Kobe ranked 93rd best player this year.

[trojanfan12]

How can you say that when you dont know the numbers too? I said- i dont know because i truly didnt know- and i dont know how you could KNOW that without the numbers.

So- what did i do?

I looked up SOME of the numbers. And again- i couldnt tell either way- just not enough info- the estate tax thing on Jerry is really fascinating though. I think its intresting how this Time Warner deal essentially SAVED the Buss' from having to sell from Estate TAx concerns- when your primary business is the Lakers- and you buy it in the 70s or whatever for peanuts- and it appreciates to be worth like a billion- when you die your gonna owe a TON on that.....i was reading where Jerry was concerned he would have to sell until this deal was secured- which leads me to believe that a fair amount is going towards those estate tax payments. average of 150M a year is a lot---after revenue sharing it falls to 100 million..after the estate tax payments- i couldnt even speculate what those would be...i have no clue how long that would be- im not sure how long you are allowed to pay that back- i know you can set up yearly payments......we shall just have to wait and see i guess.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under its deal with Fox Sports West, the Lakers were getting about $30 million a year in rights fees, people familiar with the situation said. Some industry observers pegged the new 20-year pact at a value of $3 billion, although Time Warner Cable dismissed that figure.

A Time Warner spokesman told SBNation.com that the $3 billion figure was incorrect, but neither the cable provider nor the Lakers have revealed the deal's pricetag.

SportsByBrooks reports, and Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski confirms, that Jerry Buss, who bought the Lakers decades ago and has watched the franchise's value soar, had feared that estate taxes upon his death would put family ownership of the Lakers in danger. This deal should erase that worry.

The TV Contract is 3 billion over 20 years. That averages out to 150 million a year- but as everyone knows that passed high school economics (hopefully MOST of us here) 150 million today is not worth 150 million 20 years from now. There is, i am sure, some kind of amortization schedule- where its something like 100 million in year one, and 300 million in year 20 and everything in between. The deal started in the '12-'13 season- so we are about 4 years in...so lets just ball park it at about 120 million.


REVENUE SHARING:

he 2012-13 season was the first full, 82-game season for the league in which the system was implemented, after the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season. For 2012-13, teams ultimately contributed a total of $131 million to the revenue-sharing pool that along with other shared revenue pushed total revenue-shared dollars to more than $200 million.

Big-market teams contributed the most: The Los Angeles Lakers paid $45 million into the plan, followed by the New York Knicks at $23 million and the Chicago Bulls at $17 million. On the receiving end, the Charlotte Hornets took in $21 million followed by the Milwaukee Bucks at $17 million. The figures came from a source familiar with the plan and have been reported previously.


Just looking at it- you take more than a third right off the top in revenue sharing.

I said i don't remember the exact number, not that I never knew them. I remember from the articles that came out at the time and what has been printed since that everything I said is true.

Again, you not agreeing doesn't change anything. Interesting though that you say you looked up some of the numbers and can't tell. But still want to disagree.

 

[Wamu]

Okay so there are 30 teams & each roster has 15 players. That's 450 NBAers. I have Kobe ranked 451.

 

[Heatles84]

Okay so there are 30 teams & each roster has 15 players. That's 450 NBAers. I have Kobe ranked 451.

The hate is strong.

 

[Wamu]

The hate is strong.

Well if Kobe wasn't such an asshole things would be different.

 

[Vitamike]

Well if Kobe wasn't such an asshole things would be different.

It cuts both ways Wamu.

When LBJ retires one day, I would hope most would have enough respect for the game, that they could set their differences aside.

Color it as you may...

 

[Wamu]

It cuts both ways Wamu.

When LBJ retires one day, I would hope most would have enough respect for the game, that they could set their differences aside.

Color it as you may...

What you don't understand @ all is I have the utmost respect for Kobe's game, he's had a helluva career. I have said that several times in the past. Just having some fun. Oddly enough you're the only 1 that has taken any of my Kobe trash-talk seriously.

 

[Vitamike]

What you don't understand @ all is I have the utmost respect for Kobe's game, he's had a helluva career. I have said that several times in the past. Just having some fun. Oddly enough you're the only 1 that has taken any of my Kobe trash-talk seriously.

Fair enough, just STFU then.

 

[Wamu]

Fair enough, just STFU then.

Kobe's gonna get a triple-double tonight. But it's gonna be a cheeseburger.

 

[Vitamike]

Kobe's gonna get a triple-double tonight.

What is it.... If he scores 67 or more, he secures a 25 ppg career average?

Okay, I'm taking bets...

I'll give you great odds if you wanna take the 67 & over...

 

[Wamu]

What is it.... If he scores 67 or more, he secures a 25 ppg career average?

Okay, I'm taking bets...

I'll give you great odds if you wanna take the 67 & over...

Yeah heard that on either PTI or Around the Horn today. Hey it's Kobe & he can do whatever the hell he wants. I do expect him to put up alotta shots though.

 

[Vitamike]

I do expect him to put up alotta shots though.

Got an over and under prediction?

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

He'll be playing a LOT of minutes tonight. See him scoring 30 quite easily

 

[trojanfan12]

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Kobe's gonna get a triple-double tonight. But it's gonna be a cheeseburger.

I doubt it, he had a bad experience with a cheeseburger in Sacramento once. I think he pretty well swore off of them after that.

 

[trojanfan12]

What is it.... If he scores 67 or more, he secures a 25 ppg career average?

Okay, I'm taking bets...

I'll give you great odds if you wanna take the 67 & over...

I have him with 68 points on 75 shots.

 

[Vitamike]

I have him with 68 points on 75 shots.

Wouldn't that be fucking wonderful TF?

I know it wont happen but whenever he scored points like that no one ever expected it....

LOL....

 

[trojanfan12]

Wouldn't that be fucking wonderful TF?

I know it wont happen but whenever he scored points like that no one ever expected it....

LOL....

It would be pretty awesome to see him go all Mamba one last time in his last game.

 

[Mecca]

Got an over and under prediction?

I say......

7 for 18 from the floor.

But, 10 of 12 from the line.

If you sneeze on that fool, you are getting a flagrant 2.

He will score 25.

 

[LAD]

I say......

7 for 18 from the floor.

But, 10 of 12 from the line.

If you sneeze on that fool, you are getting a flagrant 2.

He will score 25.

Spot on with the F/T prediction!

 

[Vitamike]

Spot on with the F/T prediction!

Sort of, I mean those numbers were spot on but those 12 charity stripe throws were earned. Meca was not so accurate at how he would get there.

Kobe took 29 attempts inside the arc, a lot in the paint. (KB shot for a 55% field goal inside the arc)

 

[trojanfan12]

60 points huh?

Not too shabby for the 93rd best player in the NBA.