re: Does playing for multiple teams diminish a player's accomplishments?

quote:

---

If a player's goal is to win and the organization isn't making a good faith effort to improve the team, then they aren't really loyal to that player.

When the Lakers were sitting on their thumbs all of a sudden you'd hear about Kobe trying to force his way out of the Lakers organization. Once they got Pau he was "loyal" again.

Don't get me wrong, I think he was totally justified in taking that stance. But let's chill with the revisionist history. When the Lakers were stagnant Kobe had one foot out of the door.

---

quote:

---

Bryant, 35, will maintain his status as the NBA's highest-paid player over the course of the extension, the source told Shelburne. The 2007-08 league MVP will receive $23.5 million in the first year and $25 million in the second year of the extension, according to the source.

Even if the Lakers waived the oft-injured Nash under a special provision limiting his salary cap hit, Bryant would eat up roughly a third of the team's room under the projected cap before anybody else joins him next season.

Bryant, who has not played since suffering a torn Achilles tendon in April, will make more than $30.4 million this season, the final year of his current contract.

---