From the moment Bryant sets foot in SA he will be complaining about not getting enough touches or some such. Sure, if the 'too good to be true' deal came up you do it. 3 les in 5 seasons and the Spurs weren't off by much in the 2 seasons in which they came up short. Do Spurs fans still not realize what they have?
Anyways, if the Lakers were going to deal him, which of course is doubtful, he'd end up in the East, just like Shaq.
Bryant doesnt suck. Hes an arrogant prick but hes one of the best players in the NBA. Great defender, great shooter, great finisher that can get to the rim. At the same token I dont think he owuld like our system much offensively and his attention antics wouldnt jive either.I can't believe this thread is actually taking the whole Kobe possibility as a serious consideration and into the seventh page.
I don't care if he has the most talent in the world; Kobe sucks.
Well that's stating the obvious. Of course he doesn't suck, "suck".
But he's a horrible teammate and egomaniac. I was making a general statement at the end.
He's already embarrassed half the 'not so homerish' Laker fans this past month.
if u can get bryant, you take bryant for anyone BUT duncan and parker
y, Jun 19, 2007 1:55 pm EDT
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In speculated three-way deals for Kobe Bryant involving the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers would get the Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce, who hasn't even made the playoffs for two years, or Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, who is as unpredictable as they come.
Such trades seem only to benefit the Bulls, which the Bulls appreciate.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Obviously a joke thread but for fun...
Going to address some things here.
Kobe may be bad chemistry, but Stephen Jackson may be one of the worst in the league and we took him, so the "classy" point is 100% moot.
Next, it takes some insane assumptions to realistically land him here. It IS possible.
Assuming...
1. Kobe wants to be here (likely)
2. We would want him here (likely)
3. Lakers would take a Manu+Scrub trade (unlikely)
4. We would be willing to trade more, like Parker+Scrubs (very unlikely)
5. Kobe would shape up here like SJax did
6. Salary
The only real thing that would keep us from landing him is the salary and the likelihood that they would take something other than parker and duncan.
I don't take this gamble, because in the event that Kobe doesn't pan out, he won't have high trade value and it'd be impossible to get Manu back or whoever we traded. Even if he did pan out, we would have no bench because of no money to spend after duncan+parker+kobe contracts.
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