Schasz Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 See that Willie Reed signed with the Miami Heat. Not sure how his PT will line up but he might get some minutes backing up Hassan Whiteside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 -good luck to WR on the court and off, I hope he has a good financial person to help manage his money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 10 minutes ago, Cowboy said: -good luck to WR on the court and off, I hope he has a good financial person to help manage his money For sure. Miami is a city where it isn't overly difficult to find ways to blow thru a million dollar salary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Got news for you ChosenOne: there is no problem or difficulty to find ways to blow through a million dollar salary anywhere in a large city, including St. Louis. This is particularly true if you consider the fact that he has to pay Fed taxes (no State taxes in Florida), pay his agent, and fund whatever set aside fund the league/team requires. As a single person, he will be lucky to have much over 1/2 of his salary to spend in any given year, if he is married he will pay less taxes but he will have to fund her spending; if he is divorced he will likely get a lot less spending money to play with (and the ex will increase her alimony and enjoy the raise in most States). Make a list my friend, a suitable house and car (Porsche Cayenne?), nice clothing, suitable entertainment... All of this will have a major impact upon his balance sheet, not to mention property taxes, sales tax, and insurance (all pretty high in Florida). Yep, no problem at all in spending his $1M per year salary, as you say, but extended to anywhere he goes, not just Miami, FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Old guy didn't even touch on amusement park rentals and Applebee's house accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I'm praying he ends up playing significant minutes in a twin-towers rotation alongside Whiteside. Those two would be a force to reckon with in the paint, a Picasso-van Gogh duo. I don't think it is much of a stretch and would do wonders for his career. For everyone suggesting he play overseas, let's see you work in a foreign country with no friends or family, no knowledge of the language or culture, all while trying to raise a young child. Nobody wants to live in Israel, and if I have the choice between the NBA and a lesser salary vs. an undesirable foreign country and an insignificantly larger pay scale it's the NBA 10/10 times. Not to mention the opportunities that arise within the association for former players i.e. broadcasting, coaching staffs, etc. etc. Having any former Billiken in the league is something to be proud of, and to do anything besides hope and pray he makes it big is super petty. +1 to everyone mentioning the publicity advantages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 lol.. do these WR threads ever change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 50 minutes ago, majerus mojo said: lol.. do these WR threads ever change? Well, how often does the regular menu at Applebee's change? (I really am rooting for Willie Reed to do well at Miami but wonder if they're a playoff-caliber team with Wade gone to Chicago.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 On 7/13/2016 at 4:30 PM, Quality Is Job 1 said: Well, how often does the regular menu at Applebee's change? (I really am rooting for Willie Reed to do well at Miami but wonder if they're a playoff-caliber team with Wade gone to Chicago.) Chris Bosh and Hassan Whiteside are both better players than Wade at this point, but that doesn't change the fact that they have a very weak back court. Goran Dragic can only get so much done on his own, they really need to work up a trade to get themselves a reliable shooter or scoring threat of any kind to round out their top 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 remember being unimpressed when Wade played us in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 7/16/2016 at 3:19 PM, almaman said: remember being unimpressed when Wade played us in college. That's because he had Josh Fisher guarding him. Wade played us four times, and three of those were the three worst games at Marquette for him (I'm not exaggerating). He was held to his two lowest-scoring performances in college against us (both in 2002-2003), and another time almost reached his average in horribly inefficient style (I think it took him 20 FGs and some FTs to hit 13 points, but can't find the 2001-2002 game log). Granted, we lost all four of those games (three were close, but we scored 38 in one), but it was Novak and/or Diener that had to get it done. Fisher shut down Wade in ways that no one else did in his two-year college career. So it makes sense that you weren't impressed by him if you just saw him play SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Willie Reed is less than a mile from campus this weekend. Do you think anyone from the AD will make contact with him? Or at least meet him at Applebee's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I recall after WR's freshman year there was an article about what college players had a legit shot at the NBA. Willie was mentioned as having a high upside. After that, I never figured he would finish his degree at SLU. He likely would have jumped after his JR year. Still, I wish he'd hit the books when he came back on campus in order to have played that 11-12 season along with Kwamain, et al. I really think with him on that team we could have made a big run in the dance. Now it's just all water over the dam and am glad we've got a player in an NBA program that lists SLU as his college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 7/18/2016 at 8:37 AM, Pistol said: Granted, we lost all four of those games (three were close, but we scored 38 in one), but it was Novak and/or Diener that had to get it done. Fisher shut down Wade in ways that no one else did in his two-year college career. And if the current five-second rule were in place back then (or if the five-second rule from those days had been enforced correctly), we would have won at least one of those games. (No, I'll never let that one go. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 http://heatdiehards.SportsBlog.com/posts/23659653/heat-center-willie-reed-making-the-most-out-of-his-off-season.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 As captured on the front page of Billikens.com tweet, Willie got the start last night for the Heat. Yes it was a preseason game, but Willie went for 7 points,13 boards and 1 block in 26 minutes. Those stats should earn him some minutes when it gets real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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