Look on the bright side

[Elvin Jones]

Yeah, he has a family to think about, and I think Roy will do whatever it takes to stay in the league and collect a paycheck.

What a load of crap. Lifetime earnings for a middle-class worker is what, just under $2 million? Roy got a HUGE contract, about half of which we'll probably lose to taxes. Plus he has endorsements, and is smart enough to probably get any basketball-related job he wants once he's done. I wouldn't cry for the $60-million dollar man.

 

[Natebishop3]

What a load of crap. Lifetime earnings for a middle-class worker is what, just under $2 million? Roy got a HUGE contract, about half of which we'll probably lose to taxes. Plus he has endorsements, and is smart enough to probably get any basketball-related job he wants once he's done. I wouldn't cry for the $60-million dollar man.

You know what the problem is with this argument? Brandon Roy is a basketball player. He's played basketball his whole life. If he can't play basketball anymore, what's he going to do? He's only been in the league four years. That's not a long time. You have no idea whether Roy will have a future in basketball after his playing days are over. How much of his rookie contract is left? How much is tied up in real-estate? How many people is Roy supporting? Does he want to put money aside for his kids college fund? My point is, he's going to want to secure his future AND his children's future by playing out this contract, and maybe even securing a second contract before retiring. Wouldn't you try to make as much money as humanly possible while you could?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

You know what the problem is with this argument? Brandon Roy is a basketball player. He's played basketball his whole life. If he can't play basketball anymore, what's he going to do? He's only been in the league four years. That's not a long time. You have no idea whether Roy will have a future in basketball after his playing days are over. How much of his rookie contract is left? How much is tied up in real-estate? How many people is Roy supporting? Does he want to put money aside for his kids college fund? My point is, he's going to want to secure his future AND his children's future by playing out this contract, and maybe even securing a second contract before retiring. Wouldn't you try to make as much money as humanly possible while you could?

+1. I know I would make as much money as I could.

 

[Natebishop3]

+1. I know I would make as much money as I could.

Plus, I don't see how pointing to the middle-class worker is a good argument. Middle-class wages barely, if at all, cover living expenses these days.

 

[Elvin Jones]

Plus, I don't see how pointing to the middle-class worker is a good argument. Middle-class wages barely, if at all, cover living expenses these days.

OK, fine, if you make $100k a year, which is more than 80% of households in the U.S. make (keeping in mind only 1 in maybe 30 people of the world will ever dream of making this much money), and you work for 35 years, you'll make... $3.5 million.

Roy made a $65 million contract. Minus taxes, let's say he's left with only $30, though it would be more than that. But Roy has $30 million dollars we can safely say.

There is no way anyone can feel bad for that. If he can't manage with 10 times what a person in the 20% percentile makes in the U.S., he's not managing his money properly. Fortunately for Roy, he is a level-headed guy, and will have no problem making that last. And, again, you can't discount that he will easily make his way into a post-basketball career. And endorsements in the time being.

Let's not have any notions that he isn't set for many lifetimes, because he is.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

You know what the problem is with this argument? Brandon Roy is a basketball player. He's played basketball his whole life. If he can't play basketball anymore, what's he going to do? He's only been in the league four years. That's not a long time. You have no idea whether Roy will have a future in basketball after his playing days are over. How much of his rookie contract is left? How much is tied up in real-estate? How many people is Roy supporting? Does he want to put money aside for his kids college fund? My point is, he's going to want to secure his future AND his children's future by playing out this contract, and maybe even securing a second contract before retiring. Wouldn't you try to make as much money as humanly possible while you could?

I have one problem with this argument.

ESPN reported that just prior to his 4th surgery, which he knew about but didn't tell Blazer management, he signed the big contract, then had the 4th surgery that made his knee bone-on-bone. To me, that's not right.

 

[Elvin Jones]

I have one problem with this argument.

ESPN reported that just prior to his 4th surgery, which he knew about but didn't tell Blazer management, he signed the big contract, then had the 4th surgery that made his knee bone-on-bone. To me, that's not right.

I have a really hard time believing the Blazers didn't know everything about Roy before, during, and after surgery. They probably know more about Roy than Roy does. Can anyone explain how a team could pay for a surgery on a player and not know the results of said surgery?

 

[Nikolokolus]

I have one problem with this argument.

ESPN reported that just prior to his 4th surgery, which he knew about but didn't tell Blazer management, he signed the big contract, then had the 4th surgery that made his knee bone-on-bone. To me, that's not right.

It's not right because it's not accurate. The timeline you've created (or whomever you heard this from) is wrong.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]