Oh Jeez. I can't stop laughing.
How many other opportunities does an 18 year old female in this (or other) country have to earn millions of dollars? Exceptions would be singer, actress, model but those are a lot harder than "marry NBA superstar" if an NBA superstar falls in love with you. Wife used to be a respectable career and (possibly, since I know neither of these people) Vanessa B. is just updating the definition. Consider the whole trophy wife phenomenon, after all.
wc2002, (dammit, how'd my wife get on here? Is there a bug) a sports interview with the two of us would be pretty one-sided. When we team up in Trivial Pursuit, we're deadly cuz I know all the green thingies and she knows the rest. Against each other, I beat her, of course, cuz she don't know sports. She gets to the end and gets stuck. Well, except for that one question about iced-tea. WTF does that have to do with sports? No fair. ask about the gold-diggin' cheated-on spouses of superstars, and she's got a lot to say. Ask why NY Rangers fans chant, "Potvin sucks"? clamshell. She does have a great story about her first hockey game.
4 million is chump change compared to what she's going to get when she divorces him.
I picture she and Kobe holding hands in a little inset window on the teevee while Pat Sajak tours them through the possible prize purchases for not spelling D-I-V-O-R-C-E. The sad thing is you can get the same ring at Service Merchandise for like $99.95.
Jerseygirl: You're not kidding. If Kobe somehow gets through this mess he's going to quickly learn the definition of "community property state". Think that might impact his choice of teams next year? Let's see, Spurs - out, Mavericks - out, Supersonics - out, Bucks - out...
achesons, the interview is not a sports quiz, it's too bring out the personality behind the postings, so her lack or his depth of sports trivia knowledge is reasonably irrelevant. Though good beer stories help.
Ah, if beer stories count, then we should be home free! (And, I'm not a complete sports moron.) On the topic of the post.... I wonder what the 4 million dollar ring buys him. Obviously her staying with him, but does it buy them domestic bliss? Is she not allowed to rag on him for cheating on her? What happens if it was rape? Are all bets off? Jerseygirl is right. That woman is going to be rich beyond her dreams in a couple of years when they divorce. The ring will just be the icing.
First the divorce, then the book deal, then the Barbara Walters sit down interview. She's going to be the Ivana Trump of 20-something divorcees. Okay, 7 carat diamond = $100k. How big is this 4 million dollar rock?
