Knicks Think Globally, Act Locally

What would you do if your salary was suddenly slashed to only $1.1 million??? Fire a bodyguard or two? Heat the pool only to 85? Drink Bollinger instead of Cristal? The mind boggles at the indignity of it all.

Thankfully, former UW star and current New York Knick Nate Robinson didn't have to face too many of these excruciating decisions during his 10-game suspension for on-court fighting, which cost him $108,000 of his $1.2 million salary. Why? It's a little thing called "charity begins at home," people. From Robinson's blog:

I was not paid while I was sitting out, but my teammates got together and helped me out. Jerome James, Quentin Richardson, Steve Francis, Jamal Crawford and Stephon Marbury all pitched in and gave me $10,000.

It wasn’t a huge amount compared to what I lost, but that’s not the point. The point is that they cared … that’s the main thing. It was really cool, and just shows what a great group of vets we have on the team. I wouldn’t know what to do without ’em.

As the friend who sent this link to us observed, "Nate Robinson is a pro basketball player who has stayed grounded."