Has a contract ever ruined a franchise and city so badly?

[Sheriff Hoyt]

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[baseline bum]

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To be fair, even if Kobe played for a dollar I think they'd still strike out in free agency after the way he ran Shaq, Gasol, and Howard out of town and tried to do the same with Bynum too.

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I'll boil it down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 2nd 5th

[Gent]

Bynum.

Holy crap that name doesn't even feel familiar now. It's like he was never in the NBA. Just a foot note.

wonder what he's doing now? Probably going broke.

[Will Hunting]

Something about Jim Buss's face and appearance just gives the "grown man who hangs out at a comic book store all day" look.

[Sheriff Hoyt]

To be fair, even if Kobe played for a dollar I think they'd still strike out in free agency after the way he ran Shaq, Gasol, and Howard out of town and tried to do the same with Bynum too.
Yep. Guys would rather go to Cleveland, Milwaukee and Houston than LA. And it's all due to Kobe.

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Something about Jim Buss's face and appearance just gives the "grown man who hangs out at a comic book store all day" look.

Like Pierce when we dragged his ass back to California, Summer of '10. tee, hee.

[Sheriff Hoyt]

I'll boil it down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 2nd 5th

3 straight lotteries going for 4. When's the last time that has happened to the Lakers?

[TDMVPDPOY]

that memorabilia on the wall, did they bought that at the pawn shop kirbys parents sold to?

[Will Hunting]

Like Pierce when we dragged his ass back to California, Summer of '10. tee, hee.

Nope, not really. That has nothing to do with what I said.

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3 straight lotteries going for 4. When's the last time that has happened to the Lakers?

You gave your 1st 5th back and lived to tell. Anything is possible.

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Nope, not really. That has nothing to do with what I said.

Nonetheless, Pierce swore up & down he wouldn't be returning to California.

He returned to California.

[Will Hunting]

Nonetheless, Pierce swore up & down he wouldn't be returning to California.

He returned to California.

I don't think anyone has denied that.

Do you have anything to offer that is actually related to the comment I made?

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I don't think anyone has denied that.

Do you have anything to offer that is actually related to the comment I made?

No. I just liken it to Pierce when he fully realized 17 July 2010 that he'd fucked up.

tee, hee.

[Sheriff Hoyt]

You gave your 1st 5th back and lived to tell. Anything is possible.

And Kobe has made the city of LA an unattractive destination. :lol

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And Kobe has made the city of LA an unattractive destination. :lol

I'll just bet he has.

[HemisfairArena]

Okafor

[Sheriff Hoyt]

TWC SportsNet averaged a 1.55 Nielsen rating this season, marking a decline from the average household ratings for televised games in 2013-14 (2.11) and 2012-13 (4.63).

:lol Kobe

[Mori Chu]

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[ambchang]

Jim mcilvaine signing that contract made kemp complain non stop about his contract, ending in a forced trade and the sonics left with vin baker who had depression and the sonics being irrelevant for about a decade.

But then again, kemp with his bastard kids and weight gain probably would lead the sonics anywhere anyways.

The Gilbert arenas contract.

Grant hill with Orlando.

Jon koncak with the Hawks.

Juwan Howard.

Shawn Bradley's rookie deal.

All kinds of bad contracts all around.

[Kool Bob Love]

I loved every min of it.

[Caltex2]

3 straight lotteries going for 4. When's the last time that has happened to the Lakers?

Never. The Lakers have missed the playoffs less than 10 times in their entire NBA history, spanning 67 seasons. Before recently, they'd only done so 5 times and only once in back-to-back seasons (coincidently, Kareem still won the MVP in one of those years).

Welcome to futility, because what goes up must eventually come down.

[Biernutz]

Kobe needs the money for his divorce. the same day he retires .......

[gambit1990]

hopefully kobe's next contract will :lol

[HemisfairArena]

Passing on Okafor will be a bigger impact on the Laker franchise than any Kobrick contract,,,

[gambit1990]

with the cap going up i hope kobe will expect near the max :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Like Pierce when we dragged his ass back to California, Summer of '10. tee, hee.
http://i.imgur.com/yDBsdnW.jpg

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Kobe needs the money for his divorce. the same day he retires .......

"You" said the exact same thing over 10 years ago and on this Sunday twixt Duncan & Kobe,,,only Duncan has a divorce decree, only Duncan lets the state tell him when to see his children, and when not to see his children. Pay the child support, motherfucker. Fuckin' fool.

Big shot 10 years ago.
No more big shot.

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with the cap going up i hope kobe will expect near the max :lol

& I only pray it's justified.