LOYALTY IN SPORTS: Did These 3 Players Waste Their Prime Being Loyal? Stunted Growth
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- Did These 3 Players Waste Their Prime Staying?
Summer NBA free agency season is in full swing. It’s the talk of sports offseason, and a time in basketball teams use to bolster their rosters for the upcoming fall, make trades that best suit their intentions, and get their fanbases excited about the product they’re about to put on the floor. For players it’s also a chance to reevaluate the season or seasons you’ve finished and also decide which move is best for you and your career. Yes long term contracts are available, so some won’t have to worry much about this time of year, but after seeing what has been transpiring in the last few seasons in the NBA, contracts can and are being broken way early in the players favor. Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn. He’s 33 years old, will be 34 in September, just signed a 4 year extension not even a year ago with the team for 4 years $198 million that kicks in this upcoming season. How do we view this? Some say well if you committed to the team by signing the deal, you should be obligated to fulfill your duties outlined in said deal. On the other side some think if you’re not happy as a player, you should be able to leave as you please. After all, teams can trade you anytime so why shouldn’t you essentially trade them if the guidelines talked about before you signed aren’t being followed, whether on paper or verbal commitments. Is Kevin Durant wrong for not being loyal to the Brooklyn Nets after a deal was made? Or should he look at the following 3 players who may have wasted their prime staying on a team too long as good reason he doesn’t want to waste more years in his current championship contending situation? LOYALTY IN SPORTS: Did These 3 Players Waste Their Prime Being Loyal
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Remember LeBron's last game with Cleveland before he left to go to Miami. Cleveland loss to Boston in the ECF. A reporter asked Kevin Garnett what advice would he give LeBron about his upcoming free agency decision. Garnett said "Loyalty will kill you".
Melo didn’t waste his time being loyal. He chose money over going elsewhere to compete for a championship with a team that would invest in players to put around him. NY offered him a check and he took it. The same as what Beal is currently doing now.
I agree bro 💯 Melo couldve went to a contender but chose money
and he demanded a trade early on from the Nuggets which made the Knicks gut out their roster full of good role players just to get MELO a year earlier (Melo abt to a be free agent after the season) resulting to mediocrity.
Big facts.
Facts!!!!! He gone regret later
@@sanamabeach that’s when melo career went downhill. It was already February when he got traded. Just had to wait a couple months and could of signed with them and kept all the role players
I use to be all for loyalty in sports, but I realized years later that even when you’re committed to the team, the organization will still get rid of you. Loyalty in sports is just overrated.
Exactly
Yup fuck loyalty
Most people use "loyalty" as a morality play. They try to make themselves feel better when their team stinks.
Get yours while you can because when you’re used up
Theyre on to the next one
Ben Simmons
Hard to say AI wasted his prime when he went to the Finals. And Melo was loyal to his money. The Knicks were able to pay him more than anyone else.
He literally had zero offensive help he was literally probably the only guy that can get his shot off
@@Rieky22 Never said the team was perfect by any means. But they were competitive for a good portion of his time there. To me, wasted prime means not even having a shot to compete for a championship.
@@TTJJCC for as Good as AI was, one finals visit and no rings wasn’t enough. These guys were seen as generational talents coming in, and they were, just the teams around them didn’t fulfill their potential you know?
one good finals run? I mean I guess its better than most players accomplish so you may be right. and you're right about melo too it wasnt about loyalty to the Knicks Melo was more loyal to the city of New York itself and money.
Facts. Melo had a chance to go to the heat instead of the Knicks but he would’ve had to take a pay cut in Miami
You forgot Lillard's Draft Classmate, Bradley Beal. He's definitely in the same situation, and it looks like he's staying for the money.
I think in life or in business, any kind of loyalty is rare. If an organization treats you as a person and not a product, any loyalty returned is not wasted IMO.
I disagree with Melo being loyal to the Knicks when he chose to go there via free agency and stayed knowing they wouldn't win. He left a pretty good situation in Denver at the time via trade to play for the Knicks but knew they were dysfunctional and still stayed because of the bag. Now Dame? Yeah he's loyal to a FAULT.
Melo went to New York because LaLa wanted him there. He was better off and n Denver.
He was traded there. No FA.
@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293 and that was a reason many people don't talk about when discussing melo goin to New York when he did lala was all in his ear talking bout we need a big market to help my career and blah blah but that's what happens when you listen to broads
@@johndavis9321 exactly. Your woman should follow your lead not the other way around. And maybe that’s part of the reason they ain’t together anymore.
He went there via trade and that trade doomed him and the franchise. They gave up all of their assets to get him and never recovered.
I feel like KG’s story is the perfect story to warn against loyalty to a team and it stunting your growth. KG would be considered the greatest PF of all time but he didn’t have the team or coach Duncan had
To be fair tho early on they had something with gougelotta and Marbury but goug forced a trade and Marbury ran himself outta town and then their was the whole joe Smith fiasco so it wasn't like the timberwolves were doing nothing
Carmelo should’ve stayed in Denver. That’s where he played his best ball at.
true but he was ready to get away from George Karl....completely understandable..
We need a video on Thon Maker. Man was rumored to be built in a lab then ended up doing nothing.
IMO all three of these dudes are more legendary because of thugging it it out. Along with dudes like Book, Dirk, Nash and Beal
@@yeahrell The only accolade they're missing though is a championship
Well technically they didn't Iverson went to Denver then Detroit then Memphis. Melo went to the Knicks then OKC then Houston then LA. Dame is the only one who hasn't gone anywhere.
@@rooseveltdarbey9493 yeah but they all had periods where they played despite having a team that wasn’t good enough and some receiving backlash from media
I don’t think any of them wasted their prime years away. I know the ultimate goal of playing competitive sports is to win, but a more overlooked aspect of competitive sports that I hold in a similar light is balling out no matter the situation, and these three did exactly that. Not everyone can be a champion, but everyone should play their hardest and compete no matter what.
Agreed.
Right ... Robert horry isn't in the hof but these guys are or will be. Rings are overrated.
@@12savage68 meh I agree with the sentiment but as a competitor the main objective should b to win not just put up nice numbers so I can't say rings are overrated
@@johndavis9321 no the main goal is to make as much money as possible playing a kids game so your family can be set for generations. Im sure guys like Barkley aren't losing sleep at night cause they didn't win a ring.
@@12savage68 guess we'll just agree to disagreeif your gonna be out their the main goal should b trying to win
Melo was one of my favorite players but he was only loyal 2 money. 1.He forced his way to the Knicks during the season instead of waiting until the summer because they can pay him more for his bird rights 2. 2014 he resigns with the Knicks when he could've went to the Bulls with Butler Rose and an uninjured Noah that Bulls team took the Cavs to 6 games that post season
Imagine if Brandon Roy didn’t get injured, how much good would have came to Portland with Lillard
The Bulls starting line-up of Gibson, Melo, Noah, D Rose and Butler would've been crazy
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As a bulls fan,,it still hurts me he didnt go to Chicago lol 😫🤦🏾♂️
@@adubb805 They would've legit given the Heat problems 💯
@@authornahsun634 facts..Melo was that missing piece to a Championship puzzle lol
All the bulls fans said Melo was trash when he was on nyk lol
@@playahdub5287 Of course
Just like they hated Rodman in Detroit
It's sports
Things happen
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I thought you was gonna put Reggie Miller on the list. Dope video 💪🏾
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Prime Reggie ran into Mike and then the Pistons (Tayshaun Prince)later. If Wizards Mike would not have gotten hurt they would have made the playoffs and that would have been such a fun story but they ultimately would’ve had a similar fate as 38 year old Reggie. You could say Reggie needed just one more piece at multiple points in his career but that’s why we’re here. These conversations are fun as hell man. 👍
Hopefully Gary Payton the second can come thru with that champion pedigree and give the team a good boost he has a bright future
Do stunted growth Mark Price and Brad Daugherty 1990s Cleveland Cavs
Melo was only loyal to the 💰
Carmelo and Iverson are weird examples to use here since both tried to get out of their drafted team multiple times. They more were focused on being the guy on a team than whether or not the team was good.
The better comparison to Damian Lillard is Kevin Garnett, where it almost seemed like the FO took advantage of how their star could almost get a team to the playoffs by themselves and either not get the supporting cast they needed or let the 2nd best players walk as soon as it was time to pay them.
This the one JC.
Melo wasn't loyal; he's from NY, he wanted to get paid, and he was in his mind a superstar so where better to show it?
Dame fared a little better but has the narrative working for him so there's that.
AI...
Melo is from West Baltimore.
Loyalty is overrated in sports people expect the players like lebron to be loyal yet a team will get rid of u once u are no good like Isaiah Thomas if a team is willing to work with u and invest in others around you then yes I believe a player should stay
Exactly some of these dudes don’t get it .
Lebron is a pathetic clown. Ruined each organization he was on. Not to mention I don't he can literally read. Always pretending with a book in his hand. Always on the first page. F lebron. Horrible human being. Stop riding his jock.
your life, your career, your legacy, your choice. sports media really did a number on the general public getting them to think these athletes treat their jobs any differently than the rest of us do with our 9-5's. only real difference is we get fired while athletes get uprooted and sent wherever their boss decides. Great analysis as always JC
I wonder what kind of advice would Dirk be able to give to Damian Lillard. Seeing as Dirk stayed Loyal to one franchise and didn’t win till the end of his career.
There was plenty of times where Dirk could’ve bailed but he stayed true….and it finally worked out for him. Dirk is one of the only guys to stay loyal to a team like that and win without some sort of super team. The Mavs also stayed loyal to dirk Which is extremely rare for a franchise to do.
Hopefully it works out for dame in that fashion , but i just don’t see it happening without another SUPERSTAR.
Joel Embiid is going down that same road as Dame but in the end i think Embiid will get a chip lol. He has the intangibles that dame doesn’t have.
Dirk also had a well rounded TEAM around him that fit his skill set
It depends on the player's skill as well as overall luck. We could be saying the same thing about Giannis had he not won in 2021, we could be saying the same thing about Dirk had he not won in 2011. Sometimes you play with the hand that you're dealt. You may get lucky and come across a royal flush like Steph Curry or get a lousy hand of cards until you decide to try your luck at another table.
I will never throw shade or any ridicule at anyone showing loyalty to the team they represent because it's too rare of a trait where honor is a dying concept. Though at the same time, if someone feels like they're not getting anywhere, why not try your luck elsewhere? Sometimes our fates are already determined before we make a choice.
KD and Kyrie are secret lovers. Only way to explain that toxic relationship/ situation
Great topic
Bro turn down the mids on the audio. Great content!
If you ain't happy in a relationship leave never stay for the kids aka the guarantee contract peace of mind is priceless ☺️
A.I did push hard (pause) for another all star in Philly. I know I'm from Philly and used to read the Philadelphia Inquirer. It got to the point where he even suggested the team pickup an old running mate of his from College since they didn't want to acquire an all star from free agency. That was a constant in his last 4 - 5 years in Philly, him asking for All Star help and they gave him All Stars, All Stars on their last leg 🤷🏾♂️
Iverson & AND 1 Mixtape where I got my handled..Frfr..Shit was so inspiring!!!✊🏾 This was a Good one!!
This topic applies to a lot of personal relationships. Many people have stayed together too long for all the wrong reasons.
Lillard needs to go to Miami, Boston, Denver, Minnesota, Lakers or Philly
Should players be allowed to just up and request trades? Or should they be held to their contracts more often?
They should almost never be allowed to do that. There are so many reasons to not do it, not the least of which bc it just makes the whole era look bad.
They've always been allowed to request trades, but the owners/teams just do not have any backbone. All trade request don't have to be met or even acknowledged. Now, I do agree that a lot of times, a player going public with a trade demand can appear to be classless.
They should be held to their contracts. Because these players are being drafted and brought into the NBA to make money and win in their sport. The reality is that the "win" is not guaranteed for any player. Only 1 team will win every year. So if players are just there to chase a championship, then what is the incentive to even play for the other 29 teams? Not every great player is going to win and that should be expected. I see people saying _________ deserves a ring. Why? Over _________ and __________? When does that logic end before it just destroys franchises?
They should at least fulfill half of their contract duties before asking for a trade and if a player throws a tantrum and not play or act injured even if the team doctors stated otherwise then that player should not receive any pay plus a fine.
The top players have to much power in their hands and due to this those who are not as renowned will be affected once a new CBA is done.
Personally I would prefer to honor my contract and play it to the fullest. Then when my contract year is up and I'm not seeing any form of improvement within my team, I will definitely shop around when free agency comes.
Stay loyal to yourself. If that means stay then stay, if it means go then go!
Speaking the truth JC great job.
I love your buttery smooth voice bro
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This day in time a ring is cool but its about that 🎥💰it's when you get to the end of your career that when you get to wanting a ring💯
Me being from Oakland I would love to see dame move somehere else , he didn’t move around to multiple places like most nba players so it wouldn’t be a bad move
You shoulda put Brad Beal in here too
Exactly he should've put him on the list
Dylandoesbasketball made a real good video on all of the missteps the 76ers took with building the team around Iverson. At that time, there was a huge gap between the east and the west, so it made sense for Iverson to stay in the East and give himself a better chance. But he could've had an issue with being second fiddle to someone else, had he left.
One way loyalty is stupidly. But that goes both ways from player to organization and vice versa. Best believe this will be addressed in the next CBA. Maybe a compromised will be made that player can’t demand a trade during the first 2 to 3 years of a contract and the and the team can’t trade the player during that same span.
We can add Bradley Beal to the list too smh
There is no loyalty in sports but I always feel it's a better story and way more impressive on a players legacy when he grinds for years and finally wins with the team that drafted him vs a guy who ring chases or goes to a already loaded team that probably would've still won with or without him but I understand why players jump teams so much
Loyalty to a trash front office isn’t going to do any star player any favors that’s like an abusive relationship why not just leave when u not it’s not going to get better
No loyalty in sports. But everyone wants to be a max player of the guys you named..most teams feel comfortable carry 2 max guys because the tax penalties that can be associated with this. I'm all for guys getting their money, but it's not just as easy to get out once you sign. In these situations especially with the names you talked about..it's hard getting close to value, let alone making the contracts/money match without gutting the team the player is going to. See Melo going from Denver to Knicks..when the Knicks could have waited until that summer and been a FA and come to the Knicks with a decent team beside him to give him a chance. Rarely we see the Harden for Simmons trade. Also AI was traded to Denver while he was still averaging close to 30. Melo was in prime or entering his prime. I also think AI has to be a very special/specific team built around him..similar to Westbrook to play in their style. Appreciate this one
I think Lilard should've followed the LeBron school for contract negotiations & what I mean by that is he should've signed short term contracts to see if the franchise was serious about getting him help. I think Iverson was cut from the MJ cloth of showing loyalty to the franchise & Carmelo was focused on the 💰 & being a top scorer. Much respect SGrowth on a Dope topic.
Great video U should've had Bradley Beal on list just saying.
Wish Vince Carter would have left the Raptors sooner.
This is crazy that this was never a question for players until Lebron left. Now we all look at players to leave after year 6 or 7 if they don't win a title. We can't accept that not all players win. Hell, most don't win so I don't think players waste their prime who give their all to a fan base, no matter how bad a team front office is.
Pleeeeease do Carlos Boozer next!
I’m all for player empowerment but KD gave up too quick. The front office gave him everything he wanted signed him knowing he was dealing with injury and paid him to sit out a whole season and he want out after only 2 seasons
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U got Magic,Draymond, J-Rich versus Gary Glove Payton, Mack Antonio Davis & J.R. Rider ?? With Steve Smith & Dame Dolla of da bench. Holla Back young'n Yee Yee!!! A wit MC Breed & 2Pac as Tha 🎶guest.!! All-Time!!!!
I’m confused as to why AI and Carmelo are featured in this video
I still shake my head when it comes to Carmelo. He could've joined the Knicks as a free agent and the Knicks would've have had to give up draft picks and the young players they did to get Melo in that trade. Also, like you said Melo should've signed with the Bulls. I remember that off-season. So shocked he didn't sign with the Bulls. Derrick rose was injured so he still would've gotten to take a slot of shots but he would've been on a team with good defenders like Joking Noah, Taj Gibson and with Coach Tibbs that would've helped hide his weaknesses on the defensive end of the floor.
As far as AI, I think if he played with someone like Kevin Garnett he could've went to another NBA finals. I think it could've worked with those 2. KG could score but his defense and intensity had more of an impact on winning versus his scoring and AI still could've scored a lot.
As far as Dame dollar, he's still in the league. He might want to request a trade and try getting with a team that could win now.
Lmao Melo could've went to Miami with Bron but he took the money so they replaced him with Bosh.
U should do Vernon Carey
Funny thing here is that at a time,
2/3 loyal of the players mentioned here were teammates.. AI and Melo then Dame and Melo. Funny how that coincides
I don't blame any player for staying loyal to their team... That's a solid mindset. regardless of the ring...
It’s hard to put Melo in the same boat. Remember he left Denver for NY who had the tail end of Amare Stoudimire’s prime. He should have went to Miami but he was trying to find a winning spot to even get to the Knicks
One of these guys is in the Hall Of Fame first ballot. I'm sure plenty of players wish they could have this kind of wasted prime.
Do a video on Ludacris; the most slept on rapper from ATL
I definitely believe Dame is wasting away in Portland. It hurts because he’s my favorite player among this newer generation of players. My guy I-VO actually accomplished major things for the Sixers. Unfortunately, his team didn’t have enough to challenge the Lakers. JC, what’s up with and stunted growth on my man Robbie Hummel out of Purdue University? If he never tore up his knee.. he was on his way to being a star at the next level. Good jump shot, excellent rebounder and assist man for the SF/PF spot. He also played good defense and had a decent post game. Great all around player who was drafted by the T Wolves in the 2nd round but didn’t make it past one year with the squad. Keep up the great content my brother 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Allen iverson was a pure monster 👾 for his size in my opinion the way he dominated and being very athletic is like how (bruce Lee) dominated (martial arts) at his smaller size he should have won atleast 1or 2 championships 🏆🏆
Players should play for the team that best fits their needs. Players should be able to chase Money, Championships and Locations as much as they see fit.
Dame must’ve forgotten even Kobe asked out at one point, so did Paul pierce. Hell, even Tim Duncan almost let San Antonio. Iykyk
It's all a business. To leave a team(or stay) because of money is fine... but to leave a team for less money to chase a ring is sucka shit
Bradley Beal finna be another prime example of an player wasting their prime being too loyal. Bradley just signed a 5 year/$251 Million deal to stay with the Wizards. Beal only 29 years old just to keep in mind.
LILLARD needs to get the heck out of Portland. What a waste of loyalty & talent on a team going no where.
MELO forced a trade to NY for the large contract and location. Then refused an offer from Lebron to join MIA w/WADE. Shows what his priorities were.
IVERSON made it to the finals in PHI and tbh NO ONE was winning during that Shaq-Kobe era other than Duncan & DET. AI going to Den w/Melo was his attempt at a ring.
disgusting how the Sixers never added a all star player next to Iverson. but this before all these super teams players wasn't teaming up like they do now.
I'm torn. I watched Kemba Walker waste his prime in Charlotte (even though I enjoyed every moment watching him). In the case of Lebron, I was sort of pissed he left Cleveland like he did but also hated how that owner acted and those fans burning stiff but all of a sudden everything was good when he came back. And then, there's the fact stars were getting together with other regularly. I hated it, but again what do you do if you don't want to get behind trying to contend? IDK, man. This last 10+ years made me wonder what loyalty gets you in the end but also KD's definitely a mercenary lol
Grant Hill wasted his prime in college & Detroit
I don't think especially Iverson wasted his prime, because Allen could only play one way that's it. That 2001 team that he took to the finals was the only type of team you could win with Iverson. Where he did all the scoring and everyone else did the other stuff like defense, rebounding, setting screens and ball moving.
JC yu definitely should have added brad beal to this as well ...
Omm a.I. did 😭😭
Speaking on players being "loyal." Its a shitty double standard. When the teams do whats best for the team its always, "At the end of the day its a business." But when a player wants to do whats best for the player, its "The player is disloyal." Fuck that loyalty shit lol. Im happy to see when a player does whats best for themselves and their family, over being loyal to a team. Because the team will do whats best for the team
Honestly Melo should have not been selfish on not sharing the spotlight with Lin. Jeremy was great in his prime carrying the Knicks and Melo should have helped further his development. I’m glad Melo retired ringless because in the end he never got his ego in check.
Yes🤷
Man, Melo & Iverson weren't loyal to anybody but themselves. Both were liabilities on defense and were ballhogs who couldn't play along other great players. They were never championship caliber players. Melo wanted the money and A.I. wanted to shoot 40 times a game. Dame, on the other hand is being loyal.
Iverson situation was different I think they wanted to tank to get him younger guys but didn't tell him because remember they tried to sit him and he went to the media and said he wasn't hurt
BRO I KNOW MELO FROM THE NUGGETS HE PLAYED LIKE 2 seasons WITH THE KNICKS AND HAD 60 ONCE LITERALLY
You can have all the prime talents and money but, if u don't have a ring it don't matter in todays modern sports!!
Karlton Hines next please
I don't feel bad for the nets. Many times we are reminded that the league is a business. Teams use players and underpay them when they get any reason like an injury and eventually dump them. Look at Boogie's and Isaiah Thomas's stories. I'm happy players are starting to look out for numero Uno.
I'm a Rockets fan, but I would absolutely love for Dame to win at least one championship in Portland. No player in the league right now is more deserving than he is. I used to think CP3 was that guy, but after really thinking about it, Dame deserves it more than he does because he plays his heart out each and every single game & sticks with an organization that's trash through thick and thin. I wish he was on my Rockets. He's the kind of guy that I want on my team: Loyal AF, clutch & plays his heart out night in and out.
No one asked who's your team Canete
Melo stunted his own growth. Forced a roster gutting trade to the Knicks when he could have just signed as a FA in the off-season. But he got his millions extra, so i dont exactly feel bad for him
Carmelo was not loyal. He just wanted to play in NY and even when they were losing he did not care. He even got jealous of Lin which was someone who could have helped him in his stay.
I really wish Damian would leave the Blazers, especially now after management totally dismantled the team to rebuild. By the time the young guys get good, he will not be much of a factor.
Rings lost? Maybe. Being treated like royalty in their home city and getting a massive bag while being free from a lot of trade pressures and performance pressure that comes with supermax players moving like musical chairs? So much less media scrutiny? That's gotta account for something.
All 3 of these ballers dedicated their lives to the game of basketball I'm basketball and got paid doing it in the process creating creating generational wealth for them and your families And 2 of them are still playing in the league.
Nope and team hopping just for a championship has always been corny to me
hope you never quit your job for a better opportunity say loyal to McDonalds
I believe the players should do what makes them happy the owners make a lot of money off of those guys and they use these athletes up and once they can't make money or win championships then it's on to the next.
All three had/have one thing in common. Scoring was /is paramount. You don’t win with that mentality
The Association was different den, A.I. mo loyal den anyone!! I wish he'd a played n Oakland but den who knows he mighta ended up like Monta. Damn n it took him 4 yrs ta make Allstars!! Wow peeps was hating on him! Seeing as how Kobe was all star n 2nd year
If being a pro athlete is a job, then what’s the point in being loyal to a place that isn’t good for you? Dame is one of my all time favorite players, but he’s almost 32 and Portland isn’t competing for a title anytime soon. Apparently Portland’s supposed to be a great place to live, but he can play for another team and rent a condo during the season while keeping a house in Portland, right?
I wouldn't say waste of their prime bc we still got a chance to see how great these players really were. For AI i think his basketball story was perfect as far as his prime goes, yes a championship would've definitely capped his career off the right way but man the dude went to the finals and fought his ass off against that laker juggernaut AI really gave it everything he had. I think things could've been different for carmelo bc he had a chance to go play for Chicago when they were championship built just needed that superstar instead carmelo chose to take the money but we all know dam well that new york team ain't stand a chance. Lillard actually has had teams good enough to win it all they just can't get ova the hump
I refuse to feel sorry for Mello in the since his had the opportunity to play with the heat but instead he chose to count his money 💴 in NY💯
Teams have no loyalty so should players. We have seen organizations do what they want and it be called the business of whatever sport their in. Now players have the power that the have it looks crazy to some. I look at both as business. I always look at the Isaiah Thomas situation with the Celtics as my proof about things just being business.
AI wasted his prime not passing the rock and clubbing like crazy
This is a tricky thing to judge since you can be like Giannis and say you won it the hard way. Jokic and the nuggets home grown talent. Obviously what KD did is the worst joining a 73 win team that beat him but you can flip this narrative in anyway you wish.
Loyalty is for car insurance and married couples
I respect Dame for wanting to be loyal to the team that drafted him. I get it. Especially being a fellow Cancerian. We're BIG on loyalty.
At the same time, though. That loyalty needs to be matched by the home squad. Are they giving you players that you can build with to contend for a championship with? Or are you stuck in perpetual mediocrity, since the team has you in a Superman, you can do it all to get us over the hump scenario?
My perspective? If you team is putting you in a position to contend every year - stay. If not? Go somewhere that's going to put you may not be "the man," anymore. I'd rather be a second banana or a role player on a championship team, than "the man" on a team that couldn't get out of their own way.
Dame Just sign a 2 yr Max today!
[Wit the Blazers]