If NBA guys are so interested in Championships how come...?

how come they always try and get as much money as they can and a long term deal? I understand the difference between 10 million and 20 million is huge, but just ask Barkley, he'd probably trade that 10 million for a championship. I see guys like Kobe getting the max they can get and then complain because no one else on the team is great. Well, when you can't afford to get anyone else, then that's what happens. I'm not in their shoes, but I feel that there should be a new mentality in the NBA with money. Hey, if you can make 5 million a year, plus endorsement money, that should be enough. Then your team can get several other big stars with the same mentality and then you have a championship team for maybe a decade if the chemistry is right. It needs to be more about being a great team than about it all being about money! That's if you want to win. If you want to just be rich, then I say go for it, MAX contract!! Money is good too, this I understand.

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You pretty much answered your own question, and I, too, empathize with what you are saying. The problem is that most celebrities (whether athlete, actor, etc...) are put on a pedestal, are told by their agents, and entourage, and fans, etc... just how good they are. These people feed that ego so that any clear-thinking individual is now no longer clearly thinking, ergo, the dichotomy between getting the fat paycheck or winning championships.

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because of the salary caps
I think ballers have a lot of pride as well. A lot of NBA players may want to win a championship, but many more want to be THE man...the go-to guy on a championship team, rather than to be someone who simply piggybacks along with others to get a ring.

When an NBA superstar is crying for help, I think he may be asking not necessarily for someone who is going to steal the spotlight (and shots), but rather for the right role players who will take pressure off of him.
maybe they want be rich and famous or maybe they life is bassketball so they can always make a big money...maybe they can not stop being great a guess.....so all the maneger they just pay them a big money to go to their team.......they got no choice if the other team is better so they go in that team.........that only my oppinion
Well think about this; Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant both made $17 million last season, yet the Spurs won the championship and the Lakers got bounced in the first round. The Lakers pay roll was $77 million while the Spurs was $65 million.

They're are a lot of differences in their situations but the main one being that the Lakers have made some f*cked up personnel decisions. Kwame Brown made the same amount as Manu Ginobli, a little over $8 million. Lamar Odom makes about $13 million while Tony Parker is making $9 million. The Spurs made far better personnel decisions and getting way more for their dollar.
That's why teams have to be careful when picking their superstar player to build around. Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin Garnett are 2 players I know, who are willing to take a pay cut in order to bring in more talent while guys like Kobe, Randolph, and Boozer try to accumulate as much money as they could.

It also has a lot to do with age and maturity. You can expect the young players to be hungry and look to establish their financial stability early in the NBA but as soon as they accumulate enough, they may take a step back and think about where their NBA career is heading and how important a championship ring will mean to their careers. Or you could have a player like Patrick Ewing who said "We make a lot of money, but we spend alot of money."
Probably because under the Salary Cap rules, the owner

can still get the best players but has to pay the luxuary

tax. So they get Max money, the owner still can pay

good free agents big money, and make money from

tickets and playoffs, to offset the Luxury tax. So why should

the player sacrifice when the fat cat owner can have both

good players and make money too?

Look at Dallas, Cuban shells out big bucks and still goes

after more players to pay more money. He just

screwed up when he became cheap and let Finley and

Nash leave. Big Mistake. Also letting Nelly go was a bad

move. That was about money/salary too. So coaches

also ask for big money not just players.
Hi my friend.

You seem pretty reasonable, so I don't want to insult you. So I will just say, a million dollars is a lot of money. I am pretty sure that if someone offered me 20 million dollars, and another person offered me 30 million dollars, I would immediately take the 30.

Championships are nice and all, but think about it: a million dollars! Professional athletes are professionals. That means they play sports in exchange for money. That's why they play. So if someone offers them the most money, they will take it.