Among professional sports in various countries of the world, the NBA is very successful in globalization, which has pushed the peripheral product sales of leagues and teams and the increase of broadcasting rights, etc., causing the salary level as well of NBA players rank among the best among global athletes. A report released by US media this yearList of the 100 highest earning athletes in the worldAmong them, there are 4 NBA players in the top 10, and 36 of the 100 people in the full list are from the NBA. Taking the last 2022-23 season as an example, the average salary in the NBA reached nearly 6.4 million US dollars (about NT $1.9 100 million yuan), it can be seen that the “wages” of the players are very good.
Therefore, we can often see that when players show up at the arena on game day, they often drive supercars or luxury cars worth tens of millions, and are covered with famous brands all over their bodies. luxury goods Grocery shopping is like the rest in our pockets.
NBA players “go to the stadium themselves” on game day when they play at home. Most players will go to the stadium alone. After parking, they will go to the lounge to change the play equipment. it was uploaded to the team’s social media. Such a “big show” link has become a regular link for professional teams to interact with fans. Players also know they will be photographed, so they will pay extra attention to how they look dressed.
However, there is one exception among the more than 400 players in the league, it is Herbert Jones of the New Orleans Pelicans, the clothes without money “issued” by the team seem decidedly out of place.
Jones was born in 1998. His father is a basketball coach, so he was exposed to basketball everywhere as a child. He joined the school team to receive formal training in seventh grade (the first year of middle school). the school basketball coach is his father. . In high school, he won the 4A U.S. Most Valuable Player of the Year and led the school to the first state championship in school history. Jones’ good performance also attracted the attention of many famous basketball schools. Among many top-tier schools, he chose the University of Alabama in his hometown (University of Alabama).
In his senior season, he won many awards, such as player of the year, first team of the year, best defenseman and first team Southeast Conference (Southeastern Conference) defensive team, then he also announced his commitment to 2021. In the NBA draft, he was selected by the Pelicans with the 35th overall pick in the second round, which started Jones’ career. He also had a good performance in the rookie season.
This year is Jones’ second professional season. He has become one of the regulars of the team. While his annual salary isn’t as good as the league average of US$6.4 million, it is far more than the average income of US$1.78 million (about NT$54 million). Jones, on the other hand, often wears complimentary clothing printed with the team name and team logo on occasions when he can wear casual clothes. After a lot of money, I bought a “smooth-free” supercar to reward myself.
Why is Jones saving so much?
It turned out that the main reason he saved money was to save these extra “clothing expenses” for his children, hoping that with the salary he earned in the NBA, his children and even grandchildren could study without worry. . Therefore, Jones believes that it is too expensive to spend on clothing just the short distance from the parking lot to the court hall, because he will immediately change into jerseys, pants and basketball shoes in the hall, so he would prefer to wear simple clothes and comfortable clothes.
Similarly, Jones also has the same concept regarding the car. His only requirement for the car is that it can carry him to and from the arena. Unless it breaks down one day, there’s really no need to replace old car since college. car.
Think these are all ways Jones saves money? What is even more exaggerated is that most NBA players will return to their cities or vacation villas during the off-season so that they can rest after working hard for a season. As “governor,” Jones returned to his hometown of Alabama for just one day. The distance between the two places is about 4 hours by car. This man actually went back and forth the same day.
The will to fight so hard is obviously inseparable from money, precisely because Jones “doesn’t want to spend money.” Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that he doesn’t want to spend air travel costs faster, but that Jones doesn’t want to go back to his hometown for the holidays and pay for physical trainers, rent basketball courts, go to the gym, etc., so he chooses to stay in New Orleans (New Orleans), so you can use the Pelicans’ related training facilities and courts for free, without spending a dime out of pocket.
Most overbearing is that Jones usually spends next to nothing except on food expenses. He strongly believes that this “throttling” approach can make his family live a better life, so he doesn’t care what the outside world thinks of him before him. to the camera. I still wear “public hair equipment” before. And his teammate and Pelicans star Zion Williamson expressed great respect for Jones’ “be yourself” move to save money.
Every newcomer selected in the first round of the NBA team enjoys a guaranteed contract of at least 2 years, someone who enters means someone who leaves, for players like Jones who are not the main player, there will always be money in the next contract. Ages vary, as many as 60% of NBA players went bankrupt within 5 years of retirement because they couldn’t change the habit of “spending money like water.” High salaries for athletes often come and go quickly, perhaps moderately They can avoid bankruptcy if they admire the “Premier” Jones.
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