Jaylen Brown says players should be able to own equity in teams because they help increase the value of NBA franchises
“Players should be able to invest alongside ownership groups and business opportunities. I don't understand why that’s ever been a thing. It's like you’re an athlete and they make it seem like they can control how much wealth or growth that you could actually accumulate. I think that's wrong”
“I also think that any other major corporation, if you work for Apple, Nike or anywhere, if you're a CEO, if you're someone who has been on a board for a large amount of time, you get equity in a company at some point. You are part of it”
“I think athletes should be looked at in the same way. You played for the Celtics for 20 years, you should get a piece of equity because you helped accumulate the growth. That's the part that gets lost in translation. The sweat equity you put in. You get compensated for doing your job, but you don't get compensated for the growth. At major corporations and companies you do, or at least some of the big ones”
@TsojBall@twnkiehuntr This is 100% true and every single defensive metric shows it.
He has about 7 undeserved defensive teams.
This is him v LeBron who has HALF the selections.
It’s all reputation…
Jeff Teague says Kobe didn't deserve all 12 of his All-Defensive team selections. 👀
"If you made it once or twice, they'll just keep putting you on there."
"12 time All-Defensive Team? I played Kobe, bruh. Maybe the first 4 or 5... after that he wasn't guarding like that."
"Go look. Paul Pierce used to cook, Joe Johnson used to cook."
"It's a persona. The first couple times he made it, he was locking people up... Then it just became a thing. 'Kobe Bryant plays defense.'"