LOL @ $50 million per year! 
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...fixing-scandal
Report: Kobe Bryant was near deal with Besiktas in Turkey prior to match-fixing scandal
Matt Moore
Jul 16, 2011, 3:12 PM EDT
Hey, so that whole thing about Besiktas being in trouble for football match-fixing?
Yeah, bad timing on that.
Jonathan Givony from Draft Express reports that
Besiktas was nearing a deal for Kobe Bryant for $450,000 a month. That’s a $250k increase over what Deron Williams is reportedly getting. Which makes sense, since Bryant is arguably the biggest internationally known basketball player in the world.
So, yeah, having your account frozen, if the earlier report is accurate, that’s a bit of bad luck, that.
Deron Williams and Kobe Bryant on the same team would be the biggest ticket in Europe for basketball. It would likely open doors to television opportunities and increase sponsorship exponentially. If Besiktas’ personnel is cleared of the charges and Bryant does agree to come over, that changes the whole complexion of their future. It also sends a strong message to the owners that the best players will be going over.
The problem, naturally is that the $450,000 Besiktas would pay Bryant is money that could go to multiple members of the NBA non-elite, who are the ones that will struggle the most in the lockout. If the players are doing this only for themselves, great, should be a nice working vacation. But if this is being done to try and break ownership, some of that money needs to be spread to the rest of the players. Otherwise, all the stars will be doing is taking away more opportunities for the majority of the union to survive a prolonged lockout.
Williams and Bryant. He’d finally have a point guard worthy of his talents.
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Kobe could easily make 50 mill/yr and maybe even 75 mill/yr if he was playing in China on a real contract offer.
