1. 03-08-13 04:38 PM #1
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    Ex-NBA Player Renaldo Balkman Chokes Teammate During Meltdown in Philippines

    I thought he was some mellow dude....guess not..LOL!


    Balkman was also on the Spin.PH's Snow Badua podcast and offered the following:
    It was in the heat of the moment, I was frustrated, I hate myself for what I did. Everybody sees me as a bad person. But, that’s not me, that’s not me. [...]
    I am a professional, I am not supposed to do that. I already apologized to Arwind (Santos), his family and my teammates, including our bosses.
    Everybody does something once in a life, they’re not supposed to do. At the time I blanked out and went at it. It’s my first time ever in my entire life to do that.


    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...in-philippines
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  2. 03-08-13 05:53 PM #2
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    whats he paid in this sh1t hole team? like $52 per game?

    i would be mad too...
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  3. 03-08-13 06:21 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by thirtytwo View Post
    whats he paid in this sh1t hole team? like $52 per game?

    i would be mad too...
    A bit more than $52 a game.

    Renaldo Balkman
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    Renaldo Balkman is a Puerto Rican-American professional basketball player who is currently signed as an import for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of South Carolina. Wikipedia

    Born: July 14, 1984 (age 28), Staten Island

    Height: 6' 8" (2.03 m)

    Weight: 224.9 lbs (102 kg)

    Salary: 1.675 million USD (2012)
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  4. 03-08-13 07:09 PM #4
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    Zero chance he's making 1.7 mil in Philippines
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  5. 03-08-13 07:26 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by InTheDrink View Post
    Zero chance he's making 1.7 mil in Philippines
    Not sure if that 1.7 was supposed to be in PH or what (which would be about 50k I think in USD)
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  6. 03-08-13 07:29 PM #6
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    And i can promise you that guys who play in lower level foreign leagues never see close to what is reported what they are to get paid.

    Brandon Jennings among other guys was very public that he got stiffed by a LOT
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  7. 03-08-13 07:30 PM #7
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    LOL he still plays? Pretty sure its $50k not $1.7m.
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  8. 03-08-13 08:21 PM #8
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    Muldy take a read here. I'm sure
    It can't be better in the Phil

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/sp...ruit.html?_r=0
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