Charles Barkley says NO player would make $300,000,000 without Michael Jordan
"People act like guys always made $30, 40, 50 million dollars. When I got to the NBA, the average salary was $200,000, and then Magic and Bird came"
"I know I'm not as good as Bill Russell. Bill Russell made $2,000 and I was making $3 or $4 million, just because I was born at the right time. And not just the basketball and the money… Michael bought the shoes. People forget, nobody was doing commercials before Michael. Nobody was making money off shoes before Michael"
"Now guys are making $300, 400 million dollars a year because of Michael. Secondly, we all got commercials, nobody made commercials before Michael Jordan came along"
The #Broncos and star CB Pat Surtain II agreed on a contract adjustment, giving him a $5M raise now and a chance to make $5M more next year with a Pro Bowl or All-Pro nod.
Deal done by Tory Dandy of @AthletesFirst in the first year of Surtain’s record 4-year, $96M extension.