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Don Jacob:
 i don't see how this is kobe's fault . it's jerry buss and Mitch's fault

Smoke:

--- Quote from: .:DayGoStyLz:. on July 30, 2004, 01:03:34 AM ---
--- Quote from: Antonio on July 30, 2004, 12:25:37 AM ---Oh, so mr "TRADE-ME-OR-ILL-RETIRE" is blaming nobody but Kobe? That's some exciting news! ::)

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*Kobe's Dick* ~~~~~~~> *Antonio's Mouth*
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Just look at my sig, you fool. I'm not pro-Kobe, i'm not pro-Shaq. I'm pro-Lakers. But i dont like them both blaming each others like idiots. That's all. Kobe aint better than Shaq, but for damn sure Shaq aint better than Kobe. Other than that it was easier for Dr. Buss to re-sign Phil Jackson, to re-sign Shaq, to re-sign Malone and to sign-and-trade Kobe. He didnt. I cant blame Kobe. It's just stupid. Buss had Shaq telling him he didnt want to play with Kobe, cause he wanted the ball more. He had Kobe saying he didnt want to play with Shaq & Phil, cause he wanted to prove he's the best player in the league without Shaq. He had Kobe & Payton saying they didnt like Phil Jackson and the triangle, and Kobe who wanted Coach T, and Shaq who wanted Phil or George Karl. And we had Dr. Buss to make the final decisions. He did it. Period.

Sikx:
im waitin next season so much :) how will kobe now score without shaq around him.

7even:
call me a conspiracy dude... but here's what I was thinking from DAY 1:

-Kobe was a unrestricted free agent after this season, everbody knew that
-Shaq had still a contract
-Lakers couldnt trade Kobe
-Lakers could trade Shaq
-Kobe makes it clear, subtle, but clear, that he doesnt want to play with Shaq and Phil no more. He wants to be the Man. He wants to average 38 Points a game. So if they stay he'll leave.

Now what would you do if you was Jerry Buss.
You have 2 great Players, one is 25 years old and one is 32 years old.
If you keep the older one, the younger one leaves. For nothing in return.
If you keep the younger one, the older one has to leave.. for 4 decent players in return.

I think the choice is pretty easy.



Just my 2 cents,
Harbinger

Smoke:
Not only. Another problem was Phil Jackson. If you keep Phil and Shaq, then Kobe and Payton leaves with nothing in return. And you have Malone injured who still doesnt know if he can return. So it's a possible 3 starters out for nothing in return, just to keep Phil Jackson and Shaq. And Fisher wanted to test the free agency market. So if you keep Fisher, you dont have money to sign a SG free agent, and possibly a PF free agent. Like that he had to sign 2 PG (1 starter), 1 SG (starter) and 1 or 2 PF (starter or bench, it depends on Malone resigning).

The other soluction was to fire Phil Jackson and to sign Coach T. To sign Kobe and Payton and to trade Shaq for 3 good players. Signing Divac and trying to force Malone to sign a 1-2 years contract. Now that's totally a different scenario. You have a good coach (Coach T is very good) getting the same money they gave to Phil Jackson, Payton, Kobe and possibly Malone still in the roster, and Grant, Divac, Butler and Odom instead of Shaq. If you think 2 seconds about it, you know Dr. Buss did the right thing. Like that he just miss a PG and maybe (but let's hope Malone will return and sign with the Lakers) a PF to start from the bench.

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