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It was a back-handed brag. He was posing in front of two expensive cars and a ton of expensive luggage. He's trying to show us he's just fine. SURE he is ...
^^^ To his credit, this "modest" contract with Boston puts him at $75 million earned for his career. Still, how much money is enough? Always one dollar more.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:20 pm Post subject:
joeblow wrote:
^^^ To his credit, this "modest" contract with Boston puts him at $75 million earned for his career. Still, how much money is enough? Always one dollar more.
And he had a chance to more than double that 75 million… _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:06 pm Post subject:
I must say though, as badly as things ended for his tenure with the Lakers, I have a certain amount of respect for someone who knew what he wanted, turned down our big contract, and then ended up settling for a one year deal worth only about 25% of what he would have got with us over a year.
Look at the last few years, with guys signing big multi-year deals at $30, $40 or more million per year, and then wanting out a year or sometimes only months later.
Dennis could have taken our deal back in the Spring last year, and say now he wants to be traded somewhere else, and we could have had that headache to deal with. Especially after the crappy playoffs he had, the COVID, etc. Imagine how hard it would have been to move him at 4 years $84 million.
I don't wish him any good will, while he is a Celtic, but maybe in his next contract, I'll root for him to do better. _________________ LAKERS 2019-2020: NBA World Champions!
^^^ To his credit, this "modest" contract with Boston puts him at $75 million earned for his career. Still, how much money is enough? Always one dollar more.
And he had a chance to more than double that 75 million…
No one is denying that DS made the most boneheaded business decision by an NBA player since maybe Latrell Sprewell who claimed he had mouths to feed and apparently decided to let them starve. I was just addressing the idea expressed in the post above mine that he's not "fine". In the big picture of things he definitely is.
So is this him bragging that he has more nicer things than everybody else? That's kinda pathetic IMO. I mean what happened to don't listen to the haters and let your game do the talking? You can't take your Gucci, Bugatti, lambo to the grave but your legacy lives on...
I mean I get it, dude is really trying to get people to stop making fun of him, but I don't think this is the correct way to go about it.
Unfortunately for him, he will never be on a team as good as the Lakers... _________________ “Always remember... Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.”
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