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Charenton-le-Pont, France
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Pour ceux qui ont vu mon documentaire en Algérie🇩🇿. Sachez que la MVP du camp, Meriem, qui avait donc été invitée à participer au camp NBA BWB, a décroché une bourse d'étude ds une université américaine🇺🇸. Je ne peux mm pas vous expliquer la fierté que je ressens..
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Failure doesn’t define you. How you respond to it does.
Own it like a man, or blame others like a coward.
The choice is yours.
For those who watched, thoughts on last night’s Pick and Roll episode?
What do you wanna hear more/less of?
Pap low key loves me more but wont admit it
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How do yall feel about coming to watch and support us at Sunel Arena this year?
Curious to know what yall think
A reminder of what we achieved, but a responsibility to live up to it.
Win or lose, may we honor what it represents. Together always #WeMove
See yall soon
I think a big part of it is cultural. Americans tend to be much more open about salaries and money in general, while in Europe it’s traditionally seen as something much more private. The relationship with money and talking about it publicly is just different.
For exemple talking about money in France is pretty taboo.
That being said, you make a very fair point about the market. More transparency would give players a much clearer picture of their actual value. It’s hard to know your true worth when you don’t really know what the market is paying.
I’ve always wondered why Euroleague salaries aren’t public.
Not because the fans need to know how much is in someone’s bank account, but because salary is a part of the context of professional basketball.
If a player is making 500K and playing like a 1.5M player or greater, fans should know that. That should be celebrated! If someone is making 2M and struggling, fans should have that context too.
For players, I think it matters even more. Especially in a league without a traditional hard salary cap, each team has their own budget and the actual market can be difficult to gauge.
If Player X averages less stats than me but makes twice as much, why should I accept half the money because I’m told “that’s your market value”?
You can’t negotiate your value if you don’t know the market.
On the same hand, the transparency could be great for the league. Salaries create conversations, debates, and storylines. More conversations creates more engagement, which equals more value for the league.
Put the numbers out there. Players, coaches, everyone. Give the fans more context, give the players more information, and give the Euroleague another way to grow its product.
What y’all think?