Jack

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Jack

Jack

@knicksshit

Writer. Coffee. Books. Better questions. New York.

New York, NY Katılım Şubat 2026
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Jack@knicksshit·
@SecretMarquette You’re describing why it doesn’t exist, not why it shouldn’t. Every governance rule, salary cap, and revenue split exists because someone negotiated it into existence. “The CBA says no” is a description of the current system, not a rebuttal to proposing a better one.
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Brown isn’t asking owners to hand players free stock. He’s arguing they should be allowed to invest their own capital alongside ownership and share in the appreciation they help create. Guaranteed salary compensates labor. Equity compensates capital risk. A player can provide both.
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@MrCBScott @cptdankkk Agents aren’t financial advisors. Correct. Representation is bigger than one job title. Nobody said manage the portfolio. Just protect the client.
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dank@cptdankkk·
Jaylen Brown says 60% of NBA players lose most of their wealth because the agency model broken “I hope I ruffle all the motherfucking feathers. The agency model isn't working. It's a bunch of players going broke when they retire. It's like 60% of players within the first 10 years are losing majority of their wealth after making millions of dollars. Living check to check. You can blame the athlete, maybe they living expenses, but they was 18 or 19 when they came into wealth and the people that represented them didn't help them handle that in no capacity or care to. After they get you and they get in your pocket, they just go get the next one and get in his pocket” “This is what I'mma stand on. And this could be controversial, but I don't care. If you can't help me at 18 or 19 to maintain my wealth, build a legacy, and keep what I'm earning and be able to influence me on my decision making, you shouldn't be representing me in the first place. Shouldn't even be allowed to walk into my house. But we allow this agency model. They keep coming in and they keep stripping everything and we giving it right back to the same people that was giving it to us in the first place. Giving it right back” “Something got to change. There's been people taking advantage of these 18, 19 young kids, and nobody says nothing. I think that's a part of the problem where we don't say that and we just allow that to be normalized. No, that shit ain't normal. You get millions of dollars and now you broke. And the people that's representing you can't even pick up the phone now. These people have continued to do that and they're gonna continue to do it because they see it as business and economic opportunity”
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Jack@knicksshit·
That’s an org-chart answer to a real world problem. No, the agent doesn’t need to personally manage the portfolio. But the person taking a percentage of the athlete’s earnings should help build the team, vet the advisors, spot conflicts, and make sure the kid understands the machinery around the money. A yearly symposium is education. Representation is execution.
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Paul@apaulbrown·
@knicksshit @cptdankkk That’s not an agents job. That’s a financial advisors job. And new attend a symposium every year to learn about it and they are given countless resources for support. It’s up to them to use them
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Jack@knicksshit·
That’s exactly the point. Jordan needing help isn’t an indictment. Every superstar needs infrastructure. But you can’t use team success as proof of individual invincibility, then treat the team upgrade like irrelevant background noise. Either basketball is a team sport, or Jordan won 25 playoff series by himself.
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driznitheraliznoodra@odinbarnquardt·
@knicksshit @FastbreakHoops5 Most teams drafting at 3 need a teammate upgrade before they can even compete. I'm impressed they even made the playoffs at all during those first years.
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@BeckyBravo Fuck Taco Bell but I ain’t never giving up KFC.
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@FirstTake @WindhorstESPN This is what happens when the spreadsheet wins the meeting. You trade a Finals MVP, cite the cap, praise his legacy, and hope nobody asks why “too expensive” only became fatal after private equity entered the building.
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First Take@FirstTake·
"[Brad Stevens] doesn't want to present that case because he doesn't want to be disrespectful to a player that was a Finals MVP for them." @WindhorstESPN goes in on Brad Stevens during the Jaylen Brown trade 🍿
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Jack@knicksshit·
This is the real cap lesson: Title windows are usually built when elite production is underpriced relative to the cap. Not “cheap.” Underpriced. A max-level player taking 22–25% instead of 30–35% creates room for the 6th, 7th, and 8th guys who decide playoff series. Brunson’s deal is not just team-friendly. It’s roster architecture.
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Betsey@Betsycashmoney·
Going back to 2017, every Finals winner except the 2022 Warriors featured a star making 25% of the cap or less: 2017 - Steph 13% 2018 - KD 25% 2019 - Kawhi 23% 2020 - AD 25% 2021 - Giannis 25% 2023 - Jokic/Murray 25% 2024 - Tatum/Brown 25% 2025 - SGA 25% 2026 - Brunson 22%
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That’s the beauty of winning the chip. The losing teams fans can still run simulations, invent matchup nightmares, and hold emergency podcasts. But the scoreboard already closed the file. At that point, “who are they guarding?” becomes less of a basketball question and more of a coping mechanism.
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The Minnesota fit is being romanticized. LeBron in the short roll is great. But now you’re asking Ant to share the steering wheel, Rudy to not compress spacing, LeBron to defend enough, and the whole offense to reorganize around a 40-plus-year-old. Sounds like a software migration.
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Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor@KevinOConnor·
Minnesota is quite clearly the best basketball fit for LeBron. He'd be in a role that could extend his career a lot longer than we can imagine. Of course, does he want to live in Minnesota? Who knows. But no denying the fit on the court.
Josh Greens Burner@Mikethejohnson

The basketball fit for LeBron in Minnesota is perfect. He's one of the best short rollers of all time. Coupling that with Ant and LaMelo would be a cheat code. He has a lob threat in Rudy and one of the two dynamic guards on the weak side ready to catch and shoot or attack closeouts. LeBron would feast.

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Jack@knicksshit·
The sticker shock is loud, but the math is simple. Elite guards who can bend a defense, score 30, and survive playoff pressure do not hit the clearance rack. The contract isn’t the question. The question is whether Cleveland has enough roster architecture around him before that Year 4 number starts breathing fire.
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NBACentral
NBACentral@TheDunkCentral·
The numbers on Donovan Mitchell’s contract extension: Year 1: $60.9M Year 2: $65.8M Year 3: $70.6M Year 4: $75.5M 🤯 (Via @BobbyMarks42 )
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@IanBegley @KnicksFanTv Brunson going through a Finals run with a bad wrist/forearm is insane. That’s your ballhandler. Your shooter. Your closer. Your entire emotional infrastructure. Two months of rehab is the tax you pay for letting the captain empty the tank.
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Bulls super team was created by management. Modern super teams are created by players.
Dan Draper@dandraperxxx

@falsekiller251 @TheRealChadRyan @knicksshit @FastbreakHoops5 This is a fact. It's amazing how many people say Jordan never had a super team when he had a team that went 141- 21 In the regular season and 30-7 in the postseason over 2 years where they won championships both times, And had four future Hall of famers on it. Not a super team 🙄

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Jack@knicksshit·
Role explains it. It doesn’t erase it. LeBron ran more offense so more turnovers are expected. Jordan played more off ball so his movement mattered more. But the question was what Jordan was better at. MJ was better off ball and better at protecting possessions. Bron was the better full court operating system.
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ArKing@Spartan0147·
@knicksshit @FastbreakHoops5 Kinda hard to be an off ball mover when you play the point- forward. Also running the offense usually equates to a higher turn over occurrence. Last, Bron has the most clutch and go ahead points in NBA history.
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Fastbreak Hoops@FastbreakHoops5·
You agree with Nick Wright?
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@AshNicoleMoss That dress is negotiating ownership on that red carpet
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