In the end, Carter didn't land in Phoenix. He went to New Jersey in a trade for Moning.
However, what Barbocock never would have imagined was that Moning was unwilling to report to the Raptors.
He publicly claimed that he didn't want to leave the United States to go to the frozen-over Toronto.
This reason was suspect. Canada is basically the United States' backyard; going there is like not even leaving the country.
Chen Yu personally felt it was probably related to his injuries.
The man had been in and out of the league a few times, had just made a comeback after a kidney transplant, and was getting on in years. He definitely didn't want to waste his life on a team like the Raptors, which was committed to rebuilding and tanking.
Was he a man who was short on chump change?
But Chen Yu didn't know the real reason. In any case, Moning refused to report, and the whole affair blew up.
It was no smaller than the Auburn Hills Palace incident in November.
