He's 38 right now, yes, He'll be 40 when his contract is up.I think he knows he can't help teams to much nowadays. He's in the game this long for His love of basketball not the money.
If it weren't LA wouldn't be where they are right now, as well as Kobe. If it weren't Shaq Kobe would only have two rings right now.And LA would have 13 championships. So what you said it completely foolish.
His FG% is definitely going up. He was a rookie though. Everyone struggles a bit in their rookie season. I think he'll average about 23 PPG 8 APG, and 1.5 SPG.. Breakout this season.