Kobe has officially pledged his alliance to Lakers for life.  The 31-year-old guard signed a three-year extension that will keep him in a Lakers through the 2013-14 season.  Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said  "My position all along -- and I've mentioned many times -- is that Kobe started as a Laker and he should end his career as a Laker," "We're fairly assured now that he will end his career as a Laker. Now of course in four years he will be 35 years old. Maybe we'll go through this again... but I think at that point in time after all those years if he did choose to play some more it would be here in Los Angeles."The Lakers star  has pocketed a contract worth $90 million. He is certainly smiling!