not gone about things the same way, but been equally unhappy and had similar desires to leave to a situation that was better for them, even if they dealt with it in a better manner.

I like the trade, I thought we needed to get rid of Jack after all that happened (and because his contract sucked). I’m sorry that you don’t care to really put some thought into the issue, and I’m sorry Brit encourages such a weak response by not only rec’ing it, but making sure to announce she did…

I don’t see what that has to do with anything? Whether it took him a long time or a short time to get the great offer, when he got it, he took it. How does your point make it any different?

I think that’s a bit of a stretch. Obviously Jackson was an active participant in getting the contract he wanted. Rowell is the president of a multimillion dollar company, though, I don’t think it’s fair to make it out like Jack is some sort of con artist preying on people who don’t know any better. Also, the whole going behind everyone’s back makes it sound like Jack had other options to negotiate with that he bypassed. The franchise and management were in disarray, Mullin wasn’t really part of any process, I don’t think there were really any other people with the authority to negotiate a contract besides Rowell at that point, so even though the deal was kind of sketchy and came out of nowhere, I don’t think you can pin that entirely on Jack…