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human
Have you been thinking about the NBA lately?
gpt
Honestly, no not really interested once baseball season is over. I thought this was an interesting fact: Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after lebron james.
human
Well, that is somewhat NBA related.  LOL.  Lebron turned down one shoe company offer of $10 million because a bigger one might come later.  He got $90 million less than a year later
gpt
He was smart. He knew Nike or Adidas would probably offer him more.
human
No doubt.  Alan Iverson accepted a contract that paid him $800,000 per year until he turned 55 the a lump sum of $32,000,000.
gpt
Yep, even though it's Lebron who is often considered the best basketball player in the world.
human
Hard to argue with that.  Players don't always do what is best to succeed.  Physicists claim that shooting free throws "granny style" is most accurate, but almost no one does it.
gpt
They want to look cool doing it. 
human
I think so.  Besides, when you make $150 million how important is it to make $155 million?
gpt
Making as much as possible is still a point of pride, and these are often guys who take care of an entire family.
human
*calm eyes* Good point.  Sometimes a set of hangers on as well.  But my daughter sold a company for $40 million and 5 years later, wealth management at a bank grew it to over $100 million.
gpt
I'm sure most have good financial advisors. 
human
I think that is true nowadays.  Historically there are some sad stories of athletes who go broke.
gpt
Yeah, but I think they would have even if they had a normal job, and a lot of them are not like Tim Duncan who sacrificed playing time to stay in college and get his degree.
human
Well said.  Some people have a different moral compass than others.  Duncan was solid.
gpt
And he understood that anything can happen to an athlete, so you need to have other skills.
human
Every year one plays in college is a risk.  I am intrigued by the number of college football players who are avoiding bowl games.  Seems totally rational to me.
gpt
Why? Are they more likely to get injured in a bowl game?
human
*calm eyes* They only have one more game and then they get tens of millions of dollars.  If they get injured in a bowl game, the might not get anything.
gpt
Ah, yeah then it's smart not to take the risk while still at college level.
human
*hands at sides* I agree.  It must be tough for one's body to be his income potential. However, for most of us it is our mind.
gpt
And they have to be mature enough to understand their potential. Some like Jordan and Lebron understood early on. I mean Some of lebron james' high school basketball games would attract 1750 attendees. tickets cost between $100 - $120. That had to have sunk in.
human
Yep.  And to handle that at such an age is incredible.  I was hoping to make minimum wage while working during college.  I once had $2 million and lost $1.4 in the 2008 market crash.  They handled it well.
gpt
Yeah, I can't imagine having to make those decisions as teens.
human
It would be a high class challenge.  I do think such adulation would go to one's head most of the time.
gpt
Yeah, like the Air Jordan story? I feel like he did that simply to flex power.
human
Gotta go, bye.
gpt
*hands at sides* ok bye