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d2o

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  1. No franchise deserves this fate more than the Sixers. Fuck the whole org
  2. d2o

    Blue Beetle

    He was a friend of mine
  3. Not one of her teammates stepped up for her.
  4. True. This song is playing when I think about either of them.
  5. Dont minimize Harden doing this in China where Morey is hated for his comments a couple yrs ago. Morey has bent over time and time again for Harden. As recently as May they let Harden go to Vegas in the middle of the playoffs. He's like a spoiled child that's been given everything he has ever asked for then finally being told no.
  6. Pretty wild to publicly state this. Even wilder considering how he and Morey have been over the yrs. There is a reason you dont do "wink-wink" deals. Shit can change and one side may back out. And I get athletes are always gonna think they are the shit and need to make max money but reality is with his age and history/reputation thinking that someone is going to give him full max is pretty wild. Especially coming off another pretty spectacular flameout in the playoffs.
  7. Interesting tweet about the thought that many shared about the "middle class" disappearing
  8. I dont understand why someone would even worry about this. Way too much of counting other people's money in sports today.
  9. Same. I thought JVG was pretty funny
  10. Wade was the one with a Finals MVP before LBJ got there. That alone would trump Harden.
  11. EDIT2: Fuck that they dont make shit LOL The league does not make teams publicize their player salaries as the NFL does. However, it is estimated that players make between $60,000 and $100,000. The minimum salary an American or National player can make is $65,000. For Global players, that floor is set at $54,000.Nov 21, 2022
  12. NFLPA is the worst of the players unions. It also helps that the NFL is literally the only game in town. If it somehow came to be a long work stoppage NBA players could go overseas and make huge money. EDIT: I guess NFL players could go to Canada but I have no idea how the money compares there.
  13. The stars are the ones that drive the revenue.
  14. A FT? Give me Steph.
  15. But why?
  16. Meh, not really. There are still 29 other teams that they can get money from (see Fred Van Vleet or any number of fringe guys getting big paydays). How does raising the % of revenue given to players make things better? Are you suggesting that they are able to give certain players money that doesnt count toward the cap?
  17. Not assuming that they deserve it. I know for certain that any All-NBA level player will ask for it. That is the nature of time with max deals. Every best player (or even 2nd best in most cases) will expect it. Their teams will more than likely have to give it because most are over the cap and losing players for nothing doesn't free cap room. More importantly, they have the money to spend. The league is making money hand over fist and will soon be up for another massive raise with the next TV deal. As far as the contract durations go, that was another thing that owners fought for. They used to be able to go much longer and then they complained about having to pay guys yrs after they were useful or even on their teams . Further, people already complain about guys dogging it when they have guaranteed deals. Can you imagine how much worse that would be if a guy was in say yr 5 of a 10 yr guaranteed deal?? People just get too caught up with how much players make. If Brown can make 60M/yr how much is the guy that pays him and 14 other guys? No one seems to have a problem with how much money owners make but I guess that is another conversation. I really hate that player salaries became public information but that is EXACTLY what owners wanted and its worked incredibly well.
  18. He was the next max deal up. The next max deal guy will get more. Just like in football when the next QB is highest paid player.
  19. Meh, its a max deal. I mean I guess they could have tried to give him 4 yrs but that was the advantage that owners wanted in giving the fifth yr. If they offer 4 then he can say fuck yall and get the same on the open market.
  20. Owners wanted to cap contracts. This is the result of the max level contract scale.
  21. LOL, exactly the stuff about LBJ not being clutch is wild as hell.
  22. Wait, wait, wait........Jokic over Shaq? Dirk is better than KD?
  23. All this hand wringing and real ballers respect what she did.
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