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im not mad at kobe for taking the money. im just saying if he wants to play it that way, i think management should have also. do whats in their best interest and not kobes?
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And this is the baffling part
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He takes 16 or 18 this year and what do the Lakers do? sign Kevin Love and another decent mid tier guy?... that doesn't win LA a championship still, dudes are talkin as if Melo & Lebron were heading here automatically if Kobe took less.... there is NOBODY hitting FA this year who is taking this team to the championship, so i'm not getting how he's ruining this season. L.a can still put together a playoff team for the next two seasons and build towards making moves for 2016.
Taking Kobe full salary for two years> signing K.Love, Deng, Lowry for multiple years and ruining chances of landing a real game changer in the near future.
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Lakers ain't going to be contenders for at least another 3 years, he ain't getting 6, it's about $$$ now.
Kobe going to be getting a check from the Lakers after he's retired anyway as a "consultant"
As a player, I don't have an issue with taking every penny you can get.
I know for a fact the owners are money grubbing pricks, squeezing the blood out of everyone for their own pockets, so I get why Kobe would take what he can get, I really do.
But if he really, truly, wanted to, he could have taken so much less, and tried to get these last 2-3 years of his career to get to "Horry" numbers. Not Russell, but Horry.
Clearly 5 is good enough, his career will always be one of the best we've ever seen, but he could have done a few things, if he'd only been smart enough to take less money.
He's going to be the highest paid player in the NBA, at the age of 37.
That, is bad business on the Lakers' part.
I know for a fact the owners are money grubbing pricks, squeezing the blood out of everyone for their own pockets, so I get why Kobe would take what he can get, I really do.
But if he really, truly, wanted to, he could have taken so much less, and tried to get these last 2-3 years of his career to get to "Horry" numbers. Not Russell, but Horry.
Clearly 5 is good enough, his career will always be one of the best we've ever seen, but he could have done a few things, if he'd only been smart enough to take less money.
He's going to be the highest paid player in the NBA, at the age of 37.
That, is bad business on the Lakers' part.
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Exactly.
Maybe as much as he'd like a 6th ring, hes realizing his careers almost a wrap so he has to prepare for after basketball.
Kobe's already said there is NO chance he's going to be coaching. So he might be stacking as much as he can to invest in other businesses when he retires.
Maybe he wants to own a team. Maybe he wants to own an island. Who knows. But maybe his interests in life go beyond winning a 6th ring. Who can hate that? As much as basketball has been life to Kobe, basketballs coming to an end.
You can't beat Father Time.
So he's probably thinking ahead right now.
But again, as a laker fan. It sucks, really badly.
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Laker fans should never be mad or depressed ...EVER
spoiled little girls.
spoiled little girls.
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Kobe luring another superstar. K.
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Who gives a **** about making the playoffs?
We could make the playoffs without paying 23 and 25 million to one guy, so what good is it to pay him?
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As a player, I don't have an issue with taking every penny you can get.
I know for a fact the owners are money grubbing pricks, squeezing the blood out of everyone for their own pockets, so I get why Kobe would take what he can get, I really do.
But if he really, truly, wanted to, he could have taken so much less, and tried to get these last 2-3 years of his career to get to "Horry" numbers. Not Russell, but Horry.
Clearly 5 is good enough, his career will always be one of the best we've ever seen, but he could have done a few things, if he'd only been smart enough to take less money.
He's going to be the highest paid player in the NBA, at the age of 37.
That, is bad business on the Lakers' part.
Although we haven't expressed similar words on this topic I think were on the same page.
I agree with all of that.
I feel you on this one man, I feel you.
As a man I Can't be mad at Kobe.
But I can be disappointed as a fan. And I am.
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True.
Not saying that it would have happened.
More money for the Lakers doesn't automatically mean the stars are gonna come out.
But that doesn't mean they should just throw the money at Kobe.
Save it for a rainy day. Who knows what's on the forecast.
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I agree with both of you.Although we haven't expressed similar words on this topic I think were on the same page.As a player, I don't have an issue with taking every penny you can get.
I know for a fact the owners are money grubbing pricks, squeezing the blood out of everyone for their own pockets, so I get why Kobe would take what he can get, I really do.
But if he really, truly, wanted to, he could have taken so much less, and tried to get these last 2-3 years of his career to get to "Horry" numbers. Not Russell, but Horry.
Clearly 5 is good enough, his career will always be one of the best we've ever seen, but he could have done a few things, if he'd only been smart enough to take less money.
He's going to be the highest paid player in the NBA, at the age of 37.
That, is bad business on the Lakers' part.
I agree with all of that.
I feel you on this one man, I feel you.
As a man I Can't be mad at Kobe.
But I can be disappointed as a fan. And I am.
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i agree, but theres a difference between finish 10th in the west and missing the playoffs....or getting a 4-6 seed and maybe going to the second round.
if it is the former, its just going to become a retirement circus ...
and im a kobe fan
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I agree with both of you.
Group hug???
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From the owners perspective........ that 3 billion dollar TV contract they just scooped up... those Jersey sales they will keep getting, the Lakers name flashing in all those Nike ads, etc etc at this point they are paying that difference for Kobe the brand more than kobe the Player.
My point is either with his contract or w/o this team wasn't going to be a contender for another 2-3 years at least. Once dwight Left they pretty much knew that so why not lock Kobe up and let him finish his career with you squad and stack money in the meantime. whether Kobe is Playing Great or is horrid on the court people are going to tune in, ESPN is gonna put them on everywhere, the point is people are going to care about the Lakers and focus on them as long as they have a polarizing player like Kobe on the squad.
Had they mortgaged the future long term i would be upset but it's two years on a team that at max was gonna be playoff bound. so from the owner's perspective two years of mediocre lakers with Kobe is a lot more profitable than mediocre Lakers w/o
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Maybe you say this because you are a clipper fan.
The guy doesnt have to go fighting players. just show a little backbone every now and then.
Dont run your mouth and make it personal and then when a player comes to check you on your trash talk plead to "leave it onthe court"
He would have never gotten this reputation of being a ***** if he just stood up for himself in the first place.
Can you explain why all these players always wanna bully him? And dont say because they are jealous because they are all nba players getting paid.
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