Kobes' Brain is exploding

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I didn't realize you were such a cynic!

Well it is not like he is complaining about more money or more shots. He wants better players around him which is fine by me. Truth is he is probably right in not having much confidence in the Lakers front office.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Well it is not like he is complaining about more money or more shots. He wants better players around him which is fine by me. Truth is he is probably right in not having much confidence in the Lakers front office.

Cannon Shell...you must keep up! I agreed with him initially that they need more than 1 impact player(still do on that front) But the way he craps on his teammates is ridiculous, and it isn't his place to ridicule them in the media! The real problem is the way player movement is affected by the contract for contract rules. Players can't just be moved on a whim...Kobes' 23mil goes to Chicago(i hope) and the Bulls send 2-3 bodies(Deng/Gordon/Heinrich/1st pick). Another thing that needs to change is the playoff system...teams should be reshuffled after advancing to next round. 5 teams in the West could have beaten the Easts' Cavs!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Cannon Shell...you must keep up! I agreed with him initially that they need more than 1 impact player(still do on that front) But the way he craps on his teammates is ridiculous, and it isn't his place to ridicule them in the media! The real problem is the way player movement is affected by the contract for contract rules. Players can't just be moved on a whim...Kobes' 23mil goes to Chicago(i hope) and the Bulls send 2-3 bodies(Deng/Gordon/Heinrich/1st pick). Another thing that needs to change is the playoff system...teams should be reshuffled after advancing to next round. 5 teams in the West could have beaten the Easts' Cavs!

Playoff reshuffling and Kobe being traded are 2 things that the media like to talk about that have pretty much no chance of happening. His crapping on them is not preventing them from being bad. I know for a fact that alot of the crap that we think is a big deal to the players is not. And some of the guys that he gets on probably deserve it.

[timmgirvan]

Precedent has been set before with this organisation(Shaq) True,contractually the Lakers have him for 2 more years...but I really can't see Buss putting up with Kobe for that time,can you? And since they saw fit to raise tix prices...they'll lose face if they don't exile him before the draft.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Precedent has been set before with this organisation(Shaq) True,contractually the Lakers have him for 2 more years...but I really can't see Buss putting up with Kobe for that time,can you? And since they saw fit to raise tix prices...they'll lose face if they don't exile him before the draft.

They'll lose season ticket holders if they get what they got back for Shaq. I really cant see Chicago blowing up their team for Kobe. They already sell out and are a little maturity and a perimiter player from being a regular in the finals. The East is not strong, Detroit is falling apart (plus they are getting old), NJ is losing Carter which in itself is not bad but there is very little out there to replace his scoring, Cavs have cap issues which should keep them from adding an impact player, who else is there?
Buss is stuck with Kobe. There is just no way to get fair market value for him and make the money fit.

[timmgirvan]

It is an untenable position....I hear that Shawn Marion might be coming...so that might cool Kobes' jets...we'll know right around the 29th of this month

The upcoming draft is full of very good players. In one year so many things could change. Players will be retiring and others will be stepping up. The Lakers look in bad shape now, but give it a year and all sorts of thing could happen. Buss can wait.