Amateur: Not A Man On This Site That Will Tell Your Boss" Keep That 50 Million Sir"

[StrengthAndHonor]

I thought Kobe did took a paycut, isn't he projected to make $30/mil a season? Still not a great deal but if the Lakers did in fact offered the deal, then it's hard to blame Kobe at this point. The Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant agreed upon a two-year, $48.5 million contract extension on Monday.
"This was easy," Bryant told Yahoo Sports on Monday night. "This wasn't a negotiation. The Lakers made their offer with cap and building a great team in mind while still taking care of me as a player.
"I simply agreed to the offer."
The Lakers have little chance of a max contract player signing with them this offseason regardless of whether Bryant signed the NBA's richest deal or not.
The Lakers are betting Bryant can continue to drive ticket sales and TV ratings while making them relevant again.

[MolaMola790]

How much money does one really need though? Kobe is already rich beyond what anyone could ever need....if he actually cared about winning he would of took less to the lakers can sign better players.

[MolaMola790]

after sometime to marinate on it more ...
STILL don't like it, but it's foolish to compare a international star with a huge ego like Kobe, to Duncan.
SA is blessed with a humble star and that was a perfect fit for your coach and small market franchise.
Kobe was a "star" that craved the recognition, accolades that big market team could offer long with winning and endorsements and bangin' white chicks.

TBH, Many Laker fans have fed that ego and worshipped at the altar of Kobe and now expect him to be something we have never allowed him to be.
JIm and Mitch BETTER have a plan we don't see ...because right now it looks as we have no clue.

John Salley was on Mike & Mike and made a interesting point. Duncan taking less did not really help the spurs build just make more money. Did the spurs go over the cap or pay anybody more $ because Timmy took less? No. What Tim did was allow leverage to the FO so they could use Tim's sacrifice as a hammer when negotiating with Tony, Tiago and Manu. How could they ask for above market value when Tim took less? god bless his heart ... but the ownership raped Tim on that one, just as Kobe raped Jimbo. Now Lebron, he took la bit less to join Wade and Bosh. Tim was just being a good company man.

None of this is to excuse the Lakers FO incompetence or to not give credit to the spurs FO ...they got duncan to re-up after a season where he seemed he was in sharp decline and then he turned in a season last year that was incredible. They got a ALL NBA season out of a big on a market value discount. Kobe was NOT having THAT ...as a fan of teh Lakers first I wish he would of ...but it is what it is ...

one of the best posts I read here from a laker fan

[Sean Cagney]

Of course Duncan did give up a huge chunk of change to allow for roster flexibility. If only 6 didn't happen, Kobe might have seen the logic in that. Now he sees how that's gotten Duncan exactly 0 extra rings and says, screw it, I'm eating first!

I am pretty sure Tim is eating just fine off what he makes and he is winning to boot. Kobe just stuck with bums and 50 mill, guess thats what he wanted. He can now retire without catching his GOD MJ.

[ambchang]

Not when it can pay a $500 debt 100,000 times over. No sir.

[Mal]

Lakers werent winning with Kobe earning half of it, so why wouldnt he take 50 mil when such deal was on a table.

[ohmwrecker]

Lol steal your .... please I been using numnuts before you were even a thought in your daddy's wet dream...and its numnuts you moron....

Nobody said numbnuts up in here before me, you ass talker. It's spelled numbnuts. As in, your nuts are numb . . . because you don't use them . . . numbnuts.

[Koolaid_Man]

Nobody said numbnuts up in here before me, you ass talker. It's spelled numbnuts. As in, your nuts are numb . . . because you don't use them . . . numbnuts.

what a stupid way to use numnuts....in this case it's a shortened version of you're a dumb ohmwrecker

[Koolaid_Man]

after sometime to marinate on it more ...
STILL don't like it, but it's foolish to compare a international star with a huge ego like Kobe, to Duncan.
SA is blessed with a humble star and that was a perfect fit for your coach and small market franchise.
Kobe was a "star" that craved the recognition, accolades that big market team could offer long with winning and endorsements and bangin' white chicks.

TBH, Many Laker fans have fed that ego and worshipped at the altar of Kobe and now expect him to be something we have never allowed him to be.
JIm and Mitch BETTER have a plan we don't see ...because right now it looks as we have no clue.

John Salley was on Mike & Mike and made a interesting point. Duncan taking less did not really help the spurs build just make more money. Did the spurs go over the cap or pay anybody more $ because Timmy took less? No. What Tim did was allow leverage to the FO so they could use Tim's sacrifice as a hammer when negotiating with Tony, Tiago and Manu. How could they ask for above market value when Tim took less? god bless his heart ... but the ownership raped Tim on that one, just as Kobe raped Jimbo. Now Lebron, he took la bit less to join Wade and Bosh. Tim was just being a good company man.

None of this is to excuse the Lakers FO incompetence or to not give credit to the spurs FO ...they got duncan to re-up after a season where he seemed he was in sharp decline and then he turned in a season last year that was incredible. They got a ALL NBA season out of a big on a market value discount. Kobe was NOT having THAT ...as a fan of teh Lakers first I wish he would of ...but it is what it is ...

this is real talk...The Spurs are gonna straight Tony Parker...he knows it and they do too....Timmmy helped his boy...they've always ed Tony Parker dude shoulda been paid outta his ass but instead like a weak french poodle he let them brain wash him into taking millions upon millions less than he's worth...it's a ing shame tbh....and Spur fan have the audacity to be critical of other teams players that go for theirs...

In the illustrious words of Mike Tyson.... off Spur fan

[rayjayjohnson]

let me go out on a limb here..please don't stop me from jumping...but If I'm not mistaken...Kobe didn't play a single min of the play-offs....seriously rayray how much of a straight-up re ed ass moron does one have to be to have an opinion such as yours?

Please answer

he still played 80% of the season and they barely scrapped into the 8th seed.

riddle me that, got.