Dominique Wilkins on Becoming Highest Paid Athlete in Europe After Leaving Celtics (Part 20)

[@kjo2130]

$7 million back then is insane.

[@pmac133]

Especially in Europe

[@cprealone]

Right that’s insane now in Europe but in the 90s is ridiculous

[@timmasters1195]

​@@cprealoneit's not really insane in football today, there are people on way more, and some of the wages in the Saudi joke league are truly nuts.

[@LoyalOpposition]

American here who spent 7 weeks in Greece. I LOVE Europe. Been there six times. Once for almost 5 months. Beautiful women, great food, living easy, lots of fun, no violence.

[@LaCream973]

They broke 💀💀

[@volfi123]

@@LaCream973 not as much as you are lol. Zombies, people living in cars , not being able to afford rent, mental cases everywhere with guns. None of that here buddy.

[@tylermitchell4883]

“They gave you the world” meaning women throwing themselves at him 😂😂😂

[@omgDavidGlasper]

No. It means they gave him the house, and cars, and bodyguards, and free dinners...etc.

[@wcorowitz]

PART 59 coming up in OCTOBER!!!

[@floydbanks173]

Are you wondering like me????? Dang, how many parts are there????? LOL Will I even be able to find all them?????

[@downtownsportsanatomy1631]

He won the Euroleague in 1996 and he was the finals MVP with Panathinaikos

[@christopherflores4341]

He may have been the highest paid in Greece, but not all of Europe. Soccer contracts were pretty huge for the stars by the 80s and 90s.

[@tw5139]

No, they weren't. The transfer fees were big, but the weekly or game checks were around $40 or $50 thousand for the top players.

[@christopherflores4341]

Check Maradona’s contract or Baggio’s. @@tw5139

[@silewis9396]

Top UK footballers were getting up to 53K a week by 97

[@bkatsard]

@@silewis9396 Dominic played only in 95-96

[@whenisdinner2137]

No they were not. You are thinking about transfer fees and not the salaries themselves

[@patrickglover1778]

Think he realized Chris had just passed away while talking but that year with the Celtics wasn’t good. Got benched and did not get along with Chris Ford at all. Once Reggie Lewis died those were rough years as a Celtics fan. Couldn’t believe they almost beat the magic that year in the playoffs. Still love Nique!

[@robsrectangle]

Sherman Douglas, Nique, and (forgot who else). Great squad!

[@calicojames4820]

I didn't even know nique went overseas...smh

[@moove1533]

I didn't either

[@LimoneneDaddy]

Anyone if given the opportunity or has the means should travel to Greece. Its like Italy but way cheaper. Fantastic people and besides Athens it's not too touristy in comparison to other European countries

[@itsthecrimboss]

If the NBA could take away players pay Jordan Poole needs to give his whole paycheck back!

[@markcarey67]

Getting traded to Washington is punishment enough - KP had his best recent season there and no one even noticed.

[@c.antoniojohnson7114]

And Draymond Green is a punk, always in his feelings. Bet he wouldn't do that to someone his size.

[@plakojohn1310]

Best player that has played in the Euroleague thanks for everything Dominique ☘️💚🟢

[@vladtv]

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[@theophilusjones3685]

Wow he went through all that

[@DWilson704]

He is 63yrs old. I see black dont crack unless you smoke it 😂

[@AutistikManiac]

Lemne get a 8 ball

[@1990758]

They always make it sounds like it's a wonderful thing to play over there. But as the interview keeps going we hear the bad side. It seems like he was ready to blame the coach for his reason for leaving the boston celtics.

[@stevenbrown6956]

Yea, you can tell he trying to keep it positive.

[@Teddy42O]

Dominique Wilkins > Kevin Durant

[@samserwadda253]

Wilkins is a better athlete kevin durant more skilled.

[@ericowens3023]

Audio and interviewer was hard to listen to. I really want to enjoy but it was hard. It felt painful to listen to you dig for info rather than better questions.

[@RagedContinuum]

yeah his interviewing style is off-putting

[@dirtydwa]

And Blow it all

[@kennylafortune63]

No way he was making more than any soccer player, just say highest paid basketball player

[@Cheff-Quinn]

That was then this now

[@ReadyForSummerNow]

Michael Schumacher the F1 driver, made more.

[@drewtaylor5205]

Back then buddy lol listen

[@AK-74K]

@@Cheff-Quinn Cause I am a nerd, I decided to look this up. Top earner in the EPL in 95/96 was Dennis Bergkamp who earned $2.7m per year, which is less than Wilkins got in Greence ($3.5m) The thing is at that time Italy and Spain top teams paid more than in England, but I couldn't find any info on how much the specific players were paid then. So actually it was possible that he was paide more than any soccer players.

[@c.antoniojohnson7114]

​@@AK-74KBeing a nerd is better than being a dumbass Homer Simpson wannabe.

[@glenwoodreid5910]

I heard during a playoff game that Yankee fans were throwing coins at Seattle Mariners players' batting practice.

[@seanettecoaxum3269]

I just found out that my biological family is wilkins is his family is from Branchville south Carolina the Brown and wilkins is from Branchville south Carolina just would love to know

[@MarcusChefMark]

🏚🫃🏾💪🏾🐾🐾🐾🐾🌄

[@rayj.9568]

So, they initially wined and dined him and then they tried to jerk him around.

[@billalphonso79]

thats his side of the story ...i remember reading in the newspaper back then that he was very stingy..he owed money to his teammates,he even owed money to the local videoclub although he was very rich

[@tristinhall1275]

That has nothing to do with what he’s owed plus the fact that the league tried to renig

[@theov5212]

PANATHINAIKOS BC

[@ikke2757]

Nah, bruh! Not more than the top soccer players!

[@MrJohnsl40]

First finally

[@MarcusChefMark]

🫃🏾🫰🏾😘

[@kwameasare3957]

Lies, he was not earning more than football players in England or Italy.

[@LuckyC555]

Soccer players weren’t even in the top 40 of highest paid athletes back in 1995. 😂 They didn’t have overpaid dudes like Messi or Ronaldo back the n

[@AK-74K]

He was paid more than the highest player in England. On Italy there seems to be no data available from back then on salaries.

[@silewis9396]

Top UK earner 95/96 was Bergkamp at Arsenal with 25,000 pounds a week. 96/97 was Fabrizio Ravanelli 42,000 pounds a week.

[@LuckyC555]

@@silewis9396 get off the nuts already. Nique said he was get a lot more than stated which means he got money under the table along with other perks.

[@AK-74K]

@@LuckyC555 European clubs have no salary cap, no need for under the table payments. Was just other perks he is talking about

[@heisenberg2966]

Man, by The Time Dominique was on The Boston Celtics, He was SLOW AND JUST ABOUT WASHED-UP! I remember Watching Games, and he kept getting STRIPPED, when he attempted THAT SLOW-ASS SPIN MOVE! I Really Despised Dominque Wilkins on The Boston Celtics; it was an EMBARRASSMENT TO THE FRANCHISE( just like when They Signed Shaq )!

[@The_Dynamic_One]

He went from averaging 26pts/gm to not even 18pts/gm in the blink of an eye. Lbs. In his defense, he was like 35 when he signed with Boston.

[@heisenberg2966]

@@The_Dynamic_One Yeah, I used to always bump into Nique at The Clubs. He actually messed-up One of My Situations, with this Freaky Chick I met at a Nightclub. She knew Dominique, and asked me to go with her, to meet him( I already knew him ). Anyway, Nique invited her to his Hotel, and THE REST WAS HISTORY!

[@cp1048]

Heard through the grapevine that this guy likes kids, hope it ain't true

[@AlizrinCrimson]

The grapevine has something to say about everyone, you included

[@cp1048]

@@AlizrinCrimson 💯