David West….my maiinnn man…so I have had this look on my face all day….I have been very confused bro…My heart aches for you, and unfortunately, I believe you have signed the dotted line…I promise to come back to this post and ask for forgiveness if you (and your new team proves me wrong) but dawg…I don’t think you can honestly convince yourself that you made the right move! Dear baby Jesus! I can’t say I’ve smelt more than a thousand dollars in close proximity before, but maybe if I made as much as you, I would understand why giving up so much was such an easy choice for you.
My gut feeling is that you have a TON of money stashed somewhere. If you do, I am very, VERY proud of your accomplishments, but to give up guaranteed money, for the possibility of a probable winning season does not add up for me; but what do I know right?! Eleven Million Dollars just seems like a WHOLE LOT of money to be giving up! Bro, you could have sat on the bench for that much, and still stash it away, and saved, and made so much interest! I realize winning is a big deal to you. You are one of the most humble, low-key, unselfish player that is out here playing. I followed your play from the hornets, till now! I am not a business man by any means, but I don’t know if your agent helped you this time.
Truth be told, we can’t foresee the future, and things can change, but sometimes you have to bank on reliability, and 11 Million at the Pacers, to make it to the playoffs, maybe lose in the second round, and go to Miami to rest your bones till the next season, seems more reasonable than the amount of money that you’re about to make, for a championship you are not guaranteed! SloRoy is gone (Thank you Jesus); PG will be back; Monta just joined the team; you got that rookie Miles T, who can score…I mean I can go down the list, but your team will score, and the defense will hold its own…I guess thats why they pay others the big bucks and not me, but sir, if the spurs do win the championship this next year, you will have nobody but yourself to blame!