Would you trade Matthews and Hickson for Kobe?

Serious question.

 

Yes.

{Poasted via palm pilot}

 

Nope.

1) He's old

2) He wouldn't be happy here.

3) We need more depth, not less.

 

In like two seconds.

1. He is still a top 10 player in the league
2. His contract status is better than Matthews

 

Hell no. Kobe sucks now.

 

And LOL @ still a top 10 player.

 

He is declining, but he is still 4th in the league in scoring with a PER of 22.53. He is averaging 5.6 assists per game and shooting 46% from the field which is 4th among SG's. Not sure how he's not a top 10 player other than your own hatred towards him?

 

12th in overall PER. You could make a case that he is only 11th-12th best player but that is close enough to still being top 10.

 

The key is, he's older than fuck.

 

He's owed $30mil next year. Could we even make the salaries work without giving up Batum or Aldridge?

Anyway, yeah I'd do it for the package listed if it's possible and roll the dice on him wanting to re-sign here.

 

What does acquiring an old Kobe Bryant achieve for this team? I would have been in favor of it a few years ago when we still had a playoff team, but adding him to a team that has no bench whatsoever would not get us over the hump. Do you think Kobe wants to spend his last couple years of his career on a middle-of-the-pack team? This team needs depth in the worst possible way.

Now, if Kobe was willing to take a Ray Allen kind of role that would be one thing, but his ego is far too big to swallow his pride in that way.

 

Yeah, if you're drunk.

 

Or high, Kobe would never play here

 

I would only trade for the anal-rapist in order to permanently bench him from the game.

 

I wouldn't trade genital herpes for K*be.

 

FUCK NO. He's the Anti-Wes.

 

You mean good?

 

It's pretty aparent that there are more Kobe haters than anything on this board. We are all Blazer fans and can't stand to see any Laker have any glory. With that said, I voted no for a few reasons.

1.) Kobe is old. Remember he's been in the league since 1995. That's 18 + years man.
2.) Kobe is selfish. He would destroy any chemistry this team has.
3.) Kobe is expensive. We would need to trade Aldridge, Batum and Matthews to even be at the level of the trade. Kobe's contract is untradeable with the new CBA.