Not all Lakers fans are pleased with Kobe Bryant’s contract extension

In the Los Angeles Times’ letters to the editor section, though ... watch out. Here’s a sampling of quotes, via the great Roland Lazenby.

I have followed Mitch Kupchak since he played at North Carolina in the ‘70s, and if there ever was a general manager as deft and brilliant as Jerry West, it has to be Kupchak. Which makes me nearly positive that during the recent Lakers dealings, Kupchak’s job has been to merely give in to the owner and then be forced to explain the lunacy of the owner-impostor, Jim Buss.

As far as “appreciating” Kobe goes, if, this summer, he threatened to leave feeling “underappreciated,” you could have pointed to his past contracts totaling a third of a billion dollars, the place where the bronze thing that looks like him outside Staples will be, and the door.

I’m not sure if Kobe was gloating in the picture after he signed his new contract, or just extremely pleased. I would have to say GLOAT, as in Greediest Laker Of All Time.

Dang, even the Wizards getting some shade!

And now, an epic limerick by one Gary H. Miller of Encino.

There is a team named the Lakers.
Whose fame is as championship makers.
But they no longer will
Cause Mamba got 48 mil
Insuring a future of mostly Steve Blakers.

It burns, man. It burns.

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