Finkle, guess 40s aren't supposed to be injured? Do you think he's been faking his degenerative back condition for nearly 10 years just waiting for the twilight of his career to take a few years off with "injury"? He said he wanted to get paid, that's true of pretty much every athlete from KG to LBJ to Kobe to Paul Pierce.
Kobe got paid for doing nothing on the court last year, and given his age and injury status could easily do the same this year and/or the next. Somehow I doubt you'll apply the same standard to him. Of course Kobe isn't prone to political statements that cause derisive knicknames from you either.