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Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:10 am EST

Video: Kobe Bryant on 'Deal or No Deal'

By J.E. Skeets

I know what you're thinking: 'Deal or No Deal' is still on television? Huh? Apparently it is, because a few weeks ago Kobe Bryant made a special guest appearance on the once popular game show to help that mysterious banker above entice contestant Davon Clark. Here's the clip, via The Hoop Doctors:

To recap, Kobe's sweeten-the-pot offer was two tickets to a Lakers home game, some autographed Zoom IIIs, a trip to Hawaii to watch the Lakers training camp next year, and a chance to hang out with Kobe himself after one of the exhibition games. All of that on top of Clark's $383,000 pile of TV cash.

I think he made the right call.

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  1. Charles H
    1. Posted by Charles H Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:12 pm EDT

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    wowowowowooww
  2. Travis M
    2. Posted by Travis M Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:20 pm EDT

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    The guy obviously made the right choice.
  3. the_great_kaiteng
    3. Posted by the_great_kaiteng Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:06 pm EDT

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    He's not gonna take all 383,000 because of taxes. But it's still a lot of money, with Kobe on top. Great deal!
  4. skterkid517902
    4. Posted by skterkid517902 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:26 pm EDT

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    dang what an experience that would be. He is one lucky dude.
  5. chacharles
    5. Posted by chacharles Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:21 pm EDT

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    #5 I don't think that hotel worker from Colorado got to hang out with Kobe after practice in the deal you're saying lol
  6. dreamballer
    6. Posted by dreamballer Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:42 pm EDT

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    he did the right choice
  7. Norsktroll
    7. Posted by Norsktroll Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:00 pm EDT

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    He should have asked for a meeting with LeBron instead ;-)
  8. give_and_go
    8. Posted by give_and_go Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:04 pm EDT

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    Man, those pretty ladies are distracting! I'd be all, "what was the question again?"
  9. atikiN
    9. Posted by atikiN Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:53 pm EDT

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    He needs to dump his wife and get some new friends. Those guys are idiots.
  10. freely, I P
    10. Posted by freely, I P Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:49 pm EDT

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    yeah he made the right call, regardless of its face value, the memories he will share with his kid and kobe thats priceless,and im with #11 those friends are idiots. if they wanted to be the decision makers they should have applied for the damn shoe. i would have taken the deal, but i would have asked for his newer shoes, those waffles are out of date and hideous.
  11. Shoe Puppet
    11. Posted by Shoe Puppet Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:11 pm EDT

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    smart guy...smart guy. the joy you saw in his child's face was priceless.
  12. Young Fresh
    12. Posted by Young Fresh Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:38 pm EDT

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    I don't know how this made the basketball section, but he made the right call. And damn ivan and Jay D why you have to make something like this very racial?
  13. Gerald
    13. Posted by Gerald Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:08 pm EDT

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    Youngfresh, I simply responded to ivan's comment. HE felt the need to say how weak white people are, all I did was answer him.
  14. doodle_jr
    14. Posted by doodle_jr Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:47 pm EDT

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    Damn dude chill with the racial ish......
  15. go warriors
    15. Posted by go warriors Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT

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    ahhh meeting kobe?? wow thats sooo awesome, his sons face was seriously priceless.
  16. nleeva09
    16. Posted by nleeva09 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:39 pm EDT

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    that was awesome. easy choice, davon just took longer so the show had some suspense.
  17. x_calibur5b
    17. Posted by x_calibur5b Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:54 pm EDT

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    it's amazing how this turned from a smart business decision to a dumb racial debate. some of you all are closet racists, as for #20, you're obviously a case of when stupid lives forever to believe that white men are physically weaker and black people are mentally stupider. Just because a black guy doesn't go to Harvard, that in no way makes a white guy automatically smarter. Money, race, politics, as well as connections play just as much if not more of a part in determining who advances where in society, not your IQ and SAT test. Need further proof? Look who ran America for 8 years. And he's supposed to be the figurehead for America. The smartest thing he ever did in 8 years was duck 2 shoes being thrown @ him.
  18. Chris W
    18. Posted by Chris W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    #14, and #20 how about you both sound stupid because some of the smartest people in the world is black check your history...and i also believe that the president to be is BLACK so how about yall quit down please thanks!
  19. Chris W
    19. Posted by Chris W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    *quiet down
  20. raider boom
    20. Posted by raider boom Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:56 pm EDT

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    i wouldve jumped on the deal without talking to my wife or friends. 383grand plus a priceles moment with your son. thats a no brainer. im from L.A, but i live in atlanta. my sons 1st b-ball game was the lakers vs the hawks. kobe hit for 41 and my son had his kobe jersey on. he lost his mind and has been hooked on the nba since
  21. El
    21. Posted by El Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:53 pm EDT

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    i saw this episode, and it was a great deal!!!
  22. William M
    22. Posted by William M Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:51 pm EDT

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    #5....i believe she said 'no deal'
  23. Dr. Feelgood
    23. Posted by Dr. Feelgood Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm EDT

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    kobe can keep his rapist stuff
  24. Dr. Feelgood
    24. Posted by Dr. Feelgood Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm EDT

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    i'd tell kobe only on one condition: if he doesn't rape me when i hang out with him. he's been known to rape people.
  25. J
    25. Posted by J Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:31 pm EDT

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    In hindsight, he made a wrong choice. When you have 2 large amount of money still remaining, you still go for it. 400,000 and 1,000 still gives you above 190-210k. (which would what they have offered). That is a loss of 180,000 thousand from pushing the button, that hurts but still nothing TERRIBLE. If you pick the 400,000 suitcase, you are left with about 480-520k offer. A net gain of 100k from the original offer of 388. If you get the 1,000 dollar suitcase, you just made about 680k in total.
    Yea as we saw, he made the right choice when he picked the 1,000,000 dollar case, but you go for it everytime if you are in that situation.

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