Show up. Play when asked. Say, “Thank you. I am fortunate to be a professional athlete playing in the NBA.” Regardless of how bad the atmosphere is, support your team and your teammates and play the game. Enjoy life and your career. Time is short so get out there and play and earn that paycheck. The world is ending. Real people – good people - are getting laid off from work and having their homes foreclosed. No one will empathize with a professional athlete making $21 million per year and one who doesn’t want to work to earn it.
Wow. Talk about bad timing and bad optics and bad PR. Just play the game. Smile and realize how fortunate you are to be a professional athlete. No one will sympathize about hurt feelings. For $190k per game, get on the floor and play and enjoy. How bad can it be?
Amen…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like that in the NHL before. Unlike some of these NBA prima-donnas, most NHL players realize how good they have it and how to give the effort to earn their paycheck (and most of them don’t get paid what NBA players do.)
This is why the NBA has lost me as a fan. I used to be a HUGE fan of the NBA, but no more. Too many players in the NBA are making “spoiled brat” headlines, and too many are ending up on the wrong side of the law.
Marbury makes more in one day than over half the families in the US make in one YEAR. And he STILL doesn’t want to show up for work? Ingrate. May he never make the playoffs again.
When I saw Marbury refused to play , and his fine/game pay was 190K , I was thinking how much that one game would change alot of peoples lives, forever.
Absolutely agree!
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