Four NBA players getting paid during lockout

Showing you the money, Bros.

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 09:43 AM ET  07.24 by swooshinc

First!! This is a great move by this agent. Others should follow the example.

WHY ? .... it is a Bad Move really .... read it again ; agent Raymond Brothers, who spread their 2010-11 (Last Season) NBA salaries over 18 or 24 months. .....

So the players are collecting LAST season pay ....

So it would be like a Company paying you 30 Hours for 40 hours of Work .... and paying the other 10 hours Later .... after they Lay you Off ....

See as it Detroit News, we will use Ben Gordon .... last season $10.8m ...

over 12 months = $900,000,
over 18 months = $600,000,
over 24 months = $450,000 ....

Man, how bad are you at Not spending it ALL .... just put 33% of the $900k away for a Lockout Fund ...

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 10:14 AM ET  07.24 by ... Nova

WHY ? .... it is a Bad Move really .... read it again ; agent Raymond Brothers, who spread their 2010-11 (Last Season) NBA salaries over 18 or 24 months. .....So the players are collecting LAST season pay .... So it would be like a Company paying you 30 Hours for 40 hours of Work .... and paying the other 10 hours Later .... after they Lay you Off ....

Correct, Ben could have been earning interest on the 8 million. This just shows us that NBA players can't trust themselves to control they're spending. The owners will win this labor agreement.

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Originally posted 10:17 AM ET  07.24 by HeaTfan Champion

Gordon is like an athletic Eddy House...He can shoot and dunk but can't handle the ball.Unlike House whom has hit big shots to win a title, Gordon has yet to make it to the finals.Gordon went from possible savior of the bulls to a over payed role player on the suckish pistons!Z-Bo deserves it, but Aminu? not so much. Butler will be back to scoring 15+ppg with a team, likely the mavs and he has a ring now so yea he deserves his.

Gordon was never the savior for the Bulls. Most of his time in Chicago he can off the bench, and when Chris Duhon and Kirk Hinrich are starting over you that shows what the origination really thought of Ben.

I do agree on the Eddie House comparison.

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Originally posted 11:23 AM ET  07.24 by jgb

He would've paid big dividends for you this past year though.....would you rather have korver-brewer playing sg or gordon?

Kover-Brewer, I really would. Kover is a better shooter and taller, Brewer is a great defender and taller. I never regretted the Bulls letting Gordon go.

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 11:26 AM ET  07.24 by HeaTfan Champion

Exactly.Am sure they wish he was still there sixth man now.Rather than Korver!

The Bulls are paying Kover 4 million a season and Gordon is getting 11. That would have limited Chicago in the offseason and going forward.

It's wasn't that Ben didn't have value, just not 11 million a season.

These guys are thanking their agents for having great foresight. I guess none of these guys will entertain the overseas option since they are getting paid.