>You already know what I am thinking so I don't need to say it. They are not all dummies. You may not realize how sophisticated NBA game plans are. These guys need to make instant decisions and work within a system. Kind of like cops ;-)
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>Do you know how rich Magic Johnson is from his movie theaters? He's a businessman now, not a basketball player. Do you know Michael Jordan has watched his investments well enough to buy an NBA team? Have you heard or read Greg Oden speak? Sure, some basketball players are dummies, black guys as well as white guys. But you are seriously mistaken to make that kind of assumption. And the assumption that anyone who grows up in a ghetto is a no hoper is, to be charitable, unkind.
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>>Mike,

Mike, I'm talking about the norm, not the exceptions. Most of these kids from the hood come from single parent homes, kinda like Michael Orr. I don't worry about being PC, I'm just telling it the way I've seen it. Sure, there are some kids who come through and they may have the skills, but for the most part, they don't. Bottom line, take the money after the first year, if you feel you can get a great deal, say like Derrick Rose did!