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Didn't work hard at Villanova, and now he's leaving Alabama. Sounds like he could be a problem. No thanks.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Guy averaged 8.7 points and 3.6 assists a game on a 1 seed that went to the Sweet 16. If you can get Quinerly, you take him.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Stop. It’s a good thing his dad held him back in 8th grade and that rather than getting a job hes dribbling a ball at age 25 in a college gym. Right @kingz213 haha
Not if he's not a cultural fit, plus I think we already passed on him when he left Villanova for that reason.
If he were free I’d agree, but he’s definitely not worth dropping 300k+ on. Not that we would go after him anyway given our current roster.
SEC sixth man of the year. Probably looking for a bigger role in his final season of eligibility.
Get the best possible players and coach them up. With today’s revolving door rosters, there are no guarantees that players will stick around. Quinerly has real talent.
Sounds like a great deal to me. Why would anyone be in a hurry to get into the workforce?
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To get ahead in life? Haha. Not complicated. By the time I was 25 I was 3 years out of college and making over $400,000/yr after being 22 fresh out of college and barely touching $100K 3 years prior.
Whats even worse? These idiot kids who then go off to europe to play for peanuts, stay in europe dribbling a basketball until theyre in their 30’s, make so little money that they cant even save anything, come back to the US with ZERO employable skills and wind having to work low skill low paying jobs living paycheck to paycheck the rest of their lives. Same goes for the football guys chasing xfl and usfl. Stop, go build a legitimate career
Congratulations, you sound like a lot of fun. It's awesome to tell people how much money you make, keep doing that every chance you get no matter what anyone else says.
Amen!!
Spending your 20s and 30s doing what you love is no way to live your life
The sole goal in life, for everyone, should only be about making money.
After all - you get to take it with you.
He must be young
A young douchebag with no perspective on what matters
In my experience you find very few people older than 50 who say ….
“I wish I had experienced less in my youth”
“I wish I hadn’t followed my dreams”
“I wish I had spent my 2Os and 30s working 80 hour weeks”
“I just wish I had worked more and spent less time with the kids when they were little”
“I wish I was estranged from my family and had more money to show for it”
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Haha this is how this typically goes with you. You ask whats an example of what he can be doing, I use a real life example. You get mad. You start calling names. But its real shit.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Because I think these kids are better served starting professional careers and wearing a suit and tie or grabbing a tool bag than dribbling a basketball? Haha. The assholes and the ones hurting these kids are the ones like you who believe its okay to tell every kid theyre special and dribble a basketball as long as you can for as little money as possible and delay your life.
More kids need to follow the Austin Johnson, Mike Nzei path. But you dont wanna hear that
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Oh I do what I love. Im walking on the beach in Bay Head right now before heading north to give an investment seminar at 1pm haha. Working full-time since I was 22 being a productive member of society and building a real estate investment portfolio has allowed me to do what I want when I want.
These kids going off to europe for 5 years ends their brand. They should be taking advantage of their name recognition while its still hot and going into some form of business asap.
I drop the truth. Some cant handle it
If you had disagreed and made an interesting point, I'd respect that. Maybe we'd engage in an interesting conversation.
What name did I call you? I can assure you, I typed that with a smile on my face, zero anger. I thought it was funny.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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For perspective.
Just spent a 3 day weekend with my girlfriend in which we went to breakfast at my buddys new breakfast spot with her grandparents, we grabbed dinner with my lifelong best friend and his wife, spent yesterday on the beach and capped it off with absolutely dominating boardwalk games. Woke up early today, pissed excellence and had breakfast with my girlfriend then walked her to the train, currently walking on the beach reading the news and listening to podcasts and then will drive up north after the traffic subsides and work on my own schedule.
Id say i have it good and have a little perspective. Just a little.
Yup - Like those years from 22-25 are a long time and you'd better get started making money as fast as you can.
Reminds me of the Two Bulls scene with Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in Colors.
And yet you found time in your full life to brag to strangers about your money.
🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻
I think the perspective you may be missing is that everyone has a different path in life. Why throw shade at someone else's life choices? What does how much you make or how much leisure time you have have to do with someone else's path? I especially like the emphasis on "dominating" boardwalk games. Bringing stuff like this up makes you come across as emotionally insecure and small.
Well said. Also exactly the kind of thing some time in Europe in your 20's would have expanded upon.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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There was no bragging, just giving an example of what he could be doing at age 25 with what I was doing and I believe anyone could be doing.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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It’s more so looking at all these kids who go off to play budget euro ball and what their lives look like when they come back. It’s not pretty.
You guys act like the continent of europe is disney world. When reality is the large majority of the guys who go off to europe make under $40K/yr, live paycheck to paycheck, live in dorm style housing and then eventually come back to the US years later broke with no employable skills. Im just being real. Time to drive north. Have a great day
Personally, I haven't heard it enough. He also singlehandedly supports the entire Medicare population (just in case you missed that one).
Anyone know if we have a shot with Quinerly lol
Yeah, No....you don't get it and maybe never will. It's 2 separate issues.
What Quinerly does next is his choice. Without knowing his background, to expect him to just move on to some desk jockey job or go dig ditches instead of still pursuing his dream shows ignorance. You make it all about money, but there is no way to know what connections he will make or what the toil of living under that experiencee will bring. For many, facing adversity makes them stronger.
Your career example has nothing to do with Quinerly. Your background is likely completely different. If I recall your father was in the RE business (and/or perhaps ran a school). You then went into that business post grad. Kudos to you on the success, but to equate that in any way anecdotally to what a college basketball player might do makes no sense unless you are just trying to life brag.
I'm going to give a scenario. Youre in your 50s and you meet two people at a bbq and you get talking about their lives:
Person A: got a post-grade business degree, went to work in real estate and made a lot of money
Person B: was a division 1 athlete, played in the Final 4. then went on to play 10 years of professional basketball in China, Spain, Croatia, and Argentina. After retiring in his mid 30s, finished his degree and now makes a productive living doing x.
which person's life do you find more interesting and unique ?
which person's life do you find really intriguing? which person do you ask a bunch of questions about their unique life experiences?
...and which person do you excuse yourself as quickly as possible making an excuse about needing more ice for your drink
I think the choice is obvious
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Dude - give it a rest. It’s apples to oranges to compare you (or anyone else) to someone else. Everyone has a different skill set. Many of these kids will go on to have careers relating to the game of basketball - whether it be as coaches, trainers, etc. Having a resume with professional playing experience is huge for landing the stepping stone jobs for these career paths.
There are 2 things in life that folks always stretch the truth about. How much they make, and how long it takes to drive to work.
