I wish the Pistons would have been smart enough to pick him up to play alongside Cade and teach our young PG. Dukies in the front office are horrible team decisions makers.

Chris Paul should be a reference point whenever some fan talks about players needing to have loyalty to teams. There’s no loyalty in the NBA just business decisions.

Clippers went on an epic run after he wasn’t causing havoc in the locker room anymore and no other team cared enough to pick him up seems like he didn’t have much value anymore 🤷‍♂️

All time great I have him very high on my all time list but I personally don’t think he got done dirty at all his final season. He stayed around too long and he knows it.

I know he played there for a long time but I don’t see him as a Clipper.

His legacy is with New Orleans.

That’s just me.

I bet if he was with the Spurs for that Finals run, even if he didn’t play a minute, they wouldn’t have blown those leads against the Knicks in such disastrous fashion.

Clippers are a trash organization. Not surprised

Most guys play one year or two too long. He did get paid for it though

Why? He literally joked about being an asshole before. It’s well documented. And teams tolerate it while you can play.

that banana boat was cursed aside from lebron, none of the guys had great last years

People generally dislike CP3 because of his on-court stuff.

In saying that, I do feel like most fans who have had CP3 on their team love him.

He really is such a good mentor

NBA players are Whiney as hell for that narrative. But this sub like a lot of overblown issues took that way too personally

It’s damn near certain that quote will be brought up continously out’ve context over the next few years

Kuzma validating stupid people as CJ’s peer kinda ensured that

Most of them absolutely don’t come from very little of it lol it’s an upper-middle class sport because of AAU.

Within 10 years of retiring from the NBA, after making millions of dollars, 60 percent of players within the first 10 years are losing majority of their wealth. It’s a bunch of players going broke when they retire. And that ain’t ruffling no feathers. Players are, you know, living check to check. You can blame the athlete, maybe they live in expenses, but they was 18 or 19 when they came into wealth. The people that represented them didn’t help them handle that, or cared to. If you can’t help me at 18 or 19 years old to maintain my wealth, build a legacy and keep what I’m earning, and be able to influence me on my decision making, you shouldn’t be representing me in the first place,” Brown said

your misunderstanding comes from thinking trap means scam. the situation was basically “if he has 100k, he’ll spend 100k” so they wanted to help him avoid that by giving him access to less.

Probably was an advance and not his actual money yet. Just from this passage it seems like it was after declaring and not rostered yet.

I believe what’s being said is that his parents were telling him to spend less money during his initial celebrating. I think the idea was so that he doesn’t get too used to blowing six figures right out the gate. A lot of athletes set themselves up for failure by falling for lifestyle inflation.

A sudden windfall can be kind of dangerous for many people, and I presume it’s especially so for a young black male.

If you edit it within a certain amount of time after posting then I believe it doesn’t show as an edit.

For example, this was edited in.

Chances are it came with interest

you dont need 75k to buy a 75k car

The 100k sounds like it was checking account spending money/slush fund type of amount and his parents said nah

A car is a separate purchase, and frankly, 75k isnt much for an nba player even in those days

Yea that’s what the title of post makes it seem like. He very clearly meant with his friend and his girl. I would hope that if my good friend suddenly became a multimillionaire overnight, he would treat me to TGIF 😂.

I love that they’re going out to TGIF like it’s a nice restaurant. Cuz for some people, it really is. And that was what they knew at the time. Certainly makes this story relatable.

Actually triggered

And was known as one of the easier tenants in the bubble but still left a massive tip

He always says he plays for two people. He’s a very generous man too. His reaction to a little girl asking something positive about his game, he’s a gem.

CP3 has always been open about it. He studies the rule book because it’s his job. He’s going to take every edge and that bothers fans despite fans expecting players on their team to do it every night

I agree I do like that NIL can give guys some bread before they hit college. And even in college. Just don’t end up like Mikey Williams.

Dont worry they will still find a way to whine about it in 20 years

I got bad news for you

They’re all AAU kids. Just about all them rich as shit anyways

You think low to middle class kids can afford AAU?

is it… not nice?

Rich people buy BMW’s too, it’s just not the only car that they buy. Also not the 3 or 4 series that most people who want a sporty car are buying

BMW’s are still nice yes

But they have a lot of lower class models so BMW is kind of considered an entry level luxury brand depending on the model you get

The BMW Chris is talking about was very affordable. So he’s saying that model looked like the best car in the world to him even though it was one of BMW’s cheapest models

Compared to a Benz, BMWs prioritize sportiness (which during CP3’s early years still meant very heavy steering and firmer ride) over luxury.

For every Lamelo there’s 10 rich athletes who just want to enjoy a plush, luxurious car

yeah, I’m not sure “hey the schools are getting money off these kids, that’s not fair” really translates to “let’s create a soccer-style transfer portal and shower them with wealth.”

Schools have begged alumni for money for decades lol

You don’t have to donate if you don’t want to. My school has been begging since the day I graduated (before NIL started)

You said it yourself - something had to change. We are in a weird transition period where players and schools are still pretending it’s not an employee/employer relationship, mostly because the NCAA and the schools want to maintain tax benefits.

In 10 years or less, the dam will break and it’ll be a traditional employment contract. The schools begging for money has always been there - it’s just more blatantly for the sports programs now, instead of a general philanthropic push.

Right, and his on-court stuff is broadcast worldwide while the raping is generally not. So it tends to stick in fans’ minds a little more clearly. 

That’s what op is saying they don’t get. Why are bitch moves worse to fans than beating women?

Jay-z

Maybe? Kanye was off his meds on twitter for the 50th time back in 2022 and he posted a pic of CP3 with the caption “I caught this guy with Kim”