{"id":14,"date":"2003-06-24T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2003-06-25T00:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/06\/kobe_23_lebron\/"},"modified":"2003-06-24T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2003-06-25T00:47:11","slug":"kobe_23_lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/24\/kobe_23_lebron\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe = 2\/3 LeBron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nike just signed Kobe Bryant<\/a> to a $40 – $45 million, 5-year deal. That works out to about 2\/3 of LeBron James’ $90 million, 7-year deal. So is Kobe only worth 66% of LeBron? I guess time will tell, but the article linked earlier does a good job of explaining the discrepancy. I know one thing, every NBA star will be on a mission to prove themselves whenever they’re up against LeBron. That should make for some high drama next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nike just signed Kobe Bryant to a $40 – $45 million, 5-year deal. That works out to about 2\/3 of LeBron James’ $90 million, 7-year deal. So is Kobe only worth 66% of LeBron? I guess time will tell, but the article linked earlier does a good job of explaining the discrepancy. I know one… Continue reading Kobe = 2\/3 LeBron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":164,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/21\/lebron_james_to_represent_sprite_and_powerade\/","url_meta":{"origin":14,"position":0},"title":"LeBron James to Represent Sprite And Powerade","date":"August 21, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Looks like LeBron may be taking Kobe's Sprite spot. 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