>have 9 figure contracts are making $30-40mil a season so
>hopefully we won’t see any of those guys bouncing from team
>to team chasing vet minimum checks at the end of their
>careers.
>
>Wade and Dirk took huge pay cuts to finish their careers with
>the teams they started with. I don’t know if any of the
>current guys egos will allow them to do that.

For most of em, they'll do it if they have the right situation.

They COULD avoid that altogether by quitting a few years before it's time, but then again..the 35 million per year deals cats are signing will be hard to turn down even if you're in year 4 of 5 and they know they suck. And hell, dudes are comfortably taking weeks off at a time mid-season like they work up in an office. So yeah, maybe scratch that quitting early theory!

If 'taking a deal' nowadays meaning signing a 3 for 36, dudes are gonna keep playing if they feel like it. The only folks that are gonna lay it down are the Melo types who have shit on their names AND a gang of money to plug their ears with.