Thanks to Bryant’s payroll-devouring $48.5-million contract over - TopicsExpress

Thanks to Bryant’s payroll-devouring $48.5-million contract over the next two seasons, the Lakers will have little financial wiggle room to upgrade their roster. They’ll be able to add one maximum-salaried player, but not two, which could make the difference between being a middle-of-the-pack playoff team and a title contender. This could have been avoided had Bryant, who will have made roughly $280 million in salary for his career by the end of this season, been willing to take the approach of Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Dewayne Wade, Chris Bosh and Kevin Garnett, who accepted large pay cuts in recent years to give their teams more resources to surround them with talent. Bryant said he wanted the Lakers to improve appreciably by next season, which seems unlikely given that LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony could very well opt to stay with their current teams. That would leave an underwhelming class of unrestricted free agents headed by Luol Deng, Kyle Lowry, Marcin Gortat and Emeka Okafor, with the Lakers believed to have already crossed Lowry off their shopping list. Kobe Bryant forgot to mention someone of note in his rant about the Lakers’ future. Himself. Bryant’s $25-million salary for the 2015-16 season, when he will be 37, ensures that the Lakers will be able to add only one top-tier free agent, preventing the formation of their next Big Three and decreasing the likelihood of Bryant winning a sixth championship ring. #neveraKobefan #alwaysaLakersfan

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