I made it 2 minutes into the video and stopped.
Sounded ridiculous to me. "Don't define me as a basketball player... I'm an artist... I'm a lover... blah blah blah"... come on. That's the kind of nonsense someone has the luxury of saying when they have millions of dollars already in the bank for playing a game. Good for him, he made ungodly amounts of money to play a playground game professionally. Now he can quit the game and enjoy his drugs and riches.
NOt a bad deal. Getting paid 22 million to not play basketball. I mean on some level i get it. If you could take advantage of the opportunity to get a buttload of money and then pursue something you really loved, why not do it? If he wants to go buy himself an island and spend the rest of his life lounging around and getting fat with beautiful models, he can. At some point, if you don't love basketball, why keep playing? I'll never come close to making the type of money Larry Sanders has already made during his career. Put yourself in that mindset. "Here's the deal... you can spend the next 4 years doing something you hate and make 44 million... or you can just do whatever you want and we'll give you 22 mil". 22 mil/44 mil... whatevs... I could probably find a way to live the rest of my life pretty comfortably with just 1 mil. I'd buy an affordable home... put the rest in a savings and live cheap off the interest. WHat's the difference between 22 mil and 44 mil, really?
Good for him. But spare me the "don't try to define me" hogwash. He sounds like a spoiled trust fund hippie girl when he says that. You usually hear people say that when they aren't struggling to make a buck like the rest of us. WIthout basketball, what's Larry Sanders doing with his life right now?