Say Melo were to join the Heat, how does that make Kobe look?

[Heavincent]

Kobe gets his money and rings at the same time. No collusion necessary.

[kureyşi-gospurs]

Kobe ain't retiring until he wins that 6th ring

[deja vu]

As much as I hate Kobe, Melo joining the Heat superfriends will enhance Kobe's greatness more and his all-time rank over LeBron. Kobe didn't call Gasol and Odom and ask them to join his team.

[GimmeThat]

it makes him wealthy.

but if you'd like, go ahead and calculate the % of salary share (which is again difficult with the NBA because of rookie contracts/years in the league on the limits of max salary, feel free to derive a formula to put it into consideration if you'd like)

but when we are all considering veterans who's been in the league long enough, eventually, Kobe's contract in comparison to the % of total on a winning team will not be anything outlandish.

and if they don't compete, I don't see them fall off in terms of "valuable" franchise anytime soon.

his current contract only got 2 years left, if it helps.

[The-Legend-24]

It only cements the fact that Kobe is the last true alpha in the league.

While betas like Chuckmelo and Bran join their friends and form a superteam, Kobe stays with the team that drafted him and wins back2back with Gasol as his 2nd option.