"I have a family to feed"-- Latrell Sprewell, on why he turned down an 3 year $21 million contract extension from the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves that he considered insulting.
Sprewell later said the minimum $1 million annual salary would be a "slap in the face," and even later his agent said $5 million for a season was "a level beneath which Sprewell would not stoop or kneel!"
Needless to say, NBA followers got some sadistic satisfaction when Sprewell went bankrupt several years later and had his yacht repossessed.
Last edited by drcy; 07-16-2014 at 12:09 PM.
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