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Well boo ing hoo.
I like Kobe but a whine like that is ing D'Antoni-esque.
Just heard right now on ESPNEWS. It's in the little breaking news box in the bottom right corner too.
Well boo ing hoo.
I like Kobe but a whine like that is ing D'Antoni-esque.
thats just stupid.
Yeah, Jerry did such an awesome job in Memphis.
He could surround Kobe with Troy Bell, Robert Archibald and Cezary Trybanski.
And Stromile Swift....twice....
C BYNUM/KWAME/MIHM
PF COOK/TURIAF/RADMANOVIC
SF ODOM/WALTON
SG KOBE/VUJACIC/McKIE
PG FARMAR/SHAMMOND
Smush is not going to be resigned and McKie is contemplating retirement so until he does I'll keep him there. They need a combo guard, need to get rid of at least 2 of their bigs and replace them with a quality big man. But no good players to trade for a another spot in the draft or for another superstar or good role player. They're doomed!
damn kobe is y today!!
Kobe wants Brian Cardinal or he will threaten to vacation in Colorado again.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2884339
Kobe wants West to return to Lakers with full authority
ESPN.com news services
Updated: May 27, 2007, 5:53 PM ET
Kobe Bryant isn't happy with the Lakers' direction and wants Jerry West back in Los Angeles to fix things.
Bryant told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that he wants the Lakers to bring West back to the organization and give him full authority. If the Lakers don't want to do that, Bryant said he wants to be traded.
Bryant is frustrated that the team has not made any significant moves since it re-signed him.
"I want to see us get to a contending level," he told The Los Angeles Times. "I want to see us become a championship contender. It's been a frustrating process for me and I'm sure it's been a frustrating process for all Laker fans. I'm just hoping we can get to that level. I'm still frustrated. I'm waiting for them to make some changes."
Mitch Kupchak is the current Lakers general manager.
West, who spent five seasons in Memphis, will leave his post as the Grizzlies' director of basketball operations July 1 at the end of his contract. West helped build the Lakers' dynasty in the '80s and engineered their rebirth in the '90s, overseeing seven NBA championship teams -- including back-to-back champions in 1987-1988 and three consecutive crowns from 2000-2002.
In Memphis, West never had the advantages he enjoyed in the large market of Los Angeles, where he signed Shaquille O'Neal and traded Vlade Divac for Bryant.
Bryant averaged 31.6 points per game in 2007 as the Lakers qualified for the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 42-40 record. Los Angeles lost in five games to the Suns, however, and the Lakers haven't won a championship since O'Neal was traded to the Heat.
but, but I thought ole phlippy jackson was the greatest coach ever!!
Isn't that enough kobe?
I and a lot of people were expecting this from Kobe. Kobe is gonna want a big name with the Lakers wheter it be player or staff. Why else would he want to stay? If I was Kobe I would say to the Lakers FO:
WTF are you guys doing? I'm in my prime, get a decent player so we can win a championship or trade me.
I would consider offering Bynum and Odom plus whatever for KG.
Why did Kobe want shaq gone? Now he wants direction?
Kobe to Toronto for Rasho.
Too many arguements/disputes. I guess Kobe felt like that Shaq wasn't giving 100% and he was, yet Shaq got all the credit and Kobe was in his shadow. One of them had to go after their Fab Four 2004 diaster in the Finals, the Lakers simply couldn't hold both their egos on one roster and the Lakers kept the younger player, but IMHO if Kobe was traded, Shaq would be in the same hole as Kobe is in. Shaq wouldn't be able to win another ring without another all-star guard. He'd probably get to the 2nd round though.
Carlos Delfino + Dale Davis for Kobe Bryant
i'd do that trade.
Gino for Kobe
Kobe is forgetting that the coach he begged to come back basically ran West out of town. Phil and Jerry are not buds.
Kobe wants young white girls bent over in his locker room after every game or he'll demand a trade.
kobe's an idiot for not signing with the clippers. quite ing and collect your paycheck.
kobe for paul gasol
you heard it first here
Welcome to real life, Bean.
First, you made it very clear that you weren't going to play for Charlotte, so they traded you for Vlade Divac. Then, you got nice on the job training as a teenager while veterans like Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel held it down in the backcourt. Next, Phil Freaking Jackson drops into your laps while one of the five greatest centers of all time stirs your drink to the tune of three straight les. You were one of a Robin during those three years, but there was no mistaking who Batman was on that team.
Of course, this bothered you. Winning doesn't feel so good if you're not The Man, right Bean? So you chase Batman away and suddenly, the fifty, fifty-five, sixty win seasons stop. Championships stop. , second rounds stop. In other words, real life in the NBA happens. Great players don't win by themselves.
Three straight championships almost never happens - the feat has only occurred five times in the NBA's long history. A duo like Shaq and Kobe almost never happens. Baylor/West, Stockton/Malone and Jordan/Pippen are the most comparable examples in league history. Kobe Bryant was part of a three-peat and a top-notch NBA duo, and he was tired of it.
It's too bad for Kobe that #24 wasn't able to travel back in time to advise #8. Maybe Shaq would have stayed. Maybe the Lakers would have returned to the Finals, maybe won another ring. Almost certainly, the Lakers would be no worse off than they are right now.
Kobe got what he wanted in 1996 and in 2004. Now that Kobe has played the Batman role without much team success to show for it, would it really be wise to give him what he wants yet again?
Kobe in Toronto = new NBA league interest internationally with new markets and teams
Kobe to Denver for K Mart and JR Smith
To with West as a GM. I think the Lakers would probably be better off with West in a jersey.
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