Kobe Bryant Reported To Be "Livid" At Lakers

[benson]

Anybody who follows the Phoenix Suns can attest the the greatness of Kobe. I don't particularly like him, but watching him compete with that Suns offense from a couple years ago 1v5, shot for shot, was as entertaining as sports get.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

I'm a huge Kobe fan but if he wants to be traded, I would send him to Orland with picks in exchange for Howard and then move Bynum for a good PG. Kobe signed his contract and now he needs to play but if he's more interested in creating a problem, then he needs to be moved.

If Kobe wanted to be traded he would want to go to a contender not a team that's rebuilding. I personally believe the current team can contend if Kupchack puts the right pieces around Kobe, Gasol, and Bynum. If they can acquire a solid point guard they'll be in solid shape. Kobe has a really toxic contract so it makes him untradeable. Laker fans everywhere would be furious with him if he did (Not me cuz if he did so it's because the Lakers FO isn't doing it's job. I'd be furious with them not KB) because after the Lakers 5th title he promised he would be a Laker for life.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

If Kobe wanted to be traded he would want to go to a contender not a team that's rebuilding. I personally believe the current team can contend if Kupchack puts the right pieces around Kobe, Gasol, and Bynum. If they can acquire a solid point guard they'll be in solid shape. Kobe has a really toxic contract so it makes him untradeable. Laker fans everywhere would be furious with him if he did (Not me cuz if he did so it's because the Lakers FO isn't doing it's job. I'd be furious with them not KB) because after the Lakers 5th title he promised he would be a Laker for life.

If he wants to be traded bad enough, he will accept the trade as I see it. If he doesn't want to be traded, then play with the players you have around you. It's not Kobe who has to worry about where this team is 5 years from now. It's Kup and Buss. Honestly, I don't think that Kobe has much to complain about. I posted this earlier but the truth of the matter is that Odom doesn't really fit the set offense. He fits the triangle well but not the set offense, which is what the Lakers will be playing a lot, as long as Brown is the head coach. Kobe may not like it. A lot of fans may not understand it but the reality is that the Lakers would have been on the hook for 8 Million per season with a luxury tax payment of another 8 Million or 16 Million per season, for the next 2 seasons with a player that would not have fit in the offense. How happy would Odom have been? It would have been a lose - lose proposition for both the team and Odom had the Lakers kept him.

 

[juck]

Come to Big D Kobe!