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#71
05-30-2007, 05:20 PM
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kobe and bynum for wallace, deng and gordon?? [/ QUOTE ] I don't think there's anyway Chicago gives up Deng, even if they are getting Kobe. He was killer in the playoffs this year and is quickly improving. I really don't want them to trade Kobe. I just bought a new Kobe Lakers shirt a month ago! 
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#72
05-30-2007, 05:36 PM
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[ QUOTE ] kobe and bynum for wallace, deng and gordon?? [/ QUOTE ] I don't think there's anyway Chicago gives up Deng, even if they are getting Kobe. He was killer in the playoffs this year and is quickly improving. [/ QUOTE ] If Paxson isn't willing to trade Deng for Gasol - who fits a need - I don't see why he would trade him AND Gordon for Kobe. Gordon, Wallace, and a draft pick sounds like fun though.
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#73
05-30-2007, 05:40 PM
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A couple of new interviews are up on his official site.
http://news.kb24.com/#308 Brag: No need to pay for ESPN Insider. Edit: n/m it's up on ESPN now. There's a separate interview with a local radio station on his site though.
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#74
05-30-2007, 05:54 PM
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I like the way Simmons thinks
Deal No. 1: Phoenix trades Shawn Marion, Leandro Barbosa, Marcus Banks and the rights to Atlanta's 2008 1st-rounder to the Lakers for Kobe and Radmanovic. Now we're talking! Some of my favorite things about this trade include … A.) The Lakers ending up with a nucleus of Marion, Odom, Barbosa and Bynum, along with Farmar, Walton, Turiaf and the No. 19 pick, as well as the inevitable Kwame Brown trade to a moronic team that convinces itself that Kwame's career could be salvaged. That's a pretty good foundation. B.) Phoenix trotting out a starting lineup of Nash, Kobe, Raja Bell, Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw. Good golly. Sweet Jesus. C.) Radmanovic realizing his manifest destiny of playing in Phoenix. It was meant to be from the moment Mike D'Antoni and Nash teamed up three years ago. D.) Kobe and Raja as teammates. High comedy. The most improbable pairing since Rodman and Pippen 12 years ago. E.) The most selfish player in the league (Kobe) playing with the most unselfish player in the league (Nash). What a fascinating sociological experiment. If Nash can turn Kobe into a team player, I'm voting him for our 2008 President even though he's Canadian. Two potential problems: First, it's unlikely that the Lakers would be dumb enough to trade Kobe within their own division, although with Kupchak involved, anything's possible. And second, assuming that Nash has a say in front office decisions at this point, would he really want to green-light a scenario that has him managing two enormous egos in Stoudemire and Kobe? Well, lemme throw this at you: What if the Suns then swapped Stoudemire to Minnesota for KG, as I proposed in a May 14th column http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...Date=20070514? That would give them the following crunch-time lineup: Nash, Kobe, Bell, Diaw and KG. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 World Champions! Just send them the trophy right now. So that's my vote: Black Mamba, you're going to Phoenix to play with KG and Nash. And if it happens, I can guarantee that the 2008 playoffs will be more entertaining than the 2007 playoffs.
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#75
05-30-2007, 05:58 PM
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Re: kobe wants out
More from Kobe's website:
[ QUOTE ] Wassup y'all ... Man, today is one of those surreal days for me and my family. When you love something as much as I love the Lakers its hard to even imagine thinking about being elsewhere. But, the ONE THING I will never sacrifice when it comes to basketball is WINNING. That is plain and simply what it's all about. It's in my DNA. It's what pushes me to work as hard as I do. It's my daily passion and pursuit. The more I thought about the future, the more I became convinced that the Lakers and me just have two different visions for the future. The Lakers are pursuing a longer-term plan that is different from what Dr. Buss shared with me at the time I re-signed as a free agent. I have seen that plan unfold for the last three years and watched great trade opportunities come and go, and have seen free agents passed on. That has led to the Lakers not winning a playoff series. All of that was frustrating in itself, but then, this week to have someone "inside" the Laker organization try to blame me in the media for us not being a contender right now -- that is what brought me to my current position today. I want it to be clear that I still love, with all my heart, the Laker Legacy. From Mikan to West to Goodrich to Wilt to Kareem to Magic. That will never change. And the support my family and I have gotten from Lakers fans is undeniably the best. I will also always believe that. But, now there is a new road ahead. I am gonna keep grindin and keep workin to get back to competing for Championships. Sometimes the trek up the mountain is tough. But, I know we'll get there. Strength and Honor, Kobe [/ QUOTE ]
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#78
05-30-2007, 06:21 PM
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[ QUOTE ] the ONE THING I will never sacrifice when it comes to basketball is WINNING. [/ QUOTE ] LOL, should have stayed with Shaq. [/ QUOTE ] It's becoming increasingly obvious that Shaq leaving town didn't have as much to do with Kobe as we all thought. Especially since Shaq is now backing Kobe. I would say it breaks down 40% Buss, 30% Kobe, and 30% Shaq for why they didn't stay together.
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#80
05-30-2007, 06:23 PM
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Deal No. 1: Phoenix trades Shawn Marion, Leandro Barbosa, Marcus Banks and the rights to Atlanta's 2008 1st-rounder to the Lakers for Kobe and Radmanovic. [/ QUOTE ] CHRIST HELL NO. I wouldn't trade a $17M ham sandwich for Kobe. Screw that punk-ass. I like to actually like the players on the team I root for.
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