Note to parents. Baseball or basketball.
With the new TV money flooding into every NBA teams salary cap, NBA players are getting paid absurd amounts of money.
Free agents are signing contracts of record proportions this offseason, most notably the deal made Friday between the Memphis Grizzlies and PG Mike Conley. Conley’s (who’s never even made an All-Star team) 5-year deal is worth more than $150 million, and makes the richest NFL contract in history given to Andrew Luck a few days ago, look like chump change.
Conley’s contract also guarantees him more money than Russell Wilson, Tom Brady and Cam Newton – combined.
Updated Free Agency tracker, it’s been insane so far. pic.twitter.com/a4rcM172ev
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 1, 2016
NFL stars around the league weren’t shy on wondering if they should be switching sports…
These NBA dudes gettin chipped off! ?…. Y’all need some help @nuggets ? ?
— Brandon Marshall (@BMarshh54) July 1, 2016
Looks like I chose the wrong sport ???#nbafreeagency
— Emmanuel Sanders (@ESanders_10) July 1, 2016
@ESanders_10 I’m telling you they getting bagggggs lol
— kwebb (@kayvonwebster) July 1, 2016
I kno i can get mea nba check lol i play great defense and a mean spot up shot
— Jay Butler (@Butler_jay) July 1, 2016
These NBA free agents better get as many buckets as they are BUCK$ next year!!! ???????
— Patrick DiMarco (@PatDiMarco42) July 1, 2016
This NBA free agency money!! pic.twitter.com/Pjrs6z0Bep
— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) July 1, 2016
These NBA contracts are absurd
— Sean Baker (@S_JBAKER) July 1, 2016
@CJSPILLER Boy looka here!! They passing out 100mil like grocery store coupons!!
— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) July 1, 2016
The money guys are making in the NBA sheesh! Congrats to them!
— Jeremy Maclin (@jmac___19) July 1, 2016
Now granted there are 15 men on an NBA team while 53 on an NFL roster, yet for the amount of damage and length of the average NFL career, it’s safe to say the NFLPA is embarrassed right about now. That’s not even taking into consideration the disparity in revenue between the king that is the NFL compared to the NBA.
