Took him until 9:10 to play it. Actually surprised didn't open the show with it

Folding in a defense of LeBron.

he's probably just mad he has to work with speigal again

?? Details? How did the Slapmeister General spin things?

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It was equally predictable and pathetic.

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He started off by saying that fans are only upset when NBA players get huge contracts. Nobody cared when bums like Mike Hampton and Kevin Brown (yes, he called those guys bums) got big money, or that Scott Gomez and Hossa got twelve year deals. It took him until 9:11 to finally spit out that the NBA is 74% balck, and that's why casual sports fans (read: Whitey) don't like the big deals.

Here is Kevin Brown's BR page:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... ke01.shtml

Goff said this guy is a bum.

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I've tuning into ESPN 1000 the last few weeks. It sucks, but at least it isn't that load of garbage. And I used to like Goff and Spiegs, just not together.

You can't have a legit discussion about DRose or LeBron with Goff because anything negative is perceived through the race lens.

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People always bemoan athlete contracts. I can't believe what starting pitchers are getting paid for a such a risky (health) position on the diamond. And the majority of those big pitcher contracts are to white guys.

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I'm not switching from bad to worse. At 9:11, I put on some music. I was in the car.

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Goff as usual is mistaken in his criticism.

There was shock and awe when Stanton received his contract but eventual acceptance. Stanton is the best pure slugger in MLB.

A player like Mike Conley received one of the highest contracts in recent NBA history simply due to poorly designed rules.

The whining is the individual artificial ceiling forcing teams to fuck themselves.

Pretty much anyone in the NFL besides QB's that gets big money is not white.

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Big Perp should've directed him to the Samardzija thread here.

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Wait until the Bulls sign some white guys. Or light skinned brothers.

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There is some truth to what he's saying. I think that the problem that the overwhelming majority of the people have is the contracts don't make sense in the NBA system. No one really cares when it comes to MLB because huge contracts makes sense in their system.

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That's worse than when he didn't know who Zoilo Versalles was.

The main reason people don't get as concerned about big contracts in baseball- especially in large markets- is that there is no cap. A bad contract in hoops is going to hamstring your team. The Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla and it isn't stopping them from sweeping the greatest team in history.

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Right Nas, but you know that is nit what he is trying to stir up.

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His entire premise is shit. I don't know what fucking social media he's using but it's full of "that guy isnt worth it , that's crazy money, no one deserves that that kind of money even when mediocre white guys sign huge deals.

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The other reason people focus on basketball players switching teams (in addition to the money) is because basketball is viewed through the prism of individual players. It is the only sport (aside from maybe a QB in football) where one person changing teams changes the entire landscape of the league. In any other sport, a star changing teams doesn't automatically change anything.

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Beardown is going to be pissed he did not get to start this thread.

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That and NBA bums make more money than guys like Toews and Kane.

This was low level race baiting, even for a dope like Goff.

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I don't disagree with you. I didn't actually listen.

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Camps' guy Baffoe tried to make the same point on Twitter yesterday.

He had as much success.

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I bet you agreed with him, huh?

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The general public have issues with these contracts because they see sports as a game and believe their jobs are difficult. It's been this way for about 40 years and it won't change. Some guy will make damn near $100M a year in the next 30 years.

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Anyone who signed with the Red Sox and Yankees in the last 10-15 years got the same scorn as Durant did.

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What you are saying makes complete sense. He was obviously framing it as if you think the contracts are ridiculous, then you are a racist. This was just another pathetic attempt by him to shame whitey, because some people on twitter said so and so.

And I don't know in which cave he has lived for the last twenty years, but MANY people have been bitching about the crazy money baseball players get. Samardzija, Pablo Sandoval, Barry Zito, Darren Dreifort, Carl Crawford, A-Rod, Pujols, Hamilton, etc.

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That's amazing, considering the mount of time he spends here posting.

If there wasn't a cap in the NBA, I think you'd be seeing at least 50-75 MIL contracts right now.

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It makes my skin crawl when dopey fans say shit like, "I would play for 10% of what they make, and they don't think they make enough". The problem is nobody is paying to watch you play.

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