sikma42 wrote:Not a big fan of the kids game. But I don’t know if I’d call him a punk from what I’ve seen. It’s just clear he’s gotten some bad advice.
In general, im not against players using whatever leverage they have in a business context. Just have to understand exactly what you’re doing and be ready to accept the consequences. To me, this all stems from a lack a confidence in his talent.
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I do not think punk is that much of an insult. Lamelo Ball is a punk, and I mean his style is punk, hair and all. I just mean, not really a fan of this kid as a prospect, and his reported behavior ain't helping. I understand him tho, cause to me as Euro, American sports system is pretty insane, how you can't even decide for which team you will play, how can you be traded to any team etc. But I mean, that is why NBA players are paid so much more than anyone else, even players who are probably worse than some non NBA players, are paid more than said non NBA players. For exmaple Alex Len is paid more than Mathias Lessort, so you just have to take all the other negatives that comes with the job, Aces rookie contract will be like what, 9 Mill a year or something, kid is years away from being worth that most likely, but they are investing in him, and if you entered the draft, you should understand that you can be drafted by anyone, thats just how it is. I didn't mind him force his way to certain teams pre draft, there is nothign wrong with that, but you didn't work, need to start act like grown up, at worst show up like a man and discuss things, maybe they could trade you after all, just don't act entitled. With all that said, newest reports say that he is showing to camp, so maybe all this was just false reporting, he was obviously upset at the draft, so maybe few reporters fabricated the story to get clicks, I don't know.