My Name is Kobe Bryant

June 14, 2000!

Three consecutive!

The Lakers finally became a dynasty!

Every three consecutive championships is a legend!

This is especially true for the Lakers!

After defeating countless legendary teams and historical superstars, the Lakers finally established a dynasty!

This summer, the contracts of Kobe, Xiaoyu, Bowen and Ben all expired.

"I will give you the maximum contract allowed by the league!" After winning the championship, the old Buss directly found Kobe.

no doubt!

Kobe is the GOAT of this league!

4 consecutive finals, 3 consecutive championships plus FMVP!

Kobe's popularity reached a climax this year!

The worldwide influence has begun to approach Jordan's.

The only thing may be that Kobe has not yet appeared in an international competition.

You know, the dream of that year brought the NBA to the world and the shock of American basketball to the world. Michael Jordan became a god in one fell swoop!

Kobe's few games against world teams date back to his rookie days, when he led the Lakers' summer league team to play against the Atlanta Olympic team.

4 years have passed!

The Sydney Olympics are coming!

Kobe Bryant was elected to the Dream Team!

This summer he will be heading to Sydney to appear on the world stage!

It is tacitly understood by everyone that Team USA will eventually win the championship.

When Kobe Bryant wins the Olympic championship again, he will push his reputation to a higher level again!

Even, Kobe will push the reputation of basketball to a higher level again!

If Buss doesn't give him a sky-high contract, he doesn't deserve to be the owner of the Lakers!

The Lakers have always been a representative of the rich and powerful. They may make some small calculations on role players. For their team leaders, the Lakers' treatment has always been very generous!

The first person in the league!

The first person in history!

He should get a contract worth his value!

Don't talk about sacrificing salary for the team.

Don't talk about making more money off the court!

Salary! Represents honor! Represents status!

Michael Jordan, with a contract of more than 30 million, defeated his Kobe Bryant and deserves more!

Especially now that the NBA is at its peak, television broadcast costs are reaching new highs every year.

Kobe Bryant's contract has already been discussed at the NBA headquarters meeting.

"I support Kobe, like Michael, whose salary is not included in the salary cap!"

"No! There is only one precedent of that kind. Michael played for many years before he got that honor. Kobe is only in his fourth grade!"

"That's right! Kobe is only in the fourth grade! That's why we want to push him to the top!"

"Kobe's ability! His achievements! He deserves such treatment! The income he brings to the league, no matter how big a contract is given to him, is not exaggerated!"

"But this way, the Lakers' salary cap can still sign a superstar!"

"Do you want to see the NBA finale? What if another superstar joins the Lakers?"

"Old Buss is not as stingy as Leinsdorf! As long as there is a chance, he will do whatever it takes to add beaters to Kobe!"

There was a lot of discussion!

The salary cap in 1999 is 35.5 million!

The salary cap in 2000 is 37.8 million!

Lakers O'Neal and Horry accounted for most of it.

Although Kobe can renew his contract with the Bird Rights Cap, his single-year contract amount is only just over 20 million!

Over 20 million! This is the maximum salary in this era!

Pence, Hill, Garnett and others all have such a price.

In the end, Stern made a decision after communicating with most of the league's bosses!

Kobe is the Kobe of basketball!

Not just Kobe Bryant of the Lakers!

The existence of Kobe can elevate the NBA to a higher level!

Without Kobe, there would be no NBA, which is now only behind the NFL!

Make a decision!

Kobe can sign a contract that exceeds the maximum salary, but it will still be included in the Lakers' salary space, but the Lakers will not have to pay extra luxury tax for this contract!

This year's salary cap is 37.8 million.

The amount of the salary cap is roughly the league's total revenue divided by 30 teams multiplied by 0.48.

The amount of the luxury tax line is the total revenue of the team divided by the 30 teams and multiplied by 0.55. For this season, the salary cap is US$37.8 million and the luxury tax line is US$43.3 million.

Let's talk about the hard salary cap. The hard salary cap means that a team's salary level can only be below this value and cannot exceed this value. Many fans will regard the hard salary cap as the luxury tax line. In fact, it is not. The amount of the hard salary cap is higher than the luxury tax line.

This year's hard salary cap is $48.6 million.

This means that O'Neal has a 19.29 million contract, Horry has a 15 million contract, Fox has 2 million, Wu Sheng has 800,000, Ginobili has 900,000, De Juan has 600,000, and the Lakers still have 4.71 million to give to Xiaoyu and Big Ben. , Bowen and the three of them opened their salaries!

Any excess money will be subject to luxury tax!

On the market, the Pistons directly offered Big Ben 36 million for four years.

Multiple teams offered Bowen, with the highest price being 24 million over three years.

The champion's starting lineup, Xiao Yu, despite all kinds of backaches, also received an offer of 15 million for four years.

These are just preliminary quotes! The possibility of mutual bidding to increase the contract amount again cannot be ruled out.

This is what a dynasty team will encounter.

The entire league will be crazy about poaching your people!

First, in order to make his team stronger, the starting lineup of the dynasty is absolutely hard power! Proved that he can help anyone! At the same time, it can also bring something inexplicable like championship temperament to a team.

The second is that other teams in the league now want to mess with the Lakers!

The Lakers are too strong!

The dominance of the OK Dynasty is terrifying!

One day is empty! The stars dim!

An ambitious team just wants to get ahead with a Lakers like this!

The more difficult the victory, the greater it is!

The way to defeat the Lakers is to make yourself stronger and the Lakers weaker.

Poaching becomes the best choice!

Larry Brown dreams of getting a big book!

Popovich wants Bowen! Use the strongest shield to seal the Lakers' strongest spear!

small fish

At least he is a strong and experienced championship defender, who is definitely the best candidate to carry the ball through half the court, not occupy the ball, and assist the young stars.

Carter, Weber and others expressed their envy.

"Boss! I want to stay! You can give me a basic salary!" Ben found Kobe in panic.

The Lakers' four contract-year players are all players under Mamba Sports and Pelinka.

Pelinka has told them the market price and the team's intentions.

Daben was the most panicked!

Bowen and Xiaoyu are both starters.

He is the only substitute.

He is just a substitute for O'Neal.

O'Neal averages more than 36 minutes per game, and he will never start with Ben.

This means that Ben only gets a little over 12 minutes of playing time in each game.

Will the Lakers give a big contract to a backup center who plays 12 minutes or a short, non-mainstream center?

almost impossible.

but.

I wanted to play basketball with Kobe!

Even if he gets a basic salary, he is willing to continue fighting with Kobe!

Without Kobe, he might have been abandoned by the NBA. And now, he is a 3-time champion!

How could Da Ben forget this kindness?

"Book."

"Go get a big contract! Go get a starting job!"

"Staying with the Lakers will only bury your talent!"

"Your future! It's DPOY!"

"Get DPOY and return to the Lakers."

Kobe pretended to be angry and punched Ben in the chest.

A DPOY-level player can only serve as a substitute for O'Neal.

Such a waste.

How could Kobe be willing to let his brother suffer such treatment?

"Boss"

"Then it's agreed, I'll get the DPOY and come back!"

"good!"

The Lakers signed Bowen for $24 million in three years.

Then he signed Xiaoyu for 15 million in four years.

What follows is a three-way transaction.

The Lakers signed first and then traded, signing Ben for 36 million in four years, and then traded Ben Wallace to the Pistons in exchange for a first-round pick in 2003 and a second-round pick in 2001.

The Lakers also won the first round pick in 2003!

First round in 3 years!

Kobe knew that was worth thousands of dollars.

West also wanted the 2002 first-round pick, but Larry Brown refused to accept it.

This time, the Pistons' top five, Larry Brown, and Richard Hamilton are together.

But it is still a bit difficult for him to gather the five tigers.

Billups got better and better under the guidance of the Celtics Cardinal and Pitino.

Prince has not yet joined the league.

There is absolutely no reason for Rasheed Wallace to come to such a bad team.

At least Larry Brown got the defensive core he wanted! And Ben also has ample opportunities to perform!

Got Xiaoyu, Bowen's contract.

The Lakers also need to sign a center with a minimum salary.

At this time, West brought in an iron man!

A.C. Green! ! !

Model worker of the NBA!

A virgin for ten thousand years!

SHOWTIME's core substitute insider!

Houston's Big Five system has disintegrated, and the giants are retiring one after another.

Jim Jackson left for the Nets.

Cassell and Mobley started.

AC Green still wanted to win a championship, so he chose to return to Los Angeles!

Signing Tietnam with a minimum salary, the Lakers' lineup is basically finalized.

Then it’s time to wait for Kobe’s official announcement!

How much is Kobe's contract worth?

"I announce! The Los Angeles Lakers and Mr. Kobe Bryant have reached a 7-year, 230 million contract with the right to veto transactions!" West, Buss, and Kobe appeared at the press conference together!

7 years!

230 million!

It surpassed Garnett's 7-year 160 million, surpassed Pence's 7-year 175 million, and Grant Hill signed a 5-year 130 million last season!

The largest contract in history!

Appeared!

The spotlight on the scene is flashing!

The largest contract in the history of the NBA has appeared!

Of course, this super contract instantly caused countless debates!

"Congratulations to Kobe for winning this contract, he deserves it." Michael Jordan was the first to speak to the media.

"What he brings to this league and this team is far more amazing than this contract!" Magic supported Kobe.

"The first person in the league, the first person in history, the first person in salary! This is very reasonable!" Zhang Weiping's speech on Dragon TV convinced countless Chinese fans.

"Why can only those football stars win hundreds of millions of contracts? It's time for basketball to stand up!" Garnett's contract has been criticized, and at this moment he completely vented his dissatisfaction.

"Damn it! If I had been born a few decades later, I would have been able to get a contract worth 100 million yuan." Dr. J was sour.

"Kobe was born in a good era." Pippen was also sad! I looked at my contract and felt bad for a moment.

"Come on! Who of you can beat Kobe? Do you think he's not worth the contract? Let's face him in the finals." Isaiah Thomas jumped out and snarled.

"This is the GOAT contract." In the end, Hakeem Olajuwon, who had just retired, said this.

What is GOAT?

Greatest of All Time! ! !

The strongest in history! We must have the strongest treatment in history!

Kobe has conquered a number of Hall of Fame players without even realizing it.

230 million in 7 years, an average of 32.85 million per year!

High?

Not too high!

At this time, the income from this contract can only account for 1/3 of Kobe's annual income.

Kobe earns tens of millions of dollars each year from Mamba Sports' dividends alone.

Coupled with other endorsements, as well as investments in stocks and movies, his wealth has already expanded to an astonishing level.

But it is undoubtedly an honor and a status symbol.

From now on, Kobe Bryant truly symbolizes basketball and is the face of the NBA.

At the same time, the four Sydney Olympic Dream Teams began to gather players and start training together.

"We don't need to field our strongest players, our players need to rest."

"Those stinky fish and shrimps in Europe, why not continue to hand them over to college teams!"

"I still want to see the superstars of the NBA playing in the world arena!"

"Will Kobe Bryant join the Dream Team? Will the best basketball player in history participate in the Olympics?"

Americans' self-confidence reached its peak this year.

On the one hand, they feel that their poor performance in the previous World Series made them boring.

On the other hand, they hope to see the heroic appearance of superstars such as Kobe Bryant.

"Kobe will join the national team and go to Sydney!" Dream IV head coach Rudy Tomjanovich announced to the media in surprise!

Dream Team Four roster:

Guards: Kobe Bryant, Stephon Marbury, Jason Kidd, Alan Houston, Tim Hardaway, Ray Allen

Forwards: Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Vin Baker, Antonio McDyess, Sharif Abdur-Rahim

Center: Alonzo Mourning

Fans who saw this lineup were a little confused.

What about the center?

Just one Mourning?

In the era when big men were king in the NBA, they actually sent Mourning?

But then I thought about it, that lazy guy O'Neal participated in the 1996 Olympics and was beaten by Divac. He must not be willing to go to an international arena where the rules are not friendly to him.

Big dream, Gorilla retires.

David Robinson is old.

The era when the inside was king seemed to have passed in a blink of an eye.

Now, it's the era of defenders! It’s the era of the forward!

And in the international arena, Garnett, Vin Baker, McDyess and others can all serve as centers.

There's no problem even letting Carter take the top!

Compared to Dream 1, Dream 2, and Dream 3, this year's lineup is so bright and star-studded that the number of superstars exceeds five fingers.

But there is Kobe!

Kobe alone is enough to ignite everything!

Fans all over the world have begun to look forward to Kobe's performance in the international arena!

I mistakenly placed the previous chapter in volume five.