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Does Kobe really still care about money? Doesn't he yet have to win a NBA championship without Shaq?

he has a point. 50 million is alot to turn down, you hearing this Dr. Buss. Kobe has titles so it would be all about the money.

Can you imagine what his stats would be like in a European league? 40 pts/game? 45? The truth is that Kobe doesn't care where he plays, if he's getting paid and you know his name.

Kobes wayy over rated, who cares where he goes, plenty of people to take his spot.

Let him go...have fun...peace out.

Its all about the money....

have fun earning that money and maybe he could average 40+.
Maybe AI might beat him over there

Kobes wayy over rated, who cares where he goes, plenty of people to take his spot.

Riggs | 08/08/08, 07:50 AM

Name one person in the NBA better than him then if he's overrated and someone could easily fill his spot.

Bad time for Kobe to be talking about this. He should have learn from last summer. He does not need more controversies. This is no big deal to me but many people will attack him right away w/ no mercy. The Olympic players should put everything aside and concentrate on winning the gold. We just hope the "Redeem Team" can redeem themselves. They haven't played the real teams in the Olympics yet. It used to be a 100% chance of winning the gold in the past but now it's down to 25%. Not good stats. There are too many strong teams that played together for a long time very well. Teams like Argentina, Spain, France, and also Greece.

50 million in Italy is like 23 Million here...he better ask for 50 million EURO

what I mean is, that getting paid 50 million American is a lot, obviously, but when you're converting it to Euro, you get killed...and it's probably more like 27 million

The NBA would be in BIG trouble if Kobe and Lebron went to Europe!

If Kobe or Lebron or any other superstar heads to Europe, it would cement Michael Jordan as the greatest player of all time. On top of his awards and rings, Jordan can say that he made basketball so big globally that the next generation of top NBA stars could legitimately leave the league to play overseas.

This is a wake up call to all the morons out there "claiming" that these NBA superstars would never leave the league... How stupid can you be?? Money talks bull ish walks... And don't hate on Kobe for speaking the truth... He's the best player in the league, so if he says he'd be out, then you know everyone else would be too... And why shouldn't they?? This is a business, and last time i checked making money was the whole point of being in business...

I don't blame Kobe or any of the other guys that have bolted! I look at it like this...most of the guys who sign those 100 mil deals are only going to net about 35 mil...so if a player has an opportunity to net 50mil for one season...he is foolish if he doesn't at least explore the possibility...Money talks and BS runs the marathon!

Here's how that conversation would go with me:

Italian owner: We would like to offer you Fifty milli---
Me: YES! Do you have a pen or should I just prick my finger and sign?

Lebron will be playing for Olympiakos in 2010 if David Stern doesn't do something about the salary cap quickly.

I mean come on - Josh Childress playing for $30M over 3 years!?

50 million in Italy is like 23 Million here...he better ask for 50 million EURO

Jimmer69 IS Darth Caedus! | 08/08/08, 08:36 AM


Nice piont......but I can assure you that Kobe and his camp are well aware of the weak dollar....