Koolaid_Man
09-13-2011, 07:59 PM
:lol by virtue of this crucial comment...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Isiah Thomas, a future Hall of Famer and two-time world champion, served as president of the National Basketball Players Association. At every turn, Magic Johnson was involved. As were Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and, of course, Michael Jordan.
Kobe’s Presence Crucial to CBA Talks?
By HOOPSWORLD ([email protected])
Basketball News & NBA Rumors
No one with sense ignores a five-time champion, a former MVP and a quintessential box-office attraction like (Kobe) Bryant, who validates it all with a work ethic that usurps his level of production. Particularly when that player is in the second-largest market in the country, just finished off his previous $136 million deal, is about to collect another $83.5 million over the next three years — and no one would think of questioning why.
“Kobe attended the last meeting in L.A.,” one union negotiating official told me about last month’s union meetings to update everyone on the status of the CBA talks. “He is aware of what’s going on and he’s involved. Kobe’s smart and calculating. More importantly, he’s about business. By virtue of that alone, he is about what’s in the best interest of the league.”
Good! So it should be easy for him to understand why his presence needs to be felt now more than ever before. All he needs to do is look at history.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Isiah Thomas, a future Hall of Famer and two-time world champion, served as president of the National Basketball Players Association. At every turn, Magic Johnson was involved. As were Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and, of course, Michael Jordan.
via Stephen A. Smith of ESPN (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/6963270/kobe-bryant-nba-elite-players-need-make-their-presence-felt-lockout)
http://www.hoopsworld.com/kobes-presence-crucial-to-cba-talks/
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Isiah Thomas, a future Hall of Famer and two-time world champion, served as president of the National Basketball Players Association. At every turn, Magic Johnson was involved. As were Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and, of course, Michael Jordan.
Kobe’s Presence Crucial to CBA Talks?
By HOOPSWORLD ([email protected])
Basketball News & NBA Rumors
No one with sense ignores a five-time champion, a former MVP and a quintessential box-office attraction like (Kobe) Bryant, who validates it all with a work ethic that usurps his level of production. Particularly when that player is in the second-largest market in the country, just finished off his previous $136 million deal, is about to collect another $83.5 million over the next three years — and no one would think of questioning why.
“Kobe attended the last meeting in L.A.,” one union negotiating official told me about last month’s union meetings to update everyone on the status of the CBA talks. “He is aware of what’s going on and he’s involved. Kobe’s smart and calculating. More importantly, he’s about business. By virtue of that alone, he is about what’s in the best interest of the league.”
Good! So it should be easy for him to understand why his presence needs to be felt now more than ever before. All he needs to do is look at history.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Isiah Thomas, a future Hall of Famer and two-time world champion, served as president of the National Basketball Players Association. At every turn, Magic Johnson was involved. As were Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and, of course, Michael Jordan.
via Stephen A. Smith of ESPN (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/6963270/kobe-bryant-nba-elite-players-need-make-their-presence-felt-lockout)
http://www.hoopsworld.com/kobes-presence-crucial-to-cba-talks/