@buckets: a norris cole quote is going viral after he was asked if he’d rather have his career, roughly $50m and two championships, or james harden’s $400m+ in career earnings without a ring. cole didn’t hesitate. “i’m taking $50 million and my rings. you got to remember, for me and what i value, $50 million i can get anything i want.” it’s obviously easy to say when the “other” option is still $50 million but it’s an interesting question. once both guys have made life-changing money, how much is a championship actually worth to you? cole won back-to-back titles with miami in 2012 and 2013. harden has made hundreds of millions more, won an mvp and built a hall of fame career, but is still chasing his first ring.