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  • Hey - at least he got paid first!

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    • So, for those with the knowledge of NBA workings, would this mean he gets paid and immediately becomes a free agent?

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      • OregonShocker
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        He becomes immediately available, but someone has to pay his existing contract; either NY if he doesn't get picked up or his new team. After the contract is up (this year?) he renegotiates whatever he can get from whomever he can.

    • Escape from New York.
      Where oh where is our T. Boone Pickens.

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      • Originally posted by ShockTalk View Post
        So, for those with the knowledge of NBA workings, would this mean he gets paid and immediately becomes a free agent?
        I am pretty sure he would still get paid per his existing contract.

        EDIT: deleted some inaccurate stuff
        Last edited by TheGr1z; December 13, 2018, 10:45 AM.

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        • He can sign immediately with anyone. He's making roughly $4.5 mil this season. If he signs with someone for $1 mil, he'll still only make $4.5, as the new team pays $1 and the Knicks pick up the difference.

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          • Wichita Eagle report: https://www.kansas.com/sports/nba/article223044325.html

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            • Early favorites to pick him up in free agency: FC Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Stoutheart Financial.
              "In God we trust, all others must bring data." - W. Edwards Deming

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              • shock
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              • Kel Varnsen
                Kel Varnsen commented
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                Come on. That was a great joke!

              • SHOCKvalue
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                Guys in Baker's position and background can make an absolute killing as financial advisors. Like a career Easy Button.

                ("Killing" relative to everyday man, not "killiing" relative NBA salaries.)

            • In just now.....Rob Barker will be joining the Shockers as a "Walk On"

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              • The Lakers need an IQ guard
                People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. -Isaac Asimov

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                • Originally posted by wusphlash View Post
                  Escape from New York.
                  Starring Bake Plisskin.
                  Kung Wu say, man making mistake in elevator wrong on many levels.

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                  • WuDrWu
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                    Not even close. Off the top of my head, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Ghostbusters 2, Weekend at Bernie's II and in case you're completely normal and don't have effed up random people in your life, The Human Centipede (Full Sequence and Final Sequence) which exists in such a level of depravity and mental damage that unless you're, unfortunately so, familiar with this "work", you just take my word for it and not try to find what it's about. I promise you, what you see, cannot be unseen. Take my word, you'll be LINING UP to see Escape from LA for the 10 millionth time before you sit through 5 minutes of that disaster of humanity. ********YOU'VE BEEN WARNED*********

                  • BOBB
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                    WuDrWu Ghostbusters 2 is underrated. A veritable Citizen Kane or Chinatown in comparison to the Apple IIe special effects of Escape from LA.. Let’s hope Captain Ron or Big Trouble in Little China don’t see sequels.

                  • WstateU
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                    Caddyshack II says hello!

                • Surely he could help the Suns, right AZ Shocker?

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                  • Toronto should reunite Baker with FVV. He wasn't going to play in NY, but he's much better than that disaster, Lorenzo Brown for the Raptors. They'd love him in Toronto.

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                    • ShockTalk
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                      Trivia: L. Brown was born in Rockford IL.

                  • Originally posted by ShockTalk View Post
                    Surely he could help the Suns, right AZ Shocker?
                    I sure hope so! But this new owner we have stinks to high heaven as he's turned a really good franchise into garbage. But yeah...be cool to see Ron here in PHX.
                    FINAL FOURS:
                    1965, 2013

                    NCAA Tournament:
                    1964, 1965, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021

                    NIT Champs - 1 (2011)

                    AP Poll History of Wichita St:
                    Number of Times Ranked: 157
                    Number of Times Ranked #1: 1
                    Number of Times Top 5: 32 (Most Recent - 2017)
                    Number of Times Top 10: 73 (Most Recent - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)

                    Highest Recent AP Ranking:
                    #3 - Dec. 2017
                    #2 ~ March 2014

                    Highest Recent Coaches Poll Ranking:
                    #2 ~ March 2014
                    Finished 2013 Season #4

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                    • Poor Ron. One of the sweetest shooters I've ever seen when he first started playing at WSU. Impeccable touch. I'm assuming the main reason he was let go was that he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn anymore. Could it be that his physical style (Play Angry) which he continually honed at WSU robbed him of the finesse that's necessary to be a long range bomber? It did seem like his shot accuracy slid a little bit the longer he was at WSU.


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                      • WstateU
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                        I believe off-season shoulder surgery has been a big factor... hope he gets picked up by someone. Surely, there's a NBA team that needs a TEAM PLAYER.

                      • 1972Shocker
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                        Ron's 3-point shooitng at WSU:
                        Freshman: 30-84 (35.7%)
                        Sophomore: 68-179 (38.0%)
                        Junior: 80-209 (38.3%)
                        Senior: 64-183 (35.0%)
                        Career: 242-655 (36.9%)

                        Landry is #2 on the career 3-Point % list at 43.7% and Fred is 10th at WSU at 38.6%. Not sure where Ron falls.

                        Clevin Hannah is #18 on the single season 3-point % rankings at WSU at 42.5% in 2009-10. Landy's on this list twice. At #8 with 44.2% in 2017-18 and at #13 with 43.9% in 2016-17.

                        Ron was a good, but not great 3-point shooter. However, he had a number of other aspects to his game that made him a great Shocker player.
                        Last edited by 1972Shocker; December 13, 2018, 04:18 PM.

                      • proshox
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                        He peaked early in his junior year.... then backslid to inconsistency. I thought he played so hard that he lost his legs.

                    • NBA
                      NBA players have one of the most generous pension plans in all of professional sports. They are vested into their pension plans after playing at least three seasons in the league. The minimum benefit for a player that retires at the age of 62 is $56,988 per year - not a bad retirement for a three-year career. The maximum benefit for any player is $195,000, and it takes 11 years of NBA service to qualify for this benefit.

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                      • C0|dB|00ded
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                        Did Dave Stallworth have a pension?


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                      • OregonShocker
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                        I think Dave the Rave played before the pension formula was adopted.

                      • 1972Shocker
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                        Probably had a Boeing pension. Not quite as lucrative as the modern NBA player.
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