Cedric Ceballos isn’t holding back, declaring Stephen Curry’s signature 50-footers would have landed him in a world of hurt back in Ceballos’s playing days, with the stark warning, “You get touched up in the locker room.” This isn’t just Ceballos talking trash, he’s laying out a serious take on how different eras of the game operated, and it comes down to cold, hard cash.
The ‘$100,000’ Difference That Changed Everything
According to Ceballos, the reason those long-range bombs would lead to a locker room confrontation in his era boils down to player salaries and a different kind of accountability. He pointed to guys like “Oakleys and Masons and Buck Williams,” who were “making 100,000.” Back then, if you’re pulling in that kind of money and you’re jacking up a 50-footer, you’re looking at some serious pushback. Ceballos highlighted that “people getting in the fights with each other and Oakley slapping the shit out of them” was a real thing, all tied to the “dollar amount.”
Fast forward to today, when players are “making 60 to 80” million dollars. Ceballos put it bluntly, saying he wouldn’t “give a f**k” if Curry shot those deep ones if he were making that much. He emphasized, “I don’t have to lose teeth to make what those guys was making.” It’s a raw, honest look at how player compensation directly impacted locker room dynamics and the unwritten rules of the game.
It’s a wild peek into a bygone era, where the unspoken rules of the game were literally enforced by fists and a much smaller paycheck. Makes you wonder if today’s stars would even survive those old-school locker rooms, right?
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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