Kemba Walker Gives Back $20M In Buyout With Thunder

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 7:45 pm

Kemba Walker gave up $20 million in his buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Walker gave back $9.78 million in 21-22 and $10.2 million in 22-23.

Walker agreed to a two-year contract with the New York Knicks worth between $16 million and $18 million in total.

CobraCommander · Post #2 » by **CobraCommander** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:00 pm

I’ll take “Things you will regret for 1000”.....wow it’s double jeopardy

Kemba lost his mind....he should have called IT before doing this

OmniDEN · Post #3 » by **OmniDEN** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:01 pm

CobraCommander wrote:I’ll take “Things you will regret for 1000”.....wow it’s double jeopardy

Kemba lost his mind....he should have called IT before doing this

Why? He's making back whatever he gave up to play for the Knicks

imDatknicksTape · Post #4 » by **imDatknicksTape** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:29 pm

hope he invested in alot of companies cuz jeez thats alot, coming from a knicks fan.

kenwood3333 · Post #5 » by **kenwood3333** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:31 pm

So he only lost 4m max
And he gets to play for his fav team

TheSeeker · Post #6 » by **TheSeeker** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:50 pm

OmniDEN wrote:
CobraCommander wrote:I’ll take “Things you will regret for 1000”.....wow it’s double jeopardy

Kemba lost his mind....he should have called IT before doing this

Why? He's making back whatever he gave up to play for the Knicks

Giving up $20MM over two years

Earning $16 to $18MM over two years

=Loss of at least $2MM.

Maybe you were using that new math they are teaching these days.

garbagnani · Post #7 » by **garbagnani** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 9:53 pm

kenwood3333 wrote:So he only lost 4m max
And he gets to play for his fav team

More opportunities for endorsement money too.

lonzo_pelota · Post #8 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 10:27 pm

OmniDEN wrote:
CobraCommander wrote:I’ll take “Things you will regret for 1000”.....wow it’s double jeopardy

Kemba lost his mind....he should have called IT before doing this

Why? He's making back whatever he gave up to play for the Knicks

he lost maybe 1-3 million tops leaving okc only to gain that back a few local NY endorsement deals & some

puja21 · Post #9 » by **puja21** » Mon Aug 9, 2021 10:57 pm

garbagnani wrote:More opportunities for endorsement money too.

lonzo_pelota wrote:he lost maybe 1-3 million tops leaving okc only to gain that back a few local NY endorsement deals & some

This narrative remains not accurate

Was wrong in 2015 when the LaMarcus Aldridge didn't even take the Lakers' meeting:
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=415&t=1396470&p=44178093&hilit=forbes#p44178093

It was wrong in 2018 when Blake Griffin's non-basketball revenue stayed top-10 even in Detroit:
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=415&t=1706099&p=66099349&hilit=forbes#p66099349

Still wrong in 2021-- no one is making near $4M (more) in "local endorsements," based on market size of where they play.
People parrot this because fringe media members tweet it and talk about it in podcasts same as the "state income tax" nonsense.

Meanwhile, in 2021 there are still just 11 players with 8-figure shoe deals and one of them is long-retired Jordan.
Giannis last Nike deal was for $20K/year until he re-upped for 12M in 2017 -- signed in small market Milwaukee
Zion just got his -- signed in small market New Orleans.
Dame got his in Portland.
Westbrook in Oklahoma City.
Kyrie signed his back in Cleveland.
And Derrick Rose has been earning the same $10M+ extra from ADIDAS whether he was in Minnesota, Cleveland, Detroit, or CHI/NY

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #10 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:01 am

My gawrsh! If this doesn't endear you to Kemba "winning smile" Walker, nothing will.

Hope he average 25 for 'em this season

We Are Groot · Post #11 » by **We Are Groot** » Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:34 am

Why wld Presti do this?

Seems he cld find a deal out there (maybe with the Knicks?) where he cld snag an asset or two ...

CobraCommander · Post #12 » by **CobraCommander** » Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:01 am

lonzo_pelota wrote:
OmniDEN wrote:
CobraCommander wrote:I’ll take “Things you will regret for 1000”.....wow it’s double jeopardy

Kemba lost his mind....he should have called IT before doing this

Why? He's making back whatever he gave up to play for the Knicks

he lost maybe 1-3 million tops leaving okc only to gain that back a few local NY endorsement deals & some

Who giving kemba 1-3 million for a
Local endorsement- to endorse what?

The laughable reasoning of non-business people is astonishing.

What company giving kemba 3 million to say “buy this”? I would like to know so I can NOT invest in that company.