got it

and no need to qualify with “not to be a jerk,” i’d have to be really defensive to take this as an attack on me (something we’ve seen a bit too much of on this site recently).

i guess my anger toward monta about the moped is really more frustration about the situation. i don’t think he should have been rolling around on a moped at all, so when he got hurt, it’s easy to be upset with him. i doubt i would care in the slightest about his moped-ing exploits if he never crashed the thing.

as for the attitude concern, i just see what is happening right now as a young player frustrated that he’s not on the court when he thinks he could be. it’s immature, definitely, but he’s a young player. it would be nice to see jack sit him down and say “hey, shut up for a second. just get healthy and play,” but for now, he just wants desperately to get back on the floor. at least that’s how i read it. if he threw a fit and stormed out for other reasons, i don’t see why nellie and co. would cover for him and say it’s the ankle. he made another stupid decision by lying, saying the ankle never hurt in hopes that they’ll put him in there sooner. that was stupid, no argument here.

i’ve said it a couple times, but if i were monta and i thought i were ready to play and was forced to sit, i’d be more than a little curious about the reasoning behind it. when we’re tanking by sitting vets and monta is being told he’s not healthy enough, it’s not crazy or childish for him to question the judgment/motivation of that decision. it IS childish for him to do it publicly. i’m a bit torn on the issue, but i tend to think that this is a young player who wants to play and when they let him out on the court again, this will go away. or at least that’s what i’ll tell myself.