11/25 Kobe SIGNS 2yr Extension!

[Reverend Jesse Jackson]

#Kanbe

 

[havoc]

I love how these writers and journalist have made it damn near a 'fact' the Lakers cant contend with Kobe's deal. They should know better than that. Last year we were paper contenders and look how that turned out. Or how about the year our roster was so weak Kobe wanted a trade before the season started. Made the finals that year. All im saying is let shyt play out before we start dooming a team on some hypothetical shyt. The media is damm near always wrong when it comes to the Lakers. Remember when there was no chance we'd get Dwigt last year? Kwame Brown and unknown Marc Gasol for Pau? Or when we flipped Pau for Chris Paul outta nowhere in a trade that infuriated league owners to the point it got vetoed? Let shyt play out.

You don't need to wait to see how this ridiculous contract is going to pan out after this season because the writings already written on the wall. Steve Wonder could see this contractual agreement to give Kobe 48.5/2 years is bullshyt. With the money that is spent on Kobe, the Lakers aren't going to contend for a title but play for a low seed playoff spot.

 

[GreatestLaker]

WASHINGTON – For 24 hours, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant listened to the residue of culture created out of the genius of commissioner David Stern and his owners. Between the incompetence of Players Association executive director Billy Hunter and an indifferent and uninformed union membership, the NBA skillfully rigged a collective bargaining agreement to devalue and defang the superstars responsible for driving the game to unprecedented popularity and profitability.

The disdain delivered to Kobe Bryant for signing a two-year, $48.5 million contract extension had left him surprised, but ultimately understanding of how the conversation has conspired to turn this way. Bryant hadn't come to apologize for his deal on Tuesday night, but hold it up and tell the rest of his peers: Bleep this system.

"Most of us have aspirations for being businessmen when our playing careers are over," Bryant told Yahoo Sports in a corridor of the Verizon Center. "But that starts now. You have to be able to wear both hats. You can't sit up there and say, 'Well, I'm going to take substantially less because there's public pressure, because all of a sudden, if you don't take less, you don't give a crap about winning. That's total bull----.

"I'm very fortunate to be with an organization that understands how to take care of its players, and put a great team out on the floor. They've figured out how to do both.

"Most players in this league don't have that. They get stuck in a predicament – probably intentionally done by the teams – to force them to take less money. Meanwhile, the value of the organization goes through the roof off the backs of their quote, unquote selfless players.
"It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

As the franchise player for one of the most profitable franchises on the planet, a glamour organization that has historically been able to recruit top free agents, Bryant accepted an offer presented to him. "One meeting," he said, "and it was basically done."

For Bryant, this extension punctuated the transformation of an uneasy relationship with late owner Jerry Buss' son Jim into something that surprised him. When Jim gained power over his sister Jeanie – with whom Bryant had held a long, close relationship with – Bryant had never been sure of his intentions.

Did Jim Buss want to stay the course with Bryant as the centerpiece? Did they want to give into Dwight Howard and marginalize Bryant, even push him out?

"You hear rumors," Bryant told Yahoo Sports. "You hear innuendo. You're never sure."

Eventually, Bryant started to build more of a relationship with Jim Buss, a trust, and ownership came to Bryant and his agent Rob Pelinka to award him an extension before he had ever played a minute on his repaired Achilles tendon. Through everything, though, Bryant insisted to Yahoo Sports: "I tried to insulate myself from all that, block it out. I needed to focus on my recovery, on getting my ass back out on the court."

Here's the thing that Bryant has learned with the long, uncertain and frightening rehabilitation process for his torn Achilles: In some ways, it may have saved his career. Across the past two or three years, thoughts of retirement had crept into Bryant's mind. And never once did those have to do with his desire to compete, to play the game. They always had to do with the offseason regimen that he pushed himself through, the hellacious summers that extended from his teens and 20s and into his 30s.

"The Achilles, the rehab, it relit a fire in me, that's for sure," Bryant told Yahoo Sports. "I had been going so long, so long, putting in work – 17 years – and never taking a break, never taking time off. That's a long time to push your body, especially the way I pushed mine.

"Every time I had to find that drive, I would eventually find it … somewhere. But it took a toll. Every summer, I'd finally find that push that would get me there. But it was getting harder to do."

And then Bryant laughed: "But with this one, this challenge, it was low-hanging fruit for me."

The Los Angeles Lakers still believe in Kobe Bryant, and this means the world to him. Of course, the money matters, and it always will to him. He hadn't come to Washington, D.C., to make a concession speech, only to thank the Busses for the leap of faith and declare himself closer to his return. Between a news conference and the next steps in his rehab on Tuesday night, Kobe Bryant was still raging over the response to his contract extension. This wasn't a noble gesture to awaken his peers, but simply a visceral reaction to the way the NBA has slowly, surely eroded the superstar's standing in the sport – and the way the players have allowed it to happen.

"Bull----," Kobe Bryant finally again said on his way back to the locker room. "Pure bull----."

 

[SanchoPanda]

Same people trashing Kobe will salute Steve jobs for all the money he made apple.

fukk em

 

[Dwight Howard]

You don't need to wait to see how this ridiculous contract is going to pan out after this season because the writings already written on the wall. Steve Wonder could see this contractual agreement to give Kobe 48.5/2 years is bullshyt. With the money that is spent on Kobe, the Lakers aren't going to contend for a title but play for a low seed playoff spot.

Its all hypothetical. Lakers were heavy contenders on paper last year and that ended poorly

 

[GreatestLaker]

I love how these writers and journalist have made it damn near a 'fact' the Lakers cant contend with Kobe's deal. They should know better than that. Last year we were paper contenders and look how that turned out. Or how about the year our roster was so weak Kobe wanted a trade before the season started. Made the finals that year. All im saying is let shyt play out before we start dooming a team on some hypothetical shyt. The media is damm near always wrong when it comes to the Lakers. Remember when there was no chance we'd get Dwigt last year? Kwame Brown and unknown Marc Gasol for Pau? Or when we flipped Pau for Chris Paul outta nowhere in a trade that infuriated league owners to the point it got vetoed? Let shyt play out.

Marc Gasol wasn't an unknown when we traded him. He was tearing it up in Europe and would have been a top 10 pick if he came out that year.

 

[Dwight Howard]

Marc Gasol wasn't an unknown when we traded him. He was tearing it up in Europe and would have been a top 10 pick if he came out that year.

In NBA-terms he was a nobody

 

[Bilz]

Ive always said this

Most people are simple minded sheep though so they don't get it

It has nothing to do with helping owners, it would help HIM compete for more championships. The rich owner would be spending the same amount on players regardless.

If signing a huge deal is his way of boycotting the new CBA, he's only hurting his own quest for titles. He got paid so good for him but lets end this bullshyt narrative that he eats lives and breathes another title. He just wants to get paid and pass Jordan's scoring total.

 

[jfkennedy]

It has nothing to do with helping owners, it would help HIM compete for more championships. The rich owner would be spending the same amount on players regardless.

If signing a huge deal is his way of boycotting the new CBA, he's only hurting his own quest for titles. He got paid so good for him but lets end this bullshyt narrative that he eats lives and breathes another title. He just wants to get paid and pass Jordan's scoring total.

Boy, the coli sure is glad to have you. I mean, with your insider knowledge on all the moves that the Lakers are making and how they're planning on utilizing the cap space, etc. We're so lucky.

 

[Bilz]

Boy, the coli sure is glad to have you. I mean, with your insider knowledge on all the moves that the Lakers are making and how they're planning on utilizing the cap space, etc. We're so lucky.

You're being sarcastic, yet you're subconsciously speaking from the heart

 

[Dwight Howard]

lol at Kobe's quest for rings being a 'bullshyt narrative'. yall are better than this. 2* trolling

 

[Bilz]

lol at Kobe's quest for rings being a 'bullshyt narrative'. yall are better than this. 2* trolling

Youre the same people that criticize Chris Paul for signing with the Clippers and Dwight Howard for signing with the Rockets. "Theyre not going to win rings there, they don't care about winning" Remember that?

 

[CantStop]

Youre the same people that criticize Chris Paul for signing with the Clippers and Dwight Howard for signing with the Rockets. "Theyre not going to win rings there, they don't care about winning" Remember that?

you made more posts in this thread than the kings season thread

there's like 3 kings threads on the front page but you posted here.

 

[GzUp]

This thread is full of Kobe fans, not laker fans.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

It has nothing to do with helping owners, it would help HIM compete for more championships. The rich owner would be spending the same amount on players regardless.

If signing a huge deal is his way of boycotting the new CBA, he's only hurting his own quest for titles. He got paid so good for him but lets end this bullshyt narrative that he eats lives and breathes another title. He just wants to get paid and pass Jordan's scoring total.

He knows theyre not winning shyt either way.