When you are making $6.9 million dollars a year it is hard to convince those who might make $40,000 that you could have it rough just like them. That is the impression Josh Smith gave last week when during an interview he mentioned life would be harder taking a pay cut for next season, an amount that equates to $6.9 million between what the Pistons owe him and his salary with the Clippers. That’s after making around $100 million for his career overall. I never thought he was purposely trying to make it seem like he was going to struggle, just that he chose his words badly. Lots of people jumped on him and he wanted to clarify what he meant.