twenty four
Years ago
(And I'm not sure if this had been brought up before, much less if anyone actually cares)...but he was the guy who Chris Paul punched in the groin a couple of years back while they were in college.
Video of it here for those who may not have seen/remember the incident.
Jonno
Years ago
a bit off topic, but how is hodge going?? is he fitting in ok wit the team???has anyone seen him at training??? also what type of player is he likely to be is he of the dave thomas, excellent all reound jack of all trades type player or is he more of a scorer like a Farley???
billups 1
Years ago
all round player judging from last wednesday's game, he was doing a bit of everything, rebounding, steals, scoring, assists.
KingJames
Years ago
twenty four, thats something he can tell his grand kids...or not :P
Camel 31
Years ago
speaking of grand kids, he mentioned he was keen to get back into nba as only needs one more season for the nba monthly pension chq of $300 x no of seasons.
Fill Smythe
Years ago
Should be called Lucky Eddie; Punched in the goolies by another player, plugged in a drive by shooting; He's had a rough life.
Isaac
Years ago
All worth it for that lucrative chance to line up alongside Marcus Ng's current hair style.
Yeah, Marcus is starting to look like a long haired Jacky Chan.
billo
Years ago
Camel31, are you sure that's all the NBA pension is? Doesn't sound like a whole lot considering minimum salary for a player who's been there long enough to get the pension is close to $800k. I suspect their pension contributions would result in far more than $18k per year for a player with 5 years in the league.
Camel 31
Years ago
Seems a small amount to me, I was surprised when I heard that. Just checked it on hoops sa google search and it says $306.34 x no of seasons is monthly chq.
eligible after 3 seasons, eg magic johnson x 13 seasons = $47,789.04 a year!
does seem low though doesn't it?
Ricey
Years ago
also interesting is that i was playing nba live 08, and hes in it, wtf
billo
Years ago
This article http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2769817
says pre-1965 players get $3500 a month per year of service so it's safe to assume that the current crop of players are on $306 x number of season.
XY
Years ago
Billo, did you mean '...more than... $306 x number of seasons'?
That rate and the 'old timers' rates are not even comparable. Seems to be a nought missing...
Camel 31
Years ago
I read that story 'bout 40 old-timers that had played 3-4 years in NBA and weren't getting pension. One was 85 and broke. It was a special payment for them retro to 2005,now it's 3years to qualify.
The young guys will have about a million at about 65, even at only $300 a month.
billo
Years ago
XY - yep, missed out "more than" which drastically changed the tone of my sentence!
Back to Hodge, you'll be pleased to know that he had a good game last night, was scoring freely and I was getting quite a few assists. I was sleeping while this was happening.
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