Rick Bucher: Kobe "Demands" Trade Sort of.... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">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.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2884339
lol, man..you're going to give people a heart attack with that title. They NEED to get things going with this or business is going to really pick up this off-season.
Vince Carter come to LA. WOW you made me spit out my soda with that title! Well i hope they bring west back or Kobe will leave. If he leaves hope we get a good trade with young players.
I doubt we get some good players in return, unless we get lebron or amare or bosh, I dont see how we could find any good in this. Also kobe is a big sooky baby if he thinks that he can demand whatever he wants, he's already done that and look where it led us, right into hell. Not good enough to get out of the first round, and not bad enough to get a good pick. I hope that we dont trade kobe, and we find ways to win, but looking at our roster now, i doubt that its a possibility to win and also keep kobe happy. nets trade carter kidd receive kobe odom lakers trade kobe odom recieve kidd amare suns trade amare receive carter i doubt if there was a trade this would be it but i would like it very much if we were forced to trade kobe.
Why would Phoenix give up one of the best young big men in the game in Amare for a declining player like Carter?
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Why would Phoenix give up one of the best young big men in the game in Amare for a declining player like Carter?</div> Why not? Vince is a "superstar".
How do the lakers get Kidd, Amare. They arn't on the same team? Anyway, I say Do whatever you can to keep him. MEANING get west, what does LA have to lose. HE'll bring some guys in who can help Kobe and the Lakers regan championship form. Maybe he'll pull a colangelo and and win EOF.
<div class="quote_poster">Kidd Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Why not? Vince is a "superstar".</div> lol <div class="quote_poster">amador08 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Kobe go to Portland!!</div> no thanks. It would suck pretty hard to see Kobe leave L.A, but you can't really blame the guy for wanting to win. Management better do something soon.
here's another trade, and i know my last one was a bit sucky for the suns, but if they did decide that they need to trade one of the big three i imagine it would be amare. anyway here's a trade that sort of benefits all teams, sort of, well not completely but its just an idea, so dont take it too seriously. Boston Celtics Incoming Players Vladimir Radmanovic Salary: $5,215,000 Years Remaining: 5 PTS: 6.6 REB: 3.3 AST: 1.2 PER: 11.02 Lamar Odom Salary: $12,348,596 Years Remaining: 3 PTS: 15.9 REB: 9.8 AST: 4.8 PER: 16.20 Outgoing Players: Paul Pierce Los Angeles Lakers Incoming Players Paul Pierce Salary: $15,101,626 Years Remaining: 5 PTS: 25.0 REB: 5.9 AST: 4.1 PER: 21.73 Steven Hunter Salary: $3,024,000 Years Remaining: 4 PTS: 6.4 REB: 4.8 AST: 0.4 PER: 12.37 Pau Gasol Salary: $12,364,000 Years Remaining: 5 PTS: 20.8 REB: 9.8 AST: 3.4 PER: 24.22 Outgoing Players: Andrew Bynum, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom, Kobe Bryant Philadelphia 76ers Incoming Players Kobe Bryant Salary: $17,718,750 Years Remaining: 4 PTS: 31.6 REB: 5.7 AST: 5.4 PER: 26.13 Outgoing Players: Steven Hunter, Kevin Ollie, Andre Miller Memphis Grizzlies Incoming Players Andrew Bynum Salary: $2,030,280 Years Remaining: 2 PTS: 7.8 REB: 5.9 AST: 1.1 PER: 15.44 Kevin Ollie Salary: $3,196,050 Years Remaining: 2 PTS: 3.8 REB: 1.4 AST: 2.5 PER: 8.44 Andre Miller Salary: $8,966,666 Years Remaining: 3 PTS: 13.4 REB: 4.4 AST: 7.8 PER: 16.18 Outgoing Players: Pau Gasol
After all that drama he put the Lakers through when he was a free agent, he's considering demanding a trade? Someone should make him re-read that contract he signed: there isn't any part that says he has to be on a winning team. Take it like a man and stop complaining.
<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">After all that drama he put the Lakers through when he was a free agent, he's considering demanding a trade? Someone should make him re-read that contract he signed: there isn't any part that says he has to be on a winning team. Take it like a man and stop complaining.</div> lol That is true kobe had a winning team when Lakers had Fisher Shaq Malone and GP but then he threw it all away because he wanted to be the only one. Know the laker management sucks. There bringing him no help at all. And his being a Baby anout not winning when the reason there like that is because he wanted everybody out.
Guys I have you all beat. Kobe to the Blazers? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know what you're thinking. I'm on crack. I did stay out late last night drinking but I'm completely coherant. ESPN.COM is reporting that Kobe might want to be traded from the lakers because they're going nowhere: 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. -ESPN.COM So...where to? Well not a lot of teams in the league can afford him, and even more so- not many teams have the peices to get him. We're talking the best player in his game, more motivated than ever... yeah, not gonna come cheap. The players in the Kobe-sweepstakes? ESPN is saying he could land in Chicago. They have the young peices to do it and salary cap space (somehow, anyone heard of Ben Wallace?) to afford him. Besides the fact that Kobe would never live down Jordan comparisons in Chicago, I really don't think they have enough to offer. Luol Deng? Kirk Heinrich? Ben Gordon? Those players are nice, but hardly enough to bring in #23's clone. So anyways, I'm rambling at this point but here's what I'm thinking. Portland has the peices to get this done, but it's gonna take some shady business dealings on the part of Kevin Pritchard. Not shady actually, just savvy. Very very savvy. Below is the step by step plan to getting Kobe into portland: Blazers sign Rashard Lewis from the sonics. Blazers trade Rashard Lewis and Zach Randolph for Kobe bryant. It's really that simple. That gives the Lakers a GREAT slate to start over with: an All-star caliber PF, and an All star SF/SG to pair with Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum in LA. LAKERS PG- Jordan Farmar SG- Rashard Lewis SF- Lamar Odom PF- Zach Randolph C- Andrew Bynum. BLAZERS PG- Jarett Jack SG- Brandon Roy SF- Kobe Bryant PF- LaMarcus Aldridge C- Greg Oden That makes sense and is heaven for both teams. The Blazers will be an instant championship contender, and you could argue the same for the Lakers. What does everyone think? The one hold up here is I'm not sure what the policy is on signing a player than trading him immediately when you're luring him from another team. I know if he's already your player you can do sign and trades but I'm not sure if that applies when the player is signing with a new team and then being traded...
<div class="quote_poster">ilive4ball Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Guys I have you all beat. Kobe to the Blazers? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know what you're thinking. I'm on crack. I did stay out late last night drinking but I'm completely coherant. ESPN.COM is reporting that Kobe might want to be traded from the lakers because they're going nowhere: 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. -ESPN.COM So...where to? Well not a lot of teams in the league can afford him, and even more so- not many teams have the peices to get him. We're talking the best player in his game, more motivated than ever... yeah, not gonna come cheap. The players in the Kobe-sweepstakes? ESPN is saying he could land in Chicago. They have the young peices to do it and salary cap space (somehow, anyone heard of Ben Wallace?) to afford him. Besides the fact that Kobe would never live down Jordan comparisons in Chicago, I really don't think they have enough to offer. Luol Deng? Kirk Heinrich? Ben Gordon? Those players are nice, but hardly enough to bring in #23's clone. So anyways, I'm rambling at this point but here's what I'm thinking. Portland has the peices to get this done, but it's gonna take some shady business dealings on the part of Kevin Pritchard. Not shady actually, just savvy. Very very savvy. Below is the step by step plan to getting Kobe into portland: Blazers sign Rashard Lewis from the sonics. Blazers trade Rashard Lewis and Zach Randolph for Kobe bryant. It's really that simple. That gives the Lakers a GREAT slate to start over with: an All-star caliber PF, and an All star SF/SG to pair with Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum in LA. LAKERS PG- Jordan Farmar SG- Rashard Lewis SF- Lamar Odom PF- Zach Randolph C- Andrew Bynum. BLAZERS PG- Jarett Jack SG- Brandon Roy SF- Kobe Bryant PF- LaMarcus Aldridge C- Greg Oden That makes sense and is heaven for both teams. The Blazers will be an instant championship contender, and you could argue the same for the Lakers. What does everyone think? The one hold up here is I'm not sure what the policy is on signing a player than trading him immediately when you're luring him from another team. I know if he's already your player you can do sign and trades but I'm not sure if that applies when the player is signing with a new team and then being traded...</div> You call yourself a Laker fan and you're cool with this trade? Shame on you! Lakers would not be a championship contender with that lineup AT ALL..... Lamar Odom is a LOSER. He's a nice guy, but the sooner you ship him out of L.A., the better your team will be. Zach Randolph has proved nothing except that he can get 20 and 10 on a crappy team that gives him the ball in a run-and-gun conference. Rashard Lewis is also LARGELY UNPROVEN. He may become a better player on a better team - but he may also become a worse player. Andrew Bynum, mark it down, is an AVERAGELY GOOD player. He is not an all-star in the making........he just isn't. he's an average starting center. just because he's on the Lakers he is overhyped. If he played for Milwaukee you would never hear of him. This new Laker lineup would be horrible. Lakers need to focus on guys who have proven they have heart: Jermaine O'Neal Kevin Garnett These are the kind of guys Jerry West would sign. These Rashard Lewis's of the world are Kupchak signings and will never get you guys out of the first round.
<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">After all that drama he put the Lakers through when he was a free agent, he's considering demanding a trade? Someone should make him re-read that contract he signed: there isn't any part that says he has to be on a winning team. Take it like a man and stop complaining.</div> Don't be so rash. There isn't any part in his contract that states he needs to be on a winning team, but there was an implicit understanding that management would surround him with non-scrub pieces. As for him being a man, he has been a man, for three seasons. What more do you want? Do you really think Jordan would have continued to play without saying a word if the Bulls had continued to play as miserably as they did in most of the 80s? Jerry Krause understood that Jordan needed winning pieces; he understood that sometimes going for the homerun is better than settling for the single (He did, if you'd recall, trade a very solid player in Olden Polynice for an unknown quantity in Pippen soon after draft day). Mitch doesn't understand this, and Kobe is right to push for a guy in Jerry West who does.
