dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:I went into work today and my boss who recently was valued at over $1 billion dollars thanks to my contributions, called me in to his office and said "hey smackedog, do you mind if we pay you 30% less, so I can use the money to hire some great workers to work beside you- It will increase your chances of winning a 'Work Team of The Year' award." I said "sure!- to do otherwise would be real stupid and evil!"

Well in the end winning provides a wealth of dividends

Probably makes up the 30% in bonus pay, and future raises above what was the norm

Prior to your generous give back

And if you're an investor in the company when the stocks raises

From increased Team performances, you win there too

Probably makes you more attractive to other competitors in your field

Drawing attention not only to yourself but those on the outside

I know your boss asked you for 30% paycut but what did you personally settle on

Was it 2% instead so you kinda sorta did what he asked you to

Not really- I doubt Melo would make much more money from winning a championship in Chicago. Existentially, winning doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. He'd probably feel a sense of achievement, and people might say nicer things about him for a while, but $30mil can probably achieve the same, and it's money for his family, kids and grand kids. And it's not like Chicago was a guaranteed championship either- I doubt they'd win even with Melo. So he would have ended up taking less money to not win a championship. That's the reality.

nope that's *your* reality.

Yeah in the bizarre world that is smack's up means down

And left means right and Jessica Alba only shows up on the ugly scale

Unfortunately there is correlation between winning-losing and money

I wonder if smackdowg could provide in depth analysis to MSG shareholders at this time

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/12051944/new-york-knicks-rough-start-cost-madison-square-garden-shareholders-projected-6-million-profits

smackeddog wrote:

dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:I went into work today and my boss who recently was valued at over $1 billion dollars thanks to my contributions, called me in to his office and said "hey smackedog, do you mind if we pay you 30% less, so I can use the money to hire some great workers to work beside you- It will increase your chances of winning a 'Work Team of The Year' award." I said "sure!- to do otherwise would be real stupid and evil!"

Well in the end winning provides a wealth of dividends

Probably makes up the 30% in bonus pay, and future raises above what was the norm

Prior to your generous give back

And if you're an investor in the company when the stocks raises

From increased Team performances, you win there too

Probably makes you more attractive to other competitors in your field

Drawing attention not only to yourself but those on the outside

I know your boss asked you for 30% paycut but what did you personally settle on

Was it 2% instead so you kinda sorta did what he asked you to

Not really- I doubt Melo would make much more money from winning a championship in Chicago. Existentially, winning doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. He'd probably feel a sense of achievement, and people might say nicer things about him for a while, but $30mil can probably achieve the same, and it's money for his family, kids and grand kids. And it's not like Chicago was a guaranteed championship either- I doubt they'd win even with Melo. So he would have ended up taking less money to not win a championship. That's the reality.

nope that's *your* reality.

Fun fact from the world of psychotherapy: It's very common for people to sink in to a deep depression following the achievement of a long standing goal- not sure if it's because the victory turns out to feel more empty or meaningless in reality than it did before it was attained, or whether the person thought that somehow achieving it would fundamentally alter their life, but it doesn't. Depressing! But I do always wonder after every championship, once the celebration has died down, do the players secretly have feelings of disappointment?

happiness is not only an elusive concept to pin down it is also overrated.

Nalod wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

smackeddog wrote:I went into work today and my boss who recently was valued at over $1 billion dollars thanks to my contributions, called me in to his office and said "hey smackedog, do you mind if we pay you 30% less, so I can use the money to hire some great workers to work beside you- It will increase your chances of winning a 'Work Team of The Year' award." I said "sure!- to do otherwise would be real stupid and evil!"

Well in the end winning provides a wealth of dividends

Probably makes up the 30% in bonus pay, and future raises above what was the norm

Prior to your generous give back

And if you're an investor in the company when the stocks raises

From increased Team performances, you win there too

Probably makes you more attractive to other competitors in your field

Drawing attention not only to yourself but those on the outside

I know your boss asked you for 30% paycut but what did you personally settle on

Was it 2% instead so you kinda sorta did what he asked you to

Not really- I doubt Melo would make much more money from winning a championship in Chicago. Existentially, winning doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. He'd probably feel a sense of achievement, and people might say nicer things about him for a while, but $30mil can probably achieve the same, and it's money for his family, kids and grand kids. And it's not like Chicago was a guaranteed championship either- I doubt they'd win even with Melo. So he would have ended up taking less money to not win a championship. That's the reality.

nope that's *your* reality.

Yeah in the bizarre world that is smack's up means down

And left means right and Jessica Alba only shows up on the ugly scale

Unfortunately there is correlation between winning-losing and money

I wonder if smackdowg could provide in depth analysis to MSG shareholders at this time

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/12051944/new-york-knicks-rough-start-cost-madison-square-garden-shareholders-projected-6-million-profits

Publically traded stock. You too could have participated!!!! Stock up 3.8% today!!! Up 26% for the year. You seem to enjoy pointing to misery when really its you thats not happy.
Looks like MSG shareholders are really pissed huh?
Do they care about winning? They already did.
Did Melo win? Yep. He is wealthy beyond his wildest imagination, has an MVP from an NCAA chip, enroute to HOF and only a few haters who seem to transpose their own disappointments on him.
Melo rubbed the Genie's latern.
Nothing is guaranteed. BTW, you won't find the absolute truth in an article. Wins and losses tell the story without your input. Guess what, Knicks are rebuilding and Melo is not Lebron. Kobe can't carry the Lakers either. Durant has Westbrook, Ibaka and good team around them. Melo Has JR, Shump, Sam, Cole and Jose. ITs not pretty.

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

Asking a stupid person if they know they sound stupid is kind of stupid

dk7th wrote:

Splat wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

Asking a stupid person if they know they sound stupid is kind of stupid

the rhetorical rule of attrition states that i need not care how stupid i appear for asking the question if it succeeds in driving the point home.

So the valor of your stupidity attributions
Persist in the midst of hammering attrition
Wherein the vapidity of the subjects addressed
Being incapable of being educated or confessed
Makes you a battering ram by your own volition

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

No please tell me oh enlightened one...Who walks away from 50 mil..Not even you..

Splat wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Splat wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

Asking a stupid person if they know they sound stupid is kind of stupid

the rhetorical rule of attrition states that i need not care how stupid i appear for asking the question if it succeeds in driving the point home.

So the valor of your stupidity attributions
Persist in the midst of hammering attrition
Wherein the vapidity of the subjects addressed
Being incapable of being educated or confessed
Makes you a battering ram by your own volition

Your post wreaks of Digital Criminology

Don't trip through the wires here, breaking news could develop any moment

On cyber danger//// the gall, gumption, and provocativeness in which you post

Can only be stored in barrels 3rd world style

F500ONE wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

Yeah, if he found a way to lose $120 mil, I'm sure he would have lost whatever he earned.

Kind of ironic at near 40yrs of age

Jerry Krause I believe, the stingy meany gave Pip

$10mil last 2yrs of career, helps when you bring chips to a franchise

At some point you will be rewarded for it

Probably the very reason too Pip made Max money from age 34-37 from Portland who were in contention then

And when Krause gave him his last deal it was the richest he ever received while in a Bull uniform

But why let facts get in the way of logic

Splat wrote:

dk7th wrote:

Splat wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Scotty Pippen is broke..How many rings would he give up for the 50 mil folks wanted Melo to give up by going to Chicago??..I would say all of his rings..

Hey Scotty, you are a great guy, you weren't greedy..

do you have any idea how stupid this sounds?

Asking a stupid person if they know they sound stupid is kind of stupid

the rhetorical rule of attrition states that i need not care how stupid i appear for asking the question if it succeeds in driving the point home.

So the valor of your stupidity attributions
Persist in the midst of hammering attrition
Wherein the vapidity of the subjects addressed
Being incapable of being educated or confessed
Makes you a battering ram by your own volition

when i have a few minutes, yes.