Alright, let’s talk about this Kelly fella, Kelly Olynyk. Folks keep jabberin’ about how much money he’s made, so I figured I’d try and make sense of it all, ya know? Don’t expect no fancy book learnin’ words from me, I just tell it like it is.
So, this Kelly, he plays basketball. Big fella, I seen him on TV once. He plays for the Toronto Raptors now. That’s up in Canada, eh? Cold up there, I bet. They say he signed a contract, that’s like a deal, for two years. And get this, they gonna pay him a whole lot of money, somethin’ like 26 million dollars! Twenty-six million! Can you believe that? That’s more money than I ever seen in my whole life, and then some.
- Two years
- 26 million smackeroos!
- That’s 13 million a year, give or take.
Now, they say he gets that money no matter what. Guaranteed, they call it. That means even if he sits on the bench the whole time, he still gets paid. Must be nice, huh? I worked my whole life, sun up to sun down, and never seen nothin’ close to that kind of money.
They also say this ain’t the first team he played for. Seems like he’s been around the block a few times. Played for the Celtics, the Heat, and some other places too. Houston, Detroit… lotta movin’ around, this fella. He’s been playin’ for like, 11 years now. That’s a long time to be bouncin’ a ball, if you ask me. I guess he’s pretty good at it though, to be makin’ that kinda dough.
They got all these numbers they throw around, stats they call ‘em. Points and rebounds and assists… sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me. But I guess it all adds up to how good he is, and how much they’re willin’ to pay him. They say he gets about 10 points a game, on average. And grabs 5 rebounds, whatever that means. And then he passes the ball to his buddies 2 times a game, on average. Seems alright, I guess.
He’s played a whole bunch of games too. Like, over 700. That’s a lot of runnin’ and jumpin’. My old knees would be shot! And all that travelin’ from city to city… I bet he doesn’t even get to eat home-cooked meals much. Poor fella.
So, all this money and all this playin’, what’s it all mean? Well, it means Kelly Olynyk has made a whole heap of money playin’ basketball. They even have websites and stuff where they track all this stuff. They call it his “career earnings.” Like it’s a job or somethin’! Well, I guess it is a job, but it sure ain’t like no job I ever had. Must be nice to get paid that much for playin’ a game. Makes you wonder, don’t it?
Anyways, that’s the story of Kelly Olynyk’s money, as best as I can figure it. He plays ball, he makes a lot of money. He plays for the Raptors now, but he’s played for a bunch of other teams too. And he’s been doin’ it for a long time. Simple as that. Don’t need no fancy degrees to understand that, now do ya?
I still can’t get over that 26 million dollars, though. That’s a whole lotta chickens, let me tell you.
Well, that’s all I got to say about this Kelly fella. Hope it made some sense to ya. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go tend to my garden. At least my tomatoes don’t cost 26 million dollars!
One last thing, they got all this stuff on the internet. You can look it up yourself if you want. Just type in “Kelly Olynyk earnings” or somethin’ like that. You’ll find all sorts of numbers and facts and figures. But be warned, it can get mighty confusing!
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