Lakers' Kobe Bryant gets new contract, but can he get another ring?
The Lakers experienced an early day, a 9 a.m. charter flight to Washington D.C.
As usual, Kobe Bryant was up before any of them.
He signed a two-year contract extension Monday morning for $48.5 million that stands to keep him with the Lakers until he is two months shy of his 38th birthday.
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He ended several months of speculation before even playing a game, terminating his lame-duck status in what could have been the final year of a contract paying him $30.5 million this season.
He signed the extension around 8 a.m. at the El Segundo office of his agent, Rob Pelinka, and later posted on Twitter the phrase "Laker 4 Life."
The Lakers felt comfortable after seeing him practice last week, even though he went through full contact for only two days before stopping because of "general soreness" in his left foot, the same one that housed the torn Achilles' tendon he sustained last April.
Bryant will make $23.5 million next season and $25 million in 2015-16, financially killing the Lakers' ability to sign two high-impact free agents next summer.
But the Lakers didn't expect LeBron James to sign with them next summer if he opted out of his contract with Miami.
"That's a fairy tale, LeBron to the Lakers," said a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to publicly comment on it.
He signed a two-year contract extension Monday morning for $48.5 million that stands to keep him with the Lakers until he is two months shy of his 38th birthday.
PHOTOS: Kobe Bryant through the years
He ended several months of speculation before even playing a game, terminating his lame-duck status in what could have been the final year of a contract paying him $30.5 million this season.
He signed the extension around 8 a.m. at the El Segundo office of his agent, Rob Pelinka, and later posted on Twitter the phrase "Laker 4 Life."
The Lakers felt comfortable after seeing him practice last week, even though he went through full contact for only two days before stopping because of "general soreness" in his left foot, the same one that housed the torn Achilles' tendon he sustained last April.
Bryant will make $23.5 million next season and $25 million in 2015-16, financially killing the Lakers' ability to sign two high-impact free agents next summer.
But the Lakers didn't expect LeBron James to sign with them next summer if he opted out of his contract with Miami.
"That's a fairy tale, LeBron to the Lakers," said a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to publicly comment on it.
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