Isaac Bassey
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Lou Young says he blew through his entire $5,000 NFL signing bonus in one day as a rookie “$5,000 got spent in a day.” “No taxes, it’s $3,500.” “I had to take care of every bill.” “By the end of everything, I probably had like $1,200.” “I had no clothes in Denver, so I went to the mall.” “After that I probably had like $400 left.” “We went out that night and I put $300 on it. I had $100 left.” “By the next week, I was like, ‘I ain’t got it.’”
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Jeff Passan says Shohei Ohtani earns over $100 million a year off the field and helped the Dodgers become MLB’s first $1 billion revenue franchise “Personally, with all of the advertisements, sponsorships, and stuff like that, it’s upward of $100 million.” “The Los Angeles Dodgers are not the Los Angeles Dodgers—they are the Shohei Ohtani Shell Corporation.” “Good for them. They saw what the Angels never did.” “They understood that Ohtani himself is a monolith.” “They saw the international possibilities in Japan.” “They saw the business possibilities.” “It’s everything—the tours, the tourists, the merchandise, the sponsorships, the whole kit and caboodle.” “The Dodgers just last year became the first Major League Baseball franchise to have more than $1 billion in revenue in one year.” “And they’re going to do it again this year
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Emmanuel Mudiay says the NBA stopped feeling like basketball when he realized players making $15,000,000 could keep playing while those making $3M or $5M sat: “This is not basketball, it’s business” “I didn’t love basketball no more, bro.” “It started in Denver.” “It was like, ‘This is not basketball. It’s business.’” “If that person is making $25, $15 million, and you’re making $5 million, you’re making $3 million, the person making $15 million, they’re playing.” “I don’t care if they had four or five bad games in a row, bro. They’re playing.” “That was kind of the frustrating part.” “I was like, ‘Man, what is this?’” “It’s not basketball.” “There’s no way it’s basketball.”
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Rich Paul says athletes have the hardest job in the world because their $100 million contracts can become $50 million after taxes while everyone around them stops working “Athletes have the hardest job in the world.” “They take everybody to work with them.” “You at work, you at work, nobody with you. But they take everybody to work with them.” “Not to mention $100 million, really $50 million after taxes.” “Now you gotta multiply that times your dependents, then break it down from there.” “When an athlete makes money, everybody around them stop working.” “That don’t make sense though.” “When the CEO of Amazon gets promoted to become CEO, I can guarantee you nobody stopped working.”
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JJ Redick says he sold his entire watch collection after realizing his possessions were starting to possess him “I sold everything, man.” “You ever heard the phrase, ‘Your possessions shouldn’t possess you’?” “I got to a place with watches where it was an all-consuming thing.” “I have an obsessive and addictive personality. When I’m really into something, I just go all out on it.” “It was taking up too much of my time.” “It got to the point where I’m like, ‘Yo, this is such a selfish pursuit.’” “No one’s getting any enjoyment out of this except me.” “My wife isn’t benefiting from this. My kids aren’t. My friends aren’t.” “I’m the only person wearing the watches.”
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Carmelo Anthony explains why a $100,000,000 contract doesn’t make professional athletes rich for life “$100 million… let’s not get that twisted.” “It’s not really $100 million.” “You’re taking 50% to 60% off the top.” “So that $10 million becomes $5 million.” “Then you’ve got taxes in every state you play in.” “You’ve got a house.” “You’re taking care of your mom.” “You’ve got a 4% agent fee.” “You’re not working with $10 million anymore, you’re working with $5 million.” “That drastic lifestyle change is what messes a lot of athletes up mentally.” “You’ve got to budget how you pay your mortgage.” “You’ve got to budget your food.” “$100 million is not $100 million.” “You’re not even seeing 50% of that money.”
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Rip Hamilton says Derrick Rose signed $400,000,000 in deals at 23 and still called his brother to ask if he could buy a Bentley “He just signed a $250 million deal with Adidas, another $150 million from the Bulls.” “She got $400 million at 23 years old.” “I looked at him in the locker room and said, ‘Bro, do you know you just signed for $400 million?’” “He didn’t even know the impact of that.” “He called me the other day and asked, ‘Is it okay if I buy a Bentley?’” “How many dudes you know that just made $400 million that will call his big bro and be like, ‘Yo, is it cool for me to buy a Bentley?’”
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Jeff Passan revisits the Shohei Ohtani–Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal and reveals how the story unfolded behind the scenes “The first tip was, ‘Shohei Ohtani might have a gambling problem.’” “My first thought was, ‘Oh God… the thing that’s too good to be true actually is.’” “I reached out to ESPN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson because she had better sources than I did.” “She had the conversation with Ippei Mizuhara that forced the Dodgers to address the situation in Japan.” “We were preparing to publish when they reached out and said, ‘Actually, this is not what happened.’” “There’s still a large segment of people who believe Shohei Ohtani was the one gambling.” “I ask those people to read the 30-plus-page indictment and listen to the phone calls.” “There’s just a lot of evidence.” “If it actually is all a cover-up, it’s one of the greatest cover-ups in the history of the world.”
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LaKeith Stanfield says he spent his first $130,000 check on a car and was broke afterward “I got my first check. It was like $130,000.” “The only thing on my mind was getting this car that I really wanted.” “I walked into the dealership with a duffel bag full of money and set it on the counter.” “I drove off the lot, and I was broke.” “I learned the value of knowing how to spend and use your money because I was struggling to pay my rent the next week.” “If I had someone to mentor me and tell me, ‘That’s not how you spend your money,’ that would’ve been very, very helpful.”
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Ndamukong Suh says a $200,000 NFL salary can become about $100,000 after taxes “When I played for Philly, I was on the lower range of my salary coming into that team, and I was a backup.” “It was very humbling.” “There’s guys that are still living paycheck to paycheck because $100,000 and you’re getting hit with the jock tax and cut that in half.” “Let’s just bump it up to $200,000. You’re living in New York or New Jersey, you make $200,000 and you cut that in half, that’s $100,000.” “But they’re expecting you to live like the superstar that’s making $40 million a year.” “That ain’t mathin.”
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LeBron James says his daughter is one of the biggest reasons behind his free agency decision “This is the fourth time I’ve been a free agent.” “When I went to Miami, I had my reasons.” “When I went back to Cleveland, I had my reasons.” “When I went to the Lakers, I had my reasons.” “But now, my almost 12-year-old daughter is pulling a lot of weight.” “I pulled her aside and told her, ‘I won’t be playing for the Lakers next year. I’ll be playing somewhere else.’” “I didn’t want her to hear it from anyone else.” “I told her, ‘You don’t have to answer right now. I just want to know how you’re feeling because you mean a lot to me.’” “The family portion is a big thing.” “People keep saying, ‘Hurry up and make a decision.’” “But it’s not just about the team.” “It’s about what’s best for me as a player, as a person, my happiness, and my family.” “The family portion is huge for me.” ( Via Boardroom)
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Rich Paul says even athletes making $200, 000,000 can’t afford to waste money “I’ve got guys who are 22 making $200 million over the next four or five years.” “But I’m constantly telling them that’s not a lot of money based on where they’re starting.” “They’re done at 33.” “That money’s taxed.” “No athlete can afford to fly private all the time.” “Yet we see so many athletes on Instagram flying private.” “I fly Delta.” “I cannot afford to fly private, and that’s okay with me.” “I’m trying to get where I’m going to make the money. I’m not trying to spend the money.” “The times I do fly private, you’ll never see it on Instagram because it’s not for show.”
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Stephen A. Smith says marijuana should not be allowed in the NBA because he considers it a performance-enhancing drug “I consider weed a performance-enhancing drug.” “It helps calm your nerves.” “Nerves are part of competition.” “If you’re using a drug that allows you to calm your nerves and it elevates your poise, that’s a performance enhancer because you are immune to the pressure.” “It’s Game 73 and you gotta go to the free throw line with two seconds left. You gotta make both to tie the game. That’s nerves.” “If weed is something that helps that, that’s a performance enhancer.” “It should not be allowed.”
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LeBron James laughs off reports claiming he has a $1.2 billion net worth “That is a lie.” “It’s way less.” “I’ve only got a couple thousand in my bank.” “Everything I’ve got on is free.” “My Richard Mille? Free.” “My wedding band? Free.” “I ain’t got no money, man. I’m broke.” “My kids got all the money now with these NIL deals.” “They take care of dad now.”
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Rich Paul says he wanted off LeBron James’ payroll as soon as possible to build his own career “LeBron wasn’t obligated to do anything for me or anybody else.” “The only person he was obligated to do something for was Gloria James.” “When I got my first check, I didn’t even know how to read it.” “I called and asked what my job was.” “He said, ‘I actually don’t have a position for you at all.’” “I had two choices.” “I’m definitely not a yes man.” “So I created value.” “I was everything from a party promoter to a stylist to a jeweler.” “That eventually led to a job at Nike.” “That’s where I learned the legal side, the footwear business, and marketing.”
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Chris Paul reveals how he spent his first NBA money after having just $151 in his bank account “I had $151 in my bank account when I declared for the NBA Draft.” “My financial advisor wanted to send me $100,000.” “My parents said, ‘No, that’s too much.’” “So they sent me $25,000.” “I took my girlfriend, who’s now my wife, to the mall.” “I told her, ‘Buy whatever you want.’” “Then we went to TGI Fridays.” “That was the first time we paid with one check.” “It’s been one check ever since.” “The first thing I bought for myself was a BMW 750.” “To me, that was the nicest car in the world.”
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Pablo Torre says the Clippers’ alleged Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention is not Steve Ballmer’s first offense, dating back to a $250,000 fine in 2015 “This is not a first-time offense.” “In 2015, DeAndre Jordan—you can look this up—Steve Ballmer gets fined and the Clippers get fined $250,000 because they tried to offer DeAndre Jordan a marketing deal with Lexus, which was a team sponsor.” “That was the first instance of Steve Ballmer getting punished for cap circumvention.” “Then 2019 comes around with two other separate NBA franchises calling for an investigation.” “And now you have Aspiration and now you have Daktronics.” “This is not some out-of-the-sky, new thing for people to contemplate in the league office.” “This is a multiple alleged offender who has clearly taken the warning, according to my reporting, of 2019 and done something even more vast and ambitious allegedly.” “That’s the part where it’s crazy.”
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Sebastian Telfair says his $20 million NBA career earnings worked out to just about $1 million a year after taxes, making it difficult to build generational wealth while supporting his family “So I played 10 years. You said I made $20 million. We all know about Uncle Sam, right? So what’s that? $10 million. That’s about a million a year. That ain’t no money. The real truth is I ain’t really make no money.” “I didn’t make Floyd Mayweather enough money. You gotta be a real strategic dude making a million dollars a year and thinking you gonna end up with everything on earth. I got o I’ll 14 brothers and sisters that I love with all my heart. I got a mother and a father, so it was a lot on us.” “We ain’t make enough money for it to be sitting the way it’s supposed to be sitting. I invested in Philippe Charriol. When I first got to the league, I was on the path to do the right things. I just got knocked off the path of sitting here with $275 million cash right now.”
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Shaquille O’Neal says the Lakers could have won seven championships if he had taken less money instead of insisting on a $150 million contract after Kobe Bryant became the franchise player “If I had the wisdom I have now back then… seven.” “The reason I got traded wasn’t about me and Kobe beefing.” “They wanted me to take less money.” “Kobe said at least 10.” “I had money.” “I should have been like, ‘Alright, I raised you enough. It’s your team now.’” “I was still gonna do my 28 and 10.” “But I was like, ‘Nah, I want $150 million. I don’t care what you like.’” “If I had it all over again, I probably would’ve had a meeting with the family.” “Do y’all want me to take less money, take a lesser role, and stay here?” “My ego got me what I wanted.” “I still went to Miami, partnered with D-Wade, and still won one.” “But I would have liked to have stayed there the rest of my career.”
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Shaquille O’Neal says LeBron James should chase another championship, not worry about the critics “I think he’s going to go somewhere he can win another ring.” “Maybe Miami. Maybe Golden State. Maybe even Philly.” “Once we’re done playing, we can never play again.” “You never want to retire saying, ‘I should have done this. I should have done that.’” “A lot of haters call it ring chasing.” “But you’re supposed to chase rings.” “If you chase rings and accomplish getting them, that’s what we call greatness.” “Those who haven’t achieved greatness call it ring chasing because they haven’t achieved greatness.”
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