Maxey responds to new IQ contract
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IQ was one of my favorite players of the Cal era. I got league pass just so I could watch his Knicks games.
Well deserved. Great young person and player.
Well deserved. Great young person and player.
I don’t think so currently but the contract he’s about to sign or signed recently supposedly was $200mil +
insane amounts of money being thrown around. I wish I was born genetically gifted and determined. Too bad I’m short and have a 20” vertical.
I’m not saying these players don’t deserve money. Damn the NBA is really overpaying these players anymore!
NBA contracts are off the rails now. Before 1997, Michael Jordan was making $3.8M a year. His biggest year was a one year $33.1M deal. Now you've got role players making more than that.
It’s the explosion of TV money. Where is the money supposed to go exactly? In the pockets of billionaire owners?
The CBA gives the players 50 percent of revenues.
I can't believe TV can influence this much spending in this league. So many bad contracts, and the Hawks have journeymen who never have to bounce another ball in their lives.
Getting Bronny drafted when he doesn't even start in college says a lot about the Lakers.
Wait til they send him out there to guard Reed or Rob.
Getting Bronny drafted when he doesn't even start in college says a lot about the Lakers.
Wait til they send him out there to guard Reed or Rob.
he hasn't signed his YET. But it will be HUGE. I think in the $240 million range. But, maybe IQ can buy Max some Chick Fil A before he gets his "raise" ? On a serious note, I seriously doubt they eat very much Chick Fil A now days.
Edited : I did some research, his deal is capped at 5 year, ONLY $204 million. His All NBA snub cost him about $40 million. Could have signed in the $245 million range if he had made the All NBA team.
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IQ got paid! Good for him. I loved that kid here. Such a good player and hard worker.
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The max is like 255 I think. Still a lot of coin.
Scotty Pippen got locked up for like 7 years at less than a 1 million per with the Bulls.
Pippen’s contracts were criminal. Severely underpaid.
read my edit a couple of post above yours. It would have been $245, but when he did not get named All NBA (after Embiid did not qualify for the honor many felt Maxey would), it knocked it down to 5 year / $204.5 million capped. Google the Sports Illustrated article about Maxey, pretty good read and how awards can help or in his case not getting one can severely decide a players contract terms. it is dated May 23rd.
I know it's TV money. It's just crazy how much they're able to pay and they acquire these products simply to produce advertising. It's just mind boggling to see how powerful advertising is.
The saving grace for Pippen was his post Bulls career.
| 1998-99 | Houston Rockets | NBA | $11,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-00 | Portland Trail Blazers | NBA | $14,795,642 |
| 2000-01 | Portland Trail Blazers | NBA | $13,750,000 |
| 2001-02 | Portland Trail Blazers | NBA | $18,083,564 |
| 2002-03 | Portland Trail Blazers | NBA | $19,727,524 |
With that said, he got screwed by a financial advisor as many of these guys do. He also purchased a private jet (a for sure way to go bankrupt unless you're bringing in Oprah/Taylor Swift money). He wasn't good with money and it clearly showed with his decisions.
THIS ! But then, what's happening in the NBA is no different from the NFL and/or MLB, and no different from WalMart, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, The Blackstone Group, KKR, The Carlyle Group . . . and on and on. And then there are the rest of us ...
Nevertheless ... Go 'Cats ! ! !
Take it up with TV. They’re the ones paying.
The NBA’s current media rights deal is the second largest in the world for domestic rights at 2.7 billion dollars a year.
The new deal is expected to be 6 billion dollars a year.
The Finals averaged 11 million viewers. The World Series in 2023 average 9 million roughly.
Definitely one of my favorites from Cal era too. Agree 100%, he's a great person and player, also comes across very humble. Hard not to cheer for him.
Well, I'm short too and you have me beat by about 10" in vertical. But, I can shoot well.
A few charities would be nice. I’m not a communist but I am a Christian who donates my own time and money to those less fortunate than me and I doubt I’ll ever make their max one year salary in my lifetime.
And I’m not bummed about that either, I’m not money obsessed. It’s just hard seeing athletes with so much and firefighters, cops, teachers, enlisted military, homeless veterans, starving children, kids in orphanages, etc.
Again, it’s their money and they can do what they want with it. I accept and appreciate that and I want to be treated the same. But when I see one dude with 3 mansions, private security, 2 private jets, 4 yachts, and 8 super cars I start to wonder how different our financial elite is from say to he Roman financial elite. Both in how they’re treated by the public and how they truly view the public.
I am a realist who tends to lean towards cynicism just so people don’t let me down, so that’s where a lot of this rant is coming from too.
I thought I read that MLB made like $14B compared to the NBA's $12B (this was in 2023).
Comparing the viewership of the finals in both sports gets to be apples to oranges based on which markets are being repped. Boston is a huge draw in the NBA, I imagine. The 2021 NBA Finals had viewership similar to the 2023 World Series. The D-Backs and Rangers was a bad matchup for casuals. It's probably a different story if the Dodgers make it.
You won't be delighted forever than. I hate it too,but it's going nowhere
Calipari penciling in IQ's, Sheppards, Dillingham's, and Bam's contracts to his "career earnings" recruiting pitch this week, right in time for Darius Acuff:
I guarantee he is! Cal sure did underachieve with all the talent he had. He should have won 3-4 championships.Calipari penciling in IQ's, Sheppards, Dillingham's, and Bam's contracts to his "career earnings" recruiting pitch this week, right in time for Darius Acuff:
Someone would pay good money to watch us go 1 on 1. It would have to be half court and double dribbling is allowed for me to participate.