Mavs: Dirk takes even bigger paycut than initially offered

[Bill_Brasky]

This. Im a corporate trainer I should take a paycut so some bottom level entry level employee (God bless'em) can get a raise?

why would you even pretend that those jobs are comparable?

[Thebesteva]

After Kobe won in 09-10 he stopped giving a tbh, he wants that max money. People forget that he wasnt even a top 10 paid NBA player until 2007. That's 96-2007 without seeing top 10 money.

[m>s]

dirk is a humble man of great honor..unlike the guys you see at the complete opposite end of the spectrum.

he did it for his team as much as he did it for himself..so that the mavs could sign a little young talent that will be around even after dirk is gone. he's alluded to the fact that he doesn't expect to win another championship he just wants to stay compe ive and retire a maverick. i'm happy to have had him as our franchise player for so long..thank you dirk.

[Ghazi]

I have a tough time believing Dirk was offered 4/102 by anyone..that's absurd

[m>s]

I have a tough time believing Dirk was offered 4/102 by anyone..that's absurd

i thinkt he rockets actually did it..makes sense. howard is the ultimate compliment to dirk and they are trying to put together a team that can contend now.

[Reck]

Hard to hate on this guy.

[Muser]

This. Im a corporate trainer I should take a paycut so some bottom level entry level employee (God bless'em) can get a raise?

This comparison is stupid and you know it is.

[Pelicans78]

Dirk's a sucka!!! None of you jackasses would take a pay cut at your jobs... why should he? Role players should take pay cuts, no the stars. You s got the game ed up. Dirk should be making 25 mil. Parson should be making 2-5 mil.

I agree. Dirk had a strong season. No reason for him to take a big paycut.

[resistanze]

Wow, players are really taking it up the ass nowadays tbh. 'Sacrificing money to win' but the owners put all their efforts in the last CBA in achieving the exact opposite.

So now players have to sign for less money than their worth for their teams to operate in the system THEY wanted?

[TDMVPDPOY]

seriously how much money does a team make from winning a championship?

its not like the nba cba revenue sharing gives the team that wins the championship or RS alot of money anyway for finish 1st place...

[Killakobe81]

Look, the players union ed up in the last CBA. The owners pwned them. There's no way around that. I'm on the players side. the owners. But the situation is what it is. Kobe taking a third of the salary cap and then "expecting" to compete for a le is disingenuous at best and psychotic at worst. Unless he's completely delusional, there was no way he could have expected the Lakers to compete for anything if he was going to eat $24m per year with 0 young assets and minimal draft picks thanks to Mitch/Nash. He's trying to have it both ways, everyone can see through the charade, but Kirbystan wants to deflect and make excuses.

I actually agree with you here, Splitts. He has to be delusional as is the Lakers front office. The way I see it the 48 million is "hush" money. If Kobe feels the need to gripe Laker's FO can point to 48 million reasons why he should suck it up, shut it up and play. This is not about Kobe for me, I just think the players got hosed. Kobe did not but his team will suffer for it in the short term. Long-term building around young players and avoiding long contracts the Lakers will be better for it. Kobe is done rinning as an alpha he does not see it, but everyone else (non kirb stans) can see that. He should be a #2 at this point ...

[Killakobe81]

why would you even pretend that those jobs are comparable?

Never said it was a direct comparison dont be obtuse ... Im speaking in the spirit of the last ty CBA. At every company I worked for and I have trained sales, service collections etc. Almost every company pays for performance. I get that team sports are different. But in no business does it make sense for top perfomers to take a cut to to pay low or mediocre performers. All bonuses, annual increases or special bonuses for company success is tied to sales numbers, KPI's, customer surveys or % collected etc. The better you perform the better your pay. Not sure how they would go to that model in the NBA but I guess the closest in sports to that is "arbitration" in MLB ... at least in that setup guys get raises based on what they did.

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The Cubes has always kicked him around with impunity. When you stand by an owner and allow him to piss on your Championship, refusing to defend it you're light in the heels and more than a little cowardly. At least Cuban didn't defend it in broad daylight. Dirk is cowering in the shadows.

[100%duncan]

All this for Chandler ing Parsons

[Killakobe81]

All this for Chandler ing Parsons

[djohn2oo8]

All this for Chandler ing Parsons

If Dirk goes down that team is ed, with zero cap space.

[100%duncan]

If Dirk goes down that team is ed, with zero cap space.

Cuban is an idiot. God what a disgrace to Dirk.

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Cuban is an idiot. God what a disgrace to Dirk.

Though his idiocy cleared just long enough for him to knock the air, stuffing and pins out from under us.

[UNCLE-DREW]

Mavs this year looks legit though on paper gotta give props to it

[Rummpd]

Mavs going to be tough out next year. Several subtle moves have them in a good place with a great coach

[mavsfan1000]

Still worried about their defense though.

[illusioNtEk]

mavs are a team not to take lightly..

Gotta give it to the mavs and dirk, they are truly elite

[Leetonidas]

lol Kirbystans making complete fools out of themselves, trying to rationalize their hero not giving a about winning or the fanbase and just taking money he doesn't deserve Kirbystan actually attempting to that in a good light to make it justifiable

[Clipper Nation]

lol Kirbystans making complete fools out of themselves, trying to rationalize their hero not giving a about winning or the fanbase and just taking money he doesn't deserve Kirbystan actually attempting to that in a good light to make it justifiable

They're just parroting their messiah, who started -talking the owners and pretending to understand the CBA on Twitter immediately after signing the 48.5

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They're just parroting their messiah, who started -talking the owners and pretending to understand the CBA on Twitter immediately after signing the 48.5

The Bag stays in Texas.