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

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2025

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  • @LoyalOpposition
    @LoyalOpposition Год назад +13

    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
      @LaCream973 Год назад +1

      They broke 💀💀

    • @volfi123
      @volfi123 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@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.

  • @kjo2130
    @kjo2130 Год назад +45

    $7 million back then is insane.

    • @pmac133
      @pmac133 Год назад +6

      Especially in Europe

    • @cprealone
      @cprealone Год назад +6

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

    • @timmasters1195
      @timmasters1195 Год назад

      ​@@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.

  • @tylermitchell4883
    @tylermitchell4883 Год назад +6

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

    • @omgDavidGlasper
      @omgDavidGlasper Год назад +2

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

  • @wcorowitz
    @wcorowitz Год назад +8

    PART 59 coming up in OCTOBER!!!

    • @floydbanks173
      @floydbanks173 Год назад

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

  • @downtownsportsanatomy1631
    @downtownsportsanatomy1631 Год назад +8

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

  • @LimoneneDaddy
    @LimoneneDaddy Год назад +1

    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

  • @patrickglover1778
    @patrickglover1778 Год назад +2

    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
      @robsrectangle 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @theophilusjones3685
    @theophilusjones3685 Год назад

    Wow he went through all that

  • @itsthecrimboss
    @itsthecrimboss Год назад +5

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

    • @markcarey67
      @markcarey67 Год назад +3

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

    • @c.antoniojohnson7114
      @c.antoniojohnson7114 Год назад

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

  • @calicojames4820
    @calicojames4820 Год назад +6

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

  • @plakojohn1310
    @plakojohn1310 Год назад +1

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

  • @christopherflores4341
    @christopherflores4341 Год назад +9

    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
      @tw5139 Год назад +3

      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
      @christopherflores4341 Год назад

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

    • @silewis9396
      @silewis9396 Год назад +1

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

    • @bkatsard
      @bkatsard Год назад +2

      @@silewis9396 Dominic played only in 95-96

    • @whenisdinner2137
      @whenisdinner2137 Год назад +1

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

  • @dirtydwa
    @dirtydwa Год назад

    And Blow it all

  • @DWilson704
    @DWilson704 Год назад +3

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

  • @1990758
    @1990758 Год назад +1

    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
      @stevenbrown6956 Год назад

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

  • @ericowens3023
    @ericowens3023 Год назад

    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
      @RagedContinuum 8 месяцев назад

      yeah his interviewing style is off-putting

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  Год назад

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV RUclips Member - ruclips.net/user/vladtvjoin

  • @Teddy42O
    @Teddy42O Год назад +2

    Dominique Wilkins > Kevin Durant

    • @samserwadda253
      @samserwadda253 2 месяца назад

      Wilkins is a better athlete kevin durant more skilled.

  • @kennylafortune63
    @kennylafortune63 Год назад +7

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

    • @Cheff-Quinn
      @Cheff-Quinn Год назад +4

      That was then this now

    • @ReadyForSummerNow
      @ReadyForSummerNow Год назад +2

      Michael Schumacher the F1 driver, made more.

    • @drewtaylor5205
      @drewtaylor5205 Год назад +4

      Back then buddy lol listen

    • @AK-74K
      @AK-74K Год назад +8

      @@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
      @c.antoniojohnson7114 Год назад

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

  • @glenwoodreid5910
    @glenwoodreid5910 Год назад

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

  • @seanettecoaxum3269
    @seanettecoaxum3269 Год назад

    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

  • @rayj.9568
    @rayj.9568 Год назад

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

    • @billalphonso79
      @billalphonso79 Год назад +1

      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
      @tristinhall1275 Год назад

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

  • @MarcusChefMark
    @MarcusChefMark Год назад

    🏚🫃🏾💪🏾🐾🐾🐾🐾🌄

  • @theov5212
    @theov5212 8 месяцев назад

    PANATHINAIKOS BC

  • @ikke2757
    @ikke2757 Год назад +2

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

  • @MrJohnsl40
    @MrJohnsl40 Год назад

    First finally

  • @heisenberg2966
    @heisenberg2966 Год назад

    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
      @The_Dynamic_One Год назад

      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
      @heisenberg2966 Год назад

      @@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!

  • @kwameasare3957
    @kwameasare3957 Год назад +2

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

    • @LuckyC555
      @LuckyC555 Год назад +4

      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
      @AK-74K Год назад

      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
      @silewis9396 Год назад

      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
      @LuckyC555 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @AK-74K Год назад

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

  • @cp1048
    @cp1048 Год назад

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

    • @AlizrinCrimson
      @AlizrinCrimson Год назад +2

      The grapevine has something to say about everyone, you included

    • @cp1048
      @cp1048 Год назад

      @@AlizrinCrimson 💯