OT - Pistons just cut Josh Smith
December 22nd, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
Smith may be the hardest Piston I've ever had to watch.
December 22nd, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^
The ghost of Joe Dumars will haunt this team for years
December 22nd, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
In this dicussion, is that Josh Smith "gave himself the nichname 'Mid Range Shawty' a couple years ago," That alone, should keep him gainfully employed.
December 22nd, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^
December 22nd, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
Well, you'd be 100% wrong. NBA athletes are some of the most underpaid of all the professional sports. How many other sports leagues have maximum contracts that cap the amount of money a player can make?
For example, according to Forbes, Matt Ryan (QB of the Falcons) made $42 million in salary/bonuses last year. That's only $10 million less than LeBron James ($17.9), Kevin Durant ($17.9), and Derrick Rose ($17.6), the last 3 NBA MVPs, made combined.
Matt Stafford made about as much ($33 million) as the two best NBA players combined (Lebron and Durant).
http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/08/20/the-nfls-highest…
As far as giving out shitty contracts that wildly overpay players, MLB is king.
These were the 10 highest paid baseball players in 2014...
Ryan Howard - $25 mil
Cliff Lee- $25 mil
Zach Greinke - $24 mil
Robinson Cano - $24 mil
Prince Fielder - $24 mil
CC Sabathia - $23 mil
Joe Mauer - $23 mil
Albert Pujols - $23 mil
Cole Hamels - $22.5 mil
Mark Teixeira - $22.5 mil
A lot of LOLs on that list.
December 22nd, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^