12-28-2021, 01:33 PM
(12-28-2021, 09:45 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Pretend you are his dad and you know from experience he can go to one of those teams for $17mm/year and be overpaid/overmatched 82 nights a year (and not very successful) or take $12mm-$14mm here and be "the little engine that could". What would you advise?
Great post.
The reality, in my honest opinion, is that 100% of people, including all of us, would take the higher monetary offer. The difference in your example is like $20 million over the life of the contract, if I'm understanding you. That's what he will choose. The $20 million. It's easy for us to think of these guys' lives as abstractions, but basketball is their occupation and their dreams are about compensation and quality of life more than anything else.