ESPN writer says young NBA players are depressed being drafted to cities they dont want to live
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Haven't read everyone responses but I think someone pointed out that this article wouldn't exist if New York or LA got the number 1 pick.
This is one of those things in where with "great power comes great responsibility "...in other words, you cant have everything go your way. I coach high level AAU and I tell kids to use basketball, dont let basketball use you. They know what they sign up for when they make the decision to one day be a pro basketball player. Its part of the game for now.
This is one of those things in where with "great power comes great responsibility "...in other words, you cant have everything go your way. I coach high level AAU and I tell kids to use basketball, dont let basketball use you. They know what they sign up for when they make the decision to one day be a pro basketball player. Its part of the game for now.
This is why I don't believe most of these articles."ESPN writer says young NBA players are depressed being drafted to cities they dont want to live"
...... as with the majority of jobs in the real world .... you gotta work your way to the top .... who gives two fux if they're sad or depressed ...... maybe they'd be happier making $30k a year .... or worse ......
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Depressed is a very strong word. It could be temporary blues or homesickness. Could be adjusting to pro life. Could be they aren't used to sitting on the bench.
There seems to be this need to make these athletes look like spoiled children. Another attempt at dehumanizing to me.
Depressed. FOH!
For $22 million over 3 years, ALL OF IT GUARANTEED, I’d happily go take a job in the most hick, backwater, racist hillybilly town in inbred America.
Over 40% of the season they’re going to be out of town and on the road.
4 months out of the year, they’ll be in the off seasons and can go wherever they want.
For $22 million over 3 years, ALL OF IT GUARANTEED, I’d happily go take a job in the most hick, backwater, racist hillybilly town in inbred America.
Over 40% of the season they’re going to be out of town and on the road.
4 months out of the year, they’ll be in the off seasons and can go wherever they want.
We are talking about kids man. Kids. Not men. Not grown men. Not men, kids.
First, grow up poor, bad area, and dream of a nice crib for you and your family, money and the good life. You’re already moving to a new city at fucking 19 or 20! Who the fuck ever did that without college being the reason? Now you leave the mean streets of Chicago or NYC, only to have millions of dollars in racist ass Portland or Memphis, goddamn boring ass Seattle-with millions!?!?
Most of y’all must never have moved across country before. I took the spot in atlanta but was an adult and new altanta well. I wasn’t 19 and rich, with the weight of playing in the league on my shoulders. If my job offered me a big race to take the Uma, Arizona job; I’m probably not gonna be excited about going-even with a raise and new title. I’ve done it. It sucks. New friends, you miss old ones, gotta end a relationship if you’re in one. Gotta find all new everything. And all those are cool if you go where you want to be. None of y’all would be happy with a million dollars in Shoestring County, Idaho.
First, grow up poor, bad area, and dream of a nice crib for you and your family, money and the good life. You’re already moving to a new city at fucking 19 or 20! Who the fuck ever did that without college being the reason? Now you leave the mean streets of Chicago or NYC, only to have millions of dollars in racist ass Portland or Memphis, goddamn boring ass Seattle-with millions!?!?
Most of y’all must never have moved across country before. I took the spot in atlanta but was an adult and new altanta well. I wasn’t 19 and rich, with the weight of playing in the league on my shoulders. If my job offered me a big race to take the Uma, Arizona job; I’m probably not gonna be excited about going-even with a raise and new title. I’ve done it. It sucks. New friends, you miss old ones, gotta end a relationship if you’re in one. Gotta find all new everything. And all those are cool if you go where you want to be. None of y’all would be happy with a million dollars in Shoestring County, Idaho.
I get but unfortunately I don’t empathize with millionaires. Regardless of their happiness, they still get to live above most shit poor people can’t escape from.
And it’s only temporary. Not forever.
LOL....see how many say fuck it and go the college drop out route....
And water is wet.
Seriously though, players have NEVER been happy about going to shit cities. At least today's players have more options and shorter contracts.
Pour one out to the players in the 80s and before that were sent to shit cities on 5-8 year contracts.
Seriously though, players have NEVER been happy about going to shit cities. At least today's players have more options and shorter contracts.
Pour one out to the players in the 80s and before that were sent to shit cities on 5-8 year contracts.
Let’s list all the “bad” cities to be young and rich in:
-Salt Lake City
-Portland
-Indianapolis
-Cleveland
-San Antonio
-Boston
-OKC
-Sacramento
-Orlando
That’s 9 of 30, so roughly 33% of the L has to live somewhere on a part-time basis where it ain’t always crackin but you’re on the road so much that it really should matter THAT much.
Now on the flip side; the NFL, THOSE dudes have to stay in two of those cities (Indianapolis and Cleveland) for at least half the year (training camp and season and maybe playoffs) with nothing but flat ass land and weather that goes from hot to ok to cold as hell. Then you add in Buffalo, Green Bay, Jacksonville, and Cincinnati......football players get a much bigger end of the shitty city stick and for less money and non-guaranteed contracts to boot.
-Salt Lake City
-Portland
-Indianapolis
-Cleveland
-San Antonio
-Boston
-OKC
-Sacramento
-Orlando
That’s 9 of 30, so roughly 33% of the L has to live somewhere on a part-time basis where it ain’t always crackin but you’re on the road so much that it really should matter THAT much.
Now on the flip side; the NFL, THOSE dudes have to stay in two of those cities (Indianapolis and Cleveland) for at least half the year (training camp and season and maybe playoffs) with nothing but flat ass land and weather that goes from hot to ok to cold as hell. Then you add in Buffalo, Green Bay, Jacksonville, and Cincinnati......football players get a much bigger end of the shitty city stick and for less money and non-guaranteed contracts to boot.
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Boston and Portland not that bad imo but you left out Milwaukee, Detroit, Charlotte, Minneapolis
I’ve kicked in all those cities and agree on Milwaukee but the other three were cool.
Few sistas in Minneapolis but some good to bad ass white women (not my preference per se) between 22-30, enough to keep an NBA player occupied for those cold winters.
I mean for me personally if I was a young phenom I'd be telling my agent I only wanna be in LA, NYC, Toronto, Miami really.
I’ve kicked in all those cities and agree on Milwaukee but the other three were cool.
Few sistas in Minneapolis but some good to bad ass white women (not my preference per se) between 22-30, enough to keep an NBA player occupied for those cold winters.
That's why you know this article is bullshit.
They take scholarships away from home for under table money. For millions? They don't give a fuck
Only appeal of Orlando to me would be no state income tax and a quick flight on the jet to miami
It's called the off season. Live anywhere you want during that time.
You cats are confusing as hell
You wanna coddle these players when it comes to the media/social media criticism and say it’s unfair
But if there upset about being drafted and forced to live in place they don’t want to “it comes with
territory”
Smh
You wanna coddle these players when it comes to the media/social media criticism and say it’s unfair
But if there upset about being drafted and forced to live in place they don’t want to “it comes with
territory”
Smh
Orlando is cool, pretty much any store or restaurant you can think of is there, good job market, good night life, beaches, not country.
Learn to kick a ball instead of shooting it and go to a country that likes that wack ass sport. That or stfu. That's like a dude in Vegas complaining about $60 bed and breakfast whores cause the girls there charge $300. 
But those spots are limited. If you are talented and want to work for Google you better be top 1% of your class or you can forget about it.
My niece has am Aerospace engineering degree from USC and wants to work for SpaceX but she has a b+ GPA and is completing against kids with 4.0's. It is what it is, limited spots and the company picks who they want. You wanna make big leagues go to space Y and make them competitive and the other job will recruit you.
Exactly
Ain’t no beaches in Orlando dawg but it’s a good place to be.
The way people are traveling to the destinations of their choice on a whim this story has no traction.
So imagine a young NBA player worth a few million already can actually do. With social media, Instagram, FaceTime and all the other video chat apps everybody is connected anyways.
On your downtime off-season just go where or live where you want. Be the fuck out. Nobody said you have to live in these places in the off-season. NBA players are traveling to different cities everyday and week during the season anyway, so how often does these players be in these cities. Fuck all that.
Now back in the day when bamas wasn’t making that much bread that they’re making now then yeah I can see it being a problem. Now as far as the other shit like the NCAA and the draft that’s another story. It’s funny that now that NBA players are coming from overseas and are Caucasian they have a problem with the NCAA and the age limit. Back in the 90’s they didn’t want the players coming straight out of high-school. They was making up all kinds of bullshit. When the problem was that they didn’t like seeing these young black men making all that money straight out of high-school. Especially when the NCAA didn’t get a taste first.
So imagine a young NBA player worth a few million already can actually do. With social media, Instagram, FaceTime and all the other video chat apps everybody is connected anyways.
On your downtime off-season just go where or live where you want. Be the fuck out. Nobody said you have to live in these places in the off-season. NBA players are traveling to different cities everyday and week during the season anyway, so how often does these players be in these cities. Fuck all that.
Now back in the day when bamas wasn’t making that much bread that they’re making now then yeah I can see it being a problem. Now as far as the other shit like the NCAA and the draft that’s another story. It’s funny that now that NBA players are coming from overseas and are Caucasian they have a problem with the NCAA and the age limit. Back in the 90’s they didn’t want the players coming straight out of high-school. They was making up all kinds of bullshit. When the problem was that they didn’t like seeing these young black men making all that money straight out of high-school. Especially when the NCAA didn’t get a taste first.
Fuck all that shit! I wanna see bad exotic bitches shaking their ass everyday on my face! *co-signed by every young man that just entered the NBA and is now a millionaire*
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/03/12/b...Iy2etU6cjb4QuqwzR50v1aFPIT_kB2xSeXjWWZAhLVqag
This was done by 15 NFL Agents, now NFL players usually can't be too choosy and just go with whoever is offering the most guaranteed money but in this poll if money was the same you see what cities the players are picking
This was done by 15 NFL Agents, now NFL players usually can't be too choosy and just go with whoever is offering the most guaranteed money but in this poll if money was the same you see what cities the players are picking