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contracts are real annoying. The NBA has fewer players on each team than any other league in professional sports besides golf, which has hundreds of fat loners. Consequently NBA contracts boast perks not seen in other sports, and the worst of these is the mandatory guarantee clause – which is what the blue-collar sector would know as workmen’s comp ...read morehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/webassets.ticketmob.com/LS/images/comedians/Matt-Ralston.jpeg