We now have a figure on the price of loyalty with Larry Hughes. His loyalty was purchased for about $2?million a season, only half of which is liable to end up in his pocket after taxes and the high cost of doing business in the NBA. His departure already has been termed a "business decision," which is only partially correct. It also was a short-sighted decision on the part of Hughes because it assumes the new ownership of the Cavaliers suddenly has a clue and that LeBron James is in it for the long haul. Hughes also demonstrated a remarkable lack of pride in allowing himself to be third on the free agent table of the Cavaliers, courted after both Ray Allen and Michael Redd elected to stay put. The swiftness with which Hughes made his decision suggests his devotion to the Wizards was made out of paper instead of iron. He played the mercenary for what amounts to a few extra dollars, joining an operation that has been noteworthy only because of its late-season collapse and pursuit of Larry Brown. His prior comments now appear duplicitous. All along, Hughes told the Wizards and the city that he was committed to finishing what the team had started last season and that his time on the free agent market was mostly an exploratory exercise that easily would be resolved. He said he did not want to leave Gilbert Arenas or Antawn Jamison or a franchise that encouraged his development and stuck with him following his questionable level of commitment near the end of Michael Jordan's midlife crisis. And then along came the skeptical proposition of the Cavaliers. His loss lets the air out of the good feelings enveloping the Wizards. Finally, after a generation's worth of nonsense, they were on the right path. And now? Who knows? 這篇談到了Hughes的忠心和誠信的問題 其實如果我是巫師的球迷我應該會滿不爽的 就像當時Boozer去Jazz一樣(不過這兩者的情況不同) 現在的NBA向錢看的情形越來越嚴重 聽說JJ都可能為了頂級合約離開前途光明的太陽跑到大爛隊老鷹了 不知道這對NBA的發展是好是壞 不過我覺得一般人真的很難拒絕金錢的誘惑啦 不然給一筆錢叫那些NBA作家跳槽到別家報社 能拒絕的又有多少人呢?? --

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