"Label owners hate me I'm raising the status quo up
I'm overcharging n*ggas for what they did to the Cold Crush
Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hoed us
We can talk, but money talks, so talk mo bucks"
At the end of this season, the Lakers will have paid Kobe Bryant 80 million dollars for doing absolutely nothing for last 3 years.
Suckers, beta males, and mindless sheep will criticize Kobe for "taking" all of that money.
Real men will

because they have the intelligence to know that workers are supposed to side with workers.
Now guys like Lebron, Durant, and Steph Curry will know how to handle themselves on the way out. Hopefully none of these guys fall victim to life threatening injuries like Kobe did, but in the event that they do, they now know that teams can't use that as an excuse to not kiss their ass and pay them every dollar possible.
"Kobe did that, so hopefully you won't have to go through that."
Thanks for being a trailblazer Kobe.