The Other Side Of A Trade (long, but great read for NBA fans)

[Cruise]

This thread reminds me of this guy who had a job and lost it. He got a generous severance package but it really put a crimp in his lifestyle.

After talking with him a bit, he said the biggest adjustment for him was, as he put it, "Now, I can't get a new corvette every year."

Sometimes, you just wonder if people have lost ALL perspective.

 

[YH Dafirm Diplomat]

you people keep saying they are complaining...


WHERE!!!!!!!!!!

where the fuck is one motherfuckin player complaining?!?!?!

can y'all read?!?!?! i mean, for real. read the shit dont skim it.

he hasnt said one damn word about he's upset that he's gone.

all the got damn man said was that players get sad when they are traded.

NOT ANGRY, NOT VICIOUS, NOT MURDEROUS...SAD DAMNIT!!!! SAD!!!!! S TO THE A TO THE MOTHAFUCKIN D!!!!!!! SAD!

damn, please tell me all y'all graduated.

 

[witmoe]

yeah i just read that article the other day and no matter what or how them dudes feel their number one dream in life was to be drafted in the league, the flip side to making into the league is the chance of being traded , so for 8 to 20 million a year, it would be bag your bags baby its time to move again !

 

[LSN]

i don't feel sorry for them either..

they joined up to see the world right?

*edit*
some of these cats aren't thinking. if you're an nba player not making the minimum, you shouldn't uproot your whole family.

find a nice place to live and make that home base. let your kids grow up in a semi stable enviroment. basketball aint a 12 month sport

Exactly...

 

[c_commander]

I feel sorriest for the player's children. At any time they may have to pack and leave for the another city.Having to change schools at the end or in the middle of the year, make a new set of friends, or simply dealing with a new and completely different city isn't fun in the least. Thanks for the read.

 

[Andeyhollawho]

I haven't read through this whole thread yet so if I am retreading old ground excuse me.

Good post by the way. My thing is I see the NBA kind of like the Army. You never know where you will be stationed from one year to the next. The thing is unlike the Army you will only be required to live in this spot for a a max of maybe 7-8 months. Now there are breaks, but why not just let your family stay in one spot? Why drag them around everywhere with you?

 

[glueguy]

alot of jealousy and envy in this thread. you niggas mad? should have worked on your game

cats jealous sounding like white folks

 

[YH Dafirm Diplomat]

dudes is mad. i understand. dont let the anger of not making it fuck this article up for you. thanks to all of those for your opinions. i greatly appreciate you all.

 

[hart]

cant really feel sympathy towards these guys

if it was really hard on them they could always retire...

no one is forcing them to leave.


Suck it up
IF you dont like it quit

 

[TurboDerek]

Free agency allows them to choose where they play once they fulfill their contract. I'm sure guys could take a pay-cut if they truly were concerned about keeping their family in once city. Sign nothing but one year contracts for the city you want to stay in.

 

[brohammus]

Good read.

 

[Nobody]

OK thank you I thought I was losing my fukkin mind...some of these NBA players can afford to have a fukkin home in every fukkin state...that's why they get the huge salaries...get the fukk over it...

He's just giving people a different perspective on something that people don't realize.

He's not saying it's any tougher than anything else, so don't bother comparing something that has nothing to do with it.

Get off your high horse, you always bitch so much.

And it's fuck, not fukk.

I hate when people spell curses differently in lil "cutsey" ways, it's fuckin annoying to see grown men type like that. That's just a side rant, I always hate seeing "bish" and shit like that.