By Joël Pütz | Sports journalist
NBA basketball players today earn a veritable fortune without necessarily being among the elite of the league, but they are not the only ones. An anonymous player recently made a shocking statement about an NFL superstar. Not sure the latter appreciates the “compliment”…
Salaries of NBA players have long been quite low and Michael Jordan hit the headlines with $30 million seasons in the 1990s. Today, such a sum has almost become the norm for any star of the court. , with the big league enjoying massive media exposure over time. Realize, Luka Doncic could soon earn 60 million per exercise.
As a result, some players are now swimming in the millions without being among the best, taking advantage of salary inflation. A phenomenon not only exclusive to the NBA, since it is also the case for the NFL. A basketball player who remained anonymous notably made a funny declaration of love to a big name in American football:
Kirk Cousins adored by a player… for his income
An anonymous NBA player said that Kirk Cousins was his favorite athlete outside of the NBA. “He gets paid and he doesn’t have to win and he doesn’t have to do anything at all, and he made $400 million from one win. It’s a legend. »
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Not sure that the new quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons appreciates the compliment, he who would surely like to have better collective results when he became the first player in NFL history to sign a fully guaranteed contract. For their part, fans are wondering about the identity of the NBA player and one name in particular quickly emerged. And for good reason, he is in a frankly similar situation:
The anonymous player
“He’s paid and has nothing to do” Ben Simmons thinks he’s smart
Obviously, it is impossible to say that it was Ben Simmons who said such words about Kirk Cousins. What is certain is that the Australian earns a very good living even though he has hardly played for several seasons now, to the great despair of Brooklyn supporters.
