This is why the Magic kept Wilks on the roster for half a season, despite him not playing any games; they were stuck with paying him anyway, so they might as well keep him around. They only shifted him from the roster when they were able to include him as salary figure in the Alston trade, sending him to the Grizzies, with whom he stayed on the roster until the end of the year. That was Mike Wilks's year in a nutshell - two teams, 7 months, 1 injury, 0 minutes played, over a million dollars earned. Could have been worse, I suppose.
ShamSports takes a look back at the Mike Wilks "saga".
over 2 years ago
erivera7
10 comments
0 recs |
Email
PrintComments
Ain't it? Get paid for being hurt.
I'm the other guy at Third Quarter Collapse, with a Twitter account.
"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement." - Michael Corleone
Right, who has an NBA GM's phone number, a wrench and a good aim?
Check out some of my photos: My Flickr Account
LifeOfAGiant.com - Check out my blog. Photos, randomness, etc. GO!
Follow me on Twitter
LMAO.
I'm the other guy at Third Quarter Collapse, with a Twitter account.
"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement." - Michael Corleone
There are lots of NBA players who deserve to be mocked for getting ‘injured’ and being out for significant stretches while still cashing multi-million dollar checks. Stackhouse, Iverson, Tim Thomas and even VC have pulled that stunt in the past. But I don’t see how Wilks should be the psoter boy for the NBA profligacy for being legitimately injured and being covered by the terms of his contract. Clearly the NBA needs the sort of non-guaranteed deals in the next CBA that the NFL has, to keep players like Iverson & Thomas from being cap drains & locker-room cancers, but Wilks appears to be a nice guy who was fighting an uphill journeyman’s battle to make an NBA roster and fell into an unfortunate set of circumstances. I hope he makes a roster somewhere, and has a decent career.
Yeah, Wilks wasn't getting hurt on purpose. Just bad luck.
I'm the other guy at Third Quarter Collapse, with a Twitter account.
"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement." - Michael Corleone
He can console himself with the secret MVP trophy Stern had to give him.
LeBron got the one that’s all showy for the media but the players all voted behind the scenes and Mike got all but one vote. The stray vote was for Wike Milks. And Mike threw that in himself for laughs.
He also once recorded a block on his own shot attempt. From half court.
Check out some of my photos: My Flickr Account
LifeOfAGiant.com - Check out my blog. Photos, randomness, etc. GO!
Follow me on Twitter
He's no Keith Van Horn.
He had to travel with the team for the whole season, and he made around $3 million less.
On the other hand, the $4 million Van Horn made for signing a contract and staying home was probably a lot less important to his future plans than the $1 million Wilks made. You know, Wilks is never going to have financial difficulties again, unless he does something stupid. And I say good for him.
He's currently two-thirds man, one-third amazing. Which, let's face it, is still a pretty good ratio.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Contact Us
In Association With
Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sport
- Days of NBA Lives: Wherein Roy Hibbert tap-dances to Maine
- Grizzlies Valentine’s Day cards are the key to love
- Kevin Love would like the NBA to take the MLB’s approach on All-Star games
- Kobe Bryant fires a few hilarious salvos at Jeremy Lin
- Brandon Jennings states the obvious regarding his 2014 free agency, everyone goes nuts
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
