NBA / Jul 10, 2008 / 9:33 am
Knicks Want Jerome James to Retire … So Does Everyone Else
The New York Daily News is reporting that the Knicks are trying to push Jerome James to retire.
Are ready to throw up in your mouth a little? James played in just two games last season, earning more than $1 million per minute. And he’s under contract for two more years!
Can you think of a more undeserving contract in basketball history?
Source: NY Daily News via Real GM
July 10th, 2008 at 9:35 am
yallallreadyknow says:
FAT chance
July 10th, 2008 at 9:43 am
doc says:
The luckiest slob in the world.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Dime Magazine says:
oh yeah, ZERO chance he retires. guy has the easiest job in the world.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Yeah he ain’t giving up that buku money. The only other contract I can think of that was as undeserving as his was that of jim mcelvaine which was coincidentely tied to the supersonics as well.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:47 am
D says:
Is it really his fault he got overpaid like that? I mean, would YOU retire? Not saying it’s right, but the Knicks are reaping what they sewed
July 10th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Big Daddy says:
@D
Agreed. The man cannot be faulted for taking what’s on offer.
The joys of pro sports…
July 10th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
True that D. I never feel sorry for any team who has overpaid for a player especially new york teams who seem to do that on the regular.
For those of you who don’t know who jim mcilvaine is I bet Austin could elaborate but he was signed by the sonics in the late 90’s to a 7 year 34 million contract plus incentives and never made more than TWO buckets in a game for the next 7 seasons.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Big Daddy says:
Can someone dump out some Jerome James stats for me - my work blocks any site with sports in it so Dime is the only way i can get a bball fix…
July 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am
yallallreadyknow says:
jimmy mc was earning more than gary payton and shawn kemp (not overall, but for two seasons, jim mc was their highest paid player)
greg ostertag had a undeserving contract
larry hughes has a undeserving contract
bryant reeves had a undeserving contract
brian cardinal has a undeserving contract
austin croshere had a undeserving contract
jalen rose had a undeserving contract
miami almost gave juwan howard a undeserving contract
July 10th, 2008 at 10:18 am
SparkyJ23 says:
2007-08 Statistics
PPG 2.0
RPG 1.50
APG 0.0
so thats 4 points and 3 rebounds in 5 mins total for the year?!!
crazy
July 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Kobeef says:
Most undeserving contract
1. Keith Van Horn - $4.3 Million for 0 games of work
February of 2008, Van Horn signed a three-year deal with the Mavericks with only the first year guaranteed. That first year would earn him 4.3 million for less than half a season of work.
2. Steve Francis $32.4 million for maybe 10 games of work.
The Blazers agreed to pay Francis $30 million of the $34 million owed to him over the final two seasons of his contract. Francis then signed a one-year deal with Houston for $2.4 million
July 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
SparkyJ23 says:
James, who will earn $12.8 million over the next two years,
Stop!! $12.8 MILLION
Carry on
has every intention of playing next season and is even considering joining a group of veterans for voluntary workouts this weekend in Las Vegas. The Knicks have the option to simply release James, but his contract would still count against the salary cap. If James is forced to retire for medical reasons, the Knicks could petition the NBA for a medical exception to sign another player.
James, a lumbering 7-1 center, has not been fit for the past two years and has appeared in just 88 games since Isiah Thomas signed him to the full mid-level exception three years ago. Last season, James appeared in two games in mid-January and finished the year with four points and three rebounds in five minutes. There is little need for a player with James’ lack of speed and mobility to play in Mike D’Antoni’s system.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Big Daddy says:
Thanks Sparky.
What about Danny Ferry - I’m sure he was paid a load for doing sweet FA
July 10th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Truth says:
Jerome James has stats? LOL!!!
2 games last year at 2 ppg, and 1.5 rpg in 07-08, he shot perfectly from the stripe and feild. Dude is a beast!! (sarcasm, sarcasm). LOL!!!! He gets paid 6 mil a season for this garbage. Who signed this bum?
July 10th, 2008 at 10:52 am
chrisGO says:
add Ben Wallace to the list undeserving contracts
July 10th, 2008 at 10:54 am
JA says:
Pay someone to Tanya Harding his leg so he can’t play again. Cost ya less in the long run.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am
speedcat says:
ANYTHING KWAME BROWN SIGNS
July 10th, 2008 at 10:58 am
yallallreadyknow says:
miami heat are gonna sign kwame brown. vets minimum
July 10th, 2008 at 11:01 am
speedcat says:
great way to loose money.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Mark says:
I think everyone needs to stop using the term ‘earned $12.8m’ …..dude didnt earn one penny!
July 10th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Kobeef says:
Agreed on the Ben Wallace mention.
That contract has been a complete bust. Hughes contract was bad but I would not have traded him for Wallace who does nothing for the Cavs.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Austin Burton says:
And as bad as Jerome is, I still thought Kelvin Cato was a worse player when he was on the Knicks. Watching Cato space out at Knicks games was hilarious. During a timeout he’d always we watching the crowd, staring off into Bolivian, checking out the dancers, etc.
July 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
J-Dot says:
Bolivian? Oblivion?
Who are we to say who deserves what? It kinda goes against what we’ve been taught about “hard work” and reaping the rewards accordingly, I understand that. But it’s a stretch to say that someone isn’t deserving of something, especially when that something is just money.
Jerome James SUCKS, but all he did was garner attention with that strong playoff performance many years ago. Not mad at it!!
July 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Big Dog says:
How bout Matt Geiger’s contract? Signed a $52 million contract in ‘01 coming off a year where he put up 6 and 4 in 15 minutes in the regular season and then 3 and 1 in 8 minutes in the playoffs.He retired the next year “due to injuries” and was still making bank off the Sixers for about 4 or 5 more years.
July 10th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Lee says:
How much did the 6ers sign Dana Barrows for ?? Lesson learnt … never give a 6′ shooting gaurd (not namede Iverson) $$$$$ !!! Are you listering Chicago / Ben Gordon !!
July 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
John Starks says:
The NBA seriously needs to get rid of these guaranteed contracts, and use the NFL as an example when the players association starts bitching.
That way, we wouldn’t have these conversations, and franchises wouldn’t shoot themselves in the foot over lazy bums.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
BK says:
Every player that Kevin McHale signed except….KG, and Al Jeferson.
Free loaders include…Troy Hudson, Marco jaric, Mark Madsen, and the list goes on….lol
July 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
sans says:
Danny Ferry made a mill a minute with the Cavs back in the early 90s. Now he’s leeching off Cleveland again. How long until Jerome James gets a GM job?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
daquest?on says:
going to the knicks kills ur career
July 10th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
weng santos says:
Not his fault the coach won’t play him.
Instead of disciplining him about being benched, play him and hang him out to dry. Then you’ll really see what he can do. And if he can’t do squat, then well he has no excuse.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
ali says:
we can thank the atlanta hawks for giving jon konkack $4 mill per in the mid ’80s as the start of this nightmare.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
MSkittle says:
Keith Van Horn last season
July 10th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Ding Dong We Got Danilo Gallinari? says:
Wow, there are people from Bolivia at Knick games?
Give the guy a break. Don’t get pissed if something wins a lottery. It is just another feather in the cap of the Knicks organization, who should just restructure it into a charity and give big contracts to underperforming players
July 10th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Len Bias says:
I want to work for Isiah
You get ridiculously over paid to under perform
July 10th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Luigi says:
J-James. hahaha whos Agent does he have? i must have him.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Ding Dong We Got Big Snacks says:
And here is your answer….
“Once, when asked if he was concerned about his former coach Nate McMillan commenting that he has a selfish attitude, replied, “I don’t even know what he’s talking about, I just worry about Jerome”"
July 14th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Borgs says:
John Starks, you need to do better hiding your Knicks bias.
Guaranteed contracts work both ways. Isiah Thomas is solely responsible for your teams’ suffering the James and Marbury deals.