http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2005/01/28/day-to-day-not-so-much/ A Fantasy Basketball Blog. Surprise. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2005/01/28/day-to-day-not-so-much/#comment-20 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:41:00 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2005/01/28/day-to-day-not-so-much/#comment-20 That's the worse thing about the NBA today - these huge gauranteed contacts. No one has anything to play for. An Eric Dampier or Mark Blount can go out and play hard for six months and hit the jackpot for the next 4-5 years. Then they sit back and enjoy their riches. Of course there are execptions to the rule, and this is probably not a good example for someone like Kobe (who has other problems), but if I'm someone like Baron Davis, why should I go out of my way to play and risk getting myself hurt even worse? That’s the worse thing about the NBA today - these huge gauranteed contacts. No one has anything to play for. An Eric Dampier or Mark Blount can go out and play hard for six months and hit the jackpot for the next 4-5 years. Then they sit back and enjoy their riches. Of course there are execptions to the rule, and this is probably not a good example for someone like Kobe (who has other problems), but if I’m someone like Baron Davis, why should I go out of my way to play and risk getting myself hurt even worse?

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