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Kobe Bryant: I’d Play in Italy for $50 Million

  By C.Y. Ellis
08.8.2008 - Updated on 08.8.2008
And suddenly a million fans in Lakerland became very nervous. On being asked if he’d consider inking a deal for $50 million in Italy, Kobe Bryant gave the response nobody in Los Angeles wanted to hear.

I’d go. I’d probably go. Like Milan or something like that, where I grew up or something like that…Peace out.

David Stern has to be hoping that the "Peace out" referred to the end of the conversation, not his tenure in the NBA. If Kobe were to take such a deal and play overseas, even if only for a year, it would almost certainly lead to a reconsideration of the league’s salary restrictions. While the league has been happy to mine Europe for talent over the past decade or so, it’s unlikely it would be willing to let an American-born superstar go the other way without a fight. As a consequence, we might soon see the biggest reassessment of NBA money matters since the lockout.

So, what would be Kobe’s primary motivation to make the move? The chance to help globalise the game? The opportunity to break new ground by leaving the league even with a maximum contract on the table? Of course not. 

Do you know any reasonable person that would turn down 50 [million dollars]?

Dave Chappelle?
3 Comments: Kobe Bryant: I’d Play in Italy for $50 Million

Posted by
ronh
on 08.10.2008		 kobe might go to italy he’ll win some titles. But he wants to stay and win a title in L.A. first. .
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on 08.9.2008		 Dave Chappelle did turn down fifty million. That’s the joke. .
Posted by
Jack
on 08.9.2008		 I don’t even think Dave Chappelle could turn that down... lol .

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