Charlie Barkley played 16 years in the NBA and was one of the biggest stars the best basketball league in the world knew. He was named MVP, starred in 11 All-Star games and will forever be remembered as one of the best forwards in the history of the basketball game. Despite all the accomplishments and the fact that his name is engraved in the Hall of Fame, last night (Wednesday) he also admitted that there is one thing that still bothers his rest.
This week official confirmation was received that Bradley Bill had signed a new contract with the Washington Wizards under which he would earn $ 251 million in five years, and when Barkley was asked about the crazy contract Bill got, he replied in one word: “Wow” – and not necessarily for what you think.
Barkley, who retired from basketball in 2000, earned about $ 40 million in all his years in the NBA, and about the insane pay gaps then and today he said: “I really liked my mom who passed away several years ago. Every time I see contracts like that (like Bill got) ), I want to go to the cemetery and say to my mother ‘why couldn’t you wait a few more years to bring me into the world ?! Just wait a few years!’ “.
Bill’s contract is of course one of the greatest in NBA history, but one way or another the fact is that he will earn one year more than Barkley has earned throughout his basketball career. “I congratulate the young guys including Bill, who is really a crazy player. I do not want to be that old man who complains, I also earned more in my career than Bill Russell and he was a much better player than me. I also earned more than Karim Abdul Jaber and he is a lot- “Much better than me. May God bless them, if they can earn such sums it is a good thing.”