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Are you serious? So he should pass up a great opportunity which could set him up financially for life to "figure" out a career? The money he made in the NBA > money he could have potentially earned from a college educated career, I hope you don't have aspirations of being an agent...Originally Posted by goldenarmz97
I'm sorry, but not everyone deserves to be a millionaire. If he had these problems before hand (which he did), maybe basketball shouldn't have been his only idea of success or career. The guy is only 25 and retired. He has a lot of life left to live. What is he going to do? My guess, go to college and figure out something else to do w/ his life. Like he should have done in the first place. Just my opinion.
[table][tr][td]1999-00[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$2,214,600[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2000-01[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$2,380,680[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2001-02[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$2,546,760[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2002-03[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$3,226,745[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2003-04[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$5,680,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2004-05[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$6,525,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2005-06[/td] [td]Indiana Pacers[/td] [td]NBA[/td] [td]$7,175,000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Career[/td] [td](may be incomplete)[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]29,748,785[/td] [/tr][/table]
I gotta agree w. GA here....what's the purpose of going to college in the first place? You want to learn as much as you can to help build thefoundation for your future earnings. To finish college and five years later have over 29 million earned is EXTREMELY rare. Jonathan Bender took advantage ofan opportunity, plain and simple. He could have ultimately cost himself A LOT of money by just setting foot on the MSU campus for his supposed"freshman" year. A lot can happen. Just look at the cautionary tale of Terrence Morris. This guy could have been a 1st round pick after hissophomore or junior year, but for whatever reason decided to stay in school until he was a senior. He ended up losing out on a guranteed contract, and was a2nd round pick. He played 3 season, and only grossed 1.7 million. If he was smart, he invested his money and it could have grown. However, there is not achance in hell he had the freedom to do what he wanted with his money like Jonathan Bender. Bender has enough money now that he can go back to school and dowhat he wants. 29 million is enough for MANY generations of Benders to be set up on.