Kobe Asks to be Traded

[fober]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2886927

"I would like to be traded, yeah," Bryant said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. "Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there's no other alternative, you know?"
Bryant, interviewed by Stephen A. Smith, was asked if there was anything the Lakers could do to change his mind.
"No," Bryant said. "I just want them to do the right thing."

And the downfall continues!

[Good Days Last]

HA.

Lakers suck.

[Deviate_420]

wow

[kreutz2112]

Celtics are going to try and get him...and fail at it.

[bballarl]

Kobe is a trick bitch. Go Warriors. Finally.

[invisiblerobots]

http://www.exoticmeats.com/store/images/kobe-beef-patties.jpg

[ragingdave]

Philly. Silly.

[psychic friend]

That article irks me.. i totally understand why he wants to leave.. i still dont want him to though.

[mistdevil]

well see this upcoming season..

[AEversW]

fuck Kobe! Bring back Mark Madsen!!

[sbgiant]

i've been a Laker fan since i was 6 years old. Kobe is my favorite player & is the best player in the leage. but at this point, fuck'em. trade Kobe to the Sonics, draft Kevin Durant, sign Jermaine O'Neal & Rashard Lewis in free agency & have the first starting lineup of players over 6'10":

C - Andrew Bynum
PF - Jermaine O'Neal
SF - Kevin Durant
SG - Rashard Lewis
PG - Lamar Odom

[Good Days Last]

Kobe will get traded.

It's only a matter of when and for who.

The Lakers front office obviously don't want Kobe around if they're telling him a bunch of lies to keep him going.

[mob roulette]

the trade machine (http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/trademachine) rules though. suns could give up marion and piatkowski for kobe if they wanted to. which they don't. can anybody come up with any other good ones?

[ragingdave]

Who cares anyway?

The Lakers/Kobe have't been relevant since Shaq Fu left.

[ThomThom]

I could see him landing in Chicago or Philly, they'll definitely send him packing to the Eastern Conference.

[BlueDevil50]

kobes a bum...kb8 used to be a classy guy, but fuck kb24

[BlueDevil50]

oh
and lamar odom a pg???? youre effin crazy

[mob roulette]

re: eastern conference. if i am reading the numbers right, it looks like the knicks might be the only team that could actually pull off a straight team to team trade with no questions asked. crawford, curry, francis, frye, james, jeffries, richardson, robertson. the whole team's expendable in one way or another. or marbury +1 and some cash for kobe and let francis play the point. i don't think they'll necessarily go that way, but it IS possible.

[DeltaSigChi4]

Bryant is a steamy pile of manure.

And a rapist.

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[ThomThom]

re: eastern conference. if i am reading the numbers right, it looks like the knicks might be the only team that could actually pull off a straight team to team trade with no questions asked. crawford, curry, francis, frye, james, jeffries, richardson, robertson. the whole team's expendable in one way or another. or marbury +1 and some cash for kobe and let francis play the point. i don't think they'll necessarily go that way, but it IS possible.

This does seem pretty logical, but Stern will intervene on anything the Knicks do and will demand that this be a trade involving no less then 3 teams.

[PlayaDelWes]

i've been a Laker fan since i was 6 years old. Kobe is my favorite player & is the best player in the leage. but at this point, fuck'em. trade Kobe to the Sonics, draft Kevin Durant, sign Jermaine O'Neal & Rashard Lewis in free agency & have the first starting lineup of players over 6'10":

C - Andrew Bynum
PF - Jermaine O'Neal
SF - Kevin Durant
SG - Rashard Lewis
PG - Lamar Odom

That's the most realistic idea I've heard.

[captncrzy]

He's claiming he's only willing to be traded to one team (which he can do with his no trade clause). Not sure who that team is though.

[fober]

I don't care who they bring in, they're going to have trouble justifying $350 tickets at the Staples Center.

Chicago is probably still in it.

[mob roulette]

This does seem pretty logical, but Stern will intervene on anything the Knicks do and will demand that this be a trade involving no less then 3 teams.

right. good point. but i also wouldn't be surprised if just once, Stern sees the logic of keeping both NY and LA happy. there's enough talent between the two teams to make both somewhat legitimate contenders by next season. having two decent teams in two marquee markets is in everybody's best interests. it's just good business. plus imagine shaq vs kobe in the eastern conference playoffs and all of the manufactured storylines that would go along with that. the NBA lives for that shit, especially Stern.

how do you make the chicago trade work, fober? just curious.

[ThomThom]

right. good point. but i also wouldn't be surprised if just once, Stern sees the logic of keeping both NY and LA happy. there's enough talent between the two teams to make both somewhat legitimate contenders by next season. having two decent teams in two marquee markets is in everybody's best interests. it's just good business. plus imagine shaq vs kobe in the eastern conference playoffs and all of the manufactured storylines that would go along with that. the NBA lives for that shit, especially Stern.

how do you make the chicago trade work, fober? just curious.

You bring up a good point, a trade to the Knicks would make the two biggest markets in sports very happy campers and it could boost the revenue through the roof, a somewhat slumping revenue as of late, but Stern has it out for the Knicks any chance he gets. I can totally see him forcing a third party on a trade to the Knicks which would make the Lakers back out.

[ThomThom]

By the way...

This could also be a money issue as well, apparently Kobe's trade clause allows him an additional $13 million from whatever team obtains him....hmmmmmm

[fober]

how do you make the chicago trade work, fober? just curious.

Duhon, Gordon, Brown (S&T), +/- Thomas or Draft Picks.

Far fetched, but this is friggin' Kobe Bryant we are talking about.

[Ill_Eagle]

http://blacksportsonline.net/exclusives/kobe80.jpg

[mob roulette]

Duhon, Gordon, Brown (S&T), +/- Thomas or Draft Picks.

Far fetched, but this is friggin' Kobe Bryant we are talking about.

yeah i can see that. maybe. especially if the lakers truly are trying to go into full blown rebuilding mode. but i think brown might have some trade restrictions on him. plus i'm not sure if the money adds up. kobe makes $17,718,750 a year according to espn, plus if that $13 million trade clause is true...

those had better be some pretty fucking impressive draft picks is all i'm saying.

[luckyface]

Chicago is one of a very few number of teams that has the assets to trade for Kobe and still have a solid core to compete after he arrives.

Factor in that Kobe was considering going to Chicago as a FA and that the city is the 3rd biggest in the country (for endorsements sake, of course), I would be very surprised if the one team he wanted to be traded to wasn't Chicago.

[ThomThom]

Chicago is one of a very few number of teams that has the assets to trade for Kobe and still have a solid core to compete after he arrives.

Factor in that Kobe was considering going to Chicago as a FA and that the city is the 3rd biggest in the country (for endorsements sake, of course), I would be very surprised if the one team he wanted to be traded to wasn't Chicago.

Not to mention he will do anything to be MJ's successor. Kobe and Ben Wallace...my goodness

[kreutz2112]

...Kobe is my favorite player & is the best player in the leage...draft Kevin Durant...


You honestly think he is the best? Also, how the fuck are the lakers going to get Kevin Durant?

[luckyface]

You honestly think he is the best? Also, how the fuck are the lakers going to get Kevin Durant?

Duh! Use magical powers. Moran.

[kreutz2112]

Moran?

[fober]

I think he just changed his mind.

Hours after Kobe Bryant asked for a trade on Stephen A. Smith's radio show, he backed off after speaking to Phil Jackson and told Dan Patrick he wants to be a Laker for life.

I've dated paranoid schizophrenics more consistent than this guy.

[kreutz2112]

At least paranoid schizos are always paranoid and schizophrenic. Thats consistency if you ask me.

[ThomThom]

I think he just changed his mind.



I've dated paranoid schizophrenics more consistent than this guy.


What a relief

[fober]

Here's a link with some audio to that effect:

http://www.lakerscore.com/kobe/kobe-sounds-better-on-la-sports-radio

[mob roulette]

What a relief

yeah, now the lakers can continue to suck with their golden boy rather than without him. what a relief for the rest of the league. kobe needs to NOT be the leader of that team. or any team for that matter. kobe needs a parker or a nash to make that shit work. he's a SHOOTING guard for chrissakes. i die a little inside everytime i see him advance that ball up the court. that's not basketball. it's a three ring circus where the trapeze artist just happens to also score 40+ a game. where's the lion tamer? or the ringmaster? anyone? hello?

trade kobe. like now. or else get some real role players in there.

stated.

[BoardsofCoachella]

I listened to a bit of this interview yesterday between Kobe, Petros and Money.
Here is a link…
http://www.am570radio.com/pages/promotions.html?feed=127751&article=1634960

It appears there is a new interview with loose cannons.

I saw Petros at Arcade Fire yesterday down by the pit.

[fober]

Here this should work:

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2165~49~2009~510~660~2200~2750 ~2760~2383~615~1024~3038~981~110~1998~1031~617~101 6~2789~2421~2367~2761~2389~2018~687~3047~3026~1021 ~831~2417&teams=13~13~11~2~13~2~2~13~2~13~2~13~11~21~21~11~2 ~21~21~11~21~13~11~21~11~11~11~11~13~21

[ThomThom]

yeah, now the lakers can continue to suck with their golden boy rather than without him. what a relief for the rest of the league. kobe needs to NOT be the leader of that team. or any team for that matter. kobe needs a parker or a nash to make that shit work. he's a SHOOTING guard for chrissakes. i die a little inside everytime i see him advance that ball up the court. that's not basketball. it's a three ring circus where the trapeze artist just happens to also score 40+ a game. where's the lion tamer? or the ringmaster? anyone? hello?

trade kobe. like now. or else get some real role players in there.

stated.

All very valid points, however I am a laker fan that would have felt helpless without the only true iconic sports image in the city.

[ADGZ662]

Kobe is just scaring the front office talkin like this in sports radio he wants to be a Laker (as everyone should) he'll be a Laker next year but only if they do the right thing whatever the fuck that is... so point here is"do the right thing" Lakers

[mob roulette]

Here this should work:

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2165~49~2009~510~660~2200~2750 ~2760~2383~615~1024~3038~981~110~1998~1031~617~101 6~2789~2421~2367~2761~2389~2018~687~3047~3026~1021 ~831~2417&teams=13~13~11~2~13~2~2~13~2~13~2~13~11~21~21~11~2 ~21~21~11~21~13~11~21~11~11~11~11~13~21

hahahahaha! that's great. +24.

[fober]

And what is "the right thing" exactly?

They don't have much to work with.

Look at this roster with contracts right now (w/o Kobe):

Kwame Brown
Andrew Bynum
Brian Cook
Maurice Evans
Jordan Farmar
Lamar Odom
Vlad Radmanovic
Ronny Turiaf
Sasha Vujacic

Come on now.

[mob roulette]

fober's right. you're not exactly breaking up the beatles over there. i smell a fire sale!

[ThomThom]

Can somebody post a list of the major free agents available this summer?

[mistdevil]

i've been a Laker fan since i was 6 years old. Kobe is my favorite player & is the best player in the leage. but at this point, fuck'em. trade Kobe to the Sonics, draft Kevin Durant, sign Jermaine O'Neal & Rashard Lewis in free agency & have the first starting lineup of players over 6'10":

C - Andrew Bynum
PF - Jermaine O'Neal
SF - Kevin Durant
SG - Rashard Lewis
PG - Lamar Odom

your insane you know how much they would be over the luxury tax/salary cap with a team like that. Plus it will just be too stacked, like the 04 team that lost in the finals with who winning that one game.. KOBE.


They just need to stick with Kobe for now until he can op out of his contract.. hes just trying to bring this to the surface to get jerry west back in the front office

[fober]

Can somebody post a list of the major free agents available this summer?

http://www.insidehoops.com/free-agent-rankings.shtml

I don't think Jerry West could even make it with that list.

[mistdevil]

there are two good point guards the lakers should consider getting... billups or bibby which they have been looking at this past season during the trade deadline.


PS: if they have gotten jason kidd at the deadline this would have never happened..

[ThomThom]

your insane you know how much they would be over the luxury tax/salary cap with a team like that. Plus it will just be too stacked, like the 04 team that lost in the finals with who winning that one game.. KOBE.


They just need to stick with Kobe for now until he can op out of his contract.. hes just trying to bring this to the surface to get jerry west back in the front office

Jerry West is NOT coming back, Kobe decided to air out some dirty laundry as his final attempt to get Buss and Kupchak to get their shit together and start acting like a real front office

[mistdevil]

Jerry West is NOT coming back, Kobe decided to air out some dirty laundry as his final attempt to get Buss and Kupchak to get their shit together and start acting like a real front office

Just like what Stephen A Smith said Jerry Buss should just fire everyone in the front office to make Kobe happy.

[mob roulette]

jason terry, devin harris, and erick dampier for kobe, turiaf, and farmar. maybe a draft pick or two. cuban's crazy enough to make that deal and LA's desperate. thoughts?

[ThomThom]

jason terry, devin harris, and erick dampier for kobe, turiaf, and farmar. maybe a draft pick or two. cuban's crazy enough to make that deal and LA's desperate. thoughts?

2 draft picks included in that mix from the Mavs and some bench warming gimp(s) from LA along with Kobe just to not make it so lopsided and you have yourself a deal, but I highly doubt they would keep Kobe in the West

[kroqken]

KOBE<The World's biggest crybaby.

[fatbastard]

Ship his ass out of here tonight. After all of the other great players left because of him, he decides to leave. Go team player! He never was one.

[fober]

It's such a stalemate.

I bet nothing happens and the Lakers have their worst year in a long time in 2008.

[kroqken]

Kobe=BALL HOGGER/SHOWBOATER!

[mob roulette]

steve francis and channing frye for kobe bryant. that's right, you heard it here first. or steve francis and SOMEBODY anyway.

[kingsblend420]

Who is Kobe Bryant and why should I care?

[luckyface]

Moran?

It was a joke, as was the rest of the post.

[gmoneyak]

steve francis and channing frye for kobe bryant. that's right, you heard it here first. or steve francis and SOMEBODY anyway.


Steve Francis is way overrated...They would have to throw in alot more for Kobe..


I'm a TWolves fan, and HATE Kobe...BUT... Couldn't a KG - Kobe trade, straight-up, work?

[boarderwoozel3]

kobes a bum...kb8 used to be a classy guy, but fuck kb24

kb8 raped a girl so I'm gonna say he wasn't such a great guy then either...

[luckyface]

Steve Francis is way overrated...They would have to throw in alot more for Kobe..


I'm a TWolves fan, and HATE Kobe...BUT... Couldn't a KG - Kobe trade, straight-up, work?

Steve Francis is considered to be washed up trash... so yes, he is overrated.

I don't see how a Kobe-KG trade helps either team. They will be in the same situations with new addresses. Plus, no way Kobe ok's Minny (he has a trade clause).

[boarderwoozel3]

kobe is way more valuble than Garnett and hes a free agent anyway

[luckyface]

kobe is way more valuble than Garnett and hes a free agent anyway

Neither are free agents. Kobe can opt out in 2 years. Garnett can opt out of his deals in the next couple of years as well, I believe.

[mistdevil]

he can op out this year. talking about KG, jermaine o'neal also..

[fober]

Garnett's player option is 2008/2009: http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/minnesota.htm

Kobe's player option is 2009/2010: http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/la_lakers.htm

O'Neal's player option is 2007/2008: http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/indiana.htm

[gmoneyak]

I think you're right luckyface, with the fact that Kobe wouldn't want to go to Minnesota anyways...

I could really care less, I can't stand the prick... I was just wondering why that option hadn't been discussed anywhere, considering KG's unhappiness with the Timberwolves organization of late.. Salary-wise, they're not that far off as well..

Kobe will stay in L.A... Maybe an 8th seed next year..

[kroqken]

Kobe is more of a spoiled brat than Joan Collins.

[sbgiant]

i guess people didn't realize i was joking when i said they should draft Durant, sign J O'Neal & Rashard Lewis & have a lineup of all 6'10" players.

i was joking but it wasn't impossible except for the fact that i thought J O'Neal was an unrestricted free agent. he's not. oh, and the whole luxury tax thing (unless J O'Neal took a HUGE paycut).

anyway, don't mistake Kobe's off-court BS w/what he does on the court. he IS the best player, hands down. Lebron James will NEVER score 50pts four games in a row. that being said, i'm sure Kobe would trade in those 50pt games to be playing in the Conference Finals right now...

[gmoneyak]

i guess people didn't realize i was joking when i said they should draft Durant, sign J O'Neal & Rashard Lewis & have a lineup of all 6'10" players.

i was joking but it wasn't impossible except for the fact that i thought J O'Neal was an unrestricted free agent. he's not. oh, and the whole luxury tax thing (unless J O'Neal took a HUGE paycut).

anyway, don't mistake Kobe's off-court BS w/what he does on the court. he IS the best player, hands down. Lebron James will NEVER score 50pts four games in a row. that being said, i'm sure Kobe would trade in those 50pt games to be playing in the Conference Finals right now...

I'd take Lebron over Kobe's selfish ass ANY DAY...

[kroqken]

Lebron James also has a weak supporting team, just like the Lakers, yet he still got Cleveland to the finals.

[fober]

Well, I'd say the weak supporting cast in Cleveland is still stronger than the Lakers squad.

That and Cleveland is in the Eastern Conference.

[bmack86]

I saw Kobe on campus yesterday. I almost ran into him, and then i nodded and said hi when I realized who he was. He returned my greeting. He's not as tall as I'd expect. The rest of the Lakers starting team was there as well.

[ThomThom]

He's at it again...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=dw-kobebryant061907&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[DeltaSigChi4]

Everyone notices the stories on Y!'s front page on their way to their email.

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[DeltaSigChi4]

BTW, Kobe is a rapist.

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[ThomThom]

Everyone notices the stories on Y!'s front page on their way to their email.

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Pardon me, I was just trying to start a sports related conversation...

[DeltaSigChi4]

And I was just making a matter-of-fact remark, not anything against you at all. I'm misunderstood. *goes on killing spree

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[captncrzy]

BTW, Kobe is a rapist.

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And a bitch.