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Patrick O'Bryant

jasonpeoria911 said:
It doesn't take long to blow $3 million out on the west coast. Most houses and condos in the nicer "professional" suburbs are a million+ dollars. Then you have the cars, traveling, house furnishings, his girlfriend and what not. I wonder if Bradley can bribe him with some money to come back here and coach our bigs LOL.

Jason
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You are right plus the new threads needed to fit in!
 
AV23 said:
I don't know where your getting $9 + million at BBrave.

1st year 1,718.1 million
2nd year 1,847.0 million
3rd year 1,975.8 million
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I don't think GS picked the option on his 3rd year. So the only money he will see for sure is year 1 and 2 which doesn't add up to a whole lot when you subtract agent fees, federal taxes, CA state taxes, etc... It is not a trivial sum, but nothing compared to what he could have been positioned to earn if he had stayed in school for two more years. Hopefully, he will land a 1 year deal with another team, play well and get his stock value back up.
 
Lottery picks can make millions more from shoe deals, basketball card deals, and other endorsements. Even a player like POB who hasn't made an impact in the NBA yet cashes in on some of these additional deals.
 
BUBalum5 I do not have the rights to read that article but the local paper states that he is at the far end of the bench, usually comes in for mop up time, fouls more then scores and will more then likely will become an unrestricted free agent. Basically he does not fit into Nellie's system, needs to work on his conditioning for his position and improve on his D.
 
The ESPN insider article lists soph players that are doing real well, like Brandon Roy, and it lists soph players that aren't. No surprise that POB is on the list that is not doing well. The author says he had reports on draft day 2006 that O'Bryant was a "paper tiger", that he had all the tools, but wasn't aggressive enough.
 
It is really too bad for how POB's pro career is turning out. Anthony Parker's path shows that it is possible for a player to eventually overcome being selected by the wrong team, but it will take a lot of hard work now that the honeymoon period of being a lottery pick is over.
 
He's made a lot of money though! Remember Patrick always said he wanted to become a chef and own his own restaurant. Even if his pro career fizzles out, as long as he didn't blow all of that cash he's made, he can follow that dream of his. Going pro, though it hurt Bradley's basketball program, opened a lot of doors for Patrick.
 
BUBraves2006 said:
He's made a lot of money though! Remember Patrick always said he wanted to become a chef and own his own restaurant. Even if his pro career fizzles out, as long as he didn't blow all of that cash he's made, he can follow that dream of his. Going pro, though it hurt Bradley's basketball program, opened a lot of doors for Patrick.
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Personally, I think you exagerrate the number of door openings that occur. There are more people out there trying to make money off of the athlete than trying to help the athlete make money. I know several ex-pro athletes in Dallas, one of them is NFL HOF player for the Cowboys. They are still scambling to make a living. I know, because I hired one of them for two years in a side business I owned and contracted with several of them for various events.

As I stated in an earlier post, POB's money for two years isn't trivial, but he is far from set for life.
 
I think football and basketball are two different animals Dallas. Most football players leave the game because they are injured and can no longer play their sport. Thus, they must get a "real" job like the rest of us - at a distant fraction of their former salary. Their other option if they were cut is to go to the USFL for a few years or some other low paying, obscure football league.

In basketball these players have the option to play in almost any country on earth for another 10-15 years and make $200,000+. And, they can always get the call back to the "Big League" like Anthony Parker did.
 
Braves4Life said:
I think football and basketball are two different animals Dallas. Most football players leave the game because they are injured and can no longer play their sport. Thus, they must get a "real" job like the rest of us - at a distant fraction of their former salary. Their other option if they were cut is to go to the USFL for a few years or some other low paying, obscure football league.

In basketball these players have the option to play in almost any country on earth for another 10-15 years and make $200,000+. And, they can always get the call back to the "Big League" like Anthony Parker did.
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Were you not referring to non-professional basketball opportunities? POB can certainly play abroad if he has the willingness to go that direction. Plus,, there are a lot of ex-NBA players in the U.S. still scrambling to make a living.
 
Amazingly, for the first time this season, POB managed to not pick up a foul in 5 minutes of garbage time last night. Did pick up 4 points and 2 boards though. Just about every time POB got over 5 minutes of game time this season, he had 3 fouls or more.

Jason
 
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