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Kobe Bryant reacts to fans who criticized his 2013 contract extension with the Lakers that granted him $48.5 million from 2014-16. This interview by Dave McMenamin is from December 4, 2013.
Full interview by Dave McMenamin - youtu.be/c5yevlhq9xE
Excerpt from ‘Kobe Bryant takes aim at critics of new contract extension’ article by Jason Patt:
Critics of the new contract came out in full force, both against the Lakers for making that commitment and Bryant himself for not taking less and giving the team more flexibility to improve. Bryant took notice of the criticism, lashing out at the people who ripped him for not accepting a smaller deal, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:
"Most of us have aspirations for being businessmen when our playing careers are over," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports in a corridor of the Verizon Center. "But that starts now. You have to be able to wear both hats. You can't sit up there and say, 'Well, I'm going to take substantially less because there's public pressure, because all of a sudden, if you don't take less, you don't give a crap about winning. That's total bull----."
Full article: sbnation.com/nba/2013/11/27/5150910/kobe-bryant-defends-new-contract-extension-lakers
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Kobe Bryant reacts to fans who criticized his 2013 contract extension with the Lakers that granted him $48.5 million from 2014-16. This interview by Dave McMenamin is from December 4, 2013.
Full interview by Dave McMenamin - youtu.be/c5yevlhq9xE
Excerpt from ‘Kobe Bryant takes aim at critics of new contract extension’ article by Jason Patt:
Critics of the new contract came out in full force, both against the Lakers for making that commitment and Bryant himself for not taking less and giving the team more flexibility to improve. Bryant took notice of the criticism, lashing out at the people who ripped him for not accepting a smaller deal, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:
"Most of us have aspirations for being businessmen when our playing careers are over," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports in a corridor of the Verizon Center. "But that starts now. You have to be able to wear both hats. You can't sit up there and say, 'Well, I'm going to take substantially less because there's public pressure, because all of a sudden, if you don't take less, you don't give a crap about winning. That's total bull----."
Full article: sbnation.com/nba/2013/11/27/5150910/kobe-bryant-defends-new-contract-extension-lakers
🏷 #kobebryant #nbacontracts #lakersnation #contractextension #lakers #losangeleslakers #lalakers #staplescenter #nbainterview #mbainterviews #nbacontract #nbamoney #nba #nbaplayers #nbaplayer
