Kobe Bryant might be amnestied

[Hersh]

artest
blake

only viable options for amnesty

 

[Huellz Santana]

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Shaq was a more dominant player when they traded him away. Not sure why people think they wouldn't drop Kobe as well.

Real Lakers fans should hope they amnesty Kobe, trade Gasol, and resign Howard... otherwise it's going to many years before they are relevant again.








not gonna happen

Larry c00n

 

[Bilz]

not even that really becuz they still have to pay him.

Theyd still have to pay him his 30 mil but if they dont amnesty him, they pay his 30 mil and an additional 50 mil or some obscene amount in taxes.

I dont see the amnesty happening but if Dwight walks, they might as well since their only hope of being competitive is a healthy Dwight. Without him, theyre a lottery team even if Kobe comes back 100%

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

I don't even mess with mamba but you can't do a legend like that

 

[puppetmaster]

damn the fukkery that would ensue if bean were to get amnestied might turn the coli into status.

This place will turn into arkham asylum within seconds of the news breaking




-P-

 

[USSInsiders]

Amnesty the shooting gawd to ensure the security of Fright c00n?

 

[Danny Up]

I don't even mess with mamba but you can't do a legend like that

It's business first. It's smart business to amnesty Kobe. Will it haunt them? Maybe, maybe not.

 

[Koapa]

Bruhs, I don't count anything out when it comes to business. I think the Lakers and Kobe's situation might end up like the Colts and Peyton.

In all honesty, the Lakers can't bring that same pathetic roster back next season. Other teams in the west are young and other teams are getting younger. You can't pay a guy $30 million post lock-out.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Kobe is a free agent after next season, cutting his contracts only sheds tax dollars which would be a petty move. This and the Shaq situation don't compare at all.

I'd definitely take advantage of him being an expiring before amnesty.

Bean, Pau are both expiring deals.

Rather do that than amnesty with nothing in return.

Problem is that no one believes in Dwight like that.

 

[Air Nikes N Hats]

The tax thing isnt a big deal to the Lakers. Didnt they sign some crazy television deal not to long ago?

Its an example of why teams like the Lakers, Knicks, Bulls, etc can afford to keep these kinds of contracts on their rosters, even with the tax penalties. You dont think the league is aware of this? They kinda have to sell it because it would undermine the CBA, and upset the smaller market teams who thought the playing field was being leveled.

Kobe isnt going anywhere......Artest is the likely candidate for the amnesty. With Pau they can at least dangle his expire contract as an asset and get something back

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

All jokes aside the trolling on this subject is tired. Yall sound stupid as fukk, but its not like yall had any business talking Lakers basketball anyway.

 

[Air Nikes N Hats]

He'll miss maybe 10 games at the beginning of the season tops......Kobe Bryant coming off a major injury>most players in the league

 

[Houston911]

Theyd still have to pay him his 30 mil but if they dont amnesty him, they pay his 30 mil and an additional 50 mil or some obscene amount in taxes.

I dont see the amnesty happening but if Dwight walks, they might as well since their only hope of being competitive is a healthy Dwight. Without him, theyre a lottery team even if Kobe comes back 100%

thats the point

best draft in years

only contract lakers have on the books is nash

smartest move is to sit kobe all year, dump nash for an expiring, come back with a rested kobe, a cheap gasol, a top 5 rookie in a stacked draft and 45-50 mil in cap room

 

[#StarkSet]

thats the point

best draft in years

only contract lakers have on the books is nash

smartest move is to sit kobe all year, dump nash for an expiring, come back with a rested kobe, a cheap gasol, wiggins and 45-50 mil in cap room

 

[Bilz]

thats the point

best draft in years

only contract lakers have on the books is nash

smartest move is to sit kobe all year, dump nash for an expiring, come back with a rested kobe, a cheap gasol, a top 5 rookie in a stacked draft and 45-50 mil in cap room

So a 2014-2015 team with an aging Pau, a withered Kobe, a lottery pick, and two lower tier max contract guys? That's what you're banking on?

The Lakers are in good position to rebuild but rushing things for Kobe's sake would sabotage the whole process.