Astasheiks said:

Cerebus said:

There is a playoff pool that is used to pay all the teams that make it to the post season.

For the Finals there is a bonus given to the winning and losing team. This money is seperate from the playoff pool. Obviously the winning team gets a larger bonus.

However, both the pool and bonus monies are paid out to the teams. I'm not sure how much of it goes directly to the players. Definitely not all of it. It's their job to get to the playoffs and win titles (if they can) and they already get paid very well for that.

Interesting info you do have. Now google should provide how much these players actually get...

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for/why you need to know it, but I can tell you this...

The numbers for the pool and bonus change every year. I don't know what they're based on at this time, but I would guess it has something to do with how much money the league has made during the regular season and/or will make on the playoffs and Finals.

Since the divided pool monies and the bonus are paid to the teams, not the players, I'm not sure they are required to announce how they divide it, or if they do at all. The teams may keep it and the players get nothing. I just don't know.

You could probably find out more about this with a good batch of internet searching. But part of the problem you'll find is that financial figures aren't released for the more recent seasons. All the info you find is likely to be at least a couple years old.

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I was just comparing it to some of the hate LeBron got last year when the reporters was asking him did he feel like a failure for not winning The Finals last year and he responded in nice way that he was getting paid. He said something to the effect at the end of the day you all go back to your mundane lives and even though he didn't win the finals that year he was doing alot better than the average john doe which was actually a fact. Regular season salary, playoff money, and finals money = more than what average john doe makes. Heck he didn't even need to make the playoffs and his salary is way better than the average.

Pat Cummings died 2day.

R.I.P.

NBA Draft tonight. It's not considered a deep field - just Anthony Davis and then everyone else. Knicks and Nets don't own a first round pick.

uPtoWnNY said:

NBA Draft tonight. It's not considered a deep field - just Anthony Davis and then everyone else. Knicks and Nets don't own a first round pick.

I don't watch college hoops any more so I don't know the players.

I have a cousin that played for Kentucky. Hopefully he will get drafted.

His brother plays 4 the Hawks.

uPtoWnNY said:

NBA Draft tonight. It's not considered a deep field - just Anthony Davis and then everyone else. Knicks and Nets don't own a first round pick.

I like this kind of draft. Won't be too much disappointment and there's bound to be some surprises.

The New Orleans Hornets select Anthony Davis as the number one pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

The Charlotte Bobcats selected Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with the second overall pick in the draft.

This marks the first time in NBA history that the top two picks in the NBA draft came from the same college.

Hornets drafted Doc Rivers' kid along with Davis.

Knicks screw up the draft as always, picking some eoro cat who won't even play for them.

Warriors got Harrison Barnes at seven, which is not a bad pick. But we always pick small fowards and guards. So I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. If Curry can get healthy and stop hurting his ankle (something I doubt) they could be good together.

And at number thirty, we picked a CENTER! Festus Ezeli. Holy shit! I don't know a lot about this guy. But... we picked a CENTER! Honestly, as long as he doesn't suck he can't be worse than what we've had recently. Biedrens sometimes got blocks and rebounds, but he was NEVER consistent. Bad thing is it will take a couple years for Ezeli to become a quality NBA center. Always does.

At thirty-five, SURPRISE! A small forward, Draymund Green. Versatile player, should get some minutes off the bench, even as a rookie.

At fifty-two... is the world coming to an end?! We picked ANOTHER CENTER! Some guy named Ognjen Kuzmic from Spain. I don't know anything about him, either. But I do know that the Warriors drafting size is a good thing. Makes me think the Mark Jackson era might actually lead to some change.

Cerebus said:

Warriors got Harrison Barnes at seven, which is not a bad pick. But we always pick small fowards and guards. So I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. If Curry can get healthy and stop hurting his ankle (something I doubt) they could be good together.

And at number thirty, we picked a CENTER! Festus Ezeli. Holy shit! I don't know a lot about this guy. But... we picked a CENTER! Honestly, as long as he doesn't suck he can't be worse than what we've had recently. Biedrens sometimes got blocks and rebounds, but he was NEVER consistent. Bad thing is it will take a couple years for Ezeli to become a quality NBA center. Always does.

At thirty-five, SURPRISE! A small forward, Draymund Green. Versatile player, should get some minutes off the bench, even as a rookie.

At fifty-two... is the world coming to an end?! We picked ANOTHER CENTER! Some guy named Ognjen Kuzmic from Spain. I don't know anything about him, either. But I do know that the Warriors drafting size is a good thing. Makes me think the Mark Jackson era might actually lead to some change.

I hope Curry's ankle are not a chronic injury. Seems he can't play 10 games in a row without tweaking them.

Speaking of Mark Jackson, y'all hear about that extortion plot? WTF is an intelligent, supposed man of God doing texting his mistress pictures of his penis? Maybe I'm old and out of it, but I don't get that shit at all.

uPtoWnNY said:

Speaking of Mark Jackson, y'all hear about that extortion plot? WTF is an intelligent, supposed man of God doing texting his mistress pictures of his penis? Maybe I'm old and out of it, but I don't get that shit at all.

Just another hypocrite I can think when I read this...

Timmy84 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Speaking of Mark Jackson, y'all hear about that extortion plot? WTF is an intelligent, supposed man of God doing texting his mistress pictures of his penis? Maybe I'm old and out of it, but I don't get that shit at all.

Just another hypocrite I can think when I read this...

First, let me be clear, I'm not defending his behavior.

However, he did not have a ministry at the time this took place. He told his wife at the time, they worked out their personal business and moved on. I believe he also told his wife about the first extortion, which he stupidly paid. But I don't think it's our place to judge him in this instance. He screwed up, but everybody screws up. None of us are perfect, and I'm sure a lot of us have been hypocrites at one time or another, too.

Where he goes from here is more important to me now. Whether or not his church will forgive him is something completely different.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

Just another hypocrite I can think when I read this...

First, let me be clear, I'm not defending his behavior.

However, he did not have a ministry at the time this took place. He told his wife at the time, they worked out their personal business and moved on. I believe he also told his wife about the first extortion, which he stupidly paid. But I don't think it's our place to judge him in this instance. He screwed up, but everybody screws up. None of us are perfect, and I'm sure a lot of us have been hypocrites at one time or another, too.

Where he goes from here is more important to me now. Whether or not his church will forgive him is something completely different.

I see...

Timmy84 said:

I see...

Still stupid for cheating to begin with and especially for paying the first extortion attempt.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

I see...

Still stupid for cheating to begin with and especially for paying the first extortion attempt.

That's true.

Kobe Bryant is at the X Games in LA. Cameraman just put a camera up in his grill, Kobe smiled, then grabbed the camera, said "my man" and pushed it out of the way.

Cerebus said:

Kobe Bryant is at the X Games in LA. Cameraman just put a camera up in his grill, Kobe smiled, then grabbed the camera, said "my man" and pushed it out of the way.

Graycap23 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

NBA Draft tonight. It's not considered a deep field - just Anthony Davis and then everyone else. Knicks and Nets don't own a first round pick.

I don't watch college hoops any more so I don't know the players.

I have a cousin that played for Kentucky. Hopefully he will get drafted.

His brother plays 4 the Hawks.

Are you talking about Marques Teague? The Bulls drafted him at number 29 with their only pick.

728huey said:

Graycap23 said:

I don't watch college hoops any more so I don't know the players.

I have a cousin that played for Kentucky. Hopefully he will get drafted.

His brother plays 4 the Hawks.

Are you talking about Marques Teague? The Bulls drafted him at number 29 with their only pick.

Yes sir.

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

First, let me be clear, I'm not defending his behavior.

However, he did not have a ministry at the time this took place. He told his wife at the time, they worked out their personal business and moved on. I believe he also told his wife about the first extortion, which he stupidly paid. But I don't think it's our place to judge him in this instance. He screwed up, but everybody screws up. None of us are perfect, and I'm sure a lot of us have been hypocrites at one time or another, too.

Where he goes from here is more important to me now. Whether or not his church will forgive him is something completely different.

I see...

The affair took place 6 years ago. He's still married to Desiree Coleman.

As for the NBA Draft i actually forgot about it and didn't tune in until after 9

and watched all of 15 minutes. I remember a time when the NBA draft was

actually interesting.

Free agency starts today. Deron Williams, Steve Nash & Ray Allen - where will they go?

I heard Portland made a big offer to Roy Hibbert - interesting.

And how will Orlando resolve the Dwight Howard mess?

Chris Broussard broke a story yesterday that Dwight Howard is demanding a trade to the Nets. So far, no one is denying it. Supposedly even people who were behind Dwight before now want him gone, but the Magic are not required to trade him where he wants to go. Could get interesting.

Nets are trying to get Gerald Wallace.

Blake Griffen agreed to a five year, $95 million extension with the Clippers. Chris Paul declined their offer and will be waiting until the end of next season when he could get more money.

The Bulls Omer Asik has gone to the Houstong Rockets for a three year, $25 million deal.

I'm just gonna post this whole David Aldridge piece. Too much info to summarize, but there's some interesting stuff in here...

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/07/02/mavs-nets-get-best-pitches-ready/?ls=iref:nbahpt2

HANG TIME CAPITAL BUREAU – It is D-Day in Brooklyn. D for Deron Williams, and Decision, and Dilemma.

The Nets will meet with Williams and his representatives today, hoping to convince the 28-year-old that they have a plan in place to surround him with enough quality talent that he can compete with the likes of the Heat, Celtics and Bulls in the Eastern Conference. But Williams will also meet with the Mavericks, who will approach him with a simple argument: we’ve won a championship, and we already have a superstar, in Dirk Nowitzki.

The Nets have not, a source directly involved in the negotiations said Monday morning, reached out to Jeremy Lin, the Knicks’ free agent guard. Nor have they explored looking at the Hornets’ restricted free agent guard Eric Gordon.

Brooklyn’s only fallback if Williams goes to Dallas is Steve Nash, who met with the Raptors and Knicks Sunday and will meet with Miami, Indiana and his incumbent team, Phoenix, in the next couple of days.

The Nets’ group meeting with Williams does not include principal owner Mikhail Prokhorov. But the billionaire entrepreneur has met with Williams several times in the last few months, detailing the vision he has for Williams and the franchise to become global icons in the next few years.

Brooklyn hopes it can finalize discussions with the Hawks that would lead to a trade for All-Star guard Joe Johnson on July 11, the end of free agency’s moratorium. (The moratorium prohibits teams and players from entering into contracts until the league and union set next season’s salary cap number.)

The Nets already have reached tentative agreement to retain free agent forward Gerald Wallace with a four-year, $40 million deal. Wallace, a source said, agreed to take less money in the first year of the deal than the $9.5 million he made last season to give Brooklyn more cap flexibility for additional deals.

The Mavericks have spent the last year creating cap flexibility for this summer. Even though Dallas technically is only $10 million or so under the cap when factoring in cap holds and first-year salaries of the three Draft picks the Mavericks acquired last week, the Mavericks can easily clear another $13 million by cutting the non-guaranteed deals of Vince Carter and Brandan Wright and using the one-time amnesty clause on center Brendan Haywood, who’s due to make $8.3 million next season.

Brooklyn’s appeal to Nash will be the same as it makes to Williams. Nash spends his offseason in New York’s Soho neighborhood, and the Nets will tell the 38-year-old that they will get enough players to play with him to be able to compete now.

Numerous reports Sunday said the Raptors offered Nash a three-year, $36 million deal, and also indicated they’d be willing to give Nash a front office position with the franchise when he’s done playing. The Knicks can only offer Nash the mini mid-level exception starting at $3.09 million, and could only create additional room if they worked out a sign-and-trade deal with Phoenix for Nash.

The one player that would make sense in such a scenario is second-year guard Iman Shumpert, whom Phoenix almost took in the first round of the 2011 Draft before selecting Kansas forward Markieff Morris.

Don't know if I'm feeling Steve Nash at this point in his career.

Graycap23 said:

Don't know if I'm feeling Steve Nash at this point in his career.

His minutes were down last year and he still had two assists per game over his career average (10.7 apg last season). On top of that he shot a career high FG%, averaged over 12.5 ppg and 3 rebounds (he averaged a double/double last season). And all that on a well below average team in a contracted season that nearly destroyed people in much better physical shape than he is.

If Nash gets on a team with some shooters who draw the attention of the defense he's got two or three more great years in him (I'm still saying Miami, who he is going to meet with). If he gets on a team where he has to keep carrying the load his numbers will likely go down a little each season.

I will be fucking TICKED if the Knicks give up Iman Shumpert. Knicks always do this shit with their young players.

WTF are the Nets doing taking on Joe Johnson's contract?

uPtoWnNY said:

I will be fucking TICKED if the Knicks give up Iman Shumpert. Knicks always do this shit with their young players.

WTF are the Nets doing taking on Joe Johnson's contract?

I know the Nets want to make a huge splash now that they're in Brooklyn, but I don't think they can afford Joe Johnson, Deron Williams, and Dwight Howard (assuming he gets traded there) all at once. While all three are All-Star players, they're not Lebron, Wade, and Bosh, and I don't think they can take over a game in the final minutes like the Heat. Plus this will really eat into their salary cap space, and I don't think they can get the quality reserves they need to give their stars a breather.

Hawks traded Marvin Williams to the Jazz for Devin Harris.

uPtoWnNY said:

Hawks traded Marvin Williams to the Jazz for Devin Harris.

Just saw that one. Not sure it makes a huge difference for either team, really.

The Joe Johnson deal is for FIVE PLAYERS! Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams and Johan Petro. Deals where you give away that many players never work out well in the long run. I wish them well, but obviously their team is going to be completely different next year whether or not Deron Williams stays or Dwight Howard ends up there. Trading away five players makes it look like they aren't really trippin' on getting Howard, though.