OT: Interesting interview of former Clippers coach Kim Hughes

[hasoos]

"It's our fault as coaches and GM's. It's [Commissioner David] Stern's fault," continued Hughes. "I've told them if they want to have a good product, you take the base related income and you kick in say $1.5 million per player for winning the title. You'll see guys play balls out. That's the way you'll get guys to play hard because right now there's no inducement to win the NBA Finals other than for the ring because they're taking a pay-cut. But If you have some of these eight, ninth, tenth players playing for $1.5 million? Their girlfriends and wives will be beating the crap out of them to say you play I don't care if you're hurt, you play. You're playing for something. Right now players aren't playing for enough. They're playing for salaries and that doesn't make it. Back when it was the way it should be you're playing to win because when you've got $200-300k playoff money - that was big. Now it's nothing. It's not comparable enough to their salaries. It doesn't work."

The rest of the article is here:

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=15968

 

[Nikolokolus]

He makes a point.

 

[hasoos]

He makes a point.

Yea that guy is a pretty straight shooter. Sometimes it might get him in trouble though.