(11-05-2022, 04:45 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: He has a loser mentality. This quote sums up why I’d never want him.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ym...t/iv5x6dt/
I'm not in favor of BS to Dallas. But I think this quote is being misconstrued to make him look bad, by twisting the meaning of what he is saying. Although he uses the word money, it's not about getting paid -- it's just a figure of speech that means "I have already gotten farther than expected."
Those words are actually a positive statement, and a good development. In context, he was saying that he was overwhelmed last season, to the extent he couldn't even deal with things.
This year, however, he feels like he has already exceeded where he was (psychologically, and NBA-wise). Which is true, of course. And it's an indication of considerable growth for him.
So, he is saying, having ALREADY succeeded (in comparison to before) has removed the stress and anxiety from the equation for him. It is NOT saying he is mailing it in, or doesn't care. In fact, by implication, it says the opposite -- that he can continue to work to improve, and doesn't have to deal with the barriers that waylaid him before, when the demand of expectations (and fear of failure) became too impossible for him to handle.