bennymacca wrote:Gozu wrote:tigerhutch wrote::roll: Yeah that would be the reason
I haven't read them but people have gone back and found interviews he did in the past where he supposedly says his first love was footy but because you can't play it internationally he went with basketball because his dream was to play at an Olympics. I don't know for a fact (just second hand) if him missing out on selection for the Boomers in the series against NZ thus meaning he would be very unlikely to break into the national team in time for next year's Olympics was a deciding factor or not but it certainly seems like it given he quits basketball (1 month into his 3 year deal) two days after the series finished.
Honestly who cares. You seriously expect someone to just play for 3 years doing something that might not enjoy anymore, especially when they failed in their goals and probably want to try something new?
It's pretty easy to understand why people might be shitty about him doing something as unprofessional as this. I haven't heard anyone suggest he should be forced to see out his 3 year contract with another team (the different sport part is irrelevant) but no one made him sign with an NBL team (and for 3 years at that he could've signed for 1 year if undecided about his future). It's very poor form on his part.
Try and look it for the other side let's say Aish gets drafted by the Brisbane Lions signs a 3 year deal and then two weeks into pre-season training turns around walks out on the club to take up basketball. Can you actually imagine the uproar there would be from the footy media not just actual Lions fans?