Paying pillar players ahead of schedule is good business as it helps manage the salary cap.

“We are paying you ahead of schedule because we know in like two years from now when you would originally be up, the market's going to be outrageous. So, it's kind of good business together”

He expresses dislike for teams forcing players to prove their value multiple times instead of rewarding their consistent growth.

“I don't like this. I don't like this this jolling around and oh, we got other things to take care of and we like to see and prove it and X Y and Z. I don't like that.”

Joe Budden views Shohei Ohtani's contract structure as a brilliant loophole for the Dodgers to bypass spending limits while acquiring talent.

“and it only counts I think 49 million or 40 million on the cap stop it that's genius stop it genus my [ __ ] let me tell you something that is what rich people do we going to find a loophole oh my God my [ __ ] we going to find the loophole and circumvent the [ __ ] dog”

NBA players are failing to honor their current contracts by prioritizing their next contracts and load management over their present obligations.

“you got cats that are making nine figures well over a 100 well over 200 million in some cases over $300 million and literally you got cats going out there signing their contract and playing for their next contract or protecting themselves for their next contract without honoring what the present con”