Delonte On Fine: I Probably Wont Have Cable In A Couple Days

[Meeks]

I'm confused, how it 25k a month's salary for a guy making over 1 million a year

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

Lets be real... Lebron doesn't need the money

[samueldestroyer]

Is there a more unlikable player in the NBA than Delonte West? Except maybe his son in law

Delonte's one of my fave players

[INKtastic]

there should be a way to give him some of the money Odom is taking for not playing

Delote has bi-polar issues, but unlike Odom, you certainly can't question his heart.

[jmb987]

I'm confused, how it 25k a month's salary for a guy making over 1 million a year

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

you don't pay taxes in texas

Wat. Of course you do. State income tax is 0, but federal income tax is still 35%

[Beard]

I don't know how you guys are rooting against a guy who is fighting against the odds with seriousbi-polar while maintaining an NBA career. I have to root for him - for everything he goes through - mental illnesses can be the worst kinds.

[tundraknight]

Wow how did they get Delonte on such a cheap contract?

[Archerbro]

Wow how did they get Delonte on such a cheap contract?

highest deal i guess he was offered was probably the vet minimum.

made sense for him to go to a state with no state income tax.

I'm wondering if Miami made a play at him, he would've been a nice pickup for that club.

[zogster]

He pays state taxes on less than 33 games. When he plays in any state with no state taxes he doesn't have to pay tax on that either. So against any Texas team, any Florida team, I'm sure there are others.

[Debaser]

I'm confused, how it 25k a month's salary for a guy making over 1 million a year

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

Lets be real... Lebron doesn't need the money

Please do not post ever again and just go out on top because let's be real...nothing you will ever do or say will ever top that comment.

[Winsome Gerbil]

This is a guy who was working at Home Depot during the lockout. He was probably being literal here.

[Ettorefm]

Delonte is easily worth MLE or more.

[TRG]

I'm confused, how it 25k a month's salary for a guy making over 1 million a year

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

Lets be real... Lebron doesn't need the money

Damn son

First post too lol.

[misterrunon]

it's easy to be broke.. delonte gets into bad relationships, has a few divorces and kids, and he is eventually broke. he's made 14 million pretax? well, after divorces and child support most of that money will be gone.

[Debaser]

But seriously, cable prices are pretty outrageous these days, and I'm sure Delonte gets all the "special" channels.

[Ettorefm]

Being a bottom tier player in the NBA is very difficult (not his level, salary). people think it's a lot, but it's not.
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Consider the average career of NBA players is 4/5 years. Consider they get 1 million per year.
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So it's 5 million in 5 years. By taxes and agents, they get only like 3.5 really. 3.5 million for the rest of their lives. They can't do anything else, they played basketball their entire life.
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Anyone that says you can have a great future by just being in the NBA are f*** clueless. Even DURING their NBA career, it's not that much. 3.5 by 5 years (12 months x 5 = 60 months) is 58 thousand dollars a month.
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Even in their peak, getting this kind of money, they can't afford to spend it all. Let's remember they have their entire families depending on their money. Not just wife and kids, but parents, uncles, cousins, friends...not to mention the ones that have to pay child support...
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Players buy houses to their mothers, pay expensive schools to their daughters and cousins, buy a car for their old uncle and themselves, pay some debts, support their friend that was starving to death and give their little cousin an allowance...Man, being the head of the family is very difficult. People live their lives and only think about themselves, but imagine if your entire family (10-20 people) depended on you and your 5 year money to live.
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58 thousand dollars is not that much for them. So when I see people saying that NBA players have the easiest job in the world, I laugh a lot. It's easy for superstars to spend it all; when they end their career, they'll have endorsements and can be analysts on ESPN.
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What is Beno **** Udrih going to do when he gets no contract in the NBA and is too old to play? He got nothing to do. Nothing. And people still depend on him - or you really think that after so many years of sucking a guy dry, they'll just handle their businesses?

[lovethewire]

Why do some of these guys even have agents? Dirk doesn't, its pointless, especially if your only making the minimum, you don't pay a guy 10% to negotiate a minimum contract

[yongaz]

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

Lets be real... Lebron doesn't need the money

Please do not post ever again and just go out on top because let's be real...nothing you will ever do or say will ever top that comment.

LOL that's what I was going to say.

[spearsy23]

Being a bottom tier player in the NBA is very difficult (not his level, salary). people think it's a lot, but it's not.
.
Consider the average career of NBA players is 4/5 years. Consider they get 1 million per year.
.
So it's 5 million in 5 years. By taxes and agents, they get only like 3.5 really. 3.5 million for the rest of their lives. They can't do anything else, they played basketball their entire life.
.
Anyone that says you can have a great future by just being in the NBA are f*** clueless. Even DURING their NBA career, it's not that much. 3.5 by 5 years (12 months x 5 = 60 months) is 58 thousand dollars a month.
.
Even in their peak, getting this kind of money, they can't afford to spend it all. Let's remember they have their entire families depending on their money. Not just wife and kids, but parents, uncles, cousins, friends...not to mention the ones that have to pay child support...
.
Players buy houses to their mothers, pay expensive schools to their daughters and cousins, buy a car for their old uncle and themselves, pay some debts, support their friend that was starving to death and give their little cousin an allowance...Man, being the head of the family is very difficult. People live their lives and only think about themselves, but imagine if your entire family (10-20 people) depended on you and your 5 year money to live.
.
58 thousand dollars is not that much for them. So when I see people saying that NBA players have the easiest job in the world, I laugh a lot. It's easy for superstars to spend it all; when they end their career, they'll have endorsements and can be analysts on ESPN.
.
What is Beno **** Udrih going to do when he gets no contract in the NBA and is too old to play? He got nothing to do. Nothing. And people still depend on him - or you really think that after so many years of sucking a guy dry, they'll just handle their businesses?

A guy making 100K a year, which would be well above average, would have to work for 35 years to earn that. Interest alone off of 3.5 million dollars in a low interest bank would be something like 75K, which would still almost 2x the median salary in the U.S. Include any sort of investment and that number probably jumps to over 100K. Most people don't earn 3.5 million dollars in their lifetimes, with any sort of forward thinking that money would last people long enough for 2-3 generations, without even working another job. And this ignores any type of endorsement that guys get, public appearance fees, college coaching gigs, ESPN2439829529589258 announcing, all types of things that guys can do after their career. NBA players will very rarely not be able to get a job doing something, even if it's being an assistant coach at a podunk NAIA college.

[spearsy23]

Why do some of these guys even have agents? Dirk doesn't, its pointless, especially if your only making the minimum, you don't pay a guy 10% to negotiate a minimum contract

It's really for the guys that are in between max and minimum levels. Guys who will bounce around the league need people to feel out other teams, find their market level, and try to coax an extra 2 mill out of that.

[BetterCallSaul]

He makes 854k/year.

So take 10% for an agent, 40-50% for taxes, that brings it down to around $30,000/month.

Then I'm sure he's got some child support payments to pay.

Lets be real... Lebron doesn't need the money

Please do not post ever again and just go out on top because let's be real...nothing you will ever do or say will ever top that comment.

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