Neal Romer
10-07-2024, 08:15 PM
Dalembert and Raef LaFrentz who were AT BEST as impactful as current McConnell or Alvarado... made more in 06 than what these guys will makethis year.
Despite the ENORMOUS cap increases.
The real winners of the huge cap today are the new versions of those guys. Karl Anthony Towns, DeAndre Ayton. Guys who dont actually produce when it counts but what talent they might have one day! Their point totals are great in February and fans think thats exciting and teams need celebrity players to sell tickets to the hoy paloy, weeeeee.
It also goes to Kawhi and Embiid, guys who are always injured when it counts. But their names are so well known. We HAVE to hang on to them at all costs!
Back in 06 I think 10 mil a year was a near max salary, and it was going to the likes of Raef LaFrentz and Sam Dalembert. Now the max is 60 million per year and it's still going to a bunch of guys who dont help you win anything important.
Always amazing to me how that works. It's not about how hard you play, how much you produce, or even if youre AVAILABLE when it matters. The best way to get paid is to drop 44 points in November using all the illegal moves in your big flashy bag.
It's not about winning. Just like in life, it's not about character. MLK got it all wrong talkin bout color of skin vs content of character. It's abiut neither of those. It's about POPULARITY. Celebrity. Tom Brady got paid 400 million dollars to talk on television, before anyone had any idea if hed even be any good at. Because hes famous. The Kelces just got 100 million dollars to do a podcast. Because theyre famous.
Quality dont matter. Substance dont matter. Whose FACE can the masses recognize. Thats the big key boys.
What a time to be alive.
Despite the ENORMOUS cap increases.
The real winners of the huge cap today are the new versions of those guys. Karl Anthony Towns, DeAndre Ayton. Guys who dont actually produce when it counts but what talent they might have one day! Their point totals are great in February and fans think thats exciting and teams need celebrity players to sell tickets to the hoy paloy, weeeeee.
It also goes to Kawhi and Embiid, guys who are always injured when it counts. But their names are so well known. We HAVE to hang on to them at all costs!
Back in 06 I think 10 mil a year was a near max salary, and it was going to the likes of Raef LaFrentz and Sam Dalembert. Now the max is 60 million per year and it's still going to a bunch of guys who dont help you win anything important.
Always amazing to me how that works. It's not about how hard you play, how much you produce, or even if youre AVAILABLE when it matters. The best way to get paid is to drop 44 points in November using all the illegal moves in your big flashy bag.
It's not about winning. Just like in life, it's not about character. MLK got it all wrong talkin bout color of skin vs content of character. It's abiut neither of those. It's about POPULARITY. Celebrity. Tom Brady got paid 400 million dollars to talk on television, before anyone had any idea if hed even be any good at. Because hes famous. The Kelces just got 100 million dollars to do a podcast. Because theyre famous.
Quality dont matter. Substance dont matter. Whose FACE can the masses recognize. Thats the big key boys.
What a time to be alive.