$125 Million, 5 Years, Starter, 0 Rings vs $25 Million, 5 Years, 12th Man, 5 Rings

[Taller than CP3]

You have 5 years in the NBA.

Which one would you rather be?

The Ringless Superstar or The 12th Man GOAT?

Note: The Superstar with the $125 Million Contract won't have any Playoff Appearances.

It's either all about the money or all about the rings.

Choose wisely

$25 Million per year vs $5 Million per year
Starter vs 12th Man
No playoff appearances vs Winning the NBA Finals 5 straight years
0 Rings vs 5 rings

[Phantom84]

You have 5 years in the NBA.

Which one would you rather be?

The Ringless Superstar or The 12th Man GOAT?

Note: The Superstar with the $125 Million Contract won't have any Playoff Appearances.

It's either all about the money or all about the rings.

Choose wisely

$25 Million per year vs $5 Million per year
Starter vs 12th Man
No playoff appearances vs Winning the NBA Finals 5 straight years
0 Rings vs 5 rings

Give me $25 mil per year lol. Not to mention countless endorsements since you are a superstar. I rather be HOF carmelo than Luc Walton.

[Eric Cartman]

Take the money and run.

Adam Morrison rings bring shame.

[Taller than CP3]

Give me $25 mil per year lol. Not to mention countless endorsements since you are a superstar. I rather be HOF carmelo than Luc Walton.

What about the memories though.....going to the Finals 5 straight years, the long road it took to get there every year, the celebrations, the parties, the NBA parades,

Look at Melo now, he just seems so empty inside, so lonely, sure he's a Superstar but he can't even make the Playoffs. As a player, a competitor first and foremost, it has to eat you up inside. Looking back on your career, you have nothing to show for.

[SugarHill]

The loaded superstar. Easily.

[buddha]

25 million after taxes ain't shit. gimme the 125.

a better question would be 80 mil, 6th man and 5 rings or 250 mil, superstar with 0 rings.

in that scenario, I'd probably take the 80 mil and 5 rings.

[Lebron23]

The loaded superstar. Easily.


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[#number6ix#]

Give me the loot

[Quickening]

There is little pride in rings if you aren't the best player, or at the very least a starter....

Being a superstar with no rings > a scrub with rings.

And thats ignoring all that exra money you mentioned.

[L.Kizzle]

Who remembers the 12th man on a team?
I'd rather be Carmelo Anthony and Joel Anthony.

[Jailblazers7]

If you don't take the money you're a ****ing idiot

[bluechox2]

are you serious...money trumps some silly rings...you end up broke and then selling thsoe silly rings just to stay afloat

[Phantom84]

What about the memories though.....going to the Finals 5 straight years, the long road it took to get there every year, the celebrations, the parties, the NBA parades,

Look at Melo now, he just seems so empty inside, so lonely, sure he's a Superstar but he can't even make the Playoffs. As a player, a competitor first and foremost, it has to eat you up inside. Looking back on your career, you have nothing to show for.

I say no thanks to having memories of being a twelfth banana. And looking back on my career, my contribution wouldn't amount to much anyway since people would remember the star player on that team. You are comparing a ringless superstar to a bunch of bench warming scrubs with rings, and that shit is a no brainer to pick.

In this scenario, anyone who choose ring over the $ is straight up lying.

[JellyBean]

I am taking the dollar dollar bills y'all and sitting the bench. $5 million per is nice. I can be my own agent. I can get a few endorsement deals. I am cheap anyway. I am not buying 20 cars and 10 homes. I don't wear jewelry or go out. I would be the next Junior Bridgeman (Former Bucks player now multiple business owner..I think he owns 15-20 Wendy's, 2-4 car dealerships, and a host of over business investments).

[L.Kizzle]

I am taking the dollar dollar bills y'all and sitting the bench. $5 million per is nice. I can be my own agent. I can get a few endorsement deals. I am cheap anyway. I am not buying 20 cars and 10 homes. I don't wear jewelry or go out. I would be the next Junior Bridgeman (Former Bucks player now multiple business owner..I think he owns 15-20 Wendy's, 2-4 car dealerships, and a host of over business investments).
Junior Bridgeman wasn't a 12th man, he peaked at 18/4/3. Those are Reggie Miller's career numbers.

A 12th man isn't getting any endorsements.

[plowking]

All those players that say "I would trade all this money for a ring" are full of it in general, and say that with completely financial security, and no worry of losing everything they've built.

Ask any player that ever after taking away everything again and they take the first option of the 100+ mil dollars.

Rings are nice for the legacy, but half the time you have guys with rings who weren't nearly as good as guys without them being ranked above them, but I doubt it really means much, considering they weren't as good and didn't get paid nearly as much. Look at guys like Ewing or even Malone. Few things go differently during MJ's little break and they could be viewed as better players than Hakeem and in the top 10.

[Cali Syndicate]

Silly question.

First, If I was a pro player, I'd actually want to play. Second, Superstar talent and an extra 100 mil?

Really?

And 5mil a year for a 12 th man??

[Dro]

Dumb thread. Money >>>>>> rings
Basically........

[lilteapot]

$125 or $25 million is more money than I would know what to do with so I'll take the latter.

[dunksby]

OP might be Taller than CP3 but he is a ****ing idiot.

[longtime lurker]

Op must still be living with mommy and daddy. You take the money 100 times out of 100. NBA players have sold their rings that alone should tell you something.

[ralph_i_el]

give me the money

[midatlantic09]

I'll take $125 mil and zero rings and not think twice...

[midatlantic09]

$125 or $25 million is more money than I would know what to do with so I'll take the latter.

Huge difference in lifestyle between $125 million versus $25 million.

[navy]

The 100 million Dollar difference makes this quite unreasonable.

[dubeta]

Unless I can resell those rings for $20 million each, the $125 million

[HomieWeMajor]

125 mill then I will pay some Filipinos to go on internet messageboards and defend my legacy.