B.O.M not M.O.B.

Bibby in his prime with the Kings

Basketball over Money not Money over Basketball, that's what NBA point guard Mike Bibby choose when he decided to take a buyout from the Washington Wizards, the team he was traded to last week from the Atlanta Hawks on the day of NBA trading deadline. Bibby turned down $6.2 Million next season to become a free agent and sign with a winning team, unfortunate for him that "winning" team is the Miami Heat. That's neither here nor there, the point is he turned down a lot of "dough", "paper", "cheese", and like Randy Moss would say, "straight cash homey", for the love of the game. He is a 12 year veteran that has played in clutch games when he was a Sacramento King, and knows what it means to be a winner. I couldn't name 5 other players in today's game that would give up that much money to go and sign for extremely less than half of that amount, just to have a chance to win a ring.

Not his best work

The big "Tacos", I mean 3, all said they would put the money aside to have the chance to play with each other and try to win MULTIPLE championships as it was put by Mr. James himself during their big concert slash welcome to Miami expose'. If I'm not mistaken they still signed for over $100 Million a piece, maybe in millionaires terms that means we could have gotten $125 Million instead of $116 Million. In any case they did not give up as much as Bibby, who turned down a whole season of pay in 2011-2012. He is taken the biggest risk because his deal with the Heat is just for the remainder of the season. Next year, many of the contending teams are going to want to sign him because of his leadership and experience, but he will not make nearly as much as he was due to earn next season. I commend any man who loves his craft and has the passion and will to become a champion. Good for you Mr. Bibby!