People called it here, just doesn't make sense that they get pretty much anyone they want and can put out an all-star starting lineup. **** 'em though...
Honestly I can't believe they would pay that much for Bogut. It's like they're doubling down on the Cousins problem of having a slow C. I doubt they play him against us though, more likely to use heavy doses of Green/Looney at C.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/the-bling-and-i-20070617-gdqela.html?page=fullpage "The public's image of NBA players is true," he says. "A lot of them get caught up in the hype and do video clips with rappers and all that crap. They want bling bling all over themselves and drive fast cars. But that's just the way the culture is in America - if you've got it flaunt it and if you don't, you can't." Bogut catches himself. He bought some nice wheels recently and he collects old cars. His father was in the motor trade and recalls how, as a youngster, he and his father would give the thumbs up to people driving cool cars. "But that's where it stops for me," he says. "I'm not into jewellery. I've got some earrings but they're not too expensive. There are guys who drop a hundred grand for a chain. The public's got it right - a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that. "But it's just the culture over there. I would never want my child to be brought up in an environment like that, where if you have money you're supposed to flaunt it and make everyone jealous. "The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game." https://deadspin.com/nba-****-list-andrew-bogut-the-honky-messiah-1454387090 I'm on your side, NBA fans who are tired of watching all these thugs with the bling and the cornrows and the hipping and the hopping. Watch me put my head down respectfully after setting this screen.
Do honest opinions offend you, snowflake? Absolutely nothing he said isn't factually correct considering the circles he would run in (not going to meet people from small town Missouri).
He so needs to get viciously dunked on. I nominate our own G Green. Houston says hello. May his moving picks be out of sync. May he clash with Boogie and Durant. May the locker room continue to implode.
I see this as a red flag and adds more fuel to the fire......why do they do this. This is a admission that cousins might be problems.....I'm just waiting for the person that gotta tell cuzz hey we gonna play bogut a washed up player over you when u in a contract year......6ikes this might blow up
To be fair that's a 3 time NBA champ team. I think that's pays for the luxury tax 3 times over. U think Tillman wouldnt pay for that team
His opinion is about as factual as some big city people saying folks from small towns are mentally r****ded, racist rednecks. The fact that you think what he says is factual, tells me a lot about you. This isn’t 1998. The vast majority of NBA players do a great job managing their money, and are mature adults. You have to be really damn talented to stay in an NBA locker room otherwise. Also, Bogut’s play on the court would indicate that he isn’t the paradigm of honesty. What do you think?
Snowflake? Andrew Bogut is the one that seems irrationally angry..... all he does is complain. For someone that hates America so much, he sure didn't have a problem whoring himself for money in America.
You don't receive a team like that. What you should be wondering is: 1) Would Tilman be willing to go astronomically above the LT to get Durant even though his team is young and DOMINANT? No he wouldn't. 2) Would Tilman have given Draymond this contract back when he was an FA? 3) Would Tilman have extended Iguodala at this price? 4) Would Tilman pay $1.2m in taxes alone for a 3rd string C? People who are cheap like Tilman, they're small-time thinkers. It's the little things. If you want to beat the Warriors, surely you can't expect to pay less when their salary cap is so well managed and they are a complete team. It's funny this notion that he would pay if it were championship calibre. Which basically means, he wouldn't have paid for the Bucks roster. Or the Warriors 2014-2015 roster. Or the Rockets 94-95 roster. Because you have to pay before they play, and a cheapskate is always going to be skeptical and focused on silly small stuff. That's why he's an obstacle to us winning a championship. Hopefully Harden will drag us there anyway.
Wait u rewriting history. Gsw locked on on being able to pay curry a max level go way below his value at the team do to injurys... which even allowed then to sign iggy. All the other guys u drafted. N by time you had to pay guys you knew you had a championship level team. U knew u had 2 of the best shooters maybe in history. So u cant act like they just paid before they knew. They drafted the bulk of thier talent. Then the kd thing. Why not u already won a chip. Who in their right mind thought adding Durant would make them worst lol. U know at that point that's a sure fired ima win next year. Oh n didnt they lose the year before they signed kd lol. So they added him to a team that lose the year before.
Wait u rewriting history. Gsw lucked up on being able to pay curry a max level guy way below his value at the time do to injurys... which even allowed them to sign iggy in the first place.. All the other guys u drafted. N by time you had to pay guys you knew you had a championship level team. U knew u had 2 of the best shooters maybe in history. So u cant act like they just paid before they knew. They drafted the bulk of thier talent. Then the kd thing. Why not u already won a chip. Who in their right mind thought adding Durant would make them worst lol. U know at that point that's a sure fired ima win next year. Oh n didnt they lose the year before they signed kd lol. So they added him to a team that lost the year before...lile u telling me Tillman wouldnt go over if kd came here. U out ur mind. That's a sure fire chip.
It's not about hating America - it's about pointing out a trashy aspect of a new culture that doesn't lead to happiness. He's smart enough to be honest about it instead of acting like a giddy teen with a new pony, who then wants another one, then wants sympathy during times like the housing crisis. Recommend watching Generation Wealth on Amazon if you don't get what he's saying.
You missed the point. It's a reflection of new money in America lacking discretion at a certain point, many justifying it as part of a culture (that doesn't lead to happiness), not NBA players going broke. There are 400 NBA players out of how money people? And how do those other people cope with seeing those players flashing all that bling - by spending money they don't have .. getting caught in a cycle. If you have amazon prime - www.amazon.com/Generation-Wealth-Lauren-Greenfield/dp/B07CMBYZK9
