First of all, congratulations to the 2009 NBA Champs, Los Angeles Lakers. They now have a monumental task of retaining Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, and Shannon Brown. Kobe Bryant who has stated he will return, will have decisions to make on whether he opts out of his current contract on July 1st. If he does, does he want more or will he be willing to ask for less to retain the core of the team?
Kobe will be turning 31 in August and yes, he does have probably 1 maybe 2 strong years left in him that will be comporable to what he did this past off-season. He is due to make $23 and $24 million the next 2 seasons...If he wants to maintain a championship core, he should opt out this year and re-nogotiate to a 4 year contract in which the amount is lesser each year. This will help retain the core plus keep the Lakers out of luxury tax territory.
Kobe is currently tied for #2 as the highest paid athlete (Forbes.com) at $45 million so he can make his salary easily with endorsements and coming off a championship season, he's due to make even more with the possible explosion in China lurking around the corner.
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