Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:48 pm Post subject: Larry Sanders recently told some Bucks officials that he doesn't want to play basketball anymore.
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Sources tell me that Bucks center Larry Sanders recently told some Bucks officials that he doesn't want to play basketball anymore.
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Sanders, 26, is in the first year of a four-year, $44 million contract extension. He hasn't played in the last six games.
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Bucks coach Jason Kidd had originally said Sanders had the flu. However, Friday he said Sanders' absence was because of "personal reasons.''
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Some friends of Sanders told me last summer they were concerned Sanders wasn't committed to basketball and wanted to explore other options.
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It's hardly a secret Bucks have been trying to trade Sanders.Asked f the Bucks could trade Sanders now, an NBA official said: "Good luck.''
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:
mhan00 wrote:
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:10 pm Post subject:
jonnybravo wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
mhan00 wrote:
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
Money doesn't necessarily buy security, and we all know the saying about happiness. If someone is truly willing to walk away from that money for their mental well being. Life is too short to trudge through years of your life unhappy and locked into something that brings you no joy - no matter what age you are.
Anyway, any decision on whether to do so or not needs to come from his sense of personal obligation - not a commitment to a Players Union that would just as quickly abandon him if it suited them.
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
Money doesn't necessarily buy security, and we all know the saying about happiness. If someone is truly willing to walk away from that money for their mental well being. Life is too short to trudge through years of your life unhappy and locked into something that brings you no joy - no matter what age you are.
Anyway, any decision on whether to do so or not needs to come from his sense of personal obligation - not a commitment to a Players Union that would just as quickly abandon him if it suited them.
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
Money doesn't necessarily buy security, and we all know the saying about happiness. If someone is truly willing to walk away from that money for their mental well being. Life is too short to trudge through years of your life unhappy and locked into something that brings you no joy - no matter what age you are.
Anyway, any decision on whether to do so or not needs to come from his sense of personal obligation - not a commitment to a Players Union that would just as quickly abandon him if it suited them.
No doubt.
does the union have a history of doing stuff like that?
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:58 pm Post subject:
SuperboyReformed wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
mhan00 wrote:
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
Money doesn't necessarily buy security, and we all know the saying about happiness. If someone is truly willing to walk away from that money for their mental well being. Life is too short to trudge through years of your life unhappy and locked into something that brings you no joy - no matter what age you are.
Anyway, any decision on whether to do so or not needs to come from his sense of personal obligation - not a commitment to a Players Union that would just as quickly abandon him if it suited them.
No doubt.
does the union have a history of doing stuff like that?
I'm pro-union. I'm in a union, and they do a lot of good for their members. But at the end of the day, a Union is more about the Union itself than what's best for an individual member.
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
True, but if I had family leaning on me, I'd suck it up at least for a few years. World is your oyster when you have a bank account that big. He'll barely be 30 by the time he finishes this contract out.
Money doesn't necessarily buy security, and we all know the saying about happiness. If someone is truly willing to walk away from that money for their mental well being. Life is too short to trudge through years of your life unhappy and locked into something that brings you no joy - no matter what age you are.
Anyway, any decision on whether to do so or not needs to come from his sense of personal obligation - not a commitment to a Players Union that would just as quickly abandon him if it suited them.
No doubt.
does the union have a history of doing stuff like that?
Not particularly but it doesn't change the truth of DMR's post. When it comes to career moves, you do it for yourself/family first and foremost. That's the only obligation that matters.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:11 pm Post subject:
How hard is it to just not try until you're benched? Seriously. He needs to learn from Andrew Bynum. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:21 pm Post subject:
CandyCanes wrote:
How hard is it to just not try until you're benched? Seriously. He needs to learn from Andrew Bynum.
Sad to hear . Wonder what Bynum is doing nowadays.. _________________ "Love me or hate me; it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved for the exact same reasons."
Wonder if he's eligible for a buyout. Of course he would really have to think hard about this. If he is truly unhappy then of course he should hang it up. But know that you are replaceable and there are plenty of hungry basketball players willing to take your place in the NBA.
If I were part of the Players' Union, I'd send some thugs over to Sanders house to convince him to honor his responsibilities and play out his contract. Otherwise, he'd make for a good poster child for owners to wave in front of the public denouncing guaranteed contracts. At least injury situations are out of the players' control and insurance covers most of the cost, this is just pure selfishness.
Someone who is truly unmotivated and unhappy playing in the NBA (or doing any job for that matter) is really under no obligation to suck it up and tough it out to satisfy a union. Nor should anyone want a player in the league who is just doing that.
I don't think that's the point.
No one would care if he retired because he wanted to practice yoga in Tibet or whatever. We'd be shocked but it wouldn't affect anyone else if he retired and sacrificed the $44 million he's due.
The concern is that he whines, complains, plays poorly, says he doesn't want to play, but continues to cash the big checks.
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