[Jayson Tatum] on thinking his career might be over after tearing his Achilles: “It was a few weeks where I thought… did I make enough money, did I accomplish enough… There was some moments where I thought I might be done”
“did i make enough money”
one year into a 313 million dollar extension
i will fucking kill myself
Can we stop giving him a hard time please? He’s in poverty for goodness sake
He did literally grow up in poverty lol but yeah the comment he made about his money is pretty ridiculous
tbf he probably has his 4th cousin’s dog on his payroll
My guy how much money you think he’s paying folks? the guys made several hundred million already
A ton of athletes support their close+extended family. The money well dries up quick when you have 15+ people on payroll
Brother it’s tough to squander 200 million unless you’re a literal moron
I agree, but don’t underestimate a 20-year-old’s ability to get in over their head. And unfortunately, there are plenty of people happy to take as much as they can from someone who probably who is a couple years out of high school.
That’s like 10 houses
You can find countless stories of people doing just that.
You cannot find “countless” stories of people squandering 200 million. Very very very few people ever reach that in the first place
all these countless stories are from years ago, when the money wasnt so absurd. like a minimum guy making maybe half a mil a year and being out of the nba within 5 years. that type of situation.
For some reason this scenario is passed on to today, to household name players… to the extent of it being spouted in a thread about a player on a 200 mil contract. just move on, people don’t keep up with current info and spout nonsense.
His personal net worth is 80 million (probably higher), with a 200+ amount left on his guaranteed contract so if they bought him out he still making another 100 million at the very least.
So 180 million,
He could buy 10+ family members 1.5 million homes and still have generational wealth changing money for at least his grand grand kids even if they squandered it.
Not to mention his girl is a well known singer who could easily get her bag as well.
Not to mention he probably has access to the best financial advisors around that will help him to grow his money into even more millions.
This man comment was extremely beyond out of touch.
Yea I change my mind, fuck Jayson Tatum he took my girl
It was but I don’t think you realize that each \(1.5 million home will have monthly fees associated with it, probably including taxes. Fees and upkeep for one \)1.5 million home might not be a big deal but 15 of them will drain your wealth faster than you think. It’s this kind of thinking as the reason why athletes go broke still.
MC Hammer wrote the book on this and it’s all public knowledge.
Knowing how much I’d give to anyone of my friends let alone family if they asked - probably too much.
He seems like a very loyal dude
You can’t say what you’ll do until you’re presented with the opportunity to change, rich people flip on their day ones all the time.
If he grew up in poverty he should be in touch enough with real life to understand 300 mill is certainly enough money.
You know man, you would think that’s the case, but often its not.
I don’t know enough about Tatums situation to say if he really did grow up in poverty - but I did. And while now I’m around the lower end of ‘middle class’ via many years of absolute struggle and good fortune, I have a couple friends who grew up in poverty that are now top 10% wealthy. They caught the tech wave at the right time, have high level corporate jobs, invested in the right things at the right time (like Google and Netflix and real estate lol) - and they are fucking totally out of touch.
Like I can’t talk to them about my car payment and my utility bills and medical and insurance expenses - they not only don’t think about those things, AT ALL, they legit have people cleaning their houses and mowing their lawns for them. Like they only have foggy memories of how shitty it is to clean a toilet lol
And I say this because they have a fraction of the wealth of someone like Tatum. The dude is already probably worth close to \(100 million and he just signed that 5yr \)314 million super max deal less than 2yrs ago. He’s been in the NBA for like 8+yrs now, since he was 19, so you have to think he doesn’t even know what its like to be a struggling adult - he probably barely remembers what it was like to struggle even back in the day.
On top of that, people get accustomed to these lifestyles really quickly. Like you start drinking \(1000 a bottle wine and a \)25 bottle tastes like shit lol - and you don’t even remember the taste of an Olde English 40 at that point
*edit: I love that this comment is getting downvoted now. If you disagree, say your peace and explain why. I’m talking real life experience here - there are abso-fucking-lutely a ton of very rich people who grew up in poverty and completely lost perspective. Its not that hard a concept. And I’m not even saying this IS Tatum - I have no fucking idea; I’m sure he’s supporting a gazillion people, too, like a lot of celebrity athletes - I’m just saying totally losing perspective is something that can and does happen
Tatum was a scouted athlete as a kid. So even if he grew up in poverty, once people recognized he was NBA bound, he never had to struggle. And once you get money, you get out of touch with reality very fast. A few years of those multi-million dollar paychecks and you can’t imagine another lifestyle.
His dad played pro ball overseas then coached professionally. Larry Hughes is his godfather. Ty Lue is his cousin. He’s definitely got bball pedigree.
He was raised by a single mom (who was 18 when he was born), and he’s talked about the struggles they had with money, but she was also working her way through law school. He went to one of the fanciest private schools in St. Louis starting in the 7th grade. Saying he grew up in poverty is an exaggeration.
If I had to take a wild guess, this sub averages maybe $40k/y. How do you expect these chronically online dweebs to understand/know what lifestyle creep is? Be nice.
Whoever is downvoting you needs a reality check. Everything you said here is spot-on.
Even rich people never lose the poverty mindset. They know what it’s like and don’t want to go back - how is that so hard to understand? Plenty of athletes blow their $$$ due to bad investments or guidance. It’s not impossible.
It’s incredibly distasteful. If you grew up poor and are afraid of “losing” 300 million, here’s some advice. Dont be a fucking moron and spend all your fucking money?
To say youre not sure if you made enough money to make it in life when you’re in the top .01% makes one look like a dumb asshole. Ppl make it on 30K a year, I think bruh can make it with 300 mill in the bank.
It’s impossible to lose 9 figures in your bank account if you’re not a fucking idiot
Its not floating in a river about to plunge over a waterfall. He has control over what he spends, and is just a phone call away from sound financial advice at any moment.
His dad was a dead beat who should have been able to provide more considering his father is a successful basketball coach
The man’s sniffed more money than us normal Folk could dream about making.
I mean, its practically slavery at this point 😫
Inflation is tough right now
Yea that’s an absolutely delusional statement to make. Shows how out of touch you become once you make hundreds of millions because Tatum doesn’t even seem like a snob like that.
They see the billionaire owners and start thinking they are poor
It’s not about you though. Somehow Redditors always make things some sort of personal affront.
That’s barely enough money for your own private jet and yacht. C’mon, man. Dude is struggling out here trying to make ends meet.
Latrell Sprewell smiling down from the heavens above
Out of touch, smh
Has made $209 million to date
Cool. Only about 209 million more than me.
Together Jason Tatum and I have made $209 million from the NBA.
I am 100% convinced this type of anxiety and greed is a mental illness.
Nobody ever said anxiety and fears were rational.
Right?? I feel like I’m going insane reading comments on this thread acting as if he’s complaining about the money he’s made. He is very clearly just talking about the questions he asked himself when confronted with the unexpected end of his career.
And even if he was complaining about his income halting due to injury, as an All-NBA player in his late 20s it is reasonable to expect to make an additional 100+ million in his next contract given the current era. His earning potential is greater than John Redditor and that’s because he makes the league money.
These dudes won’t be satisfied until they have 100 billion dollar contracts
Me after getting off of my 2nd job of the day and seeing the 6 past due notices in my mailbox while my daughter battling cancer runs to greet me at the door.
I swear there must be some media training person unaware of how much the cap has gone up. Cause too many players have said something similar after signing a 250 million dollar contract after finishing a 150 million dollar deal lol
Our favourite NBA person Draymond Green said about NBA’s fines a year ago: “It’s actually not set up for us to be wealthy after we’re done playing.”
Maybe he’s really bad with money.
Weirdly enough I watched an interview once a couple of years ago where he said he hasn’t spent a penny of his ‘NBA money’, and just uses the money he makes of endorsements etc
Well then it’s safe to say that he’s made enough lol
Yeah but if he’s operating that way then it’s entirely possible he’s got plans post-NBA.
When he says “have I made enough”, he’s obviously not talking about making enough to survive, that was handled with his rookie contract alone.
He’d be talking about whether he’s made enough to hit his goals for the future. We just don’t know what those goals are.
had the same reaction when he said that. 🤦
Some of those guys are so fucking deluded it’s actually insane
greed and envy has no limits
He seems worried lets organize a Gofundme for him so he can put food on the table.
I take a hard double take when reading the topic title I was like.. my guy you serious? Lmao
Plus his girl is a singer he could literally retire them both or she could take up the mantle.
He was trying to sound down to earth based on the situation but man you not on the way out like Walter White.. it made him sound extremely out of touch.
That “Boo’d Up” money can’t last forever…
It’s like, tell me you’re financially illiterate without telling me you’re financially illiterate 😂
I was going to say: does he realize his contract is fully guaranteed?
I hope he can return and still produce the same along with Hali. Both of them are under 30 and it would hurt if they are just out of their prime in a heart beat
We’ll see. KD is a huge anomaly. 99% of the time athletes slow down quite a bit after an Achilles tear.
Even with KD, he admitted he didn’t feel like himself for 2 years and that he never regained the same athleticism or explosiveness. He hasn’t been 1st Team All-NBA since that injury. He hasn’t lead a team to a 50+ win season since that injury despite playing with other major stars. This might be the first time (Rockets on pace for 52 wins).
KD is just an otherworldly god-tier shooter who is 7 feet tall so he’s been able to compensate and still put up big scoring stats post-injury.
Also, people keep saying “Yeah but KD was older”. He was 30. It’s not like he was an old man when it happened. He was just a few years older than Tatum.
Yeah he changed his game a ton after the injury. People also mention Dominique Wilkins, but he also changed his game completely after his achilles injury- a lot more mid range shots and a lot less dunking all over teams.
Yeah even as far as sports medicine has come on Achilles stuff, it’s still taking something off your vertical. Obviously that hurts the guys whose games are above the rim the most, but even for someone who’s primarily a jump shooter, losing an inch of lift can mean you need to rework your shot or at least take a while to get used to a slightly different release point.
He made All-NBA 1st team once in the 5 years prior to that injury.
I’m not saying he wasn’t affected by the injury but using 1st teams is kind of a wild standard.
wow that’s a crazy stat on its own
Especially because the previous 5 years to that he made 1st team 5 times in a row.
His problem was that LeBron was an automatic lock for one of those two forward spots, so he was competing with Kawhi and later Giannis for the other spot. If there wasn’t a designated spot for centers he would have made it every year of the 2010s besides the fracture year in 2015.
Tbf he played less than 30 games one of those seasons and playing on the same team hurt both him and curry in terms of end of the season awards
Yeah, he probably should have mentioned the 2 finals mvps within that 5 year span, with an actual mvp a year before that window
To normal people yes. But Durant first returned when he was 32. Tatum will be returning when he’s 28. That’s a big difference in the nba
Yeah. Going from 32 to 34, KD was going to feel some level of athletic decline even if he hadn’t been injured so part of the slow down he experienced can be attributed to the good old aging process. Even if Tatum takes two years to fully get over the injury, he’ll still be in his athletic prime
The 50+ win team is somewhat misleading because the 20-21 Nets went 48-24 in a shortened season which is pace for about 55 wins in an 82 game season.
And even KD has slowed down from it, it’s just his game wasn’t ever reliant on his athleticism or physical dominance outside of being usually longer than the defender opposite him and from almost always having that advantage KD made it his game to dominate with his jumper, so KD always had a fallback that could be sustained even if the achilles sapped his entire athleticism, which to that KD is a freak yeah it was nowhere as significant as the DeMarcus Cousins achilles injury or others in the past that were pretty much career over ones.
Now, that said, I do worry for The Haliban to return to its former glory ever again. Haliburton dominated touches on his Pacers’ teams and not just overall touches but durations of shot clocks… I don’t think he’ll have as easy a time returning as Tatum who similarly to KD did rely a lot on jumpers over athleticism where as Haliburton being a ball-dominant traditional PG HAS to beat his guy or the covering double team to be effective and Hali’s off-ball game isn’t as good as Tatum.
The concern with Tatum is will he be an effective defender worth his contract anymore? His offense should still translate even with a loss of a step, but will it be enough to keep his defensive intensity up through long stretches as the Celtics need from their starters(D up and D often). -AST
Yeah KD post injury was like “oh no… now I’m Dirk Nowitzki”…
He still puts up big scoring stats because he’s a historically great shooter on a 7 foot frame, but it’s not the same as he once was. He’s still a perennial all-star level talent.
Tatum was never that great of a shooter or has that kind of height so I don’t know that his game will be able to translate post-injury as well as a freak like Durant.
Yes and no, Hali didn’t always beat his man but he has incredible spatial intelligence and a sense of timing to get off the pass or shot.
KD took 2 years off essentially to rehab his tear. Neither of those two players are likely to take that much time off.
most important part
This is why I’m glad Tatum put that “i could come back fot the playoffs” stuff to rest. It isn’t worth the risk to rush recovery like that.
And yes KD is still great, but he’s also adapted his playing style.
KD is so good that people have just forgotten he tore his Achilles and analyze him normally. What he’s doing after the worst injury in the sport is absolutely unprecedented and the only reason it isn’t talked about is because people hate him for going to GS.
I think Tatum is going to adapt and still be 90 percent of what he was unfortunately I don’t think Hali will.
damn well I think the other way
Achilles injuries are likeliest to impact burst and speed. Those are far more important elements of Hali’s game than they are Tatum’s. I have both their jerseys in my closet, but I do think JT is likelier to make a full recovery.
I was just messing around, I don’t really know, hoping they all get back to normal selfs
“did i make enough money” LOL
rich people are so out of touch its fucking incredible, genuine mental illness
It’s because most professional athletes go from being a kid to a multi-millionaire overnight. They skip the whole part of graduating and then figuring out how to pay the bills. Yes, it’s out of touch, but it’s a function of system.
I mean yes but I’m sure at some point he’s talked to an advisor that told him his great grandchildren won’t have to work a day of their lives.
100% my friend went from living under his parents roof straight to tier 3 English football and even jumping from a very middle class household to £250k a year surprises him. Like he was surprised that my recently graduated friends and I were having to say no to multiple social events because of money not because of time
Respectfully it’s not hard to realize some kid you even went to school with are struggling to make it every month. I don’t necessarily disagree but at what age do we expect them to grow up a bit?
Every single nba player is instantly responsible for being the source of wealth for their immediate and extended families. When they worry about contracts and extensions, they’re worrying about generational wealth. Of course they get all the dumb rich bs instant gratification, but they’re usually also responsible for dozens of people’s livelihoods. What would you do if you had the chance to set your family up for at least a couple generations?
Not to mention this is the same sub that will tear into someone like Schroder for fumbling the bag, when he clearly already has enough to survive very comfortably.
Exactly. I understand people feeling like it’s an out of touch statement, but let’s say: you bought your mom a car, a house, your uncle is on disability and you’ve been helping. Your buddy is on your payroll, and he just closed on a new house, and now he doesn’t have that income anymore. Youre still paying off your mansion, planning for your child’s college. You’re helping your cousin with legal fees, because he’s in trouble with the law etc
When that money just stops out of nowhere, it causes ripples everywhere and you have to deal with selling assets, house, taking your mom’s car back etc. I’m just making stuff up but I’m sure there’s a similar story behind a lot of pro athletes
…and he just closed on a new house, and now he doesn’t have that income anymore.
Thing is, he does still have that income and he knows it. He’s in the 1st year of a $300mil contract.
I really don’t understand what people are seeing that was objectionable abt what he said.
You get hurt at work, you think “Do I really need the money, is this worth it”.
Nothing about what he said even implies that he was actually worried about not having enough money.
I guess he could make it a more political statement and not an introspective one but what would have not been objectionable here. “I know I don’t need the money” sounds arrogant, “I know this money can help others” sounds pious and phony, idk what ppl want.
Yeah people need to realize he doesn’t mean ‘did i make enough money to live’ he means, ‘did I make the most out of this opportunity if it unexpectedly ended right now.’
He’s one of the best players in the league, he’s gonna make a fuck ton of money, that’s his reference point. He’s given his life to the game and it’s suddenly taken away from him and he’s looking around thinking, is that it? Am I satisfied with a ring, or do I personally look back on the second half of my career as a ‘what if’ for the rest of my life?
Idk, I dont fuck with people calling him out of touch here. He’s being vulnerable and talking about a genuine human experience
Either y’all have zero comprehension skills or want to get mad, b/c this is such a milquetoast statement.
In context its very fucking obvious that what he’s saying is “After the injury, I was asking myself if it was worth it to me to work hard to return”.
He’s reflecting on his experience, not making a political statement, are these guys supposed to couch every statement about “why am I playing basketball” with some statement on income inequality? What would be a non mentally ill way to talk about whether its worth retiring.
This sub just has a hate boner for him. Half this thread is dumbasses purposely misunderstanding what he’s saying.
Dude he probably feels a responsibility to make as much as he possibly can to support generations of his family. He’s not worried about putting food on the table he’s responsible for supporting his family
Well let’s go easy on him he just turned 23.
Is Jayson Tatum the oldest 19 year old on the planet?
Bro is so out of touch it’s actually crazy
Reacting to the first sentence without listening to it in context. He was panicking is what he was trying to say. He thought he might be done with basketball.
Nope we have to take every opportunity to shit on him even after sharing his genuine emotions regarding a devastating injury
I said this in another thread where people were taking a quote of his out of context, but I feel like people have been begging Tatum to not be so bland in interviews for years now. And then he finally starts being more honest and vulnerable and then gets killed for it in the comments lol.
Obviously people have a right to their own opinion but at least listen to what he’s trying to say when he finally tries to open up
Sometimes the alternative is worse. Just look at Kyrie.
Dude Reddit is wild. I come on to the comments thinking like damn this is some real shit he is saying. He thought he was done.
Comments “dudes out of touch”. They take these comments like the dude thought about this his whole life when he thought about for 1 second before answering.
It’s so funny how we have to police our own benign comments bc god forbid someone takes offence.
People talking about “tone deaf”, well this is why celebs and athletes for the most part stay quiet. No win situations.
Yet, people go without doing to thr Dr. and die because they couldn’t afford it or couldn’t risk loss of pay from time off.
Its ok that Tatum felt like this, he is a human being too. He has to deal with certain pressures the avg person doesnt but he has been well compensated for his career so far.
So its normal Tatum felt this, its hard for regular people to have empathy with someone who has all their needs & wants met for rest of their lives if their career ended today.
Tatum grew up poor up until he made the NBA He’s overcautious of it probably
Growing up poor should make it abundantly clear that hundreds of millions of dollars is enough money
I grew up poor and am obviously nowhere near the levels of wealth that Tatum now has, but living in poverty leaves you in a constant state of financial worry. It doesn’t matter that he has millions. He will probably always have in the back of his mind that gnawing sense of “what if” XYZ happens. If you didn’t grow up in poverty, you can’t fully understand that feeling, and it doesn’t change when you’ve finally reached a place of comfort or beyond.
I’d even multiply that for a guy like Tatum. As an athlete your whole world is competition so that’s naturally going to spill over into other things and he’s a high exposure player with a lot of marketing/business irons in the fire. It’s out of touch but it’s completely understandable how circumstances lead to that.
But overall, who cares if a 1% athlete has a 1% athlete relationship with money. There are plenty of people to be mad at with actual fuck you wealth and mental illness actively going out of their way to make the world worse.
Spoken like someone who didn’t grow up poor
Overcautious of what? He made 3,000x the poverty line without stepping foot on the court this year lmao
If he grew up poor then he should know he’s made enough money lol
As someone who had a fortunate upbringing this is definitely a pattern I see in people who grew up with less money. Even when they’ve become hugely successful and wealthy they still have that mindset instilled in them since childhood that you should always be trying to make more money
I think it’s a normal emotion, especially since the main source of income his whole adult life has potentially been forever diminished.
I can see why people would think he’s being insensitive by saying that but I think he was just pondering and hoping the money he’s made in his career is enough for his family and his children (which it definitely is lol)
Obviously it is an out of touch comment but Tatum came from basically nothing. Single parent household living in poverty having to share a plate with his mother everyday.
Yeah but can’t everyone say that to people making more than them? If I have a home, food, and healthcare am I out of touch for complaining about the affordability of a weekend ski trip?
Jayson Tatum: I was in dark place and started spiraling with irrational thoughts, here’s some examples.
This sub: that thought was irrational, what a fucking loser
Least hateable star in the NBA and yet everyone loves to mock him whenever possible. They’re just jealous that a top draft pick didn’t go to a poverty franchise for once and instead has been competing for a title every year of his career
meanwhile this sub slobbers over israeli-intelligence investor steph curry . The only morally reprehensible action according to nba fans is to not act cool
This sub is such a joke when it comes to mental health. I really thought this was place was progressive when Klove and Derozan brought it up, but then you see threads about any player that isn’t beloved and suddenly mental health isn’t a priority
Reddit is definitely faux progressive, just as many chuds as there are “progressives”. People love to act like reddit is some leftist paradise, i fucking wish it was lmao otherwise I wouldn’t get dm’s telling me to k**l myself because of my profile pic.
He’s so fuckin cringe all the time
Honestly at this point it’s kind of impressive just how cringe he has become. He somehow keeps 1 upping himself.
We did it!!!!
Y’all are actually so miserable and deranged lmao. How is it cringe to say that his mind went into a panic when he sustained a (usually) career ending injury? Yes it is kind of ridiculous to say did I make enough money when he’s a millionaire, but when you’ve grown up in poverty, you either 1) spend like a lunatic or 2) become completely over cautious and worried about money, even when you have more than enough. My moms best friend grew up homeless living in a car with her family most times and now is extremely wealthy, she STILL has a fear that everything she has will be taken away from her (and she is definitely a millionaire). I’m not saying tatum isn’t being ridiculous, he is, but to act like he’s cringe for having completely normal thoughts is pathetic. You guys just love to hate on people for no reason and it’s genuinely odd.
Ant gives this exact interview and it’ll have 50 upvotes and a few glazing comments
ANT: is a deadbeat dad and constantly has to bribe women to abort his unborn children
r/NBA: THE AURA!!!!!
like as a woman, some of the men on this sub are genuinely embarrassing af 😭
You’re a loser bro
Brother is discussing one of the worst moments of his life and the self doubt he had afterwards only for some chud on Reddit to call him cringe
The hate that people have for Tatum here is so weird to me
Yes obviously he made enough money, but like he tore his fucking Achilles and probably was going through one of the darkest times of his life. Like just relax and realize that trauma makes people think differently.
Tatum has had literally zero issues and is for some reason one of the most hated stars in the league because he’s “cringe”.
The worse thing you can be in sports is seen as cringe/lame/a dork. Tatum pre Achilles tear got more hate than guys like KPJ or Miles Bridges.
People hate on him more than Curry meanwhile Curry has signed multiple petitions against building affordable housing near his mansion lol
They weren’t building government housing for poor people next to him. They were trying to build million dollar+ town homes that would be able look over onto his property. He wasn’t rejecting housing for poor people. He was rejecting housing for rich people who just aren’t as rich as him. Good attempt at spreading misinformation though.
You’re incorrect.
In 2023 Curry and Ayesha wrote a letter to the city council of California opposing a proposed multifamily/affordable housing development near their home. They said their main concerns were privacy and safety if three-story townhomes were built behind their property.
They were affordable housing developments. The reason so many people are upset about it is because it came during a state-mandated update to increase housing (including affordable/low-income units) in wealthy communities.
Curry invests in israeli surveillance companies
Yeah that’s another thing I was gonna mention but nowadays talking abt Israel is an easy ban lmao
Haha yes definitely
Exactly. Apparently being cringe is the worst lol
The comments in here are insane man. Like he actually did something to hurt these people. Go outside maybe
These guys are looking for hate I stg. If you know anything about Tatum, he hasn’t spent a dime of his NBA money. If you know NBA players(and sports players in general), majority of them are broke not long after retirement. He’s BEEN INSTRUCTED to attend classes that teach him to think this exact way. Mother fuckers in here swear like they’ve never been sad 😂
The dude has made over 200M, that is a dumb comment to make no matter how you spin it
He didn’t even say anything controversial and people are eating him alive in the comments. NBA fanbase is so sad
The main thing he and Haliburton have going for them for recovering is that they are still very young and have access to the best facilities and training staff.
Tatum’s only 19. This is just the beginning.
Oh look another weird Tatum hate thread. This time it’s for showing genuine emotion right after a devastating injury.
This sub is so dumb it’s actually painful.
“Did I make enough money, did I accomplish enough” is very clearly talking about whether he got enough out of playing in the NBA before being potentially done.
It’s not about whether $300mil is enough to survive, it’s entirely about whether he could have made different decisions to better maximize his earnings over the first part of his career.
“Did I accomplish enough” should be enough of a context clue to figure that out, but tbf basic comprehension is a dying skill
People are going to be touchy because wealth inequality has spiraled out of control and continues to get worse.
I agree with your take that he wasn’t talking about having enough money to live but was talking about money made relative to earning potential of a full career.
I think most people here (me included) live with at least some degree of financial stress so it just strikes a nerve whenever a super rich dude talks about money like this.
I think the real answer is in the middle, it’s okay if you’re a bit annoyed by this statement but at the same time it isn’t really that deep
I appreciate him opening up and being vulnerable. We complain so much about boring athletes that are consultant-trained, and when a guy opens up about his struggles we clown on him for it.
I’d rather see someone being genuine + imperfect than soulless + non-irritating.
I do hope he returns to form, but to also answer his question, he accomplished more than 99 percent of ball players under 30
People overreacting to the “did I make enough money” line without mentioning “did I accomplish enough” is just as crazy. 4x NBA-1, 2x finals appearances, captained his team to a championship with 31/8/11 to close out the finals. Players would kill for his resume. He’s a legend if he retires now but yeah also kinda feels like there was a little left on the table.
Weird superstar. Hope he comes back and is awesome.
I agree people overreacting
Kind of like AD. Obviously a top 75 player who 99% of players would kill to have his career. But he never won MVP, hasn’t won finals MVP or DPOY yet and he’s only made all NBA once since 2020. There was plenty left on the table if you asked AD’s projected career path in 2017.
The people in here who are calling this cringe are clearly immature kids who haven’t experienced any sort of success in their lives and had it potentially ripped away for good.
Even if he’s having irrational emotions, it makes sense given how drastically an Achilles injury can be
Genuinely miss watching him play
Come to comments to see people complain about “did I make enough money”. Sometimes “enough” for players has less to do with “can I survive” and more about optimizing for his true value and max earnings potential.
It’s so easy to see that, but everybody in here is taking it personal.
Then the right word isn’t “enough”
Bro it’s on the spot. Imagine being judged by literally everyone in the world when trying to attempt to get your thoughts out and you make a mistake.
No way you’re defending someone who is making more than 99.9999% of the world and is asking “did I make enough money”
100% this, and the full quote very clearly shows that’s what he’s talking about. Wild that so many people itt lack the basic comprehension skills needed to understand that
Y’all have no fucking empathy. It’s sickening to read some of these comments.
Yeah, he obviously has enough money, but like, dude obviously was in a dark place. He had a potentially career ending injury after making it into a career very few people get to. It makes perfect sense that his mind wasn’t 100% rational at that time. Hell, nobody is perfectly rational all of the time.
He’s cringe, sure, I guess? He’s also not been a piece of shit like more beloved athletes and celebrities.
Interesting how his sense of security is so tied to being able to play basketball that he can’t fully process the fact he’s already dynastically wealthy, even though he knows it
This comment section is just miserable lol mental health doesn’t care about how much money you have or how famous you are, no matter how corny you think Tatum is dude is still human and at the end of the day will react to a near career ending injury just like any other person with normal feelings would. I don’t think what he is saying is too crazy considering there have been many stars from sports go broke or end up worse, of course it’ll at least be a thought in his head
These comments are sad and jealousy is spewing. He’s speaking his thoughts that go through his head because he tore his Achilles. He’s asking himself did he maximize the amount of money he could with his potential. The lack of common sense and just straight up hate is crazy
So he’s made 193m so far with another 300m coming. I don’t know why everyone is mad, he’s only made what the average person makes in a year ($60,000) x 8217…. That can’t possibly be enough.
The hate boner this subreddit has for Tatum has gotten kinda exhausting. Like yeah, he can be a little cringe and whatever. But this is a clip from a candid interview, it’s not like every line he says is rehearsed. Of course he’s made enough money, but he’s still a person and concerns about his future, financial and otherwise, are very valid in the immediate aftermath of facing a notoriously complex and difficult injury.
Do you guys truly believe that Tatum was referring to making enough money to survive? Is it pure hatred for the guy or do you just completely lack basic analyzation skills? He was very clearly talking about maximizing his career accomplishments and career earnings before suffering a devastating injury.
And guess what, people fall into dark places with irrational thoughts when bad things happen to them.
It’s not even an irrational thought, the most normal response on the planet to a workplace injury is “do I need to go back to that job, is this worth it”.
Of course what he’s gonna get paid is a factor, “do I need this” is not a literal statement lol
Every person talking down about what he said wishes they had someone even close to tatum on their team. He literally does nothing but play ball and win. Gotta fabricate stuff to shit on him then go on ahead i guess
Tatum has to be a white guy from Slovenia to get love on here 😂😂😂
He’s still a young man and its perfectly normal for young man, or a man of any age to doubt themselves and question themselves after something so catastrophic happening to them. This sub needs to chill
For a guy thinking about not coming back this season… he sure is in the spotlight a lot recently.
Doesn’t it make you think that all this publicity is leading us to believe that he’s coming back this season?
“Did I make enough money?” 😭 5 times double gulp fuck me
People love to hate on this guy. It sounds like all he’s saying is that he was panicking at the time not knowing what the future held for him after the injury.
Glad he’s healthy now, the league is better when he’s on the court.
Tatum wonders why people dont like him lol
Who cares
“did i make enough money” $200m but ye know
+ the remainder of the $300m contract
This comment and schroeder’s modern slavery take are amazing. It must be soooo hard being nba players
Tatum shouldn’t have said “did I make enough money?”
While its a genuine thought, the avg person will have harder time relating.
Tatum should have said “ Will I be satisfied if this ends my career?”. Thats not about money and more introspective. Just saying did I make enough money comes across as out of touch and greedy. Esp today’s world.
While “Did I make enough money” sounds crazy out of touch a lot of these guys are on the hook not just for themselves but their families and communities. He has to worry about if his grandkids will be able to live off what he made plus his parents, and a lot of other people he knows.
He just signed a $314 million supermax extension. I’m no mathematician but I think that means he could afford to give a million dollars to his closest 314 friends and relatives.
Don’t worry about that one too much guys. He quickly realized he made plenty of money. And started laughing out loud.
Of course you made enough money. What do you mean?
Ya’ll think he’ll make it earning 5 mil a month until 2030?
If you’re not in the Epstein files you haven’t made enough money.
I don’t think Tatum made enough money for his great-great-great-great-great gandkids
Made half a billion dollars and had that panic if he made enough money. gtfoh
It’s really candid but for most of these guys , seating in a chair doing nothing is a hell of its own. If you’ve hang out with professional athletes you realize just how much time they put into their work that they don’t have time to spend money like most of us.
Tim Duncan had similar thoughts as well in the 2000s after that knee tear.
As a Celtics fan, why would you post that as the headline 😭 you know what all the comments would be about
JT….I think you made enough money dawg
Imagine some random dude showing you records that he had made over $300mil during the last decade and then saying with a straight ass face: I’m thinking of retiring, do you think I’ve made enough money?
“Did I make enough money?” Makes more money than 95% of the entire population.
Dude, your first year contract is plenty enough for me. Let alone your rookie contract, which is lavish to chumps like me lol wtf