interesting article by Bill Simmons about the lockout...
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He talks about how the NBA lost 300 million this year and then complies a list of horrible contracts that also adds up to 300 million. The funny thing is that 8 of the almost 30 players on that list have worn a raptors jersey at some point in their career. Not saying this as a poke at toronto management because some of these guys are on contracts they signed w/ other teams, but thought it was funny...
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He talks about how the NBA lost 300 million this year and then complies a list of horrible contracts that also adds up to 300 million. The funny thing is that 8 of the almost 30 players on that list have worn a raptors jersey at some point in their career. Not saying this as a poke at toronto management because some of these guys are on contracts they signed w/ other teams, but thought it was funny...
You know how I know this? Because the players made $2.1 billion dollars this year … and again the owners lost $300 million. Hold on, I have their $300 million right here: Vince Carter ($17.5m), Richard Hamilton ($12.5m), Baron Davis ($13m), Jose Calderon ($9m), Gilbert Arenas ($17.7m), Rashard Lewis ($19.6m), Michael Redd ($18.3m), Matt Carroll ($4.3m), Mike Dunleavy ($10.6m), Jason Kapono ($6.6m), Andrei Kirilenko ($17.8m), Marvin Williams ($7.2m), Jared Jeffries ($6.8m), Vlad Radmanovic ($6.8m), Hedo Turkoglu ($10.2m), Boris Diaw ($9m), Marcus Banks ($4.8m), Joel Pryzbilla ($7.4m), TJ Ford (8.5m), Darius Songalia ($4.8m), Andris Biedrins ($9m), Yao Ming ($17.7m), Sam Dalembert ($13.4m), Memo Okur ($9.9m), DeSagana Diop ($6.4m), Jermaine O'Neal ($5.7m), Eddy Curry ($11.2m), Dan Gadzuric ($7.2m), Troy Murphy ($11.9m). Boom! Everyone on that list ranges from "violently overpaid" to "brazenly stole money and hasn't been arrested yet."
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