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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: GangstaBoogy on June 18, 2007, 09:00:09 PM
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While recovering from hip surgery at home, Lakers Coach Phil Jackson weighed in Monday on the latest movement in the Kobe Bryant ordeal, sounding a positive note for Bryant's future with the team.
Jackson, who had hip-replacement surgery last Tuesday, has spoken with Bryant numerous times since the nine-time All-Star demanded a trade May 30, an action Bryant reiterated last Friday in a meeting with team owner Jerry Buss.
"He's made a decision that he feels justified to hold — one that I've questioned — that he has reasons to leave the Lakers," Jackson wrote Monday in a brief e-mail to The Times. "However, it's my unshakeable feeling that Kobe will be a Laker next October ... when training camp opens."
Bryant credited Jackson as being a voice of reason during Bryant's now-infamous day of seemingly contradictory talk-radio and newspaper interviews on May 30. Bryant said he wanted to be traded on a talk-radio show early that day but appeared to leave wiggle room for remaining with the Lakers on subsequent radio shows. Then, later in the day, he told The Times that he indeed wanted to be traded.
Also that day, Bryant said Jackson offered some soothing early-afternoon words as they discussed a passage in a recent article by The Times that referred to a Lakers "insider" who blamed Bryant for the departure of Shaquille O'Neal in 2004.
Jackson, 61, is expected to recover within a few weeks from his second hip-replacement surgery and will attend Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in September in Springfield, Mass.
Jackson had his right hip replaced last October.
Jackson has one year left on a three-year, $30-million contract and on Monday referred a question on a possible contract extension to an interview he granted in April.
"Whatever I said then stands today," Jackson wrote.
In the April interview, Jackson said there were "a bunch of things that go into it — how we move forward as a team."
"Personally, as an owner, does [Buss] really want to spend the kind of money he's spending on me to have a .500 team? We want to do better than that, by far. How do we go about readjusting to make sure that something that happened this year doesn't happen again in the future?"
Jackson said at the time that his health was not a concern, although he indicated Monday that he wanted to be able to "coach up to my standards."
The Lakers finished 42-40 last season and lost to Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs for a second consecutive season.
Fire Mitch Kupchak and make Phil GM/Head Coach!
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like Nik said dont believe all this media bullshit kobe is gonna be gone
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
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like Nik said dont believe all this media bullshit kobe is gonna STAY
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
Real spit.
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
He signed to play for a winning team...Buss hasn't been building that, as promised. Magic did the same in the 80's. If history repeats itself, this will only help the Lakers...PeACe
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
He signed to play for a winning team...Buss hasn't been building that, as promised. Magic did the same in the 80's. If history repeats itself, this will only help the Lakers...PeACe
first of all, you don't know what Buss promised him, nobody does
second, he saw what kind of team he was signing on to, for 7 years nonetheless
he needs to suck it up and stop acting like a whiney fag and like I said, if he doesn't wanna be here he can leave when his deal's up
you put your signature on a contract, you honor that contract, obviously people in sports try to cop out of those things from time to time but I think it's morally wrong to do
fact is Kobe is flip flopping like a punk, he's Public Enemy #1 everywhere but LA and then he wants to leave the place where everyone stuck up for him?
as fans that's like a slap in the face, "I want to win" well so does everyone else, this doesn't make him some special person because he wants to win at all costs
it's not like he's on his last leg looking for a title like Malone or Payton, finish the the last years or whatever you got on your contract and be a man and start fresh somewhere else
whining and saying people lying to him and all that, nobody gives a fuck....
going on the radio and shit and all "I love the Lakers I wanna be there for life but blah blah" just cut the shit already
why did he even have to open his mouth? what a baby
him and Shaq can go fuck themselves.... to think of what they ruined, nice move.... what a bunch of spoiled punks
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
He signed to play for a winning team...Buss hasn't been building that, as promised. Magic did the same in the 80's. If history repeats itself, this will only help the Lakers...PeACe
first of all, you don't know what Buss promised him, nobody does
second, he saw what kind of team he was signing on to, for 7 years nonetheless
he needs to suck it up and stop acting like a whiney fag and like I said, if he doesn't wanna be here he can leave when his deal's up
you put your signature on a contract, you honor that contract, obviously people in sports try to cop out of those things from time to time but I think it's morally wrong to do
fact is Kobe is flip flopping like a punk, he's Public Enemy #1 everywhere but LA and then he wants to leave the place where everyone stuck up for him?
as fans that's like a slap in the face, "I want to win" well so does everyone else, this doesn't make him some special person because he wants to win at all costs
it's not like he's on his last leg looking for a title like Malone or Payton, finish the the last years or whatever you got on your contract and be a man and start fresh somewhere else
whining and saying people lying to him and all that, nobody gives a fuck....
going on the radio and shit and all "I love the Lakers I wanna be there for life but blah blah" just cut the shit already
why did he even have to open his mouth? what a baby
him and Shaq can go fuck themselves.... to think of what they ruined, nice move.... what a bunch of spoiled punks
You're missing the whole point of what he's doing...He knows Lakers aren't trading him. He's pushing the organization to make some moves, and it's gunna work. Do you really think Kobe believes for one second Buss will trade him? Hell no...Fact of the matter is, Kobe was promised that Buss is building a contender at all costs, but the track record hasn't proven that. Kobe didn't want to go through another summer of no moves being made...In 2004, when Phil was in talks of renegotiating a contract, Buss told Phil Jackson of a long-term plan to rebuild...This was never mentioned to Kobe when he re-signed. In fact, he was told the exact opposite. He's doing all he can to change that, and it'll definitely make the Lakers stronger...Magic Johnson all over again...PeACe
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
He signed to play for a winning team...Buss hasn't been building that, as promised. Magic did the same in the 80's. If history repeats itself, this will only help the Lakers...PeACe
first of all, you don't know what Buss promised him, nobody does
second, he saw what kind of team he was signing on to, for 7 years nonetheless
he needs to suck it up and stop acting like a whiney fag and like I said, if he doesn't wanna be here he can leave when his deal's up
you put your signature on a contract, you honor that contract, obviously people in sports try to cop out of those things from time to time but I think it's morally wrong to do
fact is Kobe is flip flopping like a punk, he's Public Enemy #1 everywhere but LA and then he wants to leave the place where everyone stuck up for him?
as fans that's like a slap in the face, "I want to win" well so does everyone else, this doesn't make him some special person because he wants to win at all costs
it's not like he's on his last leg looking for a title like Malone or Payton, finish the the last years or whatever you got on your contract and be a man and start fresh somewhere else
whining and saying people lying to him and all that, nobody gives a fuck....
going on the radio and shit and all "I love the Lakers I wanna be there for life but blah blah" just cut the shit already
why did he even have to open his mouth? what a baby
him and Shaq can go fuck themselves.... to think of what they ruined, nice move.... what a bunch of spoiled punks
You're missing the whole point of what he's doing...He knows Lakers aren't trading him. He's pushing the organization to make some moves, and it's gunna work. Do you really think Kobe believes for one second Buss will trade him? Hell no...Fact of the matter is, Kobe was promised that Buss is building a contender at all costs, but the track record hasn't proven that. Kobe didn't want to go through another summer of no moves being made...In 2004, when Phil was in talks of renegotiating a contract, Buss told Phil Jackson of a long-term plan to rebuild...This was never mentioned to Kobe when he re-signed. In fact, he was told the exact opposite. He's doing all he can to change that, and it'll definitely make the Lakers stronger...Magic Johnson all over again...PeACe
Sorry numnuts, but wouldn't you think that every team who signed any player would promise to build a winner? You act like the Lakers are the only team that would ever say that.
And how in the fuck do you know what was said between Kobe and Buss, Buss and PJ, PJ and Kobe, or anybody else in the Lakers organization. Unless you were wall papered in the office, you wouldn't have a fucking clue what was said to whom. All you have is opinions on what you think was said. You don't know shit. You are an idiot.
LOL at you acting like you know something.
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Kobe's fuckin gay if he wants to leave
stop bein a bitch and make your top salary and just go down as a Laker
after all the support people gave him, he looks like a bitch for real
Dude actually wants to win? WHAT A BITCH!!
yea and it's makin him look real good
I like Kobe and I want him on the Lakers but if he doesnt wanna be there, why root for him?
he signed a fuckin contract, if wants to leave when it expires then so be it
committ to what you signed for, enough of this "I was tricked" bullshit
He signed to play for a winning team...Buss hasn't been building that, as promised. Magic did the same in the 80's. If history repeats itself, this will only help the Lakers...PeACe
first of all, you don't know what Buss promised him, nobody does
second, he saw what kind of team he was signing on to, for 7 years nonetheless
he needs to suck it up and stop acting like a whiney fag and like I said, if he doesn't wanna be here he can leave when his deal's up
you put your signature on a contract, you honor that contract, obviously people in sports try to cop out of those things from time to time but I think it's morally wrong to do
fact is Kobe is flip flopping like a punk, he's Public Enemy #1 everywhere but LA and then he wants to leave the place where everyone stuck up for him?
as fans that's like a slap in the face, "I want to win" well so does everyone else, this doesn't make him some special person because he wants to win at all costs
it's not like he's on his last leg looking for a title like Malone or Payton, finish the the last years or whatever you got on your contract and be a man and start fresh somewhere else
whining and saying people lying to him and all that, nobody gives a fuck....
going on the radio and shit and all "I love the Lakers I wanna be there for life but blah blah" just cut the shit already
why did he even have to open his mouth? what a baby
him and Shaq can go fuck themselves.... to think of what they ruined, nice move.... what a bunch of spoiled punks
You're missing the whole point of what he's doing...He knows Lakers aren't trading him. He's pushing the organization to make some moves, and it's gunna work. Do you really think Kobe believes for one second Buss will trade him? Hell no...Fact of the matter is, Kobe was promised that Buss is building a contender at all costs, but the track record hasn't proven that. Kobe didn't want to go through another summer of no moves being made...In 2004, when Phil was in talks of renegotiating a contract, Buss told Phil Jackson of a long-term plan to rebuild...This was never mentioned to Kobe when he re-signed. In fact, he was told the exact opposite. He's doing all he can to change that, and it'll definitely make the Lakers stronger...Magic Johnson all over again...PeACe
Sorry numnuts, but wouldn't you think that every team who signed any player would promise to build a winner? You act like the Lakers are the only team that would ever say that.
And how in the fuck do you know what was said between Kobe and Buss, Buss and PJ, PJ and Kobe, or anybody else in the Lakers organization. Unless you were wall papered in the office, you wouldn't have a fucking clue what was said to whom. All you have is opinions on what you think was said. You don't know shit. You are an idiot.
LOL at you acting like you know something.
LMFAO@this moron thinking he knows the situation. Keep your mouth shut, you ignorant piece of shit.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW ON KLAC.
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Nah, I don't have time to listen to Kobe every time he speaks.
You are a horrible waste of a good sperm and a fertile egg. I bet your daddy wishes he could've splattered you all over the wall.
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^^If you don't listen, yet you're commenting on the situation, what does that make you? A douchebag...I'd probably feel the need to resort to childish disses too if I were an ignorant douchebag tryna jump into discussions I don't know shit about... :-*
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
Buss has admitted that he told Kobe he would try to build a contender NOW at all costs. Phil has admitted that Buss told him of a long-term plan to save money and cap space to build for the future...Go figure.
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^^^^ the 2007 plan ? lol.. Am I missing sth ? we just have the MLE ... the FO didn't and doesn"t know more than me about where we are going ... as I said before , talk is cheap.. the day I will see some trades happening and which are going to help to contend is sth different than reading and hearing all this drama in the news, which got no interest at all for fans
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
Buss has admitted that he told Kobe he would try to build a contender NOW at all costs. Phil has admitted that Buss told him of a long-term plan to save money and cap space to build for the future...Go figure.
Right... NOW is the key. We don't truely know if he ever promised Kobe that at the time he signed the contract. Everyone wants to save money and work towards a bright future, thats business smart.
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Add Jeanie Buss to the list of people who say Kobe isn't getting traded...
STAY IN L.A. (http://www.nypost.com/seven/06202007/sports/stay_in_l_a__sports_marc_berman.htm)
JEANIE BUSS: KOBE, LAKERS WILL STAY TOGETHER
By MARC BERMAN
June 20, 2007 -- Jeanie Buss, a Los Angeles VP and daughter of the Lakers owner, predicted yesterday the organization will heal their wounds and ultimately make amends with Kobe Bryant.
Buss told The Post nobody thought Phil Jackson would ever come back to coach the Lakers either after his Bryant feud and vicious book that took mean-spirited shots at the club.
“I am still of the belief Kobe should not be traded,” said Jeanie Buss, who also is Jackson’s girlfriend. “I don’t have input in basketball decisions but I see a way of things being worked out and keeping Kobe.
“When Phil left, nobody thought he would return to coach them again but I did,” Buss added. “It’s never too late to go back.”
The waters continued to rage by the Pacific with the revelation of a profane Bryant interview in which he rips Mitch Kupchak and center Andrew Bynum in a deli parking lot. Bryant profanely criticized Kupchak for not pulling the trigger on the Jason Kidd trade because he didn’t want to add Bynum to the package.
According to Lakers spokesman John Black, the Lakers have been aware of the video for a few weeks. Black said the videomakers, who may not have known Bryant, approached the Lakers to try to sell the 24-second tape to keep it out of the media’s hands. The videomakers are threatening to release the video this week. It may have been filmed in May.
“It was sort of like blackmail,” one Lakers source said.
Bryant is caught on the tape, saying “Are you kidding me,” when referring to passing up Kidd. Bryant added curse words and said the team should “ship out” Bynum. Bryant called the front office “a mess.”
Black said the video will have no bearing on the Lakers’ stance that they will not succumb to Bryant’s wishes. Jackson said in an e-mail to the L.A. Times that it’s his “unshakeable feeling” Bryant will be at training camp.
But it’s clear the Lakers will have to pull off another trade to make Bryant happy, possibly reignite Kidd talks with the Nets, who may no longer be interested with the East so wide open.
Bryant has a short wish list, and the Knicks, Bulls, Suns and Magic appear among the teams on it. Bryant has a no-trade clause and can steer the deal his direction.
Thomas has said he would not include Eddy Curry in any Bryant offer. One dilemma for the Knicks is Thomas wants to pursue free agent Rashard Lewis on July 1 in a sign-and-trade but also wants to save his assets for the Bryant sweepstakes. Jerry Buss reportedly told Bryant during their Friday meeting in Spain that trading him is a long-term process.
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
Buss has admitted that he told Kobe he would try to build a contender NOW at all costs. Phil has admitted that Buss told him of a long-term plan to save money and cap space to build for the future...Go figure.
Right... NOW is the key. We don't truely know if he ever promised Kobe that at the time he signed the contract. Everyone wants to save money and work towards a bright future, thats business smart.
I believe Kobe...he would have no reason to lie about that on public radio.
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
Buss has admitted that he told Kobe he would try to build a contender NOW at all costs. Phil has admitted that Buss told him of a long-term plan to save money and cap space to build for the future...Go figure.
Right... NOW is the key. We don't truely know if he ever promised Kobe that at the time he signed the contract. Everyone wants to save money and work towards a bright future, thats business smart.
I believe Kobe...he would have no reason to lie about that on public radio.
Yes he would, to save face.
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None of us were really there when Kobe signed that contract. So we can't really say what he was promised or not. Sure, he says they promised him this and that, but its just one mans story. Now if Buss came out and said "Yeah, I promised to build a team around Kobe, but I failed to do so..." Then I would say that story is truthful. But until then, its just one side of the story.
Buss has admitted that he told Kobe he would try to build a contender NOW at all costs. Phil has admitted that Buss told him of a long-term plan to save money and cap space to build for the future...Go figure.
Right... NOW is the key. We don't truely know if he ever promised Kobe that at the time he signed the contract. Everyone wants to save money and work towards a bright future, thats business smart.
I believe Kobe...he would have no reason to lie about that on public radio.
Yes he would, to save face.
Buss woulda' spoke out if Kobe was lying...
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Buss has no reason to speak out. Hes letting Kobe make a fool of himself on Public radio. Put it this way, Kobe saying "I was promised this and that and never got it" is a poor attempt at getting sappy ass fools to feel bad and say poor Kobe. Buss has, according to you, the best player in the game on his team. I'm pretty sure he felt Kobe could do it wiith the team he had. Hell even you did! You sat here and praised this team saying they were better than all these other teams, yet when it got down to the nitty you lost faith and rode with Kobe without getting the entire story. I don't believe Kobe until I hear Buss say what Kobe said was the truth.
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Buss has no reason to speak out. Hes letting Kobe make a fool of himself on Public radio. Put it this way, Kobe saying "I was promised this and that and never got it" is a poor attempt at getting sappy ass fools to feel bad and say poor Kobe. Buss has, according to you, the best player in the game on his team. I'm pretty sure he felt Kobe could do it wiith the team he had. Hell even you did! You sat here and praised this team saying they were better than all these other teams, yet when it got down to the nitty you lost faith and rode with Kobe without getting the entire story. I don't believe Kobe until I hear Buss say what Kobe said was the truth.
It's obviously the truth...Buss passed up on countless oppurtunities to improve the team by signing players and trading. Instead, he chose to save cap space for the future..This is a fact. Both Phil Jackson AND Kobe Bryant made requests to the FO which hadn't even been considered in the past...Also, Kobe is great, but no one can lead that supporting cast to a championship, especially not with a battered roster...PeACe
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How come you never really bashed the team this bad until Kobe started saying it? Sure you would mention their injuries, but you always believed in the team. But now all of a sudden, these guys are scrubs who couldn't beat 5 retarded 2 year olds. Plain and simple, Kobe should bring out the best in the players he has around. Thats what leaders do. From a Management standpoint, just because your best employee requests something doesn't mean you have to jump and do it. Yes, I can understand that Kobe and Phil have requested some different players, but by saving room on the cap, they can spring for someone hot when the time arises. Its all about the future. Why would you want to shell out tons of money to get a player who might only be with the team for a few years then have to rebuild again. You want longevity.
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How come you never really bashed the team this bad until Kobe started saying it? Sure you would mention their injuries, but you always believed in the team. But now all of a sudden, these guys are scrubs who couldn't beat 5 retarded 2 year olds. Plain and simple, Kobe should bring out the best in the players he has around. Thats what leaders do. From a Management standpoint, just because your best employee requests something doesn't mean you have to jump and do it. Yes, I can understand that Kobe and Phil have requested some different players, but by saving room on the cap, they can spring for someone hot when the time arises. Its all about the future. Why would you want to shell out tons of money to get a player who might only be with the team for a few years then have to rebuild again. You want longevity.
Kobe's now in his prime. Lakers must not waste his prime years..That should be self-evident. I never bashed the team, not even now. We just have a lot of roster holes we need to fill. I've always said this. I also never knew of managements plan to sacrifice winning now to win in the future...I knew Bynum was a project, but I had the feeling we were doing everything we could to build a contender. Obviously, we were not...PeACe
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How come you never really bashed the team this bad until Kobe started saying it? Sure you would mention their injuries, but you always believed in the team. But now all of a sudden, these guys are scrubs who couldn't beat 5 retarded 2 year olds. Plain and simple, Kobe should bring out the best in the players he has around. Thats what leaders do. From a Management standpoint, just because your best employee requests something doesn't mean you have to jump and do it. Yes, I can understand that Kobe and Phil have requested some different players, but by saving room on the cap, they can spring for someone hot when the time arises. Its all about the future. Why would you want to shell out tons of money to get a player who might only be with the team for a few years then have to rebuild again. You want longevity.
Kobe's now in his prime. Lakers must not waste his prime years..That should be self-evident. I never bashed the team, not even now. We just have a lot of roster holes we need to fill. I've always said this. I also never knew of managements plan to sacrifice winning now to win in the future...I knew Bynum was a project, but I had the feeling we were doing everything we could to build a contender. Obviously, we were not...PeACe
Welcome to my side of the conversation douche
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How come you never really bashed the team this bad until Kobe started saying it? Sure you would mention their injuries, but you always believed in the team. But now all of a sudden, these guys are scrubs who couldn't beat 5 retarded 2 year olds. Plain and simple, Kobe should bring out the best in the players he has around. Thats what leaders do. From a Management standpoint, just because your best employee requests something doesn't mean you have to jump and do it. Yes, I can understand that Kobe and Phil have requested some different players, but by saving room on the cap, they can spring for someone hot when the time arises. Its all about the future. Why would you want to shell out tons of money to get a player who might only be with the team for a few years then have to rebuild again. You want longevity.
Kobe's now in his prime. Lakers must not waste his prime years..That should be self-evident. I never bashed the team, not even now. We just have a lot of roster holes we need to fill. I've always said this. I also never knew of managements plan to sacrifice winning now to win in the future...I knew Bynum was a project, but I had the feeling we were doing everything we could to build a contender. Obviously, we were not...PeACe
Welcome to my side of the conversation douche
doucherag.