Is that (overpaid) much different than other pro sports?

by irishvol , Music City, USA, Thursday, July 10, 2014, 06:24 (4135 days ago) @ Mo
edited by irishvol, Thursday, July 10, 2014, 06:32

And I disagree with your premise that all NBA players (or even a majority) are like "egotistical douchebags". It's a subset (primarily superstars) who crave media attention. And the media gives them that attention because John Q Public eats it up. There are plenty of very good NBA players - Duncan (and really, most of the Spurs), ZBo (yes, I'm aware of some of the crap he did when he was younger), Steph Curry, Anthony Davis, etc - who are far more active in their community than I could ever hope to be. Duncan did not opt out of his reasonably-priced current contract this offseason. ZBo signed an extension with the Grizzlies at a lower price than he could have gotten elsewhere.

BTW, is it safe to say that Manziel has been the NFL player most discussed this offseason? He's certainly not an "egotistical douchebag". That league's full of choirboys.

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LeBron to Cavs reported to be a done deal... - BPH, 2014-07-09, 19:36
- For the web development nerds out there - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-07-10, 07:33
  - I've seen follow-ups debunking this. - Tim, 2014-07-10, 08:27
  - is this the new "flight tracker"? - Pat, 2014-07-10, 07:37
- Heh - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 07:16
- It would be very Cleveland - nedhead, 2014-07-10, 06:36
  - It would be even more Cleveland if - Jack, 2014-07-10, 09:02
    - And then the Cuyahoga river catches fire... - irishvol, 2014-07-10, 09:08
- I saw something on Twitter saying the Broussard thing was - Pat (Moco), 2014-07-10, 06:09
- Gold jacket, green jacket... - Mo, 2014-07-10, 05:47
  - There is no such thing as an overpaid athlete. Discuss. - Dylan, 2014-07-10, 09:11
    - Every athlete is either overpaid or underpaid - Jeff (BGS), 2014-07-10, 11:04
    - Ah, capitalism. - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-07-10, 10:40
    - Easy to refute that statement - Mo, 2014-07-10, 10:39
    - Depends - how sophisticated is their payroll software? - irishvol, 2014-07-10, 09:34
      - Always a good time to post this - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 09:37
  - Please name 5 "thugs" in the current NBA - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-07-10, 07:31
    - What's your definition of "Thug"? - Mo, 2014-07-10, 08:53
  - Your thug point is just totally, 100% wrong - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 06:27
    - I'm against such a whitewash as well - HullieAndMikes, 2014-07-10, 06:42
      - Right, JailBlazers, etc. - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 06:59
        
        I label them thugs because of the way they act - Mo, 2014-07-10, 07:25
        
        Thug? - JRT, 2014-07-10, 08:35
        
        How do they act to earn that label? - CW (Rakes), 2014-07-10, 07:37
        
        Ron Artest and Jason Williams - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 07:27
  - Is that (overpaid) much different than other pro sports? - irishvol, 2014-07-10, 06:24
    - I think so - Mo, 2014-07-10, 07:21
      - Here are the top 25 highest paid baseball players in 2014 - irishvol, 2014-07-10, 08:25
        
        Wow, all I can say is it must suck to be a Phillies fan - Jack, 2014-07-10, 09:04
        
        And it's not Gordon Hayward's fault - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-07-10, 08:29
      - NBA superstars are actually underpaid relative to market - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 07:52
        
        That's not what that article says at all - Jeff (BGS), 2014-07-10, 08:26
        
        True, it was my closest at hand google result - Mike (bart), 2014-07-10, 08:42
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- Nobody should ever trust Chris Broussard, though. - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-07-09, 22:01
  - Broussard used to be very respected - HullieAndMikes, 2014-07-10, 06:14
  - A race to the bottom - hobbs, 2014-07-09, 22:03
    - Smith got the scoop first last time. - Glass, 2014-07-09, 22:21
    - I prefer Broussard to Stephen A. - Brendan, 2014-07-09, 22:10
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- If that happens - - MattG, 2014-07-09, 20:11
  - That was a really nice call. - hobbs, 2014-07-09, 20:55
  - Damn, that's impressive - BPH, 2014-07-09, 20:36
- Were those words used? Because at least in college football - BillyGoat, 2014-07-09, 19:41
  - He "is returning" to the Cavs, per Sheridan's source - BPH, 2014-07-09, 19:55
    - Well, then that's fine. - BillyGoat, 2014-07-09, 20:05
- pro sports are weird - Jay, 2014-07-09, 19:37

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Is that (overpaid) much different than other pro sports?