<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Jun 27 2006, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>$7,000,000 and $5,000,000 won't change your financial status like $5,000,000 and $20,000,000. That was the point I was trying to get across.</div>I understand what you're trying to get across, but it's not exactly looking at all the details. You're basically saying, "Well, if you are getting 5 million it's not going to hurt if you get 7 million instead... why not take the lower amount for a better team?" Well, for someone who has spent many years in the league and is towards the end of his career (people like Payton and Mourning), that's fine. Because you see, they already have tons of money and aren't going to be in the league much longer anyway. But take a younger guy who is in his first few years in the league, and it's completely different. You aren't promised 15 years in the league. It is a smart idea to get a good contract while you are still in good health. If you're going to get 100 million in your future years, then it's fine to get 5 million instead of 7 million, but you aren't guaranteed that. Nor are you guaranteed a championship in any contract (as far as I know).<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Jun 27 2006, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And about family, while we all want to be around them, jobs normally seperate family members. In Joe's case, he'd have enough money to still see them regularily during the off-season, and bring them up during the season to Phoenix. If basketball is your job, wouldn't you want to be part of something special? Like a championship team?</div>I think it's silly to criticize someone for wanting to be with his family. Period. When you have a little girl or boy, I'd like to see you tell them you're going to be away for half of the year, save a couple trips home. It doesn't matter if he can fly them over there or whatever. I think it's great that he's a family man who plays basketball, rather than a basketball player who happens to have a family (assuming that's his motive).
If I was Joe Johnson in that situation I would've left for Atlanta. Family, yeah, but most importantly, Atlanta is a young team with a lot of potential yet loses constantly. Maybe, just maybe, Johnson is one of those guys who likes a challenge. He was already on a successful team as a third option - why not push himself to be even better and see if he can carry a team as the go-to guy? Reminds me of Michael Finley a little bit, seeing as Atlanta has so many other young players on the rise and he's the resident "veteran". I'm just saying that I would've left in that situation. Trying to carry a team back into contention seems to be the number one challenge for any great athlete. Johnson seems to be no different.And maybe he didn't like management. Maybe he had always been a fan of the Hawks. Who knows. But I don't blame him at all.(Oh, and the Suns might not have really done much more in the WCF this year with him - probably less. Remember the guy they got for Johnson? You might - he was an all right player. I think his name was Bonzi Diop... no... that wasn't it... Boris Diop? Bonzi Diaw? Boris Diaw? That was sarcasm, for anyone that's unfamiliar with it. I know exactly who Boris Diaw is. )
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jun 27 2006, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Your viewing this like a third grader would. People in every walk of life move to different jobs to make more money. It doesn't matter if you make $10 million a year for $40,000 a year, people like making money and change jobs to get it. If that means you changing jobs so your earn $10,000 more a year or James Posey going somewhere else to make $5 million more. I don't see how you can blame a guy for trying to make himself better off in the future, who cares if he's a millionaire or not. Your viewing this like the NBA is just some big boys club when in reality it's a billion dollar business.</div>i see what you are saying bcb but really do these guys need anymore money?i guess im just jealous because i am poor as hell :closedeyes: but its like the u.s. open Rich people playing for money its crazy
On top of it, it's not like some of these guys are taking the money and not donating to charities and helping around the community. In addition, the job requires quite a bit of money for them to spend considering their always on the road and the lifestyle. Watching Steve Nash leave for more money made me disgusted but it's understandable why he took it.
I don't mind players leaving to take more money, i know i would do it if i was in the same situation. The same goes for the Joe Johnson situation, if i was playing for one team and was the third, sometimes fourth option on the team i would want to see how well i could do on another team as the leading option. I don't think of it as being stupid, like someone said earlier i see it as trying to be the best basketball player you can be. The best way to prove yourself is as a number one option, which Johnson will get to prove now. Which by the way, I think he did a pretty good job in Atlanta this year. I am actually looking forward to seeing him and this young Atlanta team play next year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>This isn't the 1950's....sports is about money and you know damn right you would take the extra $10 million over 'team loyalty'....</div> :g: ....................nope<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Jun 27 2006, 06:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh please, so your saying if one team offered you 10 million more than what the team your on offers you tha you would still stick w/ your team??? I highly doubt it. Plus figure it out the NBA has become more of a business than a sport. Its not just about playing the game anymore.</div>$10 million more? that's exaggerating a little too much. i don't think that's ever happened where a player is offered that much more money from another team. but yea i would stick with my team especially if i was a contender to win a title. i'm not gonna leave my team for more dough and leave them out to dry. i'm not a dick like that. i'm not joe johnson, even though he says he wanted to be closer to his family. that's a load of crap he wanted all the glory and he left a title contender for a team that is a little better than the knicks.
NYKfan4life, you know damn right you wouldn't turn down $10 million dollars, give me a break. And who gives a damn if Joe Johnson left the Suns, honestly.
Every time someone complains about that they should remember that without Joe Johnson leaving, they're not getting Boris Diaw.
