Basketball Kobe still wants out!

ozballer23

ozballer23

Bench Warmer
Where do you think he'll end up IF traded? And for who?

Kobe talk heats up in L.A.-area papers
DEMANDING | Bulls are one of three teams Bryant would accept

June 17, 2007
BY BRIAN HANLEY [email protected]
Lakers star Kobe Bryant is not backing off his trade demand, according to published reports Saturday out of Los Angeles, and the Bulls are one of three teams he reportedly would agree to join.
Bryant met with Lakers owner Jerry Buss on Friday in Barcelona, Spain, where Bryant was vacationing, and reiterated his demand to be traded, according to the Los Angeles Times and the (Riverside) Press-Enterprise.

Sources say the Bulls are monitoring the situation but don't believe the Lakers will trade Bryant, who has four years and $88.6 million left on the seven-year, $136.4 million contract he signed as a free agent in 2004. Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager John Paxson flew to Los Angeles at that time to persuade Bryant to sign with the Bulls. Bryant told them he liked the Bulls and could see himself playing for them.

The Times said Lakers sources ''vehemently insisted'' there were no plans to trade Bryant, a nine-time All-Star. But Bryant again voiced ''concerns about the direction'' of the Lakers and told Buss he still wants out.

The Press-Enterprise reported Bryant is the only NBA player with a no-trade clause and that he had said he would waive that clause for a deal with one of the teams on his three-team wish list, which reportedly includes the Bulls and New York Knicks.

Bryant said last month that he wanted Jerry West to return to the front office and that the Lakers needed to make trades to become title contenders again. Talks with the Indiana Pacers on a deal that would send Jermaine O'Neal to the Lakers have reportedly stalled because of the Pacers' price of Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum.

One report had the Lakers hoping to acquire Ben Wallace, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng and the Bulls' top pick (No. 9) in the draft June 28 for Bryant should they decide to trade the two-time scoring champion, who led the league with 31.6 points per game in 2006-07.

The Lakers confirmed Friday night that Bryant met with Buss, who was on vacation in China before going to London and then to Barcelona.

''Our position is that it's a private meeting between the two of them, and it shall remain private between the two of them,'' Lakers public-relations director John Black told the Press-Enterprise on Friday.

Any team that trades for Bryant cannot deal players whose salaries exceed 125 percent of Bryant's $19,490,625 salary next season. The Bulls' Wallace will earn $15.5 million in 2007-08, Gordon will get $4.88 million and Deng $3.32 million.

Bryant also has a 15 percent trade kicker in his contract, according to the Press-Enterprise, that the team that acquires him has to pick up for $13,289,062 to be spread over the last four years of his contract. Bryant reportedly also has an ''early-termination option'' in his contract that allows him to opt out after the 2008-09 season.
Click to expand...
 
5foot1Howard12 said:
i still think kobe is a joke and he should just retire. hes kinda like the NBAs answer to T.O. Except he doesnt get as much publicity
Click to expand...

3 rings, 80 pnt game and you think he's a joke? just how much do you know about basketball again?
 
ozballer23 said:
3 rings, 80 pnt game and you think he's a joke? just how much do you know about basketball again?
Click to expand...


hey, i didnt say he's not good. he's a great player. he just whines and cries about a lot of stuff. just like T.O.
 
Phoenix is reportedly the 3rd team he'd want to go to. I say they'll pick up someone in the off-season and he'll be a Laker. STUPID for them to not trade Bynum for Kidd.
 
He wants out because LA did not do anything to make them better. Kobe can't take them all by himself. He is tired of doing all of the work. Nobody on LA has stepped up. There were glimpses of the light a few times. Just enough to **** KOBE off. GO TO CHICAGO KOBE! There is where you will find a ring.
 
I THINK he should go to ATLANTA...for Josh Smith and their # 3 draft pick....

maybe the 11th pick as well...


THIS WILL NEVER happen....BUT if Josh Smith becomes a LAKER we will NEVER hear the end of it from GROUND SUPPORT lol
 
I completely agree with you. We NEED A CHAMPIONSHIP!


ac-n-mike said:
I THINK he should go to ATLANTA...for Josh Smith and their # 3 draft pick....

maybe the 11th pick as well...


THIS WILL NEVER happen....BUT if Josh Smith becomes a LAKER we will NEVER hear the end of it from GROUND SUPPORT lol
Click to expand...
 
Man, i can't believe this. he has manipulated the entire organization. He pretty much has them at his will, trade me, i don't want to be traded, trade me! wah! I really have no idea what kobe wants, their supporting cast isn't bad, they have been a up and coming playoff team the last few years, but met with phoenix twice, the 3rd best team in the west. (behind dallas and SA) Its not like hes playing on the hawks or something ;)
 
hornsfan92 said:
Man, i can't believe this. he has manipulated the entire organization. He pretty much has them at his will, trade me, i don't want to be traded, trade me! wah! I really have no idea what kobe wants, their supporting cast isn't bad, they have been a up and coming playoff team the last few years, but met with phoenix twice, the 3rd best team in the west. (behind dallas and SA) Its not like hes playing on the hawks or something ;)
Click to expand...

your right there, his supporting cast is young, but reliable, a couple more seasons and they will be a force to be reckoned with!
 

Similar threads

ricky_mn
State of the hobby
Replies
3
Views
274
ricky_mn
ricky_mn
ricky_mn
State of the hobby
Replies
4
Views
229
ricky_mn
ricky_mn
horfin
Topps Did Good: 2015 Bowman's Best Case
Replies
5
Views
220
Mechjo16
Mechjo16
gwynn_fan
Is the end of collecting near?
Replies
1
Views
245
kclj520
kclj520
horfin
OMGosh - the post office
Replies
5
Views
228
kclj520
kclj520
Back
Top