Comments on: The Season of Mike James’ Discontent

By: The Wizards had no time for Mike James « 202SportsBlog

The Wizards had no time for Mike James « 202SportsBlog — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:38:33 +0000

[...] issue (if any) did Flip Saunders have with Mike James? I’ve heard and/or read people who have spent time with Mike James mention that he is a honest and straight forward individual and I have no reason to believe [...]

By: Pacer Fans Not the Only Ones Rooting for AJ

Pacer Fans Not the Only Ones Rooting for AJ — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:09:18 +0000

[...] now, we know that the Wizards journeyman point guard Mike James is also cheering for him. James said this has been the toughest situation of his career. He came into training camp in shape [...]

By: Truth About It

Truth About It — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:16:25 +0000

Um….

2009-2010 is the last year of Mike James’ current contract. The Wizards were holding onto him from the Antonio Daniels trade because his $6.5 million is expiring.

So … your point about him being about the money and that he easily could have gone somewhere else holds no weight.

James had no choice but to try to play for the Wizards, hope to be traded, or wait for his contract to expire.

By: rmcazz

rmcazz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:41:01 +0000

I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but I have a hard time feeling bad for a dude who opted to “take the cash and run” so to speak instead of going somewhere else like he EASILY could have over the summer.

Even if this team was a “good” team he had to know he would not play very much on a guard heavy team.

As fans, we all knew he would be sitting deep on the bench this season. I’m sure he had to know the same.

Clearly it was not Gods plan for him to be in Washington. Mike, it’s not always about the money. There’s a story this week about a top prospect in the A’s organization who chose to be a priest over making millions of dollars in MLB.

Maybe you should read that article.

- Ray