Would It Be More Merciful To Trade Kobe Bryant?

You have to understand many members here are Kobe fans first before being Lakers fans ...

 

Trade Kobe? Who would want him? Our trading partner would have to send half their team just to match the salary and we wouldn't have any roster space to take them in. Just won't work unless they send a max player back, which no one in their right mind would.

 

We will see. Silly or not, the more I think about it the more I worry about it in the back of my head. I am a Laker fan first, but I might throw up if I see Kobe, Fisher, and Jackson smiling for a Knicks photo while we pray for a top 5 pick.

I do not think we want to trade Kobe. But I continue to question if Kobe will be able to deal with the losing. The team needs a lot of work to get to even being competitive much less winning. I expect another blowout tonight from the Clippers, especially since they were pretty lackluster last night.

Bottom line, I will probably end up over analyzing Kobe's body language to death. Lol.

 

I'm a Laker fan first, but I share the same fanhood for Kobe. To me, it's not a matter of trading Kobe because it's Kobe, it's a matter of even after all of sh$@# we've gone through, the Lakers are still an organization that still appreciates their franchise player.

@southbaylakers72
No offense to Fish, but neither him, Shaq, or Horry were in the same category of what Kobe is to this organization. I highly doubt if Magic had a full career, Jerry would never had traded him just to "rebuild". As we have been in a "rebuild" mode for awhile, the Lakers have too much pride to admit it, but are always constantly looking to improve without losing key pieces so that we can get back to contention as quickly as possible. My opinion of why the Lakers are 10x the organization that Boston is despite them being 1 championship ahead of us is that at least we stay relevant and competitive as often as we can, and not go through a 20 year drought. That's why we're the Lakers. That's why we don't trade Kobe.

 

As Dr. Buss would say, you don't trade a ten-carat diamond for 10 one-carat diamonds. Morality and sentimentality aside, we have plenty of contracts that would be easier to trade (I'm looking at guys like Hill, Lin, or even the Nash expiring).

 

If we go based off the comments of Lakers ownership and Kobe himself neither side wants him to traded. Like real mentioned, our future is looking pretty good given our cap space and young upcoming players in Randle/Clarkson. If we can make the right/smart moves next season I think we can be a much better team.

 

i think the soonest this is fixed is year after next. but no, you don't trade kobe. that won't fix anything.

 

Yeah, ship his a** out...(I'm kidding)

 

I do not see Kobe Bryant being able to stomach this for this year, and probably next. His last hurrah, two years of missing the playoffs, being blamed for the Lakers demise, with the frustration boiling over in tirades on the court and in the press. The best thing for him would be an exit ....and out of all the teams out there that could trade for him, and probably would, the Phil Jackson, Derek Fisher Knicks would be the only one I feel he'd go to...
check it out...Lakers get two young players with the matching contract that is one year less than Kobe's, the Knicks get the buzz, excitement of a re energized Kobe Bryant re united with his mentor and fav team mate
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oek3dpn
even better in my opinion

 

1. Why would the Lakers do that?
2. The implications by the fans of trading Kobe would be far too disastrous. We're talking, Lakers 2000 championship disastrous.

 

not sure I know those players beside stoudemire
are they any good?

 

LOL. Kobe isn't going anywhere. He's going through this travesty of a season with us...

 

48 million dollars will make sure he stomachs it. The blaming and tirades he's experiencing now are nothing compared to the ones he will receive if he forces a trade to New York.

In addition, the potential backlash/ratings drop the Lakers will suffer from trading Kobe will allow the fo to tolerate such demands.

 

Dr buss was a better poker player than that. You don't get rich by continuing to jam a square peg in a round hole. You don't bluff 10 times in a row when you don't have a hand. Even if you have an ace in the hole.

 

phily trade of barkley being a prime example but buss was always ahead of the curve and not willing to let sentimental feelings get in the way of winning. I have said I don't want kobe to go but aside from kobe sitting and truly tanking we as fans get zero out of watching him hit jumpers over three defenders. Doesn't get me excited at all.