TripleThreat wrote:

smackeddog wrote:
Not really. By stand up person, you mean he should have done what you think he should have done even if he was miserable for the next 5 years. It's his life, it's easy to cast judgement on people, but at the end of the day you have to go with what's right for you- life is fleeting. Teams sign players then trade them all the time- bit of a double standard. To be honest it took guts to backtrack despite the backlash.

If he'd stayed with mavs, then the Clips franchise and fans would have been screwed.

I'd like to think fans are becoming more accepting that players are just people- they mess up sometimes, we're all flawed.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
- Thomas S. Monson

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.
- Henry Kravis

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
- Baltasar Gracian

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.
- Joyce Meyer

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
- Chinua Achebe

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
- C. S. Lewis

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Are being judgemental and unforgiving also great qualities?

I usually stick to my word, but when it comes to employers, I tend to find that's a one way Street, so I don't blame anyone for doing what's right for them over what's right for a prospective employer. Teams trade players all the time and go back on the promises they made when they recruit. Do you honestly think dallas would have kept DJ as their primary offensive option once he failed to produce?

smackeddog wrote:

TripleThreat wrote:

smackeddog wrote:
Not really. By stand up person, you mean he should have done what you think he should have done even if he was miserable for the next 5 years. It's his life, it's easy to cast judgement on people, but at the end of the day you have to go with what's right for you- life is fleeting. Teams sign players then trade them all the time- bit of a double standard. To be honest it took guts to backtrack despite the backlash.

If he'd stayed with mavs, then the Clips franchise and fans would have been screwed.

I'd like to think fans are becoming more accepting that players are just people- they mess up sometimes, we're all flawed.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
- Thomas S. Monson

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.
- Henry Kravis

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
- Baltasar Gracian

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.
- Joyce Meyer

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
- Chinua Achebe

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
- C. S. Lewis

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Are being judgemental and unforgiving also great qualities?

I usually stick to my word, but when it comes to employers, I tend to find that's a one way Street, so I don't blame anyone for doing what's right for them over what's right for a prospective employer. Teams trade players all the time and go back on the promises they made when they recruit. Do you honestly think dallas would have kept DJ as their primary offensive option once he failed to produce?