well, that's morbid. and incorrect. I think everyone would agree that both Kanter and Favors will be worth the max when theiy become restricted free agents, which will be a contract similar to Derons at roughly 13-15 mil per year. thus, the Jazz would obviously match anything that the Lakers offer so the Lakers can't get them for another 5-6 years and by this time Kobe will be close to 40 years old and nothing close to what he is now. probably retired, though who knows with how his mind works. Oh, and the Lakers are way over the cap, so technically they can't offer anything over the midlevel anyway so unless the CBA is changed there isn't a snowballs chance in hell the lakers get our core 4.