Lakers wouldn't trade Kobe to the Blazers . . . that would be like giving Odom to the world champs. Oh wait . . .
Not that it would ever happen, but if it did, I would stop being a Blazer fan until K*be was off the team.
Agreed. I cant go from greatly disliking someone for 10+ years to suddenly happy there on our team. Lucky there is no chance in hell of it happening.
Would pull the trigger in a heartbeat. Maybe it's because I hate Lebron more but I don't feel the hatred against Kobe like I used to. I actually grew to respect him over the past few years. He might still be a douche but I really think, if we acquired him, he would respect Nate more than any other coach and would try to win a ring for Brandon Roy, one of the few players he respected. Of course, that is, unless his "almost bone on bone" knees become a problem too.
It bemuses me that any Blazer fan could want Kobe on the team. Okay, why don't you just mentally picture the Lakers as the Blazers. Then you can have Kobe on your team! In fact, you can imagine that the Blazers have just been renamed "The Lakers". I mean, if you could support a team with Kobe Bryant on it, then nothing's impossible, right? (But to be honest, you'd be better off imagining that the Blazers are now being called "the Miami Heat".)
Well, think of it this way. Think of all those annoying Laker trolls, the prissy Laker fans you know at work, the Laker moderators, the bandwagoners, the spoiled rich kids wearing Laker gear sitting right next to you whenever the Lakers come into town. Now, imagine if the Blazer snagged their favorite player in the league from them. And then, imagine leaving their team in the gutter where, for the next 4-5 years, they have to rebuild a team just like everyone else and not just be giftwrapped some star player every year. Imagine an empty Staples Center on one night and a full Staples Center on a night when the Clippers play. Yeah, that'd be a satisfying feeling. If Kobe wants to join the Blazers and renounce his former ways, then I'd welcome him with open arms. It's not easy wearing piss stained uniforms every night and those who need the Portland rain to wash away their sins or the trailblazing fire to purge their sins from them, I welcome as a TrailBlazer. Too bad he'd want to play with Durant though. Anything for that 6th ring, I suppose.
So let him go to the Celtics then, that would be even worse for them and we wouldn't have to look at "the Kobe face". Y'know what's going to be even funnier? Watching the Lakers be mediocre and Kobe NOT be traded, as the Lakers and he start to really loathe each other.
Trade him to the Warriors for Kwame Brown. Let's see how Laker fans like being on the other end of a fleecing.
Sounds like Kome is on the verge of a mid-life crisis. He's not as...potent...as he once was...he senses and fears the inevitable regression. I intend to relish his anguished slide into futility and irrelevance...the pouting...the tantrums. This will provide me great entertainment over the coming years.
Kobe is seething at something nobody talks about, because the media is so biased toward the Lakers. And that is that their management is terrible. When Laker fans used to criticize Bob Whitsitt's spending, I used to think, you're so good just because players want to play in the media capital. But since Jerry West left, they haven't even been getting stars to sign anymore. The advantage still exists but they haven't capitalized on it as much. The Buss kids run it and Kupchak is a figurehead. It's a terrible organization. Kobe seethes because he can't criticize his bosses. I'd rather have Vulcans than rich Buss kids.
I hated HATED Scottie Pippen when he was on the Bulls. But when he joined our squad and helped us win games, I cheered him on. It's a fluid league, man. Players move from team to team. Do you only root for players that we draft?? Kobe's a great player. I wan to win. He would help us do that.
I cannot stand the thought of Kobe on our team. However, if a major WC rival's star player were to be traded to us leaving that rival in shambles I would probably wear said player's jersey. Yeah that's right. I won't say I approve unless it actually happens. It feels too dirty.
Adding Kobe doesn't make us a contender. Not at this point in his career. He's too old and too used up.
Really? I think Kobe has some pretty decent production in him still. He was pretty much just as good as Rose last season. http://www.82games.com/1011/1011LAL.HTM
