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Kobe Bryant Saga/Trade Discussion

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Lakers don't appear ready to trade Kobe

JOHN NADEL

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - While there seems little doubt Kobe Bryant wants out of Los Angeles, the Lakers don't appear ready to make a move.
"I think we've made our position clear on that publicly and we have nothing further to say on the matter at this time," team spokesman John Black said Monday.
Black referred to a statement issued by team owner Jerry Buss on May 30, which said in part: "We will continue to pursue every avenue possible to improve our team with (Bryant) as the cornerstone."
Buss issued the statement after speaking with Bryant. The day before, Bryant first said he wanted to be traded during a radio interview, but seemed to backtrack on another interview after speaking with Lakers coach Phil Jackson.

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He won't be traded. But if some he he does end up getting traded, I hope to God it's not to anyone in the East. If he went to a team like the Bulls, that could make them instant Championship contenders and put A LOT of pressure on the Cavs.
 
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ehh, a spoiled brat? The shitty management of the Lakers left him with no supporting cast at all. I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Kobe is by far the best player in the NBA right now and he's getting nearer to the apex of his career. He needs to be on a winning team so the NBA can showcase their best player in the playoffs, when people actually care about watching the NBA.
 
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Hrm... well, what to say here.

On the one hand he's been the only reason to go see a Lakers game for the past three years, that's both a good a good thing and a bad thing. Since the Buss family bought the team 28 years ago they have made the playoffs 26 times, they are considered to be one of the most successful sports franchises.

So what does that mean? That means that no player should be bigger than the team, and that's how this is coming out from the media here. We're talking about a player that will make 26 million dollars next year, yet complains that the team isn't winning. How about taking a salary cut so we can get some more talent around you?

Personally, I am sick and tired of the drama, I am ready to put an end to this, if I have to deal with a couple years of mediocrity then so be it, if it means that we can start winning again than I can deal with that. At this point we are in the worst place a team can be, not bad enough to get a lottery pick, not good enough to get past the first round of the playoffs.

Kobe Bryant can go elsewhere for all I care, his salary is so high that odds are he's going to wind up in the same situation, congratulations, you are the top student at a special kids school.
 
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Bryant's tirade caught on tape

Here is the link to the full story.

SGVTribune.com - Bryant's tirade caught on tape

Alert the paparazzi. If Kobe Bryant's trade-me, trade-me-not public drama didn't already resemble something out of the Paris Hilton playbook, there's now a scandalous video tape of Bryant on the market.

The latest twist in the saga is a 24-second, profanity-peppered clip in which Bryant reportedly reiterates his desire to be traded and derides Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and center Andrew Bynum.

Want to see it? Well, get ready to hand over two dollars to some guys on the Internet.
The video, apparently captured by a group of friends who happened upon Bryant outside a Newport Beach shopping center, represents the latest evolution of celebrity exploitation and Bryant fascination.

In the clip, reportedly culled from a 15-minute conversation in late May or early June and shortly after Bryant publicly expressed his frustration with the Lakers and his trade demand, Bryant speaks freely on camera and mocks the Lakers' decision not to trade Bynum for a player such as Jason Kidd.

Videos of starlets in all sorts of compromising positions have become prevalent on the Internet in recent years, but sports figures seem to have been immune to this type of pay-per-view sensationalism.
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Here is the teaser from YouTube:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kt9DBMMwCM[/youtube]

:slappy: What a guy.
 
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:slappy: Drama audition? Spirit fingers? :rofl:(now on to the article)

CBS
Surprise! Kobe might be a summer gift for one team. (Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant wants out of L.A. This is clear. But will the Lakers budge? They should, Tony Mejia says, and you can count out the West. So get in line, New York, Chicago, et al -- No. 24 might be heading your way.
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BuckeyeTillIDie;867367; said:
ehh, a spoiled brat? The shitty management of the Lakers left him with no supporting cast at all. I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Kobe is by far the best player in the NBA right now and he's getting nearer to the apex of his career. He needs to be on a winning team so the NBA can showcase their best player in the playoffs, when people actually care about watching the NBA.
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Best player? yeah, if the NBA was a one on one sport.

Any bum who refuses to shoot the ball for a complete half in a game just to prove a point is a scumbag and deserves an ACL.
 
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BuckeyeTillIDie said:
ehh, a spoiled brat? The shitty management of the Lakers left him with no supporting cast at all. I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Kobe is by far the best player in the NBA right now and he's getting nearer to the apex of his career. He needs to be on a winning team so the NBA can showcase their best player in the playoffs, when people actually care about watching the NBA.
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what was the excuse when he refused to be drafted by anybody but the lakers*, and threatened to go to Europe if he was?

*probably not "anybody but the lakers", but I don't remember what team he was refusing to play for so that works too.
 
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I'd like to nominate the "all-NBA-addition-by-subtraction" team: players whose individual stats indicate superstardom, yet never seem to win championships. This one would bust every known salary cap:

PG: Allen Iverson
SG: Kobe Bryant (hon mention Mike Redd; sorry, Mike)
SF: Vince Carter (hon mention Paul Pierce)
PF: Zach Randolph (hon mention Chris Webber)
C: Shaquille O'Neal (2007 edition, not the younger Shaq)
 
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