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I don't feel sorry for multimillionaires that can't buy a private jet like a billionaire. And I don't feel sorry for billionaires that can't buy Twitter or space ships like a trillionaire.

I don't feel sorry for stupidity either. You have to live responsibly within your means.

 

If they save a couple of million dollars and own a home, they will be set for life. You have to live within your means but if you keep a million dollars in a meager money market account, you can make around 40k-50k a year. If you invest it wisely, you can easily double that. If you don't have a mortgage, 80-100K is pretty easy to live on. Heck, even Knecht has a 4-year, $18.48 million rookie contract. Even if he only keeps 5 million of that, he can easily live off of that for the rest of his life. Nope, don't feel sorry for anyone. They have all made their money. The problem is, many of them are financially as dumb as rocks and just blow through all their cash in the short term, living high on the hog. That is just stupid.

 

Yeah I never got this sympathy for millionaires lol
And when they come with the talk of "oh we are taxed so much, plus agent fees bla bla bla". It's so out of touch

99,9% of the world won't make a million in their lifetime and they make multiple in a year for playing basketball.

They just fall into the trap of comparison. It's very common in the human mind. Myself did it too in my life and it can send you into a bad path.

It's actually a very interesting psychology topic, abeer must have some good inputs.

It's tough for them because they share the locker room with guys that make much more than them while doing the exact same job every day. It's very hard to have similar conversations and relate with them with such lack of balance. Guys showing up in different sports cars every day. Living in mansions. Showing off Rolexs. Sharing they went to dinner last night and spent 100k. Vacations in desert islands. Fly private jet anywhere. Just try to imagine in your workplace having this type of disparity among your peers.

You really need to be strong minded and avoid comparisons and live your privileged life within your budget and be happy with it. But spending every day with so many different guys with so many different ranges of wealth, while having to build a relationship and chemistry with them is not easy.
Now that I think about it, these guys should avoid being friends, especially the vet min with the max player. They should see it as a job and be close on-court and basketball related but don't mix up personal life, experiences and lifestyle. I think it's much more healthy.