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M Dogg™:
Getting paid 5.5 million this year. As for that 30million over, now it's 24.5, add Joe Smith at 1.2, then that's 25.7 over cap, which is better. Anyways, if we can get rid of Luke's, 5.6million, then I'll truly be happy. If doesn't put us under cap, but it means the money we are paying is actually being used well.
7even:
so you are all excited about buss paying less money? he's rich as hell anyways, it's a non-issue for the lakers. vujacic sucks, but he is still better than joe smith. sasha can at least hit the 3 when other niggas shots don't fall. joe smith won't do anything.
with that said noone is going to pick up walton's contract, because it's long-term, unlike vujacic's.
Teddy Roosevelt:
--- Quote from: 7even on December 14, 2010, 09:59:51 PM ---so you are all excited about buss paying less money? he's rich as hell anyways, it's a non-issue for the lakers. vujacic sucks, but he is still better than joe smith. sasha can at least hit the 3 when other niggas shots don't fall. joe smith won't do anything.
with that said noone is going to pick up walton's contract, because it's long-term, unlike vujacic's.
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Including luxury tax, Buss saves $8.24 million. Not too shabby. It could come in handy since the Lakers are probably going to spend even more money next year to resign Shannon Brown and Matt Barnes.
Teddy Roosevelt:
--- Quote ---The 2009-10 Lakers met with President Obama yesterday, which happened to only be a few days after Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles 88-84.
Obama you see, is a Bulls fan. So naturally, the president saw an opportunity to zing Kobe. What Obama probably wasn't ready for, was for Kobe to zing him right back. Via ESPN LA:
Derrick Rose may have your number," President Obama lightheartedly jabbed at Kobe Bryant as the team posed for a photograph after presenting the president with an autographed replica 2009-10 championship banner, like the one that hangs at Staples Center.
"I said, 'If he calls that number, I'll be sure to pick up after the fifth ring,'" Bryant quipped back -- referring, naturally, to the five championship rings he has.
And boom goes the dynamite.
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http://nba-facts-and-rumors.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/26444782
7even:
LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant's two-year endorsement deal with Turkish Airlines has enraged some Armenian Americans who are threatening to boycott the Los Angeles Lakers star.
Turkish Airlines says Bryant will appear next year as its "global brand ambassador" in advertisements promoting the March start of nonstop flights between Istanbul and Los Angeles.
"Turkey is a country rich in natural beauty and thousands of years of cultural history, and I'm proud to partner with Turkish Airlines to bring that majesty to people around the world," Bryant said in a statement posted on the airlines' website.
The tension, though, stems from Turkey's denial that about 1.5 million Armenian deaths from 1915-19 constituted genocide. Turkey instead describes the deaths as the result of civil unrest during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
"He should reconsider his ill-advised endorsement of Turkish Airlines, and, at the very least, go on record condemning Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide and calling upon our Congress to pass of the Armenian Genocide Resolution," Armenian national committee of America executive director Aram Hamparian said, when reached by ESPNLosAngeles.com.
A Lakers spokesperson stated the controversy wasn't a team issue and referred further inquiries to Bryant's representatives.
There are about 700,000 Armenian Americans in California, and Armenian National Committee of America executive director Aram Hamparian tells the Times that many of them are furious over Bryant's deal with Turkey's state carrier.
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