{"id":1539078,"date":"2022-11-21T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1539078"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:55:07","slug":"john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"John Salley Talks NBA Money, Says Adrian Dantley Is to Blame for His Horrible Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By no means was John Salley an NBA superstar. He was the 11th overall pick by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/detroit-pistons\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-worst-nba-draft-class-ever-was-tragically-cursed\/\">1986 NBA Draft<\/a> and played 11 seasons while winning four championships. Salley was the first player to win championships with three different teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6-foot-11 backup center still made roughly $15 million during his playing days. He recently did say he had the worst contract ever and blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nba-hall-of-famer-adrian-dantley-earns-less-than-15k-annually-and-works-as-school-crossing-guard\/\">former teammate Adrian Dantley<\/a> for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-john-salley-said-he-never-got-a-signing-bonus-because-of-adrian-dantley\">John Salley said he never got a signing bonus because of Adrian Dantley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"John Salley Talks NBA Money, Says Adrian Dantley Is to Blame for His Horrible Contract\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2418\" height=\"1604\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/John-Salley.jpg?w=925&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1539137\" \/><figcaption>John Salley of the Detroit Pistons and A.C. Green of the Los Angeles Lakers wait for the free throw in a game at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California during the 1987-1988 NBA season. | Rick Stewart\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salley, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-1986-nba-draft-was-filled-with-busts-drugs-death-and-second-round-steals\/\">drafted with Dennis Rodman by the Pistons in '86.<\/a> recently appeared on Shannon Sharpe's <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ClubShayShay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Club Shay Shay<\/a><\/em> podcast, and the topic turned to money. Sharpe asked Salley what his first big purchase was when he reached the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I didn't get the money,&#8221; Salley told Sharpe. &#8220;I did the worst deal, and I didn't get a signing bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharpe was stunned and immediately asked who his agent was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;David Falk,&#8221; Salley said. &#8220;It's weird. When I look back at it, I didn't get a signing bonus. What it was is they did a deal because Adrian Dantley was now going to be a Piston. All that money went to AD, and they didn't give me a signing bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was the sacrificial lamb. They go, &#8216;Hey, we got this rookie, and you can take A.D., too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salley lasted much longer than Dantley did in Detroit. Dantley was traded by the Utah Jazz to the Pistons right before the 1986-87 season but lasted two-plus years with Detroit. The Pistons traded Dantley to the Dallas Mavericks in the middle of the 1988-89 season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sally played six years in Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-salley-talked-about-his-favorite-purchase-when-he-was-in-the-nba\">Salley talked about his favorite purchase when he was in the NBA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Salley had the worst NBA contract of all-time: He didn&#039;t get a signing bonus | CLUB SHAY SHAY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BdtdOtYe5jU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/john-salley-recalls-1986-draft-night-with-len-bias-and-dennis-rodman\/\">John Salley Recalls 1986 Draft Night With Len Bias and Dennis Rodman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he never got his signing bonus, Salley was still paid handsomely while in the NBA. Sharpe asked again what his best purchase was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The best thing I purchased was a home for my mother and father,&#8221; Salley said. &#8220;I got my mom the house and my dad a Lincoln, my favorite thing I've ever given him. He had this light blue Lincoln. Blue leather, sunroof, cushioned seats. I had them put the curb finders on there. That was my favorite purchase.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salley also spent some money on himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I got a BMW, Black man's wish,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I love my BMW, too. It was an L7, brand new interior. It was dope.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salley also talked about adjusting to life in Georgia after he left New York to go play college basketball at Georgia Tech. Sharpe asked how a guy from New York adjusted so well to the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salley said he got on a plane and the Atlanta Hawks were on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I'm just staring,&#8221; Salley said. &#8220;John Drew's right there. He don't even know I know who he is. He ain't even carrying his bags. Some rookie is carrying his bags. I get off, there was a Black flight attendant. A guy with a red jacket met me. He was Black. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We get downstairs, the coach picked me up, Coach (George) Felton. He was white. The guy that grabbed my bag was Black. I get to the hotel downtown and the lady behind the cash register in this big, beautiful place is Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I get upstairs, call my mother, and tell her I'm going to Georgia Tech. She asks how's the school. I go, &#8216;I don't know, but Black people got jobs.' <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That's how.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Salley spent 11 seasons in the NBA and won four championships with three different teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1539137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4816],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John Salley Talks NBA Money, Says Adrian Dantley Is to Blame for His Horrible Contract - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Salley was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1986 and won four championships in his 11-year NBA career.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Salley Talks NBA Money, Says Adrian Dantley Is to Blame for His Horrible Contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Salley was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1986 and won four championships in his 11-year NBA career.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-21T15:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-21T15:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/John-Salley.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2418\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NostraThomas123\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/\",\"name\":\"John Salley Talks NBA Money, Says Adrian Dantley Is to Blame for His Horrible Contract - Sports7\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/John-Salley.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-21T15:55:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-21T15:55:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/ee02cb7d233260b2c9a2e6c26895e6d5\"},\"description\":\"John Salley was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1986 and won four championships in his 11-year NBA career.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/john-salley-talks-nba-money-says-adrian-dantley-is-to-blame-for-his-horrible-contract\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/John-Salley.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/John-Salley.jpg\",\"width\":2418,\"height\":1604,\"caption\":\"John Salley of the Detroit Pistons and A.C. 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