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| Dwayne, you serious bro? |
MIAMI -- Count two-time Olympian and Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade among those who believe NBA players should be paid for playing with Team USA in the London Olympics.
"It's a lot of things you do for the Olympics -- a lot of jerseys you sell," Wade said after the Heat's practice on Wednesday in advance of Thursday's game against Chicago. "We play the whole summer. I do think guys should be compensated. Just like I think college players should be compensated as well. Unfortunately, it's not there. But I think it should be something, you know, there for it.".."I love representing my country, man," James said. "I've done it since 2004 and I'm looking forward to doing it in London. As far as [pay], I don't know, man. It doesn't matter. I'm happy to be a part of the team, to be selected again."
First off, yes, I am ignoring the fact that my very own Ray Allen said basically the same thing first. I'm choosing to believe he meant he'd like to get paid so he could donate the money to charity or an art gallery or something classy. He's just a classy guy so I refuse to believe he'd profit from playing for his country.
Back to D-Wade...Is it at all possible that he saw how much villain-swag Lebron and Dwight Howard have put on this year that he wanted to join in on the action? That's gotta be it, right? No one could be this big of an asshole, right? It's not like he's making something like 17 or 18 million a year from the NBA and countless more in endorsements, and all in all living a fantasy life in Miami, that giving up one summer every four years to represent his country is too much to ask, is it? I mean, is he seriously comparing himself to college players at this point, while under a max contract in the NBA. He knows the difference, right?
Even Lebron James is saying the right things here, do you know how insane this makes you look Dwayne? Lebron James, who probably hasn't played a free game of basketball since his sophomore year in high school is coming out and saying he doesn't care if he gets paid...The same Lebron James who set up a television special just to announce what team he'd be signing with doesn't care about getting paid!
