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kobe, derrick rose, kevin durrant, derek fisher and a few others. that was something that they got on a lark in the sense that some rich mogul in the philippines wanted them to go. so he reached out to derek, and derek puts the plan together and told them what they need. when these guys go out and into into these kinds of deals on their own, it can opens their eyes and they begin to understand more about the business and what their own personal worth is. not just the u.s., for the global market. i don't think there any players in the world who are better known globally than nba basketball players. and so, that's -- i think it clearly adds an impact. i don't encourage them to go, but by the same token were not going to stand in the way if they elect to go. >> well, at this point i'm going to open it up for the audience. we've been going for a while, so ma'am, do you have a question? >> yes. >> , give one caveat to the audience? particularly as it pertains to billy hunter. a lot of us are attorneys here, if we're about to go to trial, somebody asked us

colby, derrick rose, kevin durrant, derek fisher and a few others. hat was something that they got on a lark in the sense that some rich mogul in the philippines wanted them to come. so he reached out to derek, and derek but the plan together, told them what they need. and they agreed to pay. so when these guys go out and enter into these kinds of deals on their own, it kind of opens their eyes and begin to understand more about the business, including much more of what the own personal worth is. for the international global market. not just the u.s. on the global market. i don't think there are any players in the world who are better known globally than nba basketball players. and so, that's -- i think it clearly adds an impact. i don't encourage them to go but by the same token if we're not going to stand and wait if they elect to go. >> all right. well, at this point i'm going to open it up for the audience. we've been going for a while. man, do you have a question? >> yes. >> and can i get one copy at to the audience? particularly as it pertains t

kobe bryant, derek fisher, kobe bryant, the team's two captains, decided to cast a vote among the teamyoff bonus money and we're going to give it to these two video guys so they can have cash in their pockets as they look for more work. the players when they advance to the playoffs get a bonus. the lakers because they advanced to the first round of the playoffs got $600,000 in bonus money and get to decide, the team gets to decide how they divvy the money. nice gesture on their part. $65,000 to these guys, a drop in the bucket. but it can help a couple video guys who are out of work. >> wish it was a little more, frankly. let's talk about a-rod and what's going on with him. all these allegations about illegal poker playing or something like that. what's he saying? >> again in a sticky mess here, but alex rodriguez has been out for about six, seven weeks now with a knee injury. back with the yankees. he spoke about these allegations that he was involved in several high-stakes illegal underground poker games which happened in 2009. a-rod immediately fired back at the "star" magazine repo

it was kobe, derrick rose, kevin durant, derek fisher and a few others. and that was something they got on a lark in the sense that some rich guy in the philippines wanted them to come. so he reaches out to derek and they put a plan together and today agree to pay them. so when these guys go out and enter these deals on their own, they start to understand clearly about their business and what their personal worth is on the international and global markets. not just in the u.s. but on a global level. because i don't think there's any athletes known more around the world. i do not encourage them to go, but we will not stand in their way if they would like to. >> at this point, we will open it up to the audience. does anyone have questions? i have one caveat to the audience. particularly, as this pertains to billy hunter, a lot of us are lawyers. if someone asks us what trial strategy is or anything, i would just say that you may want to avoid asking about negotiations with the owners. >> i will not ask a question like that. i am a retired judge from clevelan

he has -- derek fisher, i know that he is at the end of his career. he has been pretty strident.has dug in the same way that to you in dug in. it all comes down to, we can have all the negotiations in the world. it is power versus power. as long as the players are prepared to stay, we will get where we need to go. >> good afternoon. i am from west palm beach, florida. my question is for mr. smith. i read that you got the players to buy into an insurance policy that would cover them if the lockout went beyond what was originally anticipated. can you talk about what impact that had on the negotiations? >> yes. [laughter] >> i will claim privilege on that one. >> why my question? >> later, we will talk. >> i am an attorney in boston. i will not ask you about performance enhancing drugs. i have a more narrow question. in our communities, our players and celebrities, our leaders in the philanthropic efforts that benefit our communities -- can you give us insight into their thinking and their advisers in setting up their own individual charitable foundations for every kind of issue tha