Lebron only took like $16 million per year on the heat. He could have gotten much more on different teams but the Big 3 all agreed to a salary reduction in order to win.
“this is a business” is a stupid argument. 99% of players have taken a pay reduction in order to increase their competitive chances at winning a championship. Dirk Nowitski passed up 8 figure payments to stay on the Mavs. There’s numerous examples of forgoing money to win among elite players.
You’re just carrying the jock strap of one of the rare sorts of money-obsessed asshole who makes it all about money, like making $400 million instead of $410 million is the end of the world.
You worship a fraud who destroyed your city’s franchise for 2+ decades. It’s a very “Portland” thing to do. The city cares more about having a shitty c-list celebrity to “put them on the map” than it does having a winning basketball team. That’s the one and only reason you idiots want to pay this underachiever $60 million per year in his late thirties.