Everybody loves Friday because it’s pay day. But not many people will get paid like Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. The organization is set to pay their star player a whopping $24 million lump sum per his contract.
The L.A. Times reported, as part of his specific contract, Bryant will receive a balloon payment of $24,363,044 from the Lakers. Bryant’s salary for the entire season is $30,453,805 — the remaining $6.1 million will be paid out over the course of the year.
Balloon payments are limited to 80 percent of the contract, or $30.5 million, which is where Bryant stands contractually.
The next time he will play is unknown, as Bryant is still recovering from his surgery on a torn Achilles.
It is a good day to be Kobe Bryant.
