Boris Diaw can make an extra $500,000 by not gaining weight this season
The Spurs’ Boris Diaw loves a good meal. And a good glass of wine. I mean, if there was one guy who almost ate his way out of the league during the lockout it was Diaw, who came back just fat. There’s not really another word for it.
However, Diaw has gotten back in relative shape and has become a key part of the champion Spurs — his versatility of game and always making the smart pass was a real challenge for the Heat players in the Finals last season. Diaw is high IQ player and a perfect fit in Gregg Popovich’s system.
San Antonio just has to keep him in shape.
So they came up with a great incentive to do that — cash. From ESPN’s Amin Elhassan ($$):
• Most importantly, Diaw’s deal features $500,000 in annual performance bonuses in the form of a weight clause. Each season, he gets:
• $150,000 for weighing less than or equal to 254 pounds on Oct. 25
• $150,000 for weighing less than or equal to 254 pounds on the first Tuesday after the All-Star Game
• $200,000 for weighing less than or equal to 254 pounds on April 1
Brilliant.
I’m generally kind of a fan of performance-based bonuses in sports. There are some in the NBA, although because of the sparse number of genuinely elite players in the league they don’t have to generally accept them. Those players have options; NBA players have more leverage than the average NFL or MLB player in talks, just because of the nature of the game. (Plus, in the NBA if you give a guy a bonus for hitting a certain points said player might throw off your team balance and system as he shoots first to try and reach said goal. Team sports can make those kinds of bonuses more difficult.)
This one works.
I’m rooting for him to make it. Diaw just needs to cut out the refined carbs and sugar on the road… although I always find that easier said than done. Craft beers contain carbs.
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500k to lose weight? Sign me up!!!
Damn...
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Boris Diaw says sometimes Popovich leaves him in blowouts just to lose weight
Conditioning has never been Boris Diaw‘s strength.
That’s being kind, the man ate his way out of Charlotte. Make no mistake, Diaw is a gifted player who has surprising athleticism plus a court vision and high hoops IQ that make him perfect for the Spurs, but Gregg Popovich gave him incentives to stay thin and Tony Parker joked about Diaw’s weight.
Now Diaw is getting in on the act, speaking to Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Sharp.
“Sometimes we’re up 30,” Diaw says, “and (Popovich is) like, ‘I’m just going to leave you on the court so you can lose some weight.’”
If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at. Diaw has a coffee maker in his locker and , he’s not too worried about his image.
Diaw only saw a little more than eight minutes in Game 2 against the Thunder, which was not about conditioning and all about the matchup. Still, expect him to get more run in Game 3, he is one of those guys who makes the ball move for the Spurs and they need to get back to that.
We should do something like this for nick young. Instead of losing weight we can ask him to hit .400 of his shots and not be a douche cake for an entire year he will get an extra million dollars and a Kardashian to his liking
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(It's an espresso maker and those are demitasse cups for serving espresso shots...)
Actually it was a joke but I just find it funny that he had these little cups I figured since a lot of athletes are into big things he would have a tricked out coffee maker with huge mugs.
(It's an espresso maker and those are demitasse cups for serving espresso shots...)
Actually it was a joke but I just find it funny that he had these little cups I figured since a lot of athletes are into big things he would have a tricked out coffee maker with huge mugs.
And bling. Gotta have bling if you have more money than you know what to do with.
Bye. _________________ "This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O.
(It's an espresso maker and those are demitasse cups for serving espresso shots...)
Actually it was a joke but I just find it funny that he had these little cups I figured since a lot of athletes are into big things he would have a tricked out coffee maker with huge mugs.
LOL! Now *that's* where being a Euro comes in. No way he'd have an American Mr Coffee style coffeemaker. Espresso machine or a French Press (my weapon of choice) all the way...
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