Kobe signs extension

[Pugz]

Kobe Bryant signs two-year extension with the Lakers, the team announces. Would have been a free agent after 2013-14

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Any idea how much?

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

$48 mill for 2 years
 

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Kobe Bryant's contract extension worth $48 million over 2 years. He will continue to be NBA's highest-paid player. (via @chris_broussard)

 

 

[Mexi]

24M is a paycut lol

 

[elcheato]

Kobe don't give an F about nothin

 

[jonathanlambert33]

23.5 million the first year of the deal, 25 million the second year.

 

[JKnucks]

I wouldn't have given him anywhere near that kind of money. I don't care what he did for the team in the past, it's about the future. Lakers organization is crazy dumb

 

[hat-94]

kobe is 35 years old and average 27 points last year.

 

[buzzy]

I'm just glad we're gonna see one guy retire with his team. We really only have him and Dirk left of that generation.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I wouldn't have given him anywhere near that kind of money. I don't care what he did for the team in the past, it's about the future. Lakers organization is crazy dumb

Agreed. 23.5M is 40% of the cap. I don't know how you justify giving one player that much money, even if they are worth it.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I'm just glad we're gonna see one guy retire with his team. We really only have him and Dirk left of that generation.

I must be midreading what you're saying, because there are still a number of guys left in the league. Tim Duncan, Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, Antawn Jamison, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Kevin Garnett, etc

 

[Pugz]

I must be midreading what you're saying, because there are still a number of guys left in the league. Tim Duncan, Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, Antawn Jamison, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Kevin Garnett, etc

i think he means players retiring with the team they played their career with.

so its duncan, kobe, dirk.

manu will be up there too.

 

[JKnucks]

kobe is 35 years old and average 27 points last year.

 
He was also 1 of 2 players in the NBA who averaged 20 or more shots a game, went down with a pretty bad achilles injury and hasn't played since and is a player who really likes to take control and drive to the rim and be explosive and it's very unlikely he'll be like that again.
 
NOT worth it. 

 

[buzzy]

Yeah I forgot about Duncan.