Adam Morrison - Best career in the history of employment

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Adam Morrison - Best career in the history of employment 

Post#1 » by StalkerZero » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:56 pm

Adam Morrison is a truly blessed individual. I wholeheartedly believe that he may have the best employment record in all of history. He does almost no work (3,277 career minutes played or almost 55 hours plus practice/travel time), total career salary of $28,584,749, and two NBA championship rings (highest level of team accolades in the NBA).

If you completely discount practice and travel time from that equation it means he's making $519,722 per hour!

Even if you figure on a 50 hour a week and 12 month a year practice/training/game schedule he's still making $2382.06 per hour. And as his minutes played show a lot of that is to sit on the bench and look pretty.

So, is he truly the most blessed working American in history?
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Post#2 » by colts2004 » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:58 pm

you got way to much time on your hands
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Post#3 » by A Prophet » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:58 pm

You forgot how much time he put into basketball growing up.
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Post#4 » by springz » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:58 pm

This is just the start for Ammo, wait until he's the starting SF on the Raptors in 2 years.
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Post#5 » by LApwnd » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:00 pm

yes, I envy such accomplishments......hopefully he doesn't blow his money by gambling like the other idiots we see in the news.
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Post#6 » by StalkerZero » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:01 pm

colts2004 wrote:you got way to much time on your hands


Took all of five minutes to do.

As for the time he spent in to basketball growing up well....he was paid for that. The woman that must have flocked to him when he went to the local courts/gyms to practice and during high school games must have been absurd. I'd consider that due compensation.
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Post#7 » by HomieOmey » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:01 pm

As great as someone like Roy or Rudy could have been, it's scary to think that any GM could have easily taken Morrison as he was almost a favorite to go first.
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Post#8 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:04 pm

No! I think heirs has the best job ever. Being sons/daughters to those who work and make millions/billions must be an awesome job. :)
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Post#9 » by Darko Miliminutes » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:04 pm

Darko's first few years beg to differ...
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Post#10 » by PolakFury » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:05 pm

Darko Miliminutes wrote:Darko's first few years beg to differ...


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Post#11 » by StalkerZero » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:06 pm

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:No! I think heirs has the best job ever. Being sons/daughters to those who work and make millions/billions must be an awesome job. :)


That may be true I suppose. But, realistically this man is employed (something a lot of heirs/heiresses are not). Technically someone who just is being force fed money by their rich family is the American dream.

But, for real Americans who have to have a job, this man is living the dream.
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Post#12 » by BrooklynBulls » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:08 pm

StalkerZero wrote:Adam Morrison is a truly blessed individual. I wholeheartedly believe that he may have the best employment record in all of history. He does almost no work (3,277 career minutes played or almost 55 hours plus practice/travel time), total career salary of $28,584,749, and two NBA championship rings (highest level of team accolades in the NBA).

If you completely discount practice and travel time from that equation it means he's making $519,722 per hour!

Even if you figure on a 50 hour a week and 12 month a year practice/training/game schedule he's still making $2382.06 per hour. And as his minutes played show a lot of that is to sit on the bench and look pretty.

So, is he truly the most blessed working American in history?


Actually, Morrison made 17 million.
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Post#13 » by StalkerZero » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:12 pm

I should've looked a little deeper at his salary (just checked basketballreference) but at $17,000,000 it's $1416.66 per hour.
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Post#14 » by DFolks » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:14 pm

I'm sure their have been others in the various fields of the economy in the history of the world that have done less and still have quite a hefty sum in the ol' bank account. But yes, Adam Morrison is one lucky individual. He has seen everything one can see while playing in the NBA. He was a high draft pick, played for the lowly Bobcats (at the time) and seen how a losing franchise is run, while also getting traded to an elite team and winning two rings, and when not needed on the Lakers anymore he gets traded again to a bum team. All while not really ever contributing in a positive light for any substantial amount of time. So he is a lucky guy. However, in this day and age, other less helpful to the world individuals have more money.
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Post#15 » by magnumt » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:15 pm

*Waits for News a few Years from now of Adam Morrison Files for Bankruptcy!*

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Post#16 » by magnumt » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:15 pm

*Waits for News a few Years from now of Adam Morrison Files for Bankruptcy!*

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Post#17 » by BubbaTee » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:20 pm

Tom Cruise gets like $25 million up front, plus a % of the gross/net, to do less than 2 hours of acting, plus all the hard work of sitting in a chair while people put makeup on him, fetch him sandwiches, etc.

I guess you could count the time he puts into takes that get cut, but that's like counting the time Morrison spends in the layup line before the game.
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Post#18 » by MasterRyu » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:28 pm

No, I think Kobe Bryant has a better career. Kobe is making a whole boat load more cash than Ammo while doing what he LOVES to do----play basketball. It's not really work, when you LOVE what you do.

Kobe's Career salary ---= well over $100 million (too lazy to go find numbers)
Ammos' Career Salary --- less than $20 million

Kobe's Rings ---- 5
Ammo ------ 2

Kobe has All NBA recognition, MVP's (All Star, Finals, Regular Season), legendary career stats
Ammo doesn't have all that

Kobe has endorsements
Ammo doesn't

Kobe is loved by China
Ammo is not

Kobe is considered to be one of the best ever to play the game
Ammo was considered to be Larry Bird Lite once ERRONEOUSLY

You can say Kobe worked his butt off, but come on, it's just basketball and he loves playing.


In the end , Kobe's career is better. Just saying.
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Post#19 » by StalkerZero » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:29 pm

BubbaTee wrote:Tom Cruise gets like $25 million up front, plus a % of the gross/net, to do less than 2 hours of acting, plus all the hard work of sitting in a chair while people put makeup on him, fetch him sandwiches, etc.

I guess you could count the time he puts into takes that get cut, but that's like counting the time Morrison spends in the layup line before the game.


But Cruise never got the women Morrison does!

:D

It was an exercise in boredom to do this. Turned out pretty interesting. I really wonder how this would compare to someone like Kobe who has logged tons of minutes but made a lot more money.

I forgot to take in to account the time Morrison is fetching Kobe, Pau, and Phil sandwiches. That may bring it down a bit too.
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Re: Adam Morrison - Best career in the history of employment 

Post#20 » by picc » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:33 pm

colts2004 wrote:you got way to much time on your hands


He has 40 posts since April 2010. You have 350 since July. Neither of those are staggering but if anyone needed to keep busier it'd be you.

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