Tuesday, December 19, 2006

I wish I was good at basketball!

"Iverson has been in exile for the past 11 days, languishing on the Sixers' inactive list while still accruing his per-game earnings of $156,218."

Your eyes might have immediately focused on the large dollar amount at the end of the above sentence. $156,218 would be a very comfortable salary, you might be thinking. But read the sentence again. Mr. "We're talking about practice" is making ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN dollars per 48 minutes of basketball he plays, and he plays that 82 times a year...

Completely ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is that he's not even the highest paid player, currently or in the history of the NBA. No, my friends, that honor belonged to our own Michael Jordan. Who, at his peak made $10,000 per minute of court time (according to that website from the DARPANET days).

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