Or just maybe the league is making that much money in spite of losing the interest of cat2010.
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Just a thought.
Chris Livingston contract
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Or just maybe the league is making that much money in spite of losing the interest of cat2010.
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Just a thought.
This 100%….this isn’t about Chris and I know that’s hard to see at this point until the other shoe drops. But this is about Milwaukee sucking up to Klutch for some future reason. Klutch was really taking serious heat in basketball circles with younger players after they all but guaranteed the Livingston camp a first round pick and couldn’t deliver. Milwaukee is bailing Klutch out (to a degree only 2 years guaranteed) and I’ll be fascinated to see what future player or transaction they are trying to horse trade for.
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Ugh you caught me - super salty over here.
Unfortunately for you I'm immune to trolls been around too long.
“I’m guessing” = “I have no idea how the NBA works” 😂
Yeah I mean a lot of it is flexibility and the strength he’s gained working hard. I don’t mean giants but most longer hitters are above 6 foot tall. Longer arms gives a longer swing arc. Guys like Sergio Garcia that are smaller but generate a lot of hand lag get speed too.
I’m not mad about Livingston’s contract, I’m just completely apathetic to it.
I’m not mad about it but it doesn’t make a lot of sense to sign the last pick to a deal like that.
He does need to hire a professional to advise him or he will probably spend it all away in a relatively short span of time.
He doesn't get it all at once. WTF after he messes up the first two years he should realize to slow down. If not f@$% em. He would deserve it.
There are lots of things that do quite well that I have zero interest in, the NBA is just one of them. Some things like nascar, soccer, and hockey for example I’ve never had interest in, the NBA I was once a huge fan, now won’t give it 2 seconds of my time. The nba was a much more popular product in the 90’s vs now and it’s not even close yet there is more money now vs then so who cares.
Or maybe you just had more interest when you were 30 years younger. Maybe your interest changed. Why was it much more popular just because you watched it then. Wouldn’t the massive money Boost indicate more popularity now?
As a CPA I understand he does not get it all at once and probably half of the guarantee will go to taxes. The remaining income he needs to handle wisely because it could be the most money he ever earns playing ball.
I think it would more indicate the Chinese involvement in the money flow to the NBA today. The NBA makes roughly $5 billion a year from China.
Four of the five lowest-rated NBA Finals of the past 30 years have occurred in the past four years. That doesn’t scream more popularity to me.
There certainly are fans here that were this way and just mad that he didn’t come back, but there are also reasonable fans.
This goes both ways.
1: he wouldn’t have played for free, woulda cleared 6 figures at least and could have bargained for much more this year
2: you would be foolish to not realize coming back could have easily helped him make way more money. Had he been even a top 15 pick he would make more in 2 years than this entire contract or close to it.
3: there is also the possibility that he hurts his stock if he doesn’t improve so if this happened then the 7.7 million would have been a great great decision.
I am hoping he does the same thing other cats have done and finds himself and has a great career and gets that second contract. Anyone who doesn’t want him to be successful is just an ass. Anyone debating whether or not he will be successful can always have that debate. Regardless of whether he averages 20 a game or 0 he has a great 2 year window to try and make it and I hope he does.
Highest Federal Tax rate is 37% and then you have State and Local taxes.
I certainly did have more interest then than I do now but it’s not that hard to search popularity of the league then vs now.
Yeah I do. And you’re the one who has a problem with it. Idc if someone replies to me and gives their thoughts on my conversation with someone else. It’s a message board, that’s one of the things that happens here.
You’re the one who has an issue with it. Yet you just did it to me. Don’t condemn something that you actively practice.
See how that works? Take your narcissism to someone who appreciates it, thanks.
Good for him . The entire process was weird but definitely a good deal for someone picked last . Hopefully he sticks around .
Man. I was one of them saying this is stupid for him to not come back ….but I was wrong.
How a 6”6 wing wjtb a below average deep ball and literally bad handles average 6 pts and 4 boards in college as a fifth option on the floor (he was literally unguarded most games) but a plus athlete can score a 7.7M contract blows my mind….but that is today NBA.
So kudos for Chris
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Dude, he’s set for life unless he’s an idiot. There is no city in America you can’t live for 7 million dollars. You act like he can’t possibly earn more after 4 years. He’ll be earning a good salary somewhere even if it’s not in the NBA. And getting a lump sum is infinitely better than getting it spread out. Hell if he wants it spread out he could buy an annuity paid over 30 years and get a lot more than 66k a year in later years. Especially while interest rates are high. You’d have to be reckless to mess this up. In fairness, a lot of kids are reckless with money though.
Plenty of young dudes have blown much, much more money than this.
Television ratings is a good place to start. Popularity isn’t totally subjective, there are data points.
It’s not that hard to research. You may love it, good for you, but viewership is indeed down.
NBA ratings deep-dive: Where does the league stand?
Much has been written about NBA ratings the past few years, but where does the league truly stand? This deep dive seeks to answer.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
Well, if your argument is it's impossible to measure popularity then I guess the conversation can stop here. I think television ratings is a good place to start. I can say with a great deal of confidence that most of my peers watched the NBA pretty religiously in the 90s and none of them do now. That's anecdotal but I think it could probably be extrapolated across the country.
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