Gortat will get over it when he gets his check - that will average around $70,000 per game for the regular season.

Hell, even I would get over it knowing I would get exactly zero minutes behind Howard. At least Gortat will get some minutes on the floor - I can see him playing some minutes alongside Howard as a possibility as well.

he has nothing to get over. Hes not upset.
Read.

There is some article in polish.
http://www.sport.pl/celebritie...em_rozczarowany.html

The title is: "Gortat: Nie mówiłem, że jestem rozczarowany" what means: "Gortat: I didn't say that I'm disappointed".

People on here attacking someone because he wants playing time and would get it elsewhere. Figures. And he only averages 12 minutes a game. Where's this 20 minutes I am reading?

That's a lot of money for 12 minutes a game. Otis is a real brainiac.

Why not...

JN
VC
SHARD
GORTAT
D12

If we are paying him that much, then start him.

We are paying Pietrus that much too, why not start him as well?

Lineups are not dictated by salary, they are dictated by SVG.

I fully expect Stan to do A LOT of tinkering with lineups in the pre-season to see which ones works the best.

Only fours guys have guaranteed starting jobs, the last one will likely be up for grabs in training camp

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Originally posted by Knappy:
Gortat will get over it when he gets his check - that will average around $70,000 per game for the regular season.

Hell, even I would get over it knowing I would get exactly zero minutes behind Howard. At least Gortat will get some minutes on the floor - I can see him playing some minutes alongside Howard as a possibility as well.

+1



He can either win a ring this year or be traded December 15th and get his chance to start. He'll get a ton of money either way.

I honestly wanted him to go to Dallas. I like the Mavs, and our home boy the other JJ is there.

I was thinking of a line up of Kidd/Howard/Marion/Dirk/Gortat and kind of liking it. Can't he be traded to Dallas now? lol

However, I'm also glad the Magic matched, but it's more like to trade him. He's too expensive to be a backup and we're stacked at PF and slim at Center, so he won't play much backup PF I guess.

I'm worried about the playing time distribution this next year, but I hope Gortat plays with passion and they do what's best for the team.

This is what Gortat said in an interview before he left for Poland.


Do you feel like it’s a win-win situation in either city?

Marcin Gortat: That’s the point. It’s not like it’s going to be a win. Either way it’s going to be a great situation for me. Either way I’m getting paid. But the thing is that I want to develop my game. I want to become a better basketball player at the end of the day. And obviously, Orlando is going to give me a lot of chance to develop my game, but I don’t know that they can give me the same minutes that Dallas can give me. We’ve got to be honest about that.

What do you think your role would be if you came back to the Magic?

Marcin Gortat: I don’t think I’m going to be a point guard, but I’m definitely going to be backup for Dwight and I’m going to fight for being able to get some time at the 4. Now that Brandon Bass is here, I don’t know. Paying so much money for a backup center, I don’t know if that’s going to work.

Would you be disappointed if the Magic match the offer and you’re forced to stay?

Marcin Gortat: Not at all. There’s a team that invested a lot of time in me. Not only 2 years in the NBA, but the 2 or 3 years before I got into the NBA to develop my game before the summer league and in the summer league. I’ve been with this team since 2005. I won’t be disappointed. I feel really comfortable here in this city and in this organization.

I guess it's case closed lol.

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Originally posted by NotByChoice:
I personally would relish the role of playing behind a great player. I mean your virtually pressure free, yet still playing meaningful minutes and contributing on a contending team. Best of all your getting paid a nice salary to do it.

Come on, playing next to Dirk and with Jason Kidd is somehow less exciting to you than sitting behind Dwight? The paycheck is the same so that's not an argument.