OT John Calipari Seeks 10-Year, $120M Contract For NBA Return

[BigGameDamian]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...i-Seeks-10-Year-$120M-Contract-For-NBA-Return

For NBA teams interested in hiring John Calipari, they have been told his asking price is 10 years and $120 million.

Calipari currently earns $8 million to $9 million per season at Kentucky and wouldn't leave that job for just an incremental raise.

Calipari turned down a 10-year, $80 million-plus offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 and he told the Sacramento Kings last spring it would take an offer with an annual average of more than $11 million.

The offer from the Cavaliers serves as a baseline and he seeks the $12 million per season Phil Jackson makes from the New York Knicks.

Calipari has also been linked to the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets hired Calipari in the 1990s with a five-year, $15 million contract when he came from UMass.

 

[Natebishop3]

He'll come back, suck ass for a couple years, get fired, and then collect millions while he goes back to college and kicks ass.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Hell, I'll do it for one year and 1 million dollars. Easy money.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If Stotts and Neil wanted to bring him in would you be pissed?

 

[KingSpeed]

If Stotts and Neil wanted to bring him in would you be pissed?

Yes. 10 years? No.

 

[KingSpeed]

I will say I think he's very cute and might be gay.

 

[Natebishop3]

He and Neil look like they could be brothers.

 

[BBert]

Pass

 

[KingSpeed]

He and Neil look like they could be brothers.

Neil's hot too, especially when he was on Portlandia.

 

[Strenuus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I will say I think he's very cute and might be gay.

Well then the Blazers should hire him. You can start a thread titled "I just slept with an NBA coach"

Where's your "I slept with an NBA television crew employee" thread anyway?

 

[PDXFonz]

What the hell that is so much money to pay a coach...Is this guy crazy or what?

Anyone dumb enough to pay him that deserves what they probably have coming. Look how well its working out for the Knicks paying Phil that, and what has he done so far?

 

[Chris Craig]

If Stotts and Neil wanted to bring him in would you be pissed?

Waste of money and time. 10 years is far to long for a coaching contract with all the unknowns...he's proven as a college coach, but the NBA is a different ballgame...so not no but hell no.

What the hell that is so much money to pay a coach...Is this guy crazy or what?

Anyone dumb enough to pay him that deserves what they probably have coming. Look how well its working out for the Knicks paying Phil that, and what has he done so far?

Yeah what a joke, I can't believe the cavs offered him what they did

 

[PDXFonz]

Waste of money and time. 10 years is far to long for a coaching contract with all the unknowns...he's proven as a college coach, but the NBA is a different ballgame...so not no but hell no.



Yeah what a joke, I can't believe the cavs offered him what they did

I can't believe he didn't take it!! Getting paid $80m to "coach" Lebron James? Calipari must be a greedy son of a b, and that's never good...

Edit: I had to go and read more about this because it's such a wtf moment, this is what he claims in an ESPN article, but I take this with a grain of salt.

And with the Cavaliers having advanced to the NBA Finals under coach David Blatt, Calipari doesn't think about what might've been.

"No," Calipari said. "No, nope. Because what happened, and the reason I did what I did, was based on having guys come back who wanted to be coached. I didn't feel comfortable not being at Kentucky."

 

[Chris Craig]

I can't believe he didn't take it!! Getting paid $80m to "coach" Lebron James? Calipari must be a greedy son of a b, and that's never good...

Edit: I had to go and read more about this because it's such a wtf moment, this is what he claims in an ESPN article, but I take this with a grain of salt.

Yeah he must be greedy as shit or just plain stupido

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I'm thinking he's happy at Kentucky but he's getting offers. So he's throwing out crazy numbers to see who might bite and make it worthwhile to change jobs. But I'm having a hard time believing that he's really serious. Though if someone plays along and gives him that much money and that many years, he'd be crazy not to take it.....at least as crazy as whoever might be willing to meet his terms....

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm thinking he's happy at Kentucky but he's getting offers. So he's throwing out crazy numbers to see who might bite and make it worthwhile to change jobs. But I'm having a hard time believing that he's really serious. Though if someone plays along and gives him that much money and that many years, he'd be crazy not to take it.....at least as crazy as whoever might be willing to meet his terms....

Yeah I think it shows he not serious about coaching in the NBA...like you said he is content at Kentucky, and throwing out fake bait that no one will bite at...that or his ego is bigger then Ron Jeremys dick

 

[Natebishop3]

I can't believe he didn't take it!! Getting paid $80m to "coach" Lebron James? Calipari must be a greedy son of a b, and that's never good...

Edit: I had to go and read more about this because it's such a wtf moment, this is what he claims in an ESPN article, but I take this with a grain of salt.

I mean.... if I was coaching Kentucky, I was getting all the best talent, I had complete control over my destiny, I have all the power over the players because they're kids with scholarships and not pros with massive contracts..... I don't think I'd leave. There's a reason why Coach K never left Duke. The guy has a lifetime contract. He is consistently successful. He always has top tier talent. Why go to the NBA where you're always the scapegoat? How many top tier college coaches have gone to the NBA and succeeded in the last 20 years? It's the same reason why Nick Saban will probably never leave Alabama, and it's the same reason why Chip should have never left Oregon.

 

[jlprk]

Calipari currently earns $8 million to $9 million per season at Kentucky.

At least half of that money should be paid to the players. Divide it among about 12-15 players, and the $400K annual income would be a fortune to the poor families.

I'm usually against professionalizing college sports, but coaches' salaries, proving that colleges make giant profits, give me pause.

 

[Schilly]

Calipari failed in the Defensive Era of the NBA. The game has changed a lot since the late 90's and I think he would be a fantastic coach now...That said the numbers of 10 years $120 mill is his way of saying "Not interested"

 

[KingSpeed]

Well then the Blazers should hire him. You can start a thread titled "I just slept with an NBA coach"

Where's your "I slept with an NBA television crew employee" thread anyway?

Good point.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Good point.

Shit, if I win powerball by myself I can buy a large chunk of a team and hire Kate Beckinsale or someone like her. Then I can start a thread like that. Yippeeeeee!

 

[PDXFonz]

I mean.... if I was coaching Kentucky, I was getting all the best talent, I had complete control over my destiny, I have all the power over the players because they're kids with scholarships and not pros with massive contracts..... I don't think I'd leave. There's a reason why Coach K never left Duke. The guy has a lifetime contract. He is consistently successful. He always has top tier talent. Why go to the NBA where you're always the scapegoat? How many top tier college coaches have gone to the NBA and succeeded in the last 20 years? It's the same reason why Nick Saban will probably never leave Alabama, and it's the same reason why Chip should have never left Oregon.

I don't usually like to crossover sports like that but it's a good analogy. Pete Carrol has been successful in the NFL, but you're right it often doesn't translate. I'm sure There have been college coaches who have become great NBA coaches, but I don't remember any current ones.

Can anyone here name the last coach to go from college to NBA with success?

 

[blue9]

Shit, if I win powerball by myself I can buy a large chunk of a team and hire Kate Beckinsale or someone like her. Then I can start a thread like that. Yippeeeeee!

And then you can lose your lotto money in a sexual assault case!

 

[jlprk]

I don't usually like to crossover sports like that but it's a good analogy. Pete Carrol has been successful in the NFL, but you're right it often doesn't translate. I'm sure There have been college coaches who have become great NBA coaches, but I don't remember any current ones.

Can anyone here name the last coach to go from college to NBA with success?

Bill Fitch, the 2nd-greatest coach in history! 40 years ago, my friend and I used to quiz each other on factoids. He asked me which college Fitch coached at, and I surprised him with "Coe." This stuff about college coaches failing as pro coaches has been going on forever, for both basketball and football.

 

[KingSpeed]

I don't usually like to crossover sports like that but it's a good analogy. Pete Carrol has been successful in the NFL, but you're right it often doesn't translate. I'm sure There have been college coaches who have become great NBA coaches, but I don't remember any current ones.

Can anyone here name the last coach to go from college to NBA with success?

Billy Donovan is doing ok.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

And then you can lose your lotto money in a sexual assault case!

I'll stash it first. But, 800 million can buy a lot of lawyers.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Billy Donovan is doing ok.

Not last night he wasn't.......

 

[dviss1]

10 years? MF You're not Pop!

 

[Trackjack]

Boston coach came from college and having some success.