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Kobe Bryant to Europe?
Published 8/8/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... answered, “Of course. By the way, are you the owner of a Russian team? It can be arranged for $40 million per year.” But Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe reported today that Bryant would “probably go” if he were offered “$50 million dollars” a season. And Bryant isn’t alone. Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul were approached by the The Arizona Republic and were receptive to the idea.  As is Carmelo Anthony.  And let’s not forget LeBron James. But Kobe’s situation is ...

The NBA At A Crossroad
Published 8/12/2008 by RockKing at WaitingForNextYear
... , “I’d go. I’d probably go. Like Milan or something like that, where I grew up or something like that… Peace out. Do you know any reasonable person that would turn down 50 (million dollars)? Because I grew up in Italy it has more significance to me because I’m more familiar with it, I’ve been there and I still have friends there. I’m thinking about buying a house out there. It would be nothing to me to be able to do that.” Carmelo Anthony added, “If someone wants to throw $50 million on the table for me, we can talk.” ...