Props to Kobe for not bein a c00n by takin a paycut

[Trojan 24]

I'd like to give Kobe props, in fact I remember being happy when Kobe got the biggest contract in NBA history. Now

Should a took 15 mil and have Buss buy you a mansion in Italy or some shyt

 

[feelosofer]

While I don't disagree with you my issue with Kobe is that he is sitting around criticizing management for not putting a team around him, like his paycheck isn't the reason the Lakers won't be relevant for at least the next two years. Worse yet dude is not gonna be a contributor. He is making great money but he sacrificed some of his legacy in the process and while again thats all up to Kobe he should have the experience and knowledge to realize this. Had dude just taken a 20 mill contract. They would at least be in position to get a big time guy next year.

 

[Eternal Tecate]

Shout out to Kobe for keeping up his personal tradition of sabotaging the good of the team for his own personal gain.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

People adore Mayweather for getting the most amount of money possible for the least amount of risk and hate Kobe for the same thing. Weird.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Kobe is real as fukk. MJ would be proud. Get to that money homie

 

[Torrential]

Buckeye, you truly are the goat human. I won't disrespect you by calling you the goat poster, you're above that title.

He needs that 'Seum poster of the year award for 2014.

 

[mozichrome]

yeah, real hero shiit

 

[Premeditated]

@ giving half of your hard earned money back to the organization that makes money off you. Kobe setting a good example for all men.

 

[ISO]

At people still thinking the big 3 took a pay cut to come to Miami, like Nike didnt front the difference.

No that's not how it works, LBJ makes $15M a year from Nike relative to what his sneakers and apparel produce he is actually underpaid. Wade isn't with Nike never was, Wade was signed to Converse before moving on to Jordan and now Li-Ning, Bosh isn't a powerful player with sneaker companies he doesn't even have a signature player model.

Nike didn't front the difference, these nikkas actually took pay cuts, LeBron could have been looking at a max contract say somewhere like New York, with the same Nike contract, and even more endorsements.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Compared to other states sure....but $125M in Florida is still more than $110M in Florida.

your math skills are like whoa

 

[bnm8907]

1. Agree with Kobe getting as much as he can
2. However, he can't really say he's 100% about winning though. Not that there is anything wrong that though.


But how is taking a pay cut being a c00n? I could see it as a sucker move if it were baseball or some shyt where there is no real salary cap. But, in the NBA or any sport where you have salary cap you as a superstar player have to really decide what's the most important thing to you, and how much are you willing to sacrifice for the good of the team. Kobe showed us what's the most important thing to him

 

[GreatestLaker]

No that's not how it works, LBJ makes $15M a year from Nike relative to what his sneakers and apparel produce he is actually underpaid. Wade isn't with Nike never was, Wade was signed to Converse before moving on to Jordan and now Li-Ning, Bosh isn't a powerful player with sneaker companies he doesn't even have a signature player model.

Nike didn't front the difference, these nikkas actually took pay cuts, LeBron could have been looking at a max contract say somewhere like New York, with the same Nike contract, and even more endorsements.

Jordan is a subset of Nike.

 

[jaydolf spitler]

People adore Mayweather for getting the most amount of money possible for the least amount of risk and hate Kobe for the same thing. Weird.

What team sport is Mayweather in that money could be allocated for other players?

 

[Hammer]

exactly, why should he? so the 10 million less he took goes to some bum like Kirk Heinrich

 

[LesterDiamond]

He did take a paycut, he could've got $30mil+ a season, easily