Lakers: Stirring the Pot, If you were Jim Buss.....

[The Batman]

Only an animal would rape and then jerk off later

[baseline bum]

OMG Jamison

Only scored 86 points on that defense

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Only an animal would rape and then jerk off later

You've nary room.

Your Neal raped as well.

[baseline bum]

You've nary room.

Your Neal raped as well.

But Neal at least finished. It's the least you could do for the sake of common courtesy to her once you take it.

[whitemamba]

You tripping dawg...let me tell you why....and I ran the numbers and posted this before..you don 't amnesty Kobe because he's made you about 1.2 billion alone over the last 10 yrs while pocketing only a measley ~250 million of that for himself which comes out to 21% overall...he's earning on his marketing power alone 80 million / yr in revenue and you have 1 more yr to pay out 30 million to him... it's a move you cannot make...It's not about saving money especially with a 25 billion dollar TV deal in your back pocket it's about loyalty for what he's done...amnestying him would banish him to a team or city not of his choosing..it would be the worst decision the FO could ever make and they'd pay for it for years to come....

best bet is to Amnesty Pau and trade Nash and Artest there are no other options

Kool with the goods. I didnt see that side of it. mah h

[Fergie The Florists]

Looking at the lakers financial situation, If you were Buss, would you consider try to pitch this to Kobe.

His 30 million dollars is going to cost the Lakers 80 million in luxury tax. That calculates to a little over 2 million dollars per win, and thats more than 10 times the next player in line, I think, or something of that nature. Would you amnesty him, sit him for a year let him get healthy, and resign him after his contract expires? I dont think that will sit well with laker fans, and kobe obviosly, but its the right financial move, and it gives kobe a year to recover. Who knows how that will play out, he might come back better or worse we dont know. What would you do?

You're a got

[Latarian Milton]

kobe costs his team more $ every year than the entire mavs squad. only few NBA teams have payrolls topping 80m imho

[whitemamba]

Im a got

[Baseline]

If Bryant hadn't blown the Achilles, I figured he would angle for an extension this summer for 3yrs/75M or 4yrs/100M. Reason being, he would tell the Laker FO that he would will deliver a D12 re-signing if they agree to re-sign him (Bryant) at those ridiculous numbers. Of course, even at those ridiculous numbers, Bryant would be taking a paycut (from the 30M figure), and I'm not sure his ego would have permitted that. Bear in mind that Bryant has never taken a penny less than the max his entire career. He's never done what Duncan, Pierce, LeBron and others have done "for the good of the team." Of course, now all this is out the window for Mr. Bryant.

[Koolaid_Man]

kobe costs his team more $ every year than the entire mavs squad. only few NBA teams have payrolls topping 80m imho

we like it that way...Mitch Kupchak on Jim Rome show earlier:


Rome: whose call is it when someone is on the floor?

Mitch: "Its the coaches call in general. but dealing with player at the top of his game, so extenuating cir stances. there have been times when other coaches (phil, everyone) have taken kobe out of the game, and kobe just gets up to go back in when he feels its time without coaches prompting. what is coach supposed to do, have a confrontation while he is about to go in? he has earned that respect. "

[Fergie The Florists]

I wanna sucks Kobe's . But i'd settle for Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks

[LkrFan]

You tripping dawg...let me tell you why....and I ran the numbers and posted this before..you don 't amnesty Kobe because he's made you about 1.2 billion alone over the last 10 yrs while pocketing only a measley ~250 million of that for himself which comes out to 21% overall...he's earning on his marketing power alone 80 million / yr in revenue and you have 1 more yr to pay out 30 million to him... it's a move you cannot make...It's not about saving money especially with a 25 billion dollar TV deal in your back pocket it's about loyalty for what he's done...amnestying him would banish him to a team or city not of his choosing..it would be the worst decision the FO could ever make and they'd pay for it for years to come....

best bet is to Amnesty Pau and trade Nash and Artest there are no other options

I don't disagree with you playa. An argument can be made either way because that new CBA ain't no joke. We'll see what decision they make. I hope they aren't even in the position to have to make one tbh.

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that new CBA ain't no joke.

LF

[Venti Quattro]

I don't want to be Jim Buss, ever.

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LF

Welcome back, how's Katie girl?

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Welcome back, how's Katie girl?

Keepin' me in the poorhouse, but, I can't complain.

[Double-Up]

Keepin' me in the poorhouse, but, I can't complain.

Don't you have a pension? Ain't you a war vet and ?

[whitemamba]

how the do these threads go from a certain a topic to katie, or Kobe 5 tosb 4

[HI-FI]

Only an animal would rape and then jerk off later

i can't see this decision going over well in Laker land. Laker fans have always wanted their own MJ, even if he is a cancerous, laughable imitation like Kobe. the Hispanic fans will riot and go crazy if Kobe is cut loose. It will be like MS13 +100. Kobe means too much to a community that thinks the casting couch is a way to treat a woman. I say they hold onto him and bite the bullet.

[Mal]

That plan wouldn't be possible under the rules of the CBA, since players can't go back to the team that amnestied them, tbh.... even if he could, he would still have to clear waivers, and you know some dumb lottery teams desperate to sell tickets would make ridiculous bids for Kirby's services...

He could be on DL as long as he wants, after this injury. There is no chance, he`ll be in Bobcats uniform. Too ealy return could end his carerr. If he`d be smart enough, he could take amnesty, wait year and return to lakers