Kobe Bryant has been offered $600,000 per game to play for Virtus Bologna, the Italian club’s owner, Claudio Sabatini said, per a report out of Italy cited by I am a GM.
Sabatini has previously stated that he’s pursuing Bryant, but there was no indication as to the specific amount of money he was willing to pay in order to sign him.
Insurance could be an issue for Kobe Bryant. (AP Photo)
<!--INFOLINKS_ON-->Sabatini did say he was looking into insurance against potential injury to Bryant, and that if an away opponent is not willing to share the cost of the insurance, he would not allow Bryant to play in those road games.
“I am studying a new solution to pay his insurance game-by-game,” he said. "When we play away, if our opponent is not willing to share the (cost for) the game, I won't pay the insurance for the player and I will keep him in Bologna.”
Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is also on Virtus Bologna’s wish list, Sabatini has said.
Meanwhile, Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, who is Italian, has reached a deal to play for Olimpia Milano until the end of the NBA lockout, according to Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport (via Sportando.net). There’s an out clause in Gallinari’s deal allowing him to return to the Nuggets once the NBA is back in action.
Sabatini has previously stated that he’s pursuing Bryant, but there was no indication as to the specific amount of money he was willing to pay in order to sign him.
Insurance could be an issue for Kobe Bryant. (AP Photo)<!--INFOLINKS_ON-->Sabatini did say he was looking into insurance against potential injury to Bryant, and that if an away opponent is not willing to share the cost of the insurance, he would not allow Bryant to play in those road games.
“I am studying a new solution to pay his insurance game-by-game,” he said. "When we play away, if our opponent is not willing to share the (cost for) the game, I won't pay the insurance for the player and I will keep him in Bologna.”
Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is also on Virtus Bologna’s wish list, Sabatini has said.
Meanwhile, Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, who is Italian, has reached a deal to play for Olimpia Milano until the end of the NBA lockout, according to Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport (via Sportando.net). There’s an out clause in Gallinari’s deal allowing him to return to the Nuggets once the NBA is back in action.
I wonder if WNBA final series will collect $0.6 mln. All five games combined.