Apparently, leaving a last place disaster to come to Boston for a chance at a ring was very difficult for Mikki Moore.
"It was tough," Moore said of the transition. "I had to leave Sac. To
this day, I still do feel like they're my brothers. I've never walked
out on anyone when the times get hard, and we were struggling.
Actually, that's honorable. But he really makes it sound like he was never really into the move.
"It was very difficult," Moore countered. "But God works in mysterious
ways. It taught me a lot. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm
trying to bring forth that and what I've learned from that situation to
the Warriors."
Maybe this had something to do with it:
Moore signed a three-year, $18 million contract with the Kings in the
summer of 2007, by far the biggest contract he has received during his
NBA career. But the last year wasn't fully guaranteed. So when the
Kings waived him, there went $4 million.
Ah... bingo. I'd be crying about the move too if it cost me $4 million.
Can you imagine paying $4 mil. for the level of play we saw at the end of last year? Wow.