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Meron ako keyword entry sa aking web site kung magkano ang ibinayad kay kobe sa Manila. Yan ay base sa aking Google Analytics kaya naman nag research ako.

Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, and Kevin Durant didn’t play for chump change in Manila

Of course, this isn’t going to do much to make up for the potential 2011-12 lost salary, but it will be interesting to note (now that the news has come out) what the players listed above will do with the salary. For both Rose and Durant, two players who were still working on their rookie contracts last season, that $400k can’t be considered chump change.

NBA stars looking abroad in earnest

Star-studded exhibition games like the two taking place in the Philippines this weekend are proving to be quite profitable as well, with one source with knowledge of the deals saying the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Chicago’s Derrick Rose are being paid more than $400,000 apiece for their weekend of work (reminder: tax-free). Worthwhile ventures like these are a less-explosive strategy on the labor front, though there is — as reported by Yahoo! Sports on Saturday — an impatient contingent of agents who is pushing for a more aggressive approach that involves the decertification of the union and subsequent antitrust lawsuits.

Tumataginting na $400,000 para sa exhibition games.