Lakers consider pursuing Bell

[duncan228]

Lakers consider pursuing Bell (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-belllakers062210)
By Adrian Wojnarowski

The Los Angeles Lakers and guard Raja Bell will enter free agency with a strong mutual interest to reach agreement on a deal, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Kobe Bryant has become a strong advocate for Bell, a former nemesis. After missing most of the season with surgery to repair ligaments in his non-shooting wrist, Bell is still expected to be a coveted bench player among contending teams. He could give the Lakers another strong perimeter defender and a solid outside shooting threat.

Bell, 33, was dealt to the Golden State Warriors in November as part of the Stephen Jackson trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. Bell missed all but six games last season.

Bell famously dropped Bryant with a clothesline foul in the 2006 playoffs, but the two developed a mutual respect and bond. Bell was ejected and suspended a game for the foul, and complained about Bryant’s tactics in the postgame news conference.

“It’s a personal thing when someone continually hits you in the face,” Bell said at the time. “That’s the only way I can put it. I’ve been playing as hard as I can play. I’ve been trying to do a good job, I’ve been trying to be what my team needs me to be, and I continually get hit in my face. There doesn’t seem to be any boundaries or limitations for what he’s allowed to do to me, and at that point, I kind of lost my cool and I took it into my own hands.”

Bell made a league-high 205 3-pointers in the 2006-07 season for the Suns under coach Mike D’Antoni, but his role changed the next season under Terry Porter and he was eventually shipped to Charlotte. Bell averaged 13 points in 45 games for the Bobcats in the 2008-09 season.

[4>0rings]

The Lakers going to sign 200 players or what oh and thanks for copying and pasting someone elses hardwork.

[balli]

thanks for copying and pasting someone elses hardwork.Fuck you.

Truly, thanks for posting 228. I wouldn't have read the story otherwise.

[Giuseppe]

Kobe, he's a corker....is there a guy he ain't got in a pissin' match with that he didn't end up burying the hatchet with?

Once Bell whacked him he was never the same player. Left his best work in the sheets that he & Kobe had fucked in.

Manoshevitz.

[dallasmavsnfuego214]

Kobe sure showed him by responding with 1 shot in the 2nd half of game 7

tee, hee

[Giuseppe]

True, but, Kobe rehabilitated and rang twice more since Bell whacked him. What's Bell done?

That clothesline ruined Bell.

The opposite happened to Mike Miller. Kobe karate chopped him in the adam's apple then felt bad afterward, apologized, Miller dove into the nearest rabbit hole>>>hide nor hair hasn't been seen of him since and a course Kobe rang twice more.

Kobe is a wonderment upon this earth.

[dallasmavsnfuego214]

True, but, Kobe rehabilitated and rang twice more since Bell whacked him. What's Bell done?

That clothesline ruined Bell.

The opposite happened to Mike Miller. Kobe karate chopped him in the adam's apple then felt bad afterward, apologized, Miller dove into the nearest rabbit hole>>>hide nor hair hasn't been seen of him since and a course Kobe rang twice more.

Kobe is a wonderment upon this earth.

:lol its not like Bell is gonna lead a team to a championship. He was never a big time player before or after the clothesline

[Giuseppe]

I don't trust Bell.

Well, I have to bow to your judgment, Luva. I've been here a smidge over a year and if you've been wrong one time, I'm a monkey's ass.

Jesus, Luva, we get to run things here (Lakers Board at ST) for another year. I God's, it just keeps gettin' better & better.:toast

[cobbler]

Makes you wonder how many scrubs the Lakers ring in the next 5 years?

[DazedAndConfused]

The Lakers need to infuse their bench with desperate ring chasing vets willing to play for scraps.

Thus far all of the vets have gone elsewhere to teams like Boston.

[BUMP]

The Lakers need to infuse their bench with desperate ring chasing vets willing to play for scraps.

Thus far all of the vets have gone elsewhere to teams like Boston.

Never understood that either if i wanted a ring, LA is the first place i would go

Great city

Great weather

A lock for the Finals every year

Play with the best player in the game

And even if i were to suck, there wouldn't be any pressure. They have nothing but scrubs on the bench and yet they've won too rings anyway :lmao

[Giuseppe]

Wallace hates us, hates our guts so that was understandable him signing in Boston.

[tdunk21]

The Lakers going to sign 200 players or what oh and thanks for copying and pasting someone elses hardwork.

228 posts a variety of interesting articles.....good job duncan228....

[easy7]

I don't trust Bell.

I don't trust that fucker either.

[j.dizzle]

No thanks, they need some athleticism off the bench. He's been chillin on the bench in GS with a bullshit injury for a while now.

[monosylab1k]

Wallace hates us, hates our guts so that was understandable him signing in Boston.

I think he had so much fun goin balls deep on you guys in 04 that he wanted a double dip.

tee,hee

unfortunately for sheed, he assumed rip hamilton was a poor man's ray allen, and not the other way around.

[Giuseppe]

I think he had so much fun goin balls deep on you guys in 04 that he wanted a double dip.

tee,hee

Sure, he did.

He was gonna do exactly that. It'd a been horrible around here if that a happened.

But, like Luva said: we countersigned his retirement papers, and ordered Staples security to usher him to the Greyhound.

[Venti Quattro]

Me no like this

[Smooth Criminal]

I don't really want Raja AND Sasha on the same team. Even Laker fans will start to hate the Lakers if they do this

[eyeh8u]

Never understood that either if i wanted a ring, LA is the first place i would go

Great city

Great weather

A lock for the Finals every year

Play with the best player in the game

And even if i were to suck, there wouldn't be any pressure. They have nothing but scrubs on the bench and yet they've won too rings anyway :lmao

you people need to calm down with this great city shit, great attractions, ok, great place to bang chicks if you are rich, ok, great city, hell no, i live in this disgrace of a city, everything from the air to city council to mayor villarm two de edukashion cystim is fucked.

here is an example of how fucked it is, if you go to subway, and get 5 dollar footlong, and if you get it toasted, they charge you sales tax, if you dont no sales tax, by getting my bread warmed i owe the city 50 cents.

[cobbler]

you people need to calm down with this great city shit, great attractions, ok, great place to bang chicks if you are rich, ok, great city, hell no, i live in this disgrace of a city, everything from the air to city council to mayor villarm two de edukashion cystim is fucked.

here is an example of how fucked it is, if you go to subway, and get 5 dollar footlong, and if you get it toasted, they charge you sales tax, if you dont no sales tax, by getting my bread warmed i owe the city 50 cents.

Get a better job! :lol

[eyeh8u]

Get a better job! :lol

so you laugh at the example but dont understand the absurd principle behind it, good job angelino, we need more of your type in this city, question nothing, do nothing, lose 1.5 million dollars a day in operating costs.


fyi, i dont have a job, i get paid by the state university to conduct research

[Findog]

everything from the air to city council to mayor villarm two de edukashion cystim is fucked.

.

I can believe that.

[eyeh8u]

I can believe that.

oops typo, blame the LAUSD

[cobbler]

so you laugh at the example but dont understand the absurd principle behind it, good job angelino, we need more of your type in this city, question nothing, do nothing, lose 1.5 million dollars a day in operating costs.


fyi, i dont have a job, i get paid by the state university to conduct research

It was a joke... meaning you would get laid more as per your comment and maybe see things differently... lighten up.

I happen to live in Huntington Beach and love it here. If you think LA is alone in these times with the problems you described, open your eyes. There are a lot of perks living in the LA area and I for one have no desire to be anywhere else.

[TheMACHINE]

Hmm Sasha off the bench or Bell....hmmmmm =P

[LkrFan]

All Raja would have to do is play hard nosed defense and hit his wide open shots.

[pauls931]

All Raja would have to do is play hard nosed defense and hit his wide open shots.

and clothesline kobe during practice

[Killakobe81]

The Lakers need to infuse their bench with desperate ring chasing vets willing to play for scraps.

Thus far all of the vets have gone elsewhere to teams like Boston.

amen dazed only way we 3peat is to get hungry vets left with something to prove like Ron was ...

[LkrFan]

and clothesline kobe during practice
LOL - I remember that. But if Kobe is cool with him coming to LA, so am I. We didn't think Artest would be here after the LA/Rox series when they got into it. Look at how that turned out. :toast

Simply put, Bell relieves Fish for defense and teams with Kobe and Artest. They would lock fools down at the end of quarters and the end of games. Including your Suns, son. :lol

[Killakobe81]

not a bad pickup kobe always respected guys like him, Bowen and Artest.

Key ? is how much does he have left?

[Koolaid_Man]

Sent that heathen into retirement.



it's gonna take me a minute to feel that cat Raja... I want to see him admit he was a bitch back then but learned that Kobe is da man...if he does this then I could start to accept him as a Laker...Remember he was getting death threats after the clothesline and the FBI had to investigate...He's gonna have to do some incredible shit to make up to Kobe...but what's interesting is that he said during an old interview even before the clothesline that he or his son had pictures of Kobe on his wall...

[Edward]

it's gonna take me a minute to feel that cat Raja... I want to see him admit he was a bitch back then but learned that Kobe is da man...if he does this then I could start to accept him as a Laker...Remember he was getting death threats after the clothesline and the FBI had to investigate...He's gonna have to do some incredible shit to make up to Kobe...but what's interesting is that he said during an old interview even before the clothesline that he or his son had pictures of Kobe on his wall...


If you were actually a Lakers fan during 2007 you would know Bell and Kobe made up during that season and got along fine during the 2007 playoffs. When you didn't pay attention prior to the Gasol trade though, I can see why that's a problem.

[Koolaid_Man]

If you were actually a Lakers fan during 2007 you would know Bell and Kobe made up during that season and got along fine during the 2007 playoffs. When you didn't pay attention prior to the Gasol trade though, I can see why that's a problem.


my take is strictly from a fan perspective...bumping fists and speaking is no real indication...but if Kobe is ultimately cool with it then I'll slowly get over it...:toast

you got some more shit you wanna talk....:hat

[Edward]

my take is strictly from a fan perspective...bumping fists and speaking is no real indication...but if Kobe is ultimately cool with it then I'll slowly get over it...:toast

you got some more shit you wanna talk....:hat


No need to talk shit, you owned yourself by exposing the fact you weren't a Lakers fan in 2007.

[Giuseppe]

Yes, Ed, I remember when they beat us in '07>>>Bell skulkin' off in victory lookin' for Kobe down the way.......like Artest did before he took Kobe by the hand and kicked holes in the ground.

[Edward]

Yes, Ed, I remember when they beat us in '07>>>Bell skulkin' off in victory lookin' for Kobe down the way.......like Artest did before he took Kobe by the hand and kicked holes in the ground.


Bullshit you remember, you've never even been to LA. Everyone here knows you were a Phoenix fan in 2007.

[Giuseppe]

Bullshit you remember, you've never even been to LA. Everyone here knows you were a Phoenix fan in 2007.

I'm still a Phoenix Fan.

Oh, yeah, I remember....Bell walkin' off and half lookin'/half too embarassed to get caught down the way for Kobe.

[Koolaid_Man]

No need to talk shit, you owned yourself by exposing the fact you weren't a Lakers fan in 2007.


ok Son if it makes u feel good thinking that be my fucking guest....Lakers 4 life :lmao

[Edward]

I'm still a Phoenix Fan.

Oh, yeah, I remember....Bell walkin' off and half lookin'/half too embarassed to get caught down the way for Kobe.


lol evading the part about you never being in LA

[Edward]

ok Son if it makes u feel good thinking that be my fucking guest....Lakers 4 life :lmao

:lmao "Lakers 4 life". Nice try Tyrone, we all know the black man has a thing for bandwagoning.

[Edward]

You should be used to seeing us on top.

:lmao

The Lakers winning the championship isn't an accomplishment for you at all, you're still a stinky paki.

[Koolaid_Man]

:lmao "Lakers 4 life". Nice try Tyrone, we all know the black man has a thing for bandwagoning.


very poor attempt at trying to dangle a carrot....problem is I'm a fucking wolf..don't fuck with carrots....plus I'm in a good place right now...last night's porn shoot had bad lighting but I had a fucking blast...:toast

[Edward]

very poor attempt at trying to dangle a carrot....problem is I'm a fucking wolf..don't fuck with carrots....plus I'm in a good place right now...last night's porn shoot had bad lighting but I had a fucking blast...:toast

I'm not dangling a carrot Tyrone, I heard from my nigga Jamal that's your name. I hope dreaming that you were at a playboy shoot was fun Tyrone.

[Giuseppe]

lol evading the part about you never being in LA

Never said such. I ain't ever been in Los Angeles.

[Edward]

Never said such. I ain't ever been in Los Angeles.


:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao

And why are you a Lakers fan?

[Giuseppe]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao

And why are you a Lakers fan?

Because Van breda Kolf got in a pissin' match with Chamberlain in '69 and I got hooked.

[Koolaid_Man]

Never said such. I ain't ever been in Los Angeles.


my man you want me to hook you up with some Roscoe's or a Pastrami ...I could mail it to you...

[Koolaid_Man]

I'm not dangling a carrot Tyrone, I heard from my nigga Jamal that's your name. I hope dreaming that you were at a playboy shoot was fun Tyrone.



I see you need someone to talk to....poor kid...shame on your parents for the neglect...

[Edward]

I see you need someone to talk to....poor kid...shame on your parents for the neglect...

Nice deflection Tyrone

[RoddyBukkake]

you people need to calm down with this great city shit, great attractions, ok, great place to bang chicks if you are rich, ok, great city, hell no, i live in this disgrace of a city, everything from the air to city council to mayor villarm two de edukashion cystim is fucked.

here is an example of how fucked it is, if you go to subway, and get 5 dollar footlong, and if you get it toasted, they charge you sales tax, if you dont no sales tax, by getting my bread warmed i owe the city 50 cents.


do you have sales tax on food ordered thru a drive thru?

[Edward]

Where are you from anyway Tyrone? We all know you've also never been to LA, are you a nigga from queens like the poster blade?

[Koolaid_Man]

Where are you from anyway Tyrone? We all know you've also never been to LA, are you a nigga from queens like the poster blade?


only info I'll give you is that Snoop is building a house around the corner from me...I may post a pic but not sure I want to invade the big Homie's priavcy ...so I'll pass and you can keep guessing homo...

[Edward]

only info I'll give you is that Snoop is building a house around the corner from me...I may post a pic but not sure I want to invade the big Homie's priavcy ...so I'll pass and you can keep guessing homo...


Just outa curiosity Tyrone, do you expect anyone to believe the stuff you post about how badass your life is?

[Koolaid_Man]

Just outa curiosity Tyrone, do you expect anyone to believe the stuff you post about how badass your life is?


not my call... all I can do is all I can do....but I'm always sufficiently entertained by my nemesis...I do sometimes feel bad for flossing because life is about how you treat the little people...:lol

[SomeCallMeTim]

Bell is fragile upstairs. Make no mistake about it, he hates Kobe. I can imagine him pulling a Ceballos or some shit the moment he gets disgusted by Kobe cracking his whip.

They made their peace years ago.

At one point you could've said the same thing about Artest. Look how that turned out. He's as loyal to Kobe as anyone I've ever seen.

Sometimes greater bonds are forged in enmity than friendship... when those enemies later become allies, of course.

[Darrin]

Lakers consider pursuing Bell (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-belllakers062210)
By Adrian Wojnarowski

The Los Angeles Lakers and guard Raja Bell will enter free agency with a strong mutual interest to reach agreement on a deal, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Kobe Bryant has become a strong advocate for Bell, a former nemesis. After missing most of the season with surgery to repair ligaments in his non-shooting wrist, Bell is still expected to be a coveted bench player among contending teams. He could give the Lakers another strong perimeter defender and a solid outside shooting threat.

Bell, 33, was dealt to the Golden State Warriors in November as part of the Stephen Jackson trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. Bell missed all but six games last season.

Bell famously dropped Bryant with a clothesline foul in the 2006 playoffs, but the two developed a mutual respect and bond. Bell was ejected and suspended a game for the foul, and complained about Bryant’s tactics in the postgame news conference.

“It’s a personal thing when someone continually hits you in the face,” Bell said at the time. “That’s the only way I can put it. I’ve been playing as hard as I can play. I’ve been trying to do a good job, I’ve been trying to be what my team needs me to be, and I continually get hit in my face. There doesn’t seem to be any boundaries or limitations for what he’s allowed to do to me, and at that point, I kind of lost my cool and I took it into my own hands.”

Bell made a league-high 205 3-pointers in the 2006-07 season for the Suns under coach Mike D’Antoni, but his role changed the next season under Terry Porter and he was eventually shipped to Charlotte. Bell averaged 13 points in 45 games for the Bobcats in the 2008-09 season.

They should consider Will Bynum. With the Pistons near the bottom of the league and unable to match any offer over the mid-level exception, they could get some explosion and ball-handling in the backcourt from a player with the grittiness that so many of the Lakers apparently lack. He's a terrific citizen, a clutch performer, and no one offers him a better chance at team success. He's not exactly a turnstyle on defense, either. He could be their sixth man next season. If not, the Lakers should explore a replacement for Fisher. I don't think adding Bell gets them to where they need to go. Ron Artest is already doing for Kobe what Bell can bring.

[21_Blessings]

Would rather sign and trade for Charlie Bell. Fuck Raja.

Will Bynum would be fantastic tbh. Bynum/Bynum combo hilarity every night and he's a decent on both ends.

Anyone but Steve fucking Blake.

[SomeCallMeTim]

They should consider Will Bynum. With the Pistons near the bottom of the league and unable to match any offer over the mid-level exception, they could get some explosion and ball-handling in the backcourt from a player with the grittiness that so many of the Lakers apparently lack. He's a terrific citizen, a clutch performer, and no one offers him a better chance at team success. He's not exactly a turnstyle on defense, either. He could be their sixth man next season. If not, the Lakers should explore a replacement for Fisher. I don't think adding Bell gets them to where they need to go. Ron Artest is already doing for Kobe what Bell can bring.

Bynum would be great, warts and all. Huge upgrade all the way around.

Lakers have a great opportunity to upgrade at PG because the production replaced has been so terrible. One of the most underrated ways of improving a team is simply getting average players to replace your bad ones. Fill a black hole with an average, "so-so" player and you could improve by 5 wins.