Poythress on Israeli championship team
- Thread starter Smashcat
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He doesn’t get injured, we would have had #9 in 2015.
I wonder if he's caught any teeth in those Israeli nets... 🤐
Weird post.
Why diminish the guy? He's doing the best he can with what he has, and it appears he's excelling at it.
He would have destroyed Sam Dekker like he did in 2014.
Winning is winning whatever league it is. If you’re getting paid to do what you love then the winning is a big time bonus.
I couldn't find Alex's salary online but I found a story that said the AVERAGE salary at the top of the Premier League in Israel can be $350,000. I saw a story that Scottie Willbiken signed a 3-year deal to play in that league for $4.5 million.
So let's assume he's making a few hundred thousand dollars a year to play basketball in front of enthusiastic, adoring fans in a city on the Mediterranean Sea with, if he is single, plenty of attractive women around.
While I'm sure your life is a lot better than that, he's not in a position where you have to put him down.
Nice to see Wildcats winning championships. Would be nice if some could do it while playing here. 😏
I think a lot of people view not making it in the nba as a failure . There are plenty of pro players playing in these leagues .
Yeah but it's just really off for anyone to view not making the NBA as a failure being that it is a very very small percentage of people that wind up there. Playing in any proffesional league is quite the achievement and something anyone should be proud of.
Yep. I’ve got a couple of friends that played pro ball overseas and they all did great and have pretty amazing lifestyles as a result. All or none is usually a thing embraced by people on the “none” end of the spectrum.
Yup I agree with you. I think ppl view these leagues and act like these players are only playing against the people from the county they are in . While true they are also facing former college and nba players that are now playing in the league .
Definitely shouldn’t be considered a failure .
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Poy is 1 of only 3 Cal recruits that stayed 4 years, the other 2 being Kentucky boys. I will always really like him for that.
