Comments on: For Sale: 1 Ricky Rubio

By: bballinca

bballinca — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:29:31 +0000

I lived/played in Germany and have a German passport. Even at 4000 euros a month after taxes you have very little money left over. Do you live in einen klienes dorf mit die kuh?

Than think of inflation. You are 30 now. What about in 15 years? That 4000 euros a month won’t do much for you let alone set up your family for the rest of your lives.

By: DeGuy

DeGuy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:07:26 +0000

dood, i never said 1 million dollars. why would i. i live in germany and here many banks offer 5% intrest rates. maybe not in the states. but there everthing is different anyway.

and you just go and change my perfectly fine calculation.
and with 4000 euros you CAN live just fine in germany.
a tent? thats a big fuck off tent with 4 bedrooms and shit.
and i am over 30 but can do fine on that money coz i dont go out and buy stupid shit i dont need.

hey, but whatever. this could go on for ages and would lead nowhere…

By: bballinca

bballinca — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:12:19 +0000

#27 show me a savings account paying 5% interest rate. I also like how you took $1 million USD and converted that to 1 million euros but than used the exchange rate back to dollars to figure out the monthly income. It’s obvious you are no financial genius.

$1 million dollars would be more like 700k euros. Let’s say you earn 5% (more realistic 2% w/o risk) that would be 35k euros a year before taxes or $42k USD a year. If you can set up your family for the rest of your life on $42k a year (before taxes) you msut be living in a trailer or again a tent.

You must be 18 years old if you think that is good money.

By: DeGuy

DeGuy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:33:50 +0000

@25

actually i was thinking in euro, as i am from europe.

and no, you don’t havta be a financial genius.
the simplest saving account will give you 5% interest(and you can get more) a year. 50000 euro. that’s roughly 4200 euro(or 6000 usd) a month. don’t know where you are from, but here you live quite well with that amount. and thats without having to work ever again(if you don’t want to that is)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:50:34 +0000

Is it me or is he coming off as a pampered little bitch and you’re beginning not to even give a shit about EVER seeing him play?
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I’m to the point where I want to see him play in the league, just so he can get crushed and exposed on a nightly basis. This nonsense has gone on long enough. The Wolves just need to sell his rights, and be done with it.

By: bballinca

bballinca — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:36:17 +0000

#24 Last time I checked McDs wasn’t making anyone buy their food. So you bust them for having a dollar menu yet applaud Starbury for coming out with cheap shoes? Sound like a hypocrite to me.

Deguy you must be some f-ing financial genius if you can set up your family for life on a million dollars or plan to live in a tent.

By: Chicagorilla

Chicagorilla — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:02:45 +0000

getting a loan sounds like a good idea.

As for McD’s, BK, and the shoes compaines of course they have poor ethics. That’s almost the only way to have such a huge profit in this society. McD’s with their $1 menu of unhealthy shit, but not salads listed below $4-$5. Nike with their $180 Lebrons, and Jordan with their $200 shoes. It’s sick. I’m going to start pimping Starbury’s and Protoge’s from here on out anyway.

By: DeGuy

DeGuy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:40:49 +0000

dood, i could set my family up for life with 1 million.
and not all players have that sort of background.
all i’m saying is they don’t need all that. it is true, that is probably has a lot to do with culture and background. a great example(all tho extreme) is sprewells turning down of i dunno how many million, because it’s just not enough to “set his family up for life”
and yes, i would willingly say fuck off to 10 million if mcd offered it. but maybe thats just me…

By: QQ

QQ — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:07:28 +0000

@DeGuy
It’s so easy for people to criticize athletes for taking more money, but let’s reverse the roles. Would you willingly give up 3-4 million? Especially since a lot of these athletes came from impoverished situations. Yes NBA players do buy extravagant things, but you also have to remember that NBA players retire relatively early, and a lot of them don’t have the education to get a meaningful job. What’s wrong with setting your family up for life?

By: DeGuy

DeGuy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:20:39 +0000

see all it burns down to tho is money. some of you guys saying fuck it, go and get your money. you don’t think a couple of million salary is enough to keep you going the rest of your life?
no, you need to go out and buy lots of stupid shit you don’t need, like fuckin’ houses with 316 rooms for 2 people, 21 cars, fucking jewellery and a fucking private jet.
yeah, real important

@NTstateOFmind yes they fucking did(@4) thats what got me started