Well, BLeP, hope the run was fun b/c the Raptors may have just become the 3rd best team in the Atlantic (not the East).
Durant, Kyrie, and DeAndre Jordan to the Nets. That makes the Nets the favorite to win the Atlantic (with 76ers second) and the East.
At least Durant is out a year, so the Bucks and Raptors can duke it out again for one more year.
EDIT: Malcolm Brogdon is headed to the Pacers. Welp, if Leonard re-signs with the Raps, Bucks are out.
The NBA lost its minds this week.
A player who is out for a season opted out of his $30 million guaranteed contract. Then a team signed him for $40 million to not play for them.
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The NBA lost its minds this week.
A player who is out for a season outed out of his $30 million guaranteed contract. Then a team signed him for $40 million to not play for them.
I don’t agree with you on much, but on this I think we will all agree with you.
The NBA lost its minds this week.
A player who is out for a season opted out of his $30 million guaranteed contract. Then a team signed him for $40 million to not play for them.
$450K per game that he’s not playing in.
Jimmy Butler to Miami.
It’s just like slavery…
Farrakhan compared the NBA Draft – and other pro sports – of participating in a system not unlike the slavery auction block.
“We got bought and sold just like that … and that’s what you do in sports.”
“You run up and down the field, you show them how swift you are, how clever you are. And they’re sitting there watching you, timing you … that’s a good one, I’ll get him, I’m drafting him.”
Farrakhan also addresses the counterargument – that they’re paid millions of dollars – saying it’s an unfair system because the athletes getting paid have no training when it comes to handling money and are easily exploited by predators.
Interestingly, Nikola Mirotic is not a Bucks anymore going back to Europe, signing with Barcelona.
Well, BLeP, hope the run was fun b/c the Raptors may have just become the 3rd best team in the Atlantic (not the East).
Durant, Kyrie, and DeAndre Jordan to the Nets. That makes the Nets the favorite to win the Atlantic (with 76ers second) and the East.
At least Durant is out a year, so the Bucks and Raptors can duke it out again for one more year.
EDIT: Malcolm Brogdon is headed to the Pacers. Welp, if Leonard re-signs with the Raps, Bucks are out.
Durant is getting paid $40 Million next year to rehab and do PT.
What a time to be alive.
“Sunday ended up being the wildest, most frenzied day in NBA history — 48 contracts and $3.1 billion worth of frenzied. Seriously, that is how much money was agreed to in one eight-hour window on Sunday. And that is with a big contract or two left hanging out there.”
That’s a lot of money. If you looked at 48 of the top level/most talented CEO’s, lawyers, physicians, musicians, etc., I suppose you’d find that’s the going rate for top level talent.
But it’s a lot of money.
Durant will be lucky if he is able to rehab back to his original level. Achilles is one of the worst injuries to recover from for basketball.
And all that guaranteed money before they have any idea at all how rehab goes.
Will Kyrie ever look like he is having fun playing basketball? Is he really that unhappy or does he have resting morose face?
That’s a lot of money.
They get paid the money because the money is there to be paid.
Having said that, it blows my mind what people will pay for sporting events. The average NBA tickets are $90. Throw in parking and food, and you are likely in for $120-$150 for a meaningless mid-season game that you can watch at home for free.
And this is coming from someone who can afford it.