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see the hashtag biz on the end. He's basically telling Duncan that his 5 means nothing since people will still rank Kobe over him...While Kobe still gets paid while going for 6....
see the hashtag biz on the end. He's basically telling Duncan that his 5 means nothing since people will still rank Kobe over him...While Kobe still gets paid while going for 6....
"It's the big bad owners' fault that I signed that terrible contract, blame them for my selfishness!"
justifying himself personally removing the chance for his team to compete for 2 seasons
you are autistic
In all seriousness, I don't blame Kobe. He has the right to that 48.5, and he took it, and yes, he should blame the owners because it's the Lakers owners who decided that getting exposure and revenue is more important than staying compe ive.
On the other hand, it's not like the Lakers have much option. Getting rid of Kobe will lead to riots in LA (stupid people love to riot so that they can loot), so they have to keep Kobe, but nobody in the league wants to play with him, so they gave him a huge contract and send a message to the rest of the league that no matter how horrible a player, teammate, and person you are, we will still compensate you blindly. This will help recruit players in the future.
I think people who actually believe Kobe's still in it to win it, are the biggest idiots in this whole thing
He said it best. "biz". He's in it to collect the fruits of his labor as an NBA star. As long as his body can play and owners are willing to pay, Kobe will remain in this game. It's all bizness, ya know.
You don't fight the owners by signing a massive albatross of a contract, though, you fight them through labor negotiations and the CBA.
Kobe's basically saying, "We get underpaid so much that I'm going to eat the largest share of the pie I can, knowing that given the way the soft cap works there will be nothing but ing scraps left for the rest of the players on my team."
As always, Kobe claiming he is owed an assist after jacking up an airball that gets putback for a score.
Derek Fisher is the one Kobe should be blaming tbh. Weren't they zeroing in on a 54:46 split in favor of the players before Fisher & Hunter screwed them.
That tweet?
That's 48.5 talkin'.
Once he ran Howard off that team wasn't going anywhere anyways, so might as well just take all the ing cash tbh.
The Lakers aren't going anywhere with Howard either, see Houston.
Kobe's earned well over $400 million and he actually wants to right the robbery he pulled off on the Lakers. He's mistaken if he thinks the Lakers owe him anything more. An incredible front office saw them pull off the biggest free agency signing in 1996. Add in Phil and Kobe should count his lucky stars that he was playing for the Lakers during the late 90's and early 2000's. Look at Mcgrady and he was just as good as Kobe during those years.
I guess he's pissed that he isn't getting a % share of the Lakers when he retires.
No arguments over that. I don't blame him for what he did though, and I don't think he's fighting the owners at all.
^and the slope sensation predictably rears his yellow head
Yellow as in the Lakers logo?
Yellow as in the urine tint of your skin.
I just think it's incredibly foolish on part of Kobe to tweet that tbh. He's getting paid nearly $25/yr in the twilight of his career just after a $30/yr contract.
Because you watch the NBA to hear the commentary and watch the owners in the crowd.
For the record I have no problem with what Kobe did. They weren't gonna win in the last 3 years of his career (who the would've went to that mess anyways). If those coon ass players and their union were so ing stupid to not realize they held the cards in the CBA negotiation ("I jus' wanna play bawl!"), I'd take my money too. I would've taken max.
Kirby didn't take max. He took a huge paycut. Ask Thread
It's not what he "did", it's how he talks out both sides of his mouth as if ring #6 is the only thing that matters while making it impossible to achieve given the cir stances.
I know he didn't take max - I said I would've.
We all know Kobe is full of about #6 - who in this thread would take a ring over $20 million? You think Kobe is really gonna say 'I only play for money now, I see the writing on the wall'?
How's it any different from the owners spewing the bull about 'Take a pay cut to win!'?
Nobody in this thread has made $400m in salary + $100s more in endorsements unless, ya know, Tim Duncan is reading
No, but there's a big difference between pretending like all you care about is 6 and disingenuously defending your greedy sociopathic tendencies with every tweet.You think Kobe is really gonna say 'I only play for money now, I see the writing on the wall'?
Link to owners saying that?How's it any different from the owners spewing the bull about 'Take a pay cut to win!'?
Lakers are urine tint, gotcha.
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