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1270 Detroit -
According to radio station 1270 AM in Detroit, the Lakers and Pistons came to an agreement to trade Bryant to the Pistons.

However, Bryant used his no-trade clause to veto the trade.

The report claims the deal was completed late Tuesday night.

Detroit would have sent Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Amir Johnson and a first round pick to the Lakers.

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As a Cavs fan, I'm extremely happy. Damn, the Pistons would be stacked. Really surprised Kobe vetoed this trade (if true, of course), since it seems he was only going to veto a trade to a team that was getting much worse on the trade. But with Billups, Rasheed, Kobe, and a new, solid young core the Pistons would be sick.

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As a non-Lakers, but NBA in general, fan living in LA, I want Kobe here. That's 82 games on local HDTV of the best player in the NBA. I don't know how much any of you have watched the Lakers this year, but Kobe makes any game worth watching.

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That would make the Pistons what, the #5 team in the league?

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Billups Kobe 'Sheed Prince would be so frickin awesome. If all these reports about his vetoes are true, he's basically shooting down anything that's not a sure thing.

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Prince was included in the trade

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That would make the Pistons what, the #5 team in the league?

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Depends. If all went smoothly and they got along, I'd say #2 or #3.

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oops. Without Prince I'm less high on it, but it's still very solid.

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I'll never understand why people want to believe silly speculation from hometown news/radio.

Chance LA trades Kobe for two average-to-marginally-above-average players and a prospect? 0%
Chance some other team's newsmedia fantasises up a silly imbalanced Kobe deal? 100%

Enjoy the ride...here all season...

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I'll never understand why people want to believe silly speculation from hometown news/radio.

Chance LA trades Kobe for two above-average players, one of them an all-star, and a prospect and a 1st?

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FYP

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Kobe is an All-Star, a superstar, a franchise player.

Prince is a solid SF - marginally-above-average imo. Somewhat limited offensively, very good defensively. Hamilton is grossly overrated - an average SG at best who looks better than he really is due to the team he's on. A Detroit 1st is relatively inconsequential if they have Kobe.

Not sure which of the above you'd rate as an "All-Star" unless you're purely going by NBA All-Star selections, which opens the door to all sorts of crap, at least in the East the past few seasons.

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I'll never understand why people want to believe silly speculation from hometown news/radio.


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The offseason is the highlight of the year for them. It sure beats the hell out of me.

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Kobe is an All-Star, a superstar, a franchise player.

Prince is a solid SF - marginally-above-average imo. Somewhat limited offensively, very good defensively.

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we're not that far apart.

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Hamilton is grossly overrated - an average SG at best who looks better than he really is due to the team he's on.

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that's fine as long as some of the people overrating him are making decisions for the lakers.

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A Detroit 1st is relatively inconsequential if they have Kobe.

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i agree it's worse than an average first.

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Not sure which of the above you'd rate as an "All-Star" unless you're purely going by NBA All-Star selections

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yeah i was being literal.

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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Pistons play in an attractive Detroit suburb. Kobe could play 10 years for the Pistons and never set foot in Detroit.

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They reported during the Mavs/Spurs game that they interviewed Dumars and he says that he hasn't even talked to the Lakers in weeks yet alone actually discussed any sort of deal.

99,400 and counting

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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The Lakers already have the white Prince anyways.

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[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Grant Hill. I'd really like to see him get a ring

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The Lakers already have the white Prince anyways.

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who has the black prince?

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I'm an idiot and posted in the wrong thread. Mods, please delete both posts [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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I am so glad this didn't happen. This would have made the Pistons unwatchable for me. [censored] Kobe. LA can have him.

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Los Angeles is still ten times better than Detroit for a star like Kobe.

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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no way he vetoes this trade.

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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this is it right here. kobe not only wants a potential title team he also wants the right city. new york, chicago, phoenix or miami are the only cities he goes to imo.

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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this is it right here. kobe not only wants a potential title team he also wants the right city. new york, chicago, phoenix or miami are the only cities he goes to imo.

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that's fine with me, but whats the point of demanding a trade if you are so picky?

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would kobe find the pistons offense a poor fit or would he still be able to throw up 80 point games a few times a season?

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Kobe probably veto'd cause he doesnt wanna live in Detroit 6 months a year.

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this is it right here. kobe not only wants a potential title team he also wants the right city. new york, chicago, phoenix or miami are the only cities he goes to imo.

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that's fine with me, but whats the point of demanding a trade if you are so picky?

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its dumb for sure, but if kobe negotiated a no trade clause he is going to use it hoping to get an absolute dream situation otherwise he opts out and goes wherever.

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I can def see Kobe not wanting to have this trade go down. Without Ray or Prince, Detroit is just an old team with not much depth.

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would kobe find the pistons offense a poor fit or would he still be able to throw up 80 shot games a few times a season?

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His wife probably vetoed it.

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would kobe find the pistons offense a poor fit or would he still be able to throw up 80 shot games a few times a season?

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"Kobe shoots a lot"? Brilliant.

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kobe wants to be traded but refuses to leave
i dont get it

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kobe wants to be traded but refuses to leave
i dont get it

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He's an attention whore.

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kobe wants to be traded but refuses to leave
i dont get it

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Sports radio hosts are attention whores.

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We have a winner!

Kobe asked for a trade last spring. That's the last thing he's said about it. Everything else is quite possibly media conjecture (all the silly rumors, the list of teams Kobe will accept that changes every other week, etc).