The one interesting tidbit he revealed was that it "sounds about right" to assume he needs two or three weeks of practicing before a return. Let's assume he starts practicing by mid-November and continues his superhuman recovery time frame, which would mean he only needs two weeks of practice before suiting up for the first time.
Just for the sake of the argument, that puts his return date at Dec. I'm also going to assume that of the remaining 67 games, he sits out of 10 due to both nagging injuries and the need to avoid building up too much stress on that ruptured tendon. That leaves the estimate at 57 contests, and it's a number that, while completely arbitrary, will serve as the baseline throughout this article.
Given his massive salary, that leaves the Mamba making an insane amount of cash per game. This time, he'd only need one outing to top the minimum rookie salary. Just a little bit above the minimum wage. If he were to earn that type of dough per minute in , the Mamba would have to suit up for 3, minutes in order to justify his full salary. That actually wouldn't be a career-high mark for Kobe, as he played 3, in , suiting up for Obviously he isn't going to match either of those numbers, and it's already impossible for him to hit Remember, we're assuming that his name is called out as part of the L.
After playing Mike D'Antoni might have played him recklessly in the past, but he's not going to let Kobe rack up minute outings while coming off an Achilles injury. The Mamba's career low is Let's go ahead and use that mark once more. So, I might shake so badly that I'd do a nice Andre Drummond imitation at the stripe. If Kobe continues to make that much moolah each time he makes the scoreboard operator work, he'd have to score 2, points throughout the campaign.
That's more than anyone in the NBA scored last season, and while it's well shy of Wilt Chamberlain's record-setting 4, points in , it's still a number that has been topped only 64 times in basketball history. That might not be impossible for a healthy Kobe. But remember, we're only giving him 57 games to work with, so he'd have to average an insane As he was still a minor, Kobe's parents were signatories to his rookie contract.
His popularity around the world also earned him endorsements in China from companies such as Alibaba, and Mercedes Benz. Kobe Bryant was signed to Adidas before he launched his career in However, due to an allegation of sexual assault, most of his endorsement deals were terminated. A notable exception was Nike. Surprisingly, they did not use him for any sponsorship-related work for almost two years. However, when the allegations died down, his deals returned. However, due to the sexual assault allegations, they withdrew the deal.
He was one of the youngest athletes to have a video game named after him. Call of Duty: Black Ops. Nike stands out among all Kobe's brand partnerships because they were the only company that stood by him, in light of the sexual assault allegation of However, they did wait a while before featuring him or marketing with his image.
This gave the player enough time to rebuild his image. Image source: Highsnobeity. One of the few brands that did not drop endorsement deals with Kobe when the assault charges came to light was Coca-Cola. However, they did not feature him in many advertisements. A deal with Kobe was a no-brainer for Spalding, owing to his image.
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