04-06-2021, 11:55 AM
(04-06-2021, 11:47 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: I got the same vibes from JJ Redick's podcast when he was going on about how he went to New Orleans because he really wanted to play next to a defensive specialist like Jrue and how amazing the city is and blah, blah, blah.
I'm like ... dude, come on.. you wanted to go to New Orleans because they offered you 2 years and 26.5 million. The nice thing about going for the money is it's always easy to build up a narrative about how it wasn't about the money.
That's a perfect example. I am sure JJ did want to play with Jrue. But it's also true and he even said that they offered him the most money. So ya I "have a feeling" that if Jrue wasn't there he was going to still be signing with NO and have some other excuse why NO should move him 1 year later.
Again, I will say this a million times in polite society people don't want to admit they're about the money. I have no issue with JJ or Deron or anybody getting the most money but people don't like to say it out loud because it makes them feel like people will think they are shallow.