AD: "In season tournament $500K Prize is a motivating factor"

[2legit]

Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis was open about one of the draws to winning the NBA's In-Season Tournament. Davis said the prize money is the lure for a lot of the players.

"$500 [thousand] sounds real good to us. It’s going to bring that juice, you know what I mean? … I heard one of our players, I’m not going to say who but he was like, ‘Man,’ when we beat Phoenix, ‘That’s one step closer to this $500. I’ve never had that before.’ So it’s like, that’s a little extra motivation," Davis said.

The players on the team that wins the NBA Cup will each get $500,000 in prize money. For players on a league minimum salary, that can range between nearly half of their yearly salary to one-quarter of it. The Lakers have five players signed to minimum contracts for this season.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273681/Anthony-Davis-Says-In-Season-Tournament-Prize-Money-Sounds-Real-Good

 

[Trojan 24]

Silver probably had to pay him 500K just to say that

 

[Trav]

Silver probably had to pay him 500K just to say that

Iono....for niccas like Zion and others like him, that's a bih's salary for the next CPL years for her to keep doing what she do .

 

[xXMASHERXx]

People talk about the bubble ring not being official and we supposed to believe that people care about an in-season tournament that is only paying the winners 500k

 

[Ziggiy]

People talk about the bubble ring not being official and we supposed to believe that people care about an in-season tournament that is only paying the winners 500k

This is a bad comparison.

The Bubble was a one time thing. The in-season tournament is a permanent fixture that the league will be pushing heavy. Meaning that not just the $500K is a motivational factor but players legacies, team chemistry, etc.

 

[HiphopRelated]

People talk about the bubble ring not being official and we supposed to believe that people care about an in-season tournament that is only paying the winners 500k

Not everybody is making 40 mil a season. 500K is still a lot of money

 

[desjardins]

Don’t know why people are trying down play $500k.
Sure it’s a lower % of some of these guys total salary and even game checks but it’s free money they can get for games they have to play anyway
The stars going be stars in terms of play but I can see rotation guys going harder for that money, that’s probably what AD was alluding to

 

[Big Boss]

Will he be in street clothes

 

[Rekkapryde]

Iono....for niccas like Zion and others like him, that's a bih's salary for the next CPL years for her to keep doing what she do .

good damn point.

 

[I'm Blackman]

everybody aint bron...500k sounds nice to a lot of players

 

[Trav]

good damn point.

Accountants and shyt ain't gotta ask questions about why a nicca takin out 100k every game check to invest in XVidInvestments & shyt. Just win the tourney and stash that shyt to pay her overtime slowly never having to dip in the main pile

 

[Apprentice]

This is a bad comparison.

The Bubble was a one time thing. The in-season tournament is a permanent fixture that the league will be pushing heavy. Meaning that not just the $500K is a motivational factor but players legacies, team chemistry, etc.

Lls who’s legacy is getting improved from the in season tournament?

 

[Harry B]

Like a half week salary for him, what a motivation!

If Silver only knew that 500k is what you need to motivate the least motivated player before

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Lls who’s legacy is getting improved from the in season tournament?

It’s a new tradition so it’s not going to immediately carry prestige but I think it will grow to be more of thing over time

We’re already getting some great games with high intensity so if the final rounds end up having some epic games, it’ll raise the status of the tournament

I just don’t know why people are so against it. It’s 82 games in the season let them do some extra shyt to spice it up We got players fighting when the score is 0-0 so obviously the tournament games are bringing a lil extra juice than the typical November regular season games we see all the time

 

[Apprentice]

It’s a new tradition so it’s not going to immediately carry prestige but I think it will grow to be more of thing over time

We’re already getting some great games with high intensity so if the final rounds end up having some epic games, it’ll raise the status of the tournament

I just don’t know why people are so against it. It’s 82 games in the season let them do some extra shyt to spice it up We got players fighting when the score is 0-0 so obviously the tournament games are bringing a lil extra juice than the typical November regular season games we see all the time

I’m not against the tournament, I’m against the notion that it will improve someone’s legacy

Those nikkas were fighting cuz Warriors just got cooked by them a couple days ago and Steph wasn’t playing, I don’t think the Dubs care bout the tournament