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Is Lebron James underpaid?

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August 18, 2022 4:41 pm

Is Lebron James underpaid?

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August 18, 2022 4:41 pm

Is Lebron James underpaid? Brenden Whitted of the League Pass Lair joined the show to talk about the latest contract extension for Lebron James with the LA Lakers, and how it can be argued that top players around the league are underpaid based off of how much revenue star players generate for the NBA.

Plus, Adam talks about the reports that Baker Mayfield will be named the starting QB for the Carolina Panthers.

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Have financial capital financial.com. This is the gold shell brought James Knaus talk with the Lakers for two more years. Is it hopeless to address both of those editorial comments.

I just made about Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers would bring in my friend our NBA expert Brendan Whitted at HQ Cosell on Twitter.

All right, you can hit you can handle both of them without me saying anything else is he stuck with the Lakers for two more years and is it hopeless, I will think that Jesus died right maybe this is maybe it will be taught often also about what his sons plans are. You know there's been a legitimate recently about the fact that his rising rising senior yes on a top 50 consists clear and in the nation why he hasn't got more offers water and more visits and there is barely some talk about may forgo cause completely. I go to, you know, Julie Knight and Conway to hear their and see if the see if the number tags) happy 19th gold in and turned it in your draft night. Maybe if if that changes the board of governors of talk about silver talk about it and so maybe they change them if he was there so I was losing processes he was he was willing to sign up for at least another year you claim this as one wonders what the call is yes. The one year that is under contract and one plus one is a player options the best is going to have some some some autonomy about his career in which he always talked about going to play with his son, Lebron James Junior noted brawny. Maybe I will be telling like a may we get Ronnie in the house for years I I think I stayed on your report and maybe not to you, but to some other friends I is happiest about all the arrows and stuff, and Russell Westbrook is yeah it was not good like you usually had his interest of deflating didn't play well is a long time global level at any date and so I think is as bad as Russ has been at times been inefficient. If anything Davis to get back up to being a top 10 top player delete Russell Westbrook sure inefficient conversations about entrées are still to happen in terms of mouse Turner and and and maybe there's a little bit more. Jay Sekulow Becky confident they call the county. It just wasn't ready to have the assets for some some defense about to make them a better in the next two years, I limit before we get back to Anthony Davis in the Lakers so my joke last night when I saw the news that Lebron agreed to this contract was did Lebron join live golf and here's why say that because $97.1 million is guaranteed. If he is traded.

Any can be traded because there is no no trade clause in the contract.

There's a 15% kicker in the deal. If he does get moved. I don't think Lebron James is getting traded, but because of all the guaranteed money and in my opinion this roster is not equipped to compete at the top of the league to be just sound like live golf. I mean, just to be on a tour around the NBA could make a ton of money which is Lebron James underpaid at 97.1 of the next two years. The top are generally underpaid because of what they pray for your organization is very lost in entertainment value.

We all love to discuss while also so closely but your owner what you trying to do is make money. Although I was going to be on you getting all Vanessa, Vasquez get some playoff games using the LA which are the sort of coverage in media circus that she walks around. The last thing you want to be on the respect is a strong Hornets where you just not important.

It's not important. Franchise and so even if your if you're not a playoff team of top-tier contending team had a Lebron or your wonders what makes you think Angela Riley that's the kind of death, but the rock leaking good Debbie underpaid like the Best personal commitment player or or Bonser player got better at minimum, stuff like that to boost your number if you have the top top top percentage.

Another important factor about Lebron's contract. If the media numbers change which which which may have been depending on CBA and what they do with PRI, stuff like that it renegotiated that number to jump up like 100 good. He still underpaid hundred and $10 million golden studio in my friend could see through it with the capital financial advisory group. We are talking retirement hotels longevity risk figure into our retirement and income plan.

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Every time start is I was at the park when they put Mouton statue. Then they'd unveiled the bust. I was there for that was incredibly inspiring to see the impact that a guy like Lavelle Bowden and we know that he is had help, and I know what Mike Tomlin just made a big donation to Lavelle Mouton. His Mouton cares. Lavelle cares foundation. So yes, the what they have done in their communities has been absolutely tremendous real quick. Anthony Davis and then Dr. Christmas day in the NBA. Davis's work ethic has been challenged over the years when I don't get NY I'm so I'm supposed to suddenly believe that it's changed is that Davis has been a teammate of Lebron's now for four years, right for your three years three years. Okay, so at what point did Anthony Davis not look at the guy who essentially works out all the time and is never out of shape.

At what point did Anthony Davis not look at that and say this is what I have to do if I am going to be great.

If it's not in you. It's not a new so I don't why should I believe that it's going to change with Anthony Davis. I'm here to believe that it's good to be the same as we saw in the bottle right where there was nothing else to do it like that. Not in any sort of real so like if you wanted to remove all those other distractions encounter and I really focusing opposite three in an apartment number four yeah that's what he has been helping you know and I don't know how much you can attribute that to the way that he can't take care of his body. I love to know you can only Dr. like close to these people about hey are you getting injured because one of these people that just can't stay helping render board wrestlers now has a degenerative knee issues just couldn't stay helping a person that is just not taking it best year's like there's a very unit came out with her asking him what was going on down to six month me just topics that John is like that time all your skill that will work on your craft because you were supposed to be the next guy be the guy dictates the problem got went to a place where you are or hate. I am no longer going to be the number one guy living in the way the way. When the hay which you need to be a guy must have happened.

That mantle hasn't been able to be handed off to Esso is certainly disappointing, wry smiles like one of like the opportunity to be this excellent X, Y, and Z Hall of Fame top whatever player legendary player and I think that despite his many accolades in this is exactly has to be a lot of work. Maybe look at what Kelly had disappointed Brendan Woodley past Lehr at eight you can sell on twitter.

I will get to Christmas day and all those other things in the season is going to come up pretty soon training camp starts in about a month and 1/2 will get to that down the road but I appreciate your time sir, you have a good one go bison absolutely looking forward to thank you very much that Brendan would all June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak.

Figuring it out on the fly became fifth anniversary of the presented by the Carolina listen to Minneapolis today as we could to get our tour of cities. So my question to you, then this is why is this the last pumps I was bringing the heater. I understand what this is like this is the one that everybody stands up and sways and you put your cigarette lighters anymore probably just told you put your your flashlight in your phone yeah you wave your flashlight okay like the letters the concert and I would bump with you later. Eight minute and 42nd song a legitimate honorary can yet we can all correlate it was, but did admit encore couple quick things. DeShawn Watson settled with the NFL and in the settlement. I actually had said earlier, was a $5 million fund.

Apparently the fund is $7 million at 230 million guaranteed I am just like you just saw the release from the NFL, so does the seven is a $7 million fine all the NFL is taking that $7 million and putting it towards programs designed for women were victims yeah yeah it says here first 11 games of the regular season and find 5 million for violations of the conduct policy some guessing base off and I got no crowns are also going to create a fund as well. Part of that seven also, there is his salary for those 11 games is also forfeited. Which is it much because his first year salary was just million dollars that was another thing the NFL was mad at was that his contract was entirely constructed to avoid paying they knew he was going to be suspended. But his contract was constructed in such a way to avoid a financial penalty for missing games. But here's what's interesting about the. The endgame here because Watson is already spoken to the media today after the ruling came down from the league after the settlement was announced and remember, he accepted the settlement.

Remember he apologized before the Browns first preseason game last week and he still claims that he is innocent. I've always been able to to stand on my innocence and always said I never assaulted or disrespected anyone but at the same point I have to continue to push forward with my life and career so you're not really admitting that you did anything wrong. Here's the problem with this part of the one of the components of this settlement is that Watson will agree to counseling. Anybody that is ever gone through counseling before, if you will not accept that you did something wrong or that something is wrong or that you have a problem there's no point to the counseling at the very least, you just made the counseling more difficult. So, first get back will be week 13 at Houston, you can't make that up right now the Carolina Panthers have this heated quarterback battle. It is the incumbent Sam Donald the challenger Baker Mayfield alleviates on the left. We all do book we have known for quite some time that it would have to be something monumental that Baker Mayfield would either be hurt or just be so bad that they can't started, so anything close at all. Baker Mayfield going to be the starting quarterback it's unofficially official. According to Jeff Howell of the athletic who is a national NFL writer. It won't be announced until after the Panthers game with the patriots tomorrow night.

But Baker Mayfield will be the starting quarterback when the Panthers hosts the Browns on opening weekend. Yeah, it's just a big yawn Baker for his lost faith right exactly Baker for for his part is not trying to rush anything positive and worried about when the decisions in an invader, or any of that time I was my head down and let one data time.

That's been the mindset for both Sam and I just talk we define the best ball by the end of camp and just handle it correctly because the locker rooms in the in the organizations goes a QB room goes and as long as were leading correctly and were supporting each other good things are going to happen. So what were not worried about when that's can happen just trying to better check. So tomorrow I'm sorry yet tomorrow night in New England and Foxboro. We will have Baker Mayfield play we will have Sam Donald play. My guess is that Baker will get the first reps although if Matt really wants to pretend that no decisions been made that he could certainly let Sam Donald roll out there with the first couple series and then bring Baker Mayfield in or do do you want Sam Donald or Baker Mayfield out when the inevitable fights happen because of these two teams just like to mix it up. It's a tussle that rule on yesterday's dustup I dimly see the head. I did see him standing over the player that's not how you practice right yourself. Things happen for bothersome good clean heads but will stand over somebody in Taunton can affect their livelihoods. We sent him off yeah I have no idea really what happened. I don't care. Yeah, apparently of Panthers permanent others are, who was later big hit on a on a pictures player and that person may thought been expressing some symptoms in terms of head injury. Lastly, I was done.

When I later there was taunting, that's what, something that looks good. This is just football. This is what happens at football.

Did you see the video circulating within the two peewee football players were there. They run around this long like raised handed obstacle and then they come together in a collision.

No incentives. I tweeted out is a violent hit these kids going to be more than six years old violent hit edits. This is part of football, apparently not my my eyes. Young kids should be doing that and adults age should be instructing them to do it and then adults when something like that happens in one kid was. I mean rushed adults should be likely you'll be okay. Like not man. Yeah, you don't know the rest. The Decca but the, the issue for the Panthers is that we've already known we've already know that Baker was going to be the guy so whenever you announce that you announce it, but this was always good to be Baker Mayfield's job to lose, not job to win.

He didn't have to do much. As I said in the interview I did with ESPN about a month and half ago to said if you can't beat out Sam Donald that because that Baker Mayfield needs to find a new line of work is not that the Sam's essay.

Sam is bad that Sam just doesn't do enough to impact again. Baker will do that not all good Baker will impact again. This is the gold shell June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 with the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak of figuring it out on the fly came fifth anniversary of the presented by the Carolina listen