The Life of NBA Players
Basketball is a major part of many peoples lives around the world. People have started as early as since I was a little kid, I 've always loved shooting and dribbling and being in a gym. Basketball has made such a significant impact on many that it has drawn in interest of making it a job; playing at the professional level.
The NBA was created through a rivalry between two basketball leagues fighting to win both fans and players. In 1949, the Basketball Association Of America (BAA) and the National Basketball league (NBL) came together to form to what is now known as the National Basketball Association (NBA). The BAA was more successful due to the fact that they attracted better players and held their games in bigger …show more content…
A restricted free agent can sign any offer sheet with any team, but the player 's original team can retain him by meeting the terms of that offer. The original team is allowed the "right of first refusal." These terms are important to understand how teams trade players. There are many rules and restrictions when it comes to trading players such as, if you 're not a first round pick, and you 're still a restricted free agent then your contract with your new team must be greater than 125 percent of your prior year contract. However, first round picks are given a “Qualifying Offer” which is, a one year contract that provides a salary equal to the fourth year salary, increased by the percentage. this is called the applicable Rookie Salary Scale, which influence how much money players make. There is lots of legal restrictions when it comes to trading player for many reasons but especially because most of the time the motive behind trading teams is money (D. Funt, 4).The NBA is the second highest paying pro sports association behind Major League Baseball. The highest paid team in the NBA right now is the Los Angeles Lakers, with an annual payout of 94,745,383, whereas the lowest paid team in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves, has a payout of 37,600,032. This is one of the many reasons that it is hard to come up …show more content…
The average NBA career is 4.5 years, leaving many players confused and unsure of what to do next. A perfect example of a young man who found himself in this issue but worked his way through it was, the Denver Nugget’s own Maurice Martin, he symbolized post-career success.Martin had hope and naive dreams of playing in the basketball forever, but unfortunately those dreams were crushed. Martin struggled with a recurring knee injury that abruptly ended his career with the Nuggets after three short seasons. Martin knew the 600,000 thousand three year contract wouldn 't support him for long, so he began to take classes at Rocky Mountain Community College. One of the many inspirations Martin has was Junior Bridgeman, another post-career success story, came to talk to the Nuggets while he was still playing about life after the league. This is an example of the league taking a proactive stance and trying to help their players. He earned a degree in construction to go with his degree in criminal justice from St. Joseph 's University. He began to earn money by remodeling basements before he was able to get a job with the conversion department at McNichols Sports Arena in the early 1990s. In an interview with Martin he says, “When I knew (my basketball career) was over, I said, ‘OK, I’ve got to pick myself up from the bootstraps. I’m a very intelligent person. I’m very
Basketball is a major part of many peoples lives around the world. People have started as early as since I was a little kid, I 've always loved shooting and dribbling and being in a gym. Basketball has made such a significant impact on many that it has drawn in interest of making it a job; playing at the professional level.
The NBA was created through a rivalry between two basketball leagues fighting to win both fans and players. In 1949, the Basketball Association Of America (BAA) and the National Basketball league (NBL) came together to form to what is now known as the National Basketball Association (NBA). The BAA was more successful due to the fact that they attracted better players and held their games in bigger …show more content…
A restricted free agent can sign any offer sheet with any team, but the player 's original team can retain him by meeting the terms of that offer. The original team is allowed the "right of first refusal." These terms are important to understand how teams trade players. There are many rules and restrictions when it comes to trading players such as, if you 're not a first round pick, and you 're still a restricted free agent then your contract with your new team must be greater than 125 percent of your prior year contract. However, first round picks are given a “Qualifying Offer” which is, a one year contract that provides a salary equal to the fourth year salary, increased by the percentage. this is called the applicable Rookie Salary Scale, which influence how much money players make. There is lots of legal restrictions when it comes to trading player for many reasons but especially because most of the time the motive behind trading teams is money (D. Funt, 4).The NBA is the second highest paying pro sports association behind Major League Baseball. The highest paid team in the NBA right now is the Los Angeles Lakers, with an annual payout of 94,745,383, whereas the lowest paid team in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves, has a payout of 37,600,032. This is one of the many reasons that it is hard to come up …show more content…
The average NBA career is 4.5 years, leaving many players confused and unsure of what to do next. A perfect example of a young man who found himself in this issue but worked his way through it was, the Denver Nugget’s own Maurice Martin, he symbolized post-career success.Martin had hope and naive dreams of playing in the basketball forever, but unfortunately those dreams were crushed. Martin struggled with a recurring knee injury that abruptly ended his career with the Nuggets after three short seasons. Martin knew the 600,000 thousand three year contract wouldn 't support him for long, so he began to take classes at Rocky Mountain Community College. One of the many inspirations Martin has was Junior Bridgeman, another post-career success story, came to talk to the Nuggets while he was still playing about life after the league. This is an example of the league taking a proactive stance and trying to help their players. He earned a degree in construction to go with his degree in criminal justice from St. Joseph 's University. He began to earn money by remodeling basements before he was able to get a job with the conversion department at McNichols Sports Arena in the early 1990s. In an interview with Martin he says, “When I knew (my basketball career) was over, I said, ‘OK, I’ve got to pick myself up from the bootstraps. I’m a very intelligent person. I’m very