NFL players are jealous of the NBA's monster contracts
The ridiculous money handed out so far in NBA free agency, including Steph Curry's reported five-year, $201-million contract, has caught more than just the attention of basketball fans.
Curry's deal dwarfs the record five-year, $125-million contract his Bay Area peer, Derek Carr, signed last week - something that seemed to lead some NFL players to regret the career path they chose:
Dam 200 mil. I'll b happy when they start giving football players what they deserve
— Shane Ray (@StingRay56) July 1, 2017
Steph curry w/ the ridiculous bag💰
— Jerick Mckinnon (@JetMckinnon1) July 1, 2017
These NBA contracts 🤤 make me feel like I got pennies 😂
— Takkarist McKinley (@Takk) July 1, 2017
Blake 175m's 😭 I'm in the wrong sport
— Eric Ebron (@Ebron85) July 1, 2017
Steph. pic.twitter.com/Dzgg2ijATT
— TJ Lang (@TJLang70) July 1, 2017
A few NFL players even went so far as to say they'll push their children into a sport with higher salaries than football:
Yea unfortunately that's why my boy is gone play baseball haha https://t.co/iVuUpQ1gk4
— Shane Ray (@StingRay56) July 1, 2017
My kid will be playing basketball or baseball https://t.co/GNRthL59c8
— Marshon Lattimore (@shonrp2) July 1, 2017
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