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human
Do you watch basketball?
gpt
Occasionally. Now that LeBron is with the lakers, I try to catch them when I can. You?
human
Nice, he's a great player. I'm not a huge fan of b-ball but mostly because our home team always stinks. 
gpt
*body relaxes* Understandable.  Also, with so much hype, and money, it puts distance between us and the game. Like take LeBron, hard to fathom that he turned downa $10-million Reebok endorsement deal when he was 18 because he expected a better deal down the road.
human
He used to play for another team, I can't remember which. Do you know?
gpt
*eyes widen* Cleveland and Miami. In fact, when he first left Cleveland to go to Miami, even captured Al Qaeda members were dissapointed in his decision to leave Cleveland!
human
Nice, I didn't know they watched b-ball. Allen Iverson signed a contract with reebok for $32 mill.
gpt
Poor guy. What will he do when his money runs out? Getting back to LeBron, when he left Cleveland, they reduced the price of his posters to $17.41, in remembrance of the year that the traitor, Benedict Arnold, was born.
human
I don't think it will. Air Jordan has to be the best marketing effort ever though. 
gpt
*smiles* Yeah. I remember when they were banned from the game, but Jordan wore them anyway. 
human
Not a bad marketing ploy, I must admit!
gpt
NBA players are the est payed athletes in the world. And they still get huge endorsement deals!
human
*tilts head* Interesting. And they don't get a lot of injuries either. 
gpt
*takes a step back* Right, and compsre this to NFL players:  78% of them are bankrupt within two years of leaving the game...
human
Not surprised, they are probably bad with money. 
gpt
*wrinkles nose* Do you remember Spencer Haywood? He was offered an endorsement deal including 10% of Nike. He turned it down and instead tool $100k upfront. If he had taken the shares of Nike, hey would be worth over $8 billion today!
human
No, I've never heard of him. 10% is a great figure! He would have made a ton of money. 
gpt
Tim Duncan turned down the opprortunity to leave college and go straight to the pros. He stayed in College instead, and still did quite well with the SPurs. So, not all of them make bad decisions.
human
Some of Lebron's James in high school would cost $120 a ticket!
gpt
*smiles* And people still are making money off of his game! 