Like any city, it probably has some very nice estate areas. Downtown Cleveland actually has improved a lot with the Rock & Roll H of F, those newer sports complexes, and the such. Plus Cedar Point ( Coaster Capital of the World) is close. I just get sick of all the hammering of northern cities. I mean, the Great Lakes are pretty cool. LA has TONS of ghettos & dump areas. Plus it has all the phoniness. And the same nice house cost 5 times as much or more. If i was to live by the coast i would choose Oregon or Washington. BC as well. LA IS OVERRATED.
I grew up in the midwest...I don't like the rust belt at all...I know people live there so some must like it but ..no thanks to Ohio and those damned lakes are brutally cold in the winter...LA sucks completely to me but I'm where I want to be
Another thing to remember though is that these men can only be pro basketball players for like 15 years so they need to make as much as they can while they can. What if you weren't able to do your current job after age 35? PLUS- it's not just about them. It's about their families, their legacy, and what they can do as philanthropists.
It’s not going to make a substantial difference in the family lives if we are talking about folks who already have 50-200 mil in the bank. We are talking about Love giving about 5% of his career earnings back. As far as legacy and shortened career, both could be better by agreeing to a buyout. Talk is thatLove won’t be taking the court for the Cavs, so how does that help legacy? Move on to another team and legacy can be helped because 1) more time on the court to show abilities and build stats. 2) be on a more competitive team where quality play could make a real impact on a winning program, 3) outside chance of another ring, Enter a new climate during the latter stages of the career where you can mentor and help as a positive veteran presence on a winning program. Making as much as they can should be their option, the players union has done a very good job making this possible. However, as an individual with loved ones and a life to enjoy, making as much as they can might not be the best decision. Take a look at Melo, look at his legacy and his fighting to stay in the league. The Miami big three was supposed to be LeBron, Wade and Melo, but Melo went for the bag instead. I’ll bet Melo would have ended up making similar or more money, had a better life and a better legacy if he opted to sacrifice some earnings to play with his friends, who happened to be two of the best players in the world. give the player the right to choose what’s best for them, I’m just saying what is often best includes a bit less money at some point.
If I’m Kevin Love and since I already got a ring. I would just sit on the Cavs bench, pretend to be hurt and collect money.
I understand that path, but if I were love I’d take a ten mil cut, still make 50mil go to a winning program that has a role and a possibility of winning and contending. Get the vet min year one, if healthy and playing well year two might be able to get all the money left on the table. Better life, still rich as balls!
By legacy, I was talking about wealth handed down from his kids to their kids etc. Not many players have 200 million in the bank. Remember taxes. Remember all the money already spent. Divide that money remaining by 40 to see how much money they have saved up per year for the rest of their life. It’s not as much as people think.
“Contending” most likely involves not winning a title. Being on a “contender” is still a crapshoot. Griffin went to Nets and won one playoff series.
By 40? So you think they only will save 2.5% ? Nah. Once you have several million you save much much more near 50% after taxes at the very least.
It's somewhat amusing, the guy who admittedly spends everything he's got to basically travel with the team, defending players for living to their maximum current means instead of thinking long-term and spreading those significant earnings over a lifetime of typical employment.
happens more than you would think. https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/nba-stars-who-lost-millions-of-dollars-542c2eb2266441f3
I haven’t come close to earning enough money for a lifetime. I was on a TV show for 3 years more than a decade ago. I was just making the point that players don’t make as much money as people think. I have no problem with Love spending his money on whatever he wants. I wouldn’t give up $10 million to play on “a contender” when I already have a ring. I wasn’t intending to make it sound like I was telling Love what do. I’m happy with the way I’ve lived my life.
I could live the rest of my life on what a player making the minimum gets in one season. It's too bad some of the players spend all their money and don't save, invest, or spend their money wisely.
Still further than Love. And it certainly gave Griffin a much better platform to show his strengths. He was talked about on every sports show and elevated from broken down disaster to still impressive and a positive force. Even missing out on a ring but playing somewhere relevant is much better for the mind, heart and legacy,
I disagree. If you are wealthy, LA is awesome. If you are young and attractive and wealthy? Yeah, sign me up. Cannot beat the weather. Beautiful areas to live, can do whatever you want entertainment-wise. I don’t understand how anyone could question why these guys want to live in LA. I lived in SD for a long time. We would go up to LA for the weekend. We were not rich athletes haha and it was still awesome.
Question Eric (really a question, I don’t assume to know the answer) did you make all your acting decisions based on money generated or did other factors come into play? Art, sports, cities, coworkers, relationships? I’ve recently made a career maneuver that in the short run is certainly going to cost me 30% at least. But it brings me to a place I want to live, it changes my career to something more substantial and personally fulfilling and if things work ot (betting on myself) I should be able to recoup all relinquished monies down the road. I see that as similar to a player like Love. Vet min for two years would recoup 5 of the lost 10 mil. Then, increased opportunities would be betting on himself. That five mil might be less if he played great the first year, if he was 70% of the player he was a few years ago I could see after one season a team signing him to a 2 year 14mil contract. Not to mention being happier, perhaps getting local sponsorship dollars or stuff like that. He plays well next to Dame or LeBron, you don’t think that’s a five mil coin?
If everyone in here could be 6’7’ and built like a Greek god with more money than they ever needed, and hung out at clubs for ONE night, you’d know why they want to live in LA, Miami, NY or even Dallas or Houston. Portland has literally nothing like it. Gotta put yourself in that mindset and be realistic.
