sounds like Fredo just got thrown under the bus. also looks like Kobe is going with the DAF86 avatar.
Defensive got that he is
truth bombAgain, this is a good move for the Lakers, it makes the most sense, tbh..
Anybody that thought Kobe would take a pay cut to win is a ing moron and hasn't paid attention to Kobe's career..Kobe is all about Kobe, and even if he wasn't, there's no way Vanessa was going to allow him to take any less than he took, tbh..
Duncan, Garnett and Nowitzki took pay cuts for their teams' flexibility, Lebron and Three did it in their primes, but all those players have different mentalities, obviously..
We all know how Kobe loves to imitate the best, tbh.
Only time he plays any defense anymore
kobe had leverage? he couldn't get a 10M per year offer if he prayed tbqh. No team in their right mind wouldn't want him, i mean, why would they?
rofl at the copy of SI with Kobe on it on the table
Spurs actually know what they're doing and won't overpay so-called "superstars" to join their team. There's a reason we've been in the playoffs every single year for almost 2 decades, and have won 50 games every season(not including the 99 lock out year).
And Spurs have only lost 3 times in the first round during Duncan's tenure. That's called consistency.
Ticket sales? Jersey sales? Kirby is still a top 3 SG in the league, despite the chucking and not playing defense. When players like Hayward and Gordon are being offered max deals, you don't think there would be a handful of teams ready to pay Kirby 15 mil? Doubt it.
Kirby really had no leverage in negotiating his contract, though. I mean, he ain't getting over 15 mil anywhere else, so the Lakers FO were stupid to throw 48/2 to him, when younger stars under the new CBA get 50 in 4... Of course Kirby took the money without hesitation, he could give 2 s about winning the ring.
No one's stopping Miami when Lebron's getting better every year.
it's one thing to overpay a young player you're supposed to build around, it's an entire other story to bring in a declining veteran that would eat up all your cap space. teams just don't overpay for veterans anymore, mark my words, none would give him 10M other than perhaps the knicks or the nets, but even they wouldn't be able to do so anyway. And
Let me clarify. It was the max allowed years for a player his age. I'm quoting Larry Coon, a world renown cap expert here:
LINKToday the Lakers announced that they have extended Kobe Bryant for two seasons. Terms were not announced, but Ramona Shelburne reported that he will make $23.5 million and $25 million, respectively.
[UPDATE: I have since confirmed that the salary figures are exactly $23.5 million and $25 million. He continues to have an accelerated pay schedule, no incentives, and his contract is fully guaranteed for lack of skill, injury or illness, death, or mental disability.]
Two years is the longest extension he could have signed due to the Over-36 rule. This rule takes effect when a contract is for more than three seasons and ends after the player’s 36th birthday, effectively mooting the salary in the later seasons. For extensions they always count the remaining seasons on the current contract — so Kobe now effectively has a three-year contract, which is the maximum allowed before running into the Over-36 rule. See Question number 56 of my FAQ for more information on this rule.
Still, too much money IMO and too soon (especially the bolded). They could have waited until he played at least 25 games or so - to gauge him as a player - and still made the same decision if they chose to. It would have been an informed business decision instead of just paying him now out of loyalty and his past contributions. I suspect making Kobe the NBA's highest paid player was Dr. Buss's dying wish. Fredo was just fulfilling it without visual proof that he could still do it in an actual game. Huge gamble.
Gold.
LA fans posting all over happy at the deal and saying he is back and getting paid! How did that work out this year with near half that 48????? Great signing LA!
The contract that killed the lakers, tbh...
Kirby in November:
Kirby in March:
the magazine at the end of the table is what makes that picture great tbh. i bet kobe brought that in with him
^I see you're on the rag this afternoon.
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