The following images are FIRST Joe Johnson's career stats and SECOND Dirk Nowitzki's stats.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Rant on Salaries and busts on Basketball.
Why do players such as Dirk Nowitzki and Joe Johnson get paid over 20 million US dollars just to be an O.K player? Then people such as LeBron James and Kevin Durant who are by far the best people in the league get paid 3 million dollars less in LeBron's Case and a whopping 5 million dollars in Kevin Durant's case. Now this... is a problem, take into account the stats from previous years for Dirk and Joe and then you will see what I mean.
The following images are FIRST Joe Johnson's career stats and SECOND Dirk Nowitzki's stats.
Now the following are Dirk Nowitzki's stats
Now you see what I mean! LeBron James and Kevin Durant are far better then these 2 guys yet they are getting paid so much less than these guys. My biggest thing however that I am happen about is that young players normally don't get bombarded with money in their first year, which is great because it shows that they have to work hard and earn it. My biggest pet peeve is Kobe Bryant! Year after year he gets paid over 30 million dollars even though he is so old and injured! The lakers need to pay him less so they can afford so much more of a quality team. This has been another rant let me know what you think in the comments!
The following images are FIRST Joe Johnson's career stats and SECOND Dirk Nowitzki's stats.
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I think that we like to throw around these salaries, instead of realizing that a person is being paid atrocious amounts of money to play a sport. Sure, they will not be working after 38, but 20 million, even 1 million, is entirely too much for an athlete.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. but the amount of money invested in sports is enormous and the fact that owners can sometimes profit off of TV rights does mean that these players should indeed be getting paid handsomely, but I do agree with your point.
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