Kevin Durant willing to pass on MAX DEAL

[The Devil's Advocate]

If they win, I got a feeling Steph is taking a paycut as well

of course he is...

nikkas talking money have zero clue what the money men in their camp are doing.

ok KD takes the max... steph takes the max... the warriors get broken up when Klay and Dray want the max too... they have 2-3 rings in the next few years and spend the next 10 getting 0 while some other kid is taking less and winning rings


OR


they all take a little less... stay together 3-5 more years... win 3-5 more rings (cause who the hell gonna beat them consistently) and they are a dynasty... 5 years of being the faces of the NBA with the rings to prove it.. merch goes up.. worldwide recognition goes up... endorsements go up... they start getting compared to MJ and will they catch kobe and magic in rings...

which leads to WAY more money than signing a max for a team that ain't winning multiple rings


you talking about nikkas with 250 mil plus shoe deals alone.. what you think that number goes up to with 4 rings?

y'all not seeing the long game here

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Dude is rich af why would he be worried about a few milli. If your goal is to win... its logical to do what you can to keep the core in tact

 

[Luke Cage]

If they win, I got a feeling Steph is taking a paycut as well

If I was Steph I'd be mad fukk about this. We were already a dominant team with room to give our big three max deals, now we have to take a discount.

 

[duckbutta]

So he purposely only signed a one year deal...to get to 10 years of nba service time...which would give him the largest possible max...but now reports say he might not even take the max...

Hustling backwards...shyt might not be hustling at all...

 

[YourMajesty]

I bet many of y'all wasn't saying this "get all the money from these cacs" talk when Kobe did it. Y'all wishy washy as hoes said he was selfish and crippled the team.

 

[#StarkSet]

LeBron took less with the heat

 

[Kenny West]

Was this a beta move when brady did it?

 

[dem bath salts]

no sense in being half a bytch.
He gotta take these measures
Bron them at those nikkas necks.
They drop off any and they dont
Win shyt.

 

[LurkMoar]

nikka can win 10 rings for all care still a hoe


who gon compete with them anyway join with the bullies after they beat you up breh

 

[Gold]

These players do the GMs job for them

Basically this.

If there is one thing in life i'm about is my money. Its not just for me, its for everyone i can help with it too.
I'm not taking a paycut for nobody

 

[e001]

Nike will probably refund him the money, the same for Under Armor with Steph.

The NBA gotta step in and change the rules, all-nba or all-stars in FA year should be obligated to sign the 4~5 year max

 

[Raw Lyrics]

what a loser. take your money dumbass.

when the hell did the best player on a team have to take a paycuts so the bench nikkas could get max deals?

this new NBA LeBron has created is pathetic.

Taking paycuts to keep or construct championship teams have been going on before LeBron.

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

Work for less than you're worth, brehs. It's what past struggles got for you.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Here's a little sports/business-marketing 101:

If you take less money upfront to give your team a chance to win multiple championships, should your team actually win....you make all that money back and then some, on the backend via sponsorships, endorsements, etc.

Yes, it's a gamble, but corporations would much rather pay a championship winning athlete than an athlete who ain't winning chips.

Not saying you need to be a champion to be in commercials, but I am saying the bread is much better if you are.

 

[FAH1223]

if i was in his position, i'd do the same