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Originally Posted by Monahammer
If basketball players acted like hockey players, the raptors would be one of the hottest free agency markets in the league.
Imo hockey players are generally very weak at the promotional elements of being a superstar athlete. It's one of the major reasons the league lags the other major sports in NA so badly.
NFL players don't hate playing for the cowboys. MLB players don't hate playing for the Yankees. Only hockey players hate being famous.
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To be fair, being a high end player in a high end basketball market brings a massive amount of endorsement money. They aren't getting that for playing for a Canadian team, just the stress. That's partially the hockey players' fault to though. None develop personalities that people actually want to see more of.