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Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:02 pm
by Gek
Kobe Bryant has received an $800,000 offer to play three games in Italy from Virtus Bologna.
"We have been talking for a week with Bryant," Virtus owner Claudio Sabatini told Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Read more:
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... z1YnPwr6tY
Wow... who would not accept that?
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:07 pm
by Slava
He should do it. Great money for basically what seems to be preseason training for him.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:14 pm
by crazyeights
Which team did his dad play for?
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:17 pm
by Kilroy
He goes all over the world and plays ball to promote his brand and sponsers as well as NBA as a whole...
This isn't really any different. I think he should do it... He'll catch some grief but as long as there isn't anything tricky in the contracts, he should go.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:30 pm
by TyCobb
Now he is getting a $6.7 million offer from the same team?
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:32 pm
by Gek
TyCobb wrote:Now he is getting a $6.7 million offer from the same team?
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketba ... 50527332/1Virtus has given Bryant four different contract options, stretching from the one-year deal to two-month and one-month options, and a per-game deal that would come out to $739,640 per home game.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:16 am
by H00PDREAMS
You mean he hasn't signed it already... Jeesh do it
That jersey would be hott! Imagine people trying to track it down...
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:40 am
by Gek
I would buy it. For sure.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:32 am
by Imadogg
I'd do it, hell yes.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 5:35 pm
by TruSkool
uh yeah
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:41 pm
by Rox_Nix_Nox
what the hell is wrong with you guys. Kobe's already a multi-millionaire, now you want him to put on a jersey of another team? I'm against Kobe playing for any team not named Lakers
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:47 am
by chefy
I make what you make in 30 years in 3 games!
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:27 pm
by Mofoo
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:43 pm
by Vincent 666
I would take it.
Then I would play like Lebron in the 4th quarter of a finals game and just stand around and do nothing.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:07 pm
by Imadogg
Vincent 666 wrote:I would take it.
Then I would play like Lebron in the 4th quarter of a finals game and just stand around and do nothing.
Yea worked for Lebron and no one hates him for that
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:22 pm
by kblo247
Rox_Nix_Nox wrote:what the hell is wrong with you guys. Kobe's already a multi-millionaire, now you want him to put on a jersey of another team? I'm against Kobe playing for any team not named Lakers
You are against him playing in the country he grew up in for a glorified tour?
It isn't another NBA team and last I checked his own NBA team is the one who locked him out, not the other way around
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:40 pm
by highrangeslang
I've seen a bunch of articles which say that he's recieved quite a few offers. The most recent is 5 million for one year. None of the articles say what the Lakers pay him per year though, which you would think would be an obvious thing to include, but for some reason they don't tell you.
So...How does the 5m/year compare to his NBA salary? I mean only what he makes from the NBA, no endorsements, appearances, etc.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:50 pm
by Gek
highrangeslang wrote:I've seen a bunch of articles which say that he's recieved quite a few offers. The most recent is 5 million for one year. None of the articles say what the Lakers pay him per year though, which you would think would be an obvious thing to include, but for some reason they don't tell you.
So...How does the 5m/year compare to his NBA salary? I mean only what he makes from the NBA, no endorsements, appearances, etc.
10/11 -- $24,806,250
11/12 -- $25,244,493
12/13 -- $27,849,149
13/14 -- $30,453,805
For 82 games + playoffs + preseason - taxes
So if Kobe only plays in the regular season he'd get $300k pre taxes per game.
Most overseas teams take taxes into account therefore salaries are usually given as net incomes (aka post taxes) so if he was offered $5 million for a contract, he'd get $5 million. A lot of Euro teams provide housing and transportation stipends, and I'd imagine they're offering Kobe top tear of both compared to what most players get.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:53 pm
by Gek
kblo247 wrote:Rox_Nix_Nox wrote:what the hell is wrong with you guys. Kobe's already a multi-millionaire, now you want him to put on a jersey of another team? I'm against Kobe playing for any team not named Lakers
You are against him playing in the country he grew up in for a glorified tour?
It isn't another NBA team and last I checked his own NBA team is the one who locked him out, not the other way around
Jerry Buss makes money on the Lakers so he probably did not want the lock out, but your point is still valid. It's not really any different than him playing in summer games except he's getting a lot more $$ for it. Plus maybe this will get the playing euro ball thing out of his system.
Re: Kobe Offered $800k for 3 Games... would you do it?
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:53 pm
by crazyeights
^Maybe it'll get him to pass the ball.
