He almost did! Had the Tune Squad lost, he would've been taken prisoner, been forced to sign autographs all day long, and play one-on-one with the paying customers. And he'd always lose.
Here's a fun clause that was actually achieved: In 2017, the Blazers dangled a $500,000 bonus for Mo Harkless if he finished the season shooting 35% from three. In his previous two seasons, he shot 18% and 28% from deep. In the final week of the 2016-17 season, he was shooting 35.1%. He attempted one three on April 4, and missed. One more miss meant dipping below 35%, so he didn't attempt a single three in the last three games until the season ended on April 12. Easy bag. He then went berserk in the playoffs and shot 2/13 (17%) from deep. Golden State swept Portland, 4-0.
And I heard that on top of that, one of his defenders in the last 3 games knew about that and roasted him for that during the game saying something like: "dont guard his three pointer. He will not take one."
I remember that. I remember him passing up open shots to protect his bonus. The blazers should've added another clause saying he wasn't allowed to pass up shots in order to get the bonus.
No, that's not what the clause is about. The point is that when he's free and when he hasn't played for the Chicago Bulls, he could play basketball anywhere else. Be it somewhere in a backyard, or in his famous camps, or anywhere abroad, or anywhere in Venice Beach, or anywhere else... If he had a game with the Chicago Bulls it was certainly a must for him to attend.
@@Mister__Jey Nah too be honest not really. The point of the clause is "Love of the game". Any place, any weather, any whatever, as long as its a game. Obviously MJ would not do that cause he ain't stupid at all, but the contract is the contrCt
@@ashtonphoenix3894 He certainly had an obligation to take part in the Chicago Bulls games. Guaranteed. You can't tell me that this clause means that he'll play in the park instead of playing at the United Center in the NBA. That does not mean the clause, one hundred percent or there were then other rules in the contract that he had to take part in the games. Even when he was injured, he was sitting at the bench... Quite unrealistic to think that he could just stay away from the Chicago Bulls games and just play somewhere else. Of course
The Baron Davis one seems more than fair and certainly not ridiculous. Those were reasonable expectations (literal one game off) and a reasonable payout for a superstar past his prime.
That fatty clause is honestly a great idea because there have been a few cases where players have dropped out of the league because of obesity, even players with star potential.. It's really sad honestly
Luke Walton was asked by ESPN the magazine if he felt pressure playing with Kobe. His answer was priceless. "When you've seen your parents running around the backyard naked with the grateful dead, you e been prepared for anything."
They should've done a 3 shower a day minimum for the rest of his life clause for Adam Morrison! And they also should've made the get in shape clause mandatory for Jarred Dudley since no one wants to tell him that rocking your dad's parent teacher conference body is not a good example for the fans to see.
I always get excited when I get a notification for any of Andy's videos. I would like to see a video on Kevin Martin, Sam Cassell or Allan Houston. Three scoring guards from the 00s
On #6 and 7, there are probably more players than we know who have clauses for bonuses in the event of a major award like MVP. From the team's standpoint, why not? If a Luke Ridnour can win DPOY while he's on your team, everybody involved wins. One example of a contract structure that sounds wacky now was David Robinson's, where he was always to be one of the 3 highest paid players in the league. So whenever one of the top 2 player salaries went up in a year, he got a new deal. This shows you how different the CBA rules were pre 1998 lockout. There was a salary cap, but how much any player made depended on what players, agents, and teams could negotiate. One of the less savory deals was Jayson Williams's in his first few seasons with the Nets. At one point he was one of their better players, but his minutes were restricted, not because of injury, not because of some coach's petty grudge, not even because the team was tanking, but because the Nets would have to pay out salary bonuses if he hit certain scoring and rebounding marks that he almost certainly would have met with reasonable minutes. So the team lost games just to save a few bucks. This wasn't so much an unusual clause as a shady way a team dealt with it.
Make video about Serbian basketball, the second greatest basketball nation in the world. We gave so many great players and coaches like Pete Maravich, Peja Stojković, Vlade Divac, Nikola Jokić, Dejan Bodiroga even Luka Dončić is Serbian and play for Slovenia, Greg Popović are Serbian too. Also i think its gonna be intresting to people how we win 2 World Championship and 4 European Championships in a row during the 90s and early 2000s while nato bombing us and we are lock country back in the that days.
@@JimmyButlersdreads from my research it looks like his father was Serbian and his mother was American. His parents met in America and yeah, Pete Maravich was part Serb.
I did and he was a great spectacle to see.. I am blessed to see Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Dirk, Nash, Stockton all play.. One of the things I'm happy about is going out knowing I saw them all.. My Life ain't perfect but damn it I had a perfect ride so far.. Wouldn't change nothing about it..
@@Deoece I don't really care.. it's just that nobody asked him anything at all,but he had to confirm your wish of seeing Jordan live ,then he had to one up himself by seeing all these other NBA players live.. l just can't stand MR.me too's you could have said anything and he would have replied one upping your statement in his favor.
Hi Andy, I miss your videos about "How good was NBA Player actually? series. Hope you can make videos about Fat Lever, Alvin Robertson, Tom Chambers, Walter Davis and other less popular but nevertheless great players from the past.
I knew about Air Jordan playing AA baseball in Birmingham. But until now, I didn't know he was getting paid more than 10x what the average AA player makes because of the "For the love of the game" clause.
First, he also played for the Scottsdale Scorpions. And secondly, no, he didn't keep his salary because of the " love of the game" clause, he just kept receiving his salary because Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls and the Birmingham Barons and the Chicago White Sox, found Michael Jordan in his Career was very underpaid, so just kept paying his salary as he always did while he was playing baseball. In the video there is no connection at all between the "love for the game" clause and the fact that he still got his NBA salary while he was playing baseball. Listen better next time. and by the way, everyone who played baseball with him and everyone who coached him in baseball confirmed that if Michael Jordan had continued playing baseball and not returned to basketball, he would have ended up in the Major League one hundred percent. That was bad at baseball is as much a myth as that was bad at the Washington Wizards. Just inform yourself about it and read articles about it or watch videos about it. Context is the Holy word
Jordan's clause was by far the best one, and not strange at all. Whoever thinks it's strange, doesn't know what it means to play. I didn't knew it earlier but now I know it, and that's the same opinion that I have about my former self.
The one with Matt Bonner having a goal of winning MVP was the strangest one to me. (I assume it's in the video, but I haven't watched it as I'm writing this comment. I hope I don't look like an idiot if I'm factually wrong XD)
the love of the game clause came about because jordan had broken his foot during his second year. he was playing pickup games (i think at unc) before he was cleared to play with the bulls again and bulls management got upset about it
Check out Gus Williams contract for GSW and Seattle. In redible. It was laden with performance. Which made him a "All about me" player. And...at Seattle...it was.
I hope those MVP/DPOY clauses for BAD PLAYERS were not the cause of Sketchy agents. They get 10 percent of the deal right? So maybe with a clause the agent can say the deal is technically worth more and take a higher 10 percent. And the player just loses money :/
I've always wondered how these bonuses for meeting certain goals fit into the salary cap? I mean, some of these guys know they aren't getting MVP, so why would they even include it? Why not get $50,000 if you get a vote for MVP? It has to be something that counts against the cap or can be used in a trade to even money out. There has to be a logical reason. Why don't they have realistic goals? $100,000 isn't that much for Collison in his prime. Why not give it to him if he gets 12 or more rebounds a season?
Of course Jordan got paid his NBA salary during his first retirement. The Bulls organization wanted to stay on his good side if he ever came out of retirement which he did to the tune of another 3-peat. That was money WELL spent.
Imagine a love for the game contract that lets you play for any team In the NBA one day you are playing For The Bulls the other you are playing for the Kings
