Lakers: Any other Laker fan speechless?

[spurraider21]

Will the Lakers win it all again, with or without Kobe, for sure. That's not the point. Will there be another Kobe, a once in the lifetime player. Nope. That's the only difference I know, the only difference that separates me from you.
Your move Spurtalk....

kobe was not going to play for another team. you could have still seen "the once in a lifetime player" on the Lakers.. but whats the point of watching a guy so renowned for his "compe ive fire" if he's playing in 2 lost seasons where he's not actually competing, when he could have easily been signed for less. you could have watched the "most clutch player of our generation" in a situation where he might actually be able to make some noise and make some playoff daggers. i don't understand how you can be so blind to this

[StrengthAndHonor]

How come Spursfan are so concerned about Kobe getting his 6th-ring?

[Thebesteva]

It's hard to tell who's you're sucking. You seem to roll over a lot and suck the other guy's on every other possession.

Cmon DMC just stop already man. The whole angry Korean liquor store owner shtick is up

[spurraider21]

How come Spursfan are so concerned about Kobe getting his 6th-ring?

to be fair i live in LA so i do take interest in the local teams

[ezau]

Will the Lakers win it all again, with or without Kobe, for sure. That's not the point. Will there be another Kobe, a once in the lifetime player. Nope. That's the only difference I know, the only difference that separates me from you.
Your move Spurtalk....

Salty as Laker fan

[TDMVPDPOY]

kobe isnt making lakers money at all, whatever revenue he helps makes for the nba goes to the rest of the league owners,

u know whose laughing all the way to the bank besides kobe? jordan and the pathetic teams below the cap milking the tax revenue from over the cap teams

jordan is still celebrating lakers 124m payroll last season, that money he collected was like 3m?....too bad he blew that all on aljefferson

back to kobe, when is the clown back or whose the team lucky to break his achilles first game?

[Clipper Nation]

Will there be another Kobe, a once in the lifetime player. Nope.

....mainly because the league is shifting away from the era of selfish, wannabe-Jordan chuckers and back towards a team-oriented style of play, tbh.....

[Michael Jordan.]

this move has me intrigued. what will come of Pau? who will they bring in? will they even be able to keep jordan hill?

Stay tuned to next week's episode of "As Fredo's world burns"

[Michael Jordan.]

Will there be another Kobe, a once in the lifetime player..

No Kobe is not a once in a lifetime type of player. If he was, T-Mac, Iverson, Carter would not have ever been in the conversation. LeBron is a once in a lifetime type of player. You will see another Kobe (Looking at Westbrook) before you see another LeBron.

[baseline bum]

Kobe is worth every penny.

If you look at it in the context of him making money back for being underpaid for years,as all legit NBA superstars like Bryant, Duncan, James, O'Neal, Wade, Nowitzki, Garnett, and Durant have been since the 99 lockout, then yeah, the Lakers are still coming out way ahead. But being worth that kind of money if we're just looking at the next two years, I mean no way after that injury.

[Bynumite]

....mainly because the league is shifting away from the era of selfish, wannabe-Jordan chuckers and back towards a team-oriented style of play, tbh.....

FIFY:

....mainly because the league is shifting away from the era of fundamentally sound players, that work religiously to improve their game and back towards a monkeyball-oriented style of play, tbh.....

[Venti Quattro]

I still don't know what to think of the extension aside from the obviously huge numbers.

[Michael Jordan.]

I still don't know what to think of the extension aside from the obviously huge numbers.

It won't be so bad if they don't mortage their future away to Gay or Melo. If they do, then have fun with that for the next 5-6 years.

[Michael Jordan.]

Oh, and the repeater tax would them silly.

[Medvedenko]

No Kobe is not a once in a lifetime type of player. If he was, T-Mac, Iverson, Carter would not have ever been in the conversation. LeBron is a once in a lifetime type of player. You will see another Kobe (Looking at Westbrook) before you see another LeBron.

They aren't in my conversation and they didn't play for the lakers. So I can give 2 s about the players you mentioned. I can care less of Lebron too. It's a new era now anyways with different rules and schemes.

[Medvedenko]

It won't be so bad if they don't mortage their future away to Gay or Melo. If they do, then have fun with that for the next 5-6 years.

Of course we'll have fun, we are Laker fans.

[elmanutres]

I knew the lakers were gonna do this long ago. All they care about is filling up those seats. Kobe may fill the seats now but this was just stupid in the long run. And if they chase melo, . Would severely stall the lakers from making progress to actually win.

[The Gemini Method]

Perturbed

[Koolaid_Man]

I knew the lakers were gonna do this long ago. All they care about is filling up those seats. Kobe may fill the seats now but this was just stupid in the long run. And if they chase melo, . Would severely stall the lakers from making progress to actually win.

Melo is a ing beast in the paint...and a bulls eye shooter...I would be scared less too if he teamed up with Kobe...if we can score Rondo who cannot be contained off the dribble...we're gonna shut the West down - tbh

[DeadlyDynasty]

It sucks, but it's not like we're pissing away any prime opportunities at a le. LeBron's going to win the next 4 les (barring injury) anyways, so they'd rather be bad with asses in the seats than mediocre with crickets chirping. I don't like it, but it is what it is--a business/marketing decision.

[Michael Jordan.]

It sucks, but it's not like we're pissing away any prime opportunities at a le. LeBron's going to win the next 4 les (barring injury) anyways, so they'd rather be bad with asses in the seats than mediocre with crickets chirping. I don't like it, but it is what it is--a business/marketing decision.

That's the problem though. They'll be just good enough to make the playoffs, but not go anywhere if they give Melo or whoever the max.

[Koolaid_Man]

Lebron ain't winning else... won on a locked out season and was taken to 7 games by a depleted Bulls team and barely beat the Pacers..that getting his card pulled this year

[Michael Jordan.]

Of course we'll have fun, we are Laker fans.

Yeah you will have fun watching Kobe and Melo jack 70 shots a game and go nowhere.

[elmanutres]

Melo is a ing beast in the paint...and a bulls eye shooter...I would be scared less too if he teamed up with Kobe...if we can score Rondo who cannot be contained off the dribble...we're gonna shut the West down - tbh

Did you learn nothing from 2013 and 2004? Stacked does not always mean success. Getting rondo would make you good but melo put in any equation is bad. Melo is a great Iso player. But that's the problem. He only knows isos. Team ball and being a creator is foreign to him. And when you have 3 guys that demand the ball in rondo Kobe and melo, it won't go well

[DeadlyDynasty]

That's the problem though. They'll be just good enough to make the playoffs, but not go anywhere if they give Melo or whoever the max.

There's no quick fix anymore when you have to go against Miami. The best course of action LA can take now is too suck bad enough to draft one of those Top 4 college s, send Nash to the glue factory, trade Pau while he still has some value, and hold onto your aging star (business decision) who fills the seats. Lakerfan--and NBA fans in general--are going to have to severely temper their expectations while LBJ is in his prime. GM's can't (openly) think like that, but they know it's true too.