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That is awesome, $100k payday for him
Posted on: August 3, 2022 at 15:13:51 CT
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https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/34338436/blue-collar-u-downs-americana-autism-takes-home-1-million-basketball-tournament-title
Blue Collar U brings home $1 million in the winner-take-all format. Stars CJ Massinburg, Nick Perkins and Wes Clark will earn $100,000 apiece, fellow starters Blake Hamilton and Dontay Caruthers will earn $85,000 and the rest of the players and coaches will earn between $15,000 and $60,000. (Teams can split up the prize money however they want.)
"It was a tough-fought game," Clark said in the postgame interview. "For us to get this grind-it-out win, it's just amazing -- on top of the million dollars."
"[It took] preparation. We all took this thing serious. We all wanted this money; we all wanted to get back out here and compete. We knew we left some things out there last year, and we just wanted to finish the job."
Blue Collar U came up one game short of the final last season, falling in the semifinals to Team 23 after Clark's TBT ended early due to a hamstring injury. With a healthy Clark back in the fold, it was the class of this year's tournament. He led the team in scoring and hit the game-winning shot in the semifinal against Red Scare.
"A lot of guys here, on this Buffalo team, have more to prove," Clark told ESPN on Monday. "Just for us to get that chance to compete with the other guys, ex-NBA players, guys playing at the highest level in Europe. To compete and show the rest of the world we can play at that type of level, with that type of competition. It's cool to be here, but to excel against them is another thing."
Composed mostly of former University at Buffalo players, Blue Collar U dedicated each win in TBT to the victims of the May shooting at a Buffalo supermarket. Ten players wore a victim's name on the back of their jerseys, while three jerseys read "Buffalo Strong." After each win, they would put the jerseys on the floor in a circle and pray for the victims.
"We've always been more involved in the city. This hit home and gave us an opportunity to shine a lot on something devastating to the city. There's nothing more important," Clark said Monday. "The community is so close to us. When we go back, we bump into a million people; they all congratulate us and say how excited they are. Everybody gives you that kind of belief and understanding that we're all in this together."
Blue Collar U brings home $1 million in the winner-take-all format. Stars CJ Massinburg, Nick Perkins and Wes Clark will earn $100,000 apiece, fellow starters Blake Hamilton and Dontay Caruthers will earn $85,000 and the rest of the players and coaches will earn between $15,000 and $60,000. (Teams can split up the prize money however they want.)
"It was a tough-fought game," Clark said in the postgame interview. "For us to get this grind-it-out win, it's just amazing -- on top of the million dollars."
"[It took] preparation. We all took this thing serious. We all wanted this money; we all wanted to get back out here and compete. We knew we left some things out there last year, and we just wanted to finish the job."
Blue Collar U came up one game short of the final last season, falling in the semifinals to Team 23 after Clark's TBT ended early due to a hamstring injury. With a healthy Clark back in the fold, it was the class of this year's tournament. He led the team in scoring and hit the game-winning shot in the semifinal against Red Scare.
"A lot of guys here, on this Buffalo team, have more to prove," Clark told ESPN on Monday. "Just for us to get that chance to compete with the other guys, ex-NBA players, guys playing at the highest level in Europe. To compete and show the rest of the world we can play at that type of level, with that type of competition. It's cool to be here, but to excel against them is another thing."
Composed mostly of former University at Buffalo players, Blue Collar U dedicated each win in TBT to the victims of the May shooting at a Buffalo supermarket. Ten players wore a victim's name on the back of their jerseys, while three jerseys read "Buffalo Strong." After each win, they would put the jerseys on the floor in a circle and pray for the victims.
"We've always been more involved in the city. This hit home and gave us an opportunity to shine a lot on something devastating to the city. There's nothing more important," Clark said Monday. "The community is so close to us. When we go back, we bump into a million people; they all congratulate us and say how excited they are. Everybody gives you that kind of belief and understanding that we're all in this together."
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That is awesome, $100k payday for him - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 15:13:51