Why the fukk did David West turn down 12.5 mil to play for the Vet Min?

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He was only gonna make $11M in Indy. He wasnt gonna get that nowhere else so he was gonna take a paycut regardless. So he took the min to come win a championship and play with his idol in Duncan

Obviously he felt comfortable financially, so he said fukk it why stay in bunk ass Indianapolis with no shot of winning?
Dis nikka said "only":mjlol:
 

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12.5 million with good minutes beats riding the pine. He knows that.
Why are you worried about how much money is in his pockets though? He decided sacrificing money for a chance at a championship > getting millions of dollars on an "OK" team. If the Spurs win great, his mission accomplished. If they don't who cares, he decided the risk was worth it. I salute that, obviously his pockets aren't hurting.
 

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I can see him helping against a few teams, but against golden state he's almost useless. He would've done more damage for the pacers in the east playoffs

Naw he would have gotten knocked out the first found brotha.

He might be able to play for a few minutes against the warriors when they put in Sleights. But I am sure that West will get a lot of PT if they make it to the finals to play the Cavs.
 

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Another Coli "I aint never made no money in my life so I am taking the money over everything" exposal thread

If there is one situation in this world where it would be easy to turn down 11 million...it's probably a situation where you already made over 80 million...

But coli burger flippers go down the street to the flaim broiled joint cause they giving them 26 cent extra an hour so :manny:
 

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Another Coli "I aint never made no money in my life so I am taking the money over everything" exposal thread

If there is one situation in this world where it would be easy to turn down 11 million...it's probably a situation where you already made over 80 million...

But coli burger flippers go down the street to the flaim broiled joint cause they giving them 26 cent extra an hour so :manny:
You're right. This is exactly why multimillionaires stop trying to make money and good business deals once they turn 35.
 

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Naw he would have gotten knocked out the first found brotha.

He might be able to play for a few minutes against the warriors when they put in Sleights. But I am sure that West will get a lot of PT if they make it to the finals to play the Cavs.
True, but he could've played this same role next year for a contender, that's my main issue. Against the cavs he helps, but there's a lot in his way to get there.
 

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I'm pretty sure he felt he would play a bigger role than 15 mins. At least I would hope so.


Pop doesn't have set rotation yet of mins but west is doing fine and will get more burn in playoffs cuz of his experience
Also who knew what he was getting into pop don't sugar coat shyt

As far as play time goes against gsw he will get some cuz we have same rotations to match them up in any situation if he didn't get play time it's cuz matchup reasons that benefitted us too win
 

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You're right. This is exactly why multimillionaires stop trying to make money and good business deals once they turn 35.

Playing for Indiana was a good business deal :jbhmm:

Why...because it would have paid him more money :jbhmm:

So the option that pays you the most money is always the option that is the "best business deal":jbhmm:
 

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True, but he could've played this same role next year for a contender, that's my main issue. Against the cavs he helps, but there's a lot in his way to get there.

I feel you but who knows. Also in sports there is a lot of under the table and side deals. He might have been promised something later or a kick back when he retires....so we really will never know.
 
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