Official Spec Thread: Regular Season

[basketballRob]

What? Who??

The Statlanta guy. He claims to be a Magic fan but said we have a team full of role players and that our young core was behind Houston's and Detroit's.

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When did he post here? I remember guys like wilyjackz something but not him

On the GB in the who has the best young core thread.

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[basketballRob]

The Statlanta guy. He claims to be a Magic fan but said we have a team full of role players and that our young core was behind Houston's and Detroit's.

There are some strange people in the GB. He stands out for a lot of cynical takes without much fanfare.

I remember one time he was super sour about something in the rookie thread and I asked him if he was feeling okay. He didn't respond.

But you're in the GB too Rob, so we can't throw stones.

Well im in the GB too but i dont have the same level of hot take Rob has. Especially the rookie thread of last season. Lol

They get mad when you tell them things like Franz isn't a power forward after they write 3 paragraphs on how Franz is playing out of position at SF.

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[RookieStar]

The Statlanta guy. He claims to be a Magic fan but said we have a team full of role players and that our young core was behind Houston's and Detroit's.

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When did he post here? I remember guys like wilyjackz something but not him

On the GB in the who has the best young core thread.

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Yeah .y question was... WHEN did he post HERE??

[SOUL]

Yeah .y question was... WHEN did he post HERE??

I think he was OrlandoTill when he posted here often

[pepe1991]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

[SOUL]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

You ever seen how many people end up selling rings after their career is over? Can't say I blame the honesty

[thelead]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

You would too if you were being honest

[pepe1991]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

You would too if you were being honest

Depends where you are at in career. If you are 8-10 years pro who makes $15M a year or more, you probably don't need more money ( if you have any self awarness , you aren't gambling, you aren't burning 200K on luxury cars you don't drive etc) i would prefer tengable sucess and accolades to my name.

But if i'm young, not really all that filthy rich i would probably prefer financial security first.


Maybe it's personal thing, i don't think money buys you any happiness in life.


I just thought it's funny that our "vet" is still wrapped up in money like, dude you made $100 000 000 and majority of that money you made after you started to suck, be happy with what you have

[RookieStar]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

You would too if you were being honest

Same with me. Honestly, unless we earned 100m in nba contracts already and its om the bank, you would too.

Imagine you are 35yrs old Joe Ingles, DEN called you up. They have a spot for you on a vet min contract and your chance for a ring. Then ORL called you up. 22m for 2 years. Probably the last big payday... you saw your bank account, you probably earned 60m gross so thats like 30m net???

What would you do? These guys arent regular 9-5ers like us. Us having 1m in the bank is already huge especially if our expenses arent featured in mtv cribs

[fendilim]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

You would too if you were being honest

Depends where you are at in career. If you are 8-10 years pro who makes $15M a year or more, you probably don't need more money ( if you have any self awarness , you aren't gambling, you aren't burning 200K on luxury cars you don't drive etc) i would prefer tengable sucess and accolades to my name.

But if i'm young, not really all that filthy rich i would probably prefer financial security first.


Maybe it's personal thing, i don't think money buys you any happiness in life.


I just thought it's funny that our "vet" is still wrapped up in money like, dude you made $100 000 000 and majority of that money you made after you started to suck, be happy with what you have

You have to understand some of these guys are from nothing and have lots of mouth to feed.

Maybe in Europe it is different. Not a lot would do it. Like Ricky Rubio, i’m sure he’d make more money staying in the NBA than europe. But he’d prefer to go back.

I think its more of a cultural thing tbh.

[pepe1991]

You would too if you were being honest

Depends where you are at in career. If you are 8-10 years pro who makes $15M a year or more, you probably don't need more money ( if you have any self awarness , you aren't gambling, you aren't burning 200K on luxury cars you don't drive etc) i would prefer tengable sucess and accolades to my name.

But if i'm young, not really all that filthy rich i would probably prefer financial security first.


Maybe it's personal thing, i don't think money buys you any happiness in life.


I just thought it's funny that our "vet" is still wrapped up in money like, dude you made $100 000 000 and majority of that money you made after you started to suck, be happy with what you have

You have to understand some of these guys are from nothing and have lots of mouth to feed.

Maybe in Europe it is different. Not a lot would do it. Like Ricky Rubio, i’m sure he’d make more money staying in the NBA than europe. But he’d prefer to go back.

I think its more of a cultural thing tbh.

I just can't wrap my head around what a **** those people do to burn down $60M in their lifetime.

Like, okey, you buy some mega house and that costs you $3M. You buy 10 luxury cars and it costs you some $4M . You buy kids & parents some $3M house/apartmants.

You are 30. You will die at i don't know, 80.

You would need to spend $2630 a day to piss all off by a day you die
That would assume you are somehow burning $79 000 a month, $950K a year.

It's near impossible to go broke if you aren't gambling, aren't doing something extra stupid like cripto "investments".
Like ,instad of buying MTV crib house, you can buy several apartmens and land it. Sell whenever it's needed without burning money.


What happends to those athletes, however, is fact that they don't know how to put condom on, so they sleep around and breed like fishes and than have to pay child supports

The former Los Angeles Lakers player claims to no longer have an average monthly income and is living off a non-recurring, lump sum payment of $418 thousand from the NBA, plus $4,000 from a property he rents.

Ariza's monthly expenses include, but are not limited to: $13 thousand for mortgage, $13 thousand in child support for his other son, $14 thousand on several vehicles and $19 thousand on "other" stuff.

The "other" stuff consists of what he pays his personal assistant, basketball training for his children, massages, boxing classes, self-care and $2,500 to his girlfriend.

Stupidity at it's finest. Those people don't live lifes we live. That's how and why they go broke. Their narcissistic traits, delusion and complete detachment from reality eventually is their doom. I probably like guy like Jokic way more than other stars mostly because he wins championship as best player on planet Earth and drops bomb that basketball isn't his life. He gets it. Life is so much more than hoops or posting pictures of your $80K watch on instagram and flexing new Ferrari who, btw, you probably can't even drive beause speedbumps are too high in most cities

[fendilim]

Depends where you are at in career. If you are 8-10 years pro who makes $15M a year or more, you probably don't need more money ( if you have any self awarness , you aren't gambling, you aren't burning 200K on luxury cars you don't drive etc) i would prefer tengable sucess and accolades to my name.

But if i'm young, not really all that filthy rich i would probably prefer financial security first.


Maybe it's personal thing, i don't think money buys you any happiness in life.


I just thought it's funny that our "vet" is still wrapped up in money like, dude you made $100 000 000 and majority of that money you made after you started to suck, be happy with what you have

You have to understand some of these guys are from nothing and have lots of mouth to feed.

Maybe in Europe it is different. Not a lot would do it. Like Ricky Rubio, i’m sure he’d make more money staying in the NBA than europe. But he’d prefer to go back.

I think its more of a cultural thing tbh.

I just can't wrap my head around what a **** those people do to burn down $60M in their lifetime.

Like, okey, you buy some mega house and that costs you $3M. You buy 10 luxury cars and it costs you some $4M . You buy kids & parents some $3M house/apartmants.

You are 30. You will die at i don't know, 80.

You would need to spend $2630 a day to piss all off by a day you die
That would assume you are somehow burning $79 000 a month, $950K a year.

It's near impossible to go broke if you aren't gambling, aren't doing something extra stupid like cripto "investments".
Like ,instad of buying MTV crib house, you can buy several apartmens and land it. Sell whenever it's needed without burning money.


What happends to those athletes, however, is fact that they don't know how to put condom on, so they sleep around and breed like fishes and than have to pay child supports

The former Los Angeles Lakers player claims to no longer have an average monthly income and is living off a non-recurring, lump sum payment of $418 thousand from the NBA, plus $4,000 from a property he rents.

Ariza's monthly expenses include, but are not limited to: $13 thousand for mortgage, $13 thousand in child support for his other son, $14 thousand on several vehicles and $19 thousand on "other" stuff.

The "other" stuff consists of what he pays his personal assistant, basketball training for his children, massages, boxing classes, self-care and $2,500 to his girlfriend.

Stupidity at it's finest. Those people don't live lifes we live. That's how and why they go broke. Their narcissistic traits, delusion and complete detachment from reality eventually is their doom. I probably like guy like Jokic way more than other stars mostly because he wins championship as best player on planet Earth and drops bomb that basketball isn't his life. He gets it. Life is so much more than hoops or posting pictures of your $80K watch on instagram and flexing new Ferrari who, btw, you probably can't even drive beause speedbumps are too high in most cities

Really depends on people, some people prefer generational wealth that can be passed on the generations too.

Some of these players have a big group around them. So they have to feed them too.

I dont think the europeans have as much.

[VFX]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

Gotta say I’m not a fan of Gary after watching that interview lol. Not to say I was in the first place.

[eyriq]

Did anybody pick Gary Harris part of interview when he said he would rather have max money than win championship ?

Gotta say I’m not a fan of Gary after watching that interview lol. Not to say I was in the first place.

What turned you off?

[JoshuaPotter]

Keyonte G brings another big game 26 points 7 assists.

@Eyriq @Rookiestar

I am starting to worry we have our first "shoulda been us" missed pick of this draft.

[eyriq]

Keyonte G brings another big game 26 points 7 assists.

@Eyriq @Rookiestar

I am starting to worry we have our first "shoulda been us" missed pick of this draft.

Yup. I'm hyped about Black, sour on Howard.

[Optimus_Steel]

Depends where you are at in career. If you are 8-10 years pro who makes $15M a year or more, you probably don't need more money ( if you have any self awarness , you aren't gambling, you aren't burning 200K on luxury cars you don't drive etc) i would prefer tengable sucess and accolades to my name.

But if i'm young, not really all that filthy rich i would probably prefer financial security first.


Maybe it's personal thing, i don't think money buys you any happiness in life.


I just thought it's funny that our "vet" is still wrapped up in money like, dude you made $100 000 000 and majority of that money you made after you started to suck, be happy with what you have

You have to understand some of these guys are from nothing and have lots of mouth to feed.

Maybe in Europe it is different. Not a lot would do it. Like Ricky Rubio, i’m sure he’d make more money staying in the NBA than europe. But he’d prefer to go back.

I think its more of a cultural thing tbh.

I just can't wrap my head around what a **** those people do to burn down $60M in their lifetime.

Like, okey, you buy some mega house and that costs you $3M. You buy 10 luxury cars and it costs you some $4M . You buy kids & parents some $3M house/apartmants.

You are 30. You will die at i don't know, 80.

You would need to spend $2630 a day to piss all off by a day you die
That would assume you are somehow burning $79 000 a month, $950K a year.

It's near impossible to go broke if you aren't gambling, aren't doing something extra stupid like cripto "investments".
Like ,instad of buying MTV crib house, you can buy several apartmens and land it. Sell whenever it's needed without burning money.


What happends to those athletes, however, is fact that they don't know how to put condom on, so they sleep around and breed like fishes and than have to pay child supports

The former Los Angeles Lakers player claims to no longer have an average monthly income and is living off a non-recurring, lump sum payment of $418 thousand from the NBA, plus $4,000 from a property he rents.

Ariza's monthly expenses include, but are not limited to: $13 thousand for mortgage, $13 thousand in child support for his other son, $14 thousand on several vehicles and $19 thousand on "other" stuff.

The "other" stuff consists of what he pays his personal assistant, basketball training for his children, massages, boxing classes, self-care and $2,500 to his girlfriend.

Stupidity at it's finest. Those people don't live lifes we live. That's how and why they go broke. Their narcissistic traits, delusion and complete detachment from reality eventually is their doom. I probably like guy like Jokic way more than other stars mostly because he wins championship as best player on planet Earth and drops bomb that basketball isn't his life. He gets it. Life is so much more than hoops or posting pictures of your $80K watch on instagram and flexing new Ferrari who, btw, you probably can't even drive beause speedbumps are too high in most cities

$14K a month on vehicles....wow.

[The-Stallion70]

I think Vanvleet is going to help Houstan take off now but Green hasn't shot well enough from the floor to convince me that their core is better than our's. I'm interested to see how Ausar fits. In theory, Brooks and FVV fit like gloves but I'm still not sure their ceiling is that high unless Green and Sengun take off.

[basketballRob]

Isaac is the wildcard for our season. If he plays 20 mpg for 70 games, we could win 45-50 games.

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[89Magicfan]

Yeah give me the ship. Still making millions on top of that. If you can’t survive with these kind of contracts, you’re the problem and no amount of money will ever be good enough