KOBE SPEAKING ON CONTRACT EXTENSION

For all the Laker fans out there. ESPN states:

The deal will begin after next season. Bryant is making $23 million this season and is due to earn $24.8 million next season. Bryant could earn $27.4 million in 2011-12, $30.2 million the following season and more than $32 million in his final year, when he would be 35.

- Richard