I didn’t know that Amare Stoudemire was such a greedy bastard. He is going to opt out of his $17 million final year with the Phoenix Suns, because he wants to go where he can get the most money.
I can understand the need for money, but I guess the $17 million he would receive next year isn’t enough. He wants more than $17 million.
As you can see I’m perplexed by the turning down of $17 million dollars.
Amare says that he deserves the maximum contract the NBA will allow and he wants a six-year deal worth $127 million. And if the Suns don’t offer him riches beyond belief he is going to say buh-bye and head to the highest bidder.
I wish team loyalty was more the norm and money-grubbing was something to be looked down upon.
I will be sad to see Amare leave Phoenix. He’s such a winner with his middle to high scoring average, his middle to high rebounds and his less than average assists. He must be forgetting that he isn’t the league leader in any category and that his performance in the Western Conference finals this year was below par, but yet he says this:
“The most important factor of playing for an organization is to be able to be totally comfortable and give them 100 percent. That’s what I’ve done my whole career, so it’s only right to look for a maximum contract.”
So I guess he was just half-assing it all this time so we could see what he’s really worth come contract time. He’s obviously not comfortable giving the Phoenix fans his all. Perhaps they should get someone who will.
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Once you get over a certain number of millions of dollars does it even really matter anymore? Shaking my head at asking for 20 million bucks to lose games — or 20,000 for that matter.
I hate this part of sports. I mean, I understand wanting to maximize potential but he doesn’t have to be a dick about it.
Athletes deserve a large cut of what teams make, they are the draw, but seriously, the money involved in professional sports is just stupid. I’m not sure how the people involved can sleep at night with all of the economic hardship in the world, but I bet their bed is really nice.