Matt James Begins Holdout

[Oles]

So you're saying he was lying? Interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing his screenshots. Won't take a side on the issue until I see them.

In the meantime, enjoying peace and tranquility in Arizona.

I'm not saying he was lying, I'm just saying he was exaggerating, and I will admit, I said those quotes. My first interaction with this teammate was learning through a public article that he was holding out. My first attempt to reach out was this message.

Hey, seeing as we are both members of the Liberty's draft class and the Liberty I wanted to reach out to you as you begin holding out. As a part of the team I hope you end the holdout soon and start working towards getting better with the team and getting better as a player. If you have a problem with contracts you could ask the GMs for a 1 year deal and go from there also.

Which he responded with

I have tried compromising on my contract in multiple ways. The GM I spoke to responded by making fun of me.

I also sent this, in discord, as soon as I woke up and saw his response.

Here's my thing matt, multiple gms have said you never responded to their pre draft interview. So that's 1 thing that immediately strikes me as peculiar. The next thing is that your first contact with any teammates came from an article you posted about holding out, so whatever the situation is you put yourself in a bad light  because our first impression of you  was a selfish player. That's another thing. The last thing is that 2 million a year is a far deal for rookies, it isnt like everyone is getting berc type contracts at 9 million or 6 million a year. It just seems silly.

Adam never at any point said anything out of line, never suggested to write an article(it was all my idea). It was frustrating and still is to see that a teammate, who has had multiple members of the Liberty reach out, shovel this onto the fault of the GMs because he had some pre-existing prejudice against the team, he even says so in his presser.