JetNation Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant has reportedly demanded a trade, according to reports in the Riverside (Calif.) 'Press Enterprise.' Citing league sources, the report said Bryant met with Lakers owner Jerry Buss in Spain and was adamant about his request for a trade.</img> </img> </img> </img> More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Too bad the knicks have no one of value to trade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowJet35 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Can you say "NETS"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The only team that his considerable value for Kobe Bryant is the Bulls, sending players like Ben Gordon, Deng, and Wallace might get a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowJet35 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The only team that his considerable value for Kobe Bryant is the Bulls, sending players like Ben Gordon, Deng, and Wallace might get a deal. So you gonna be a bulls fan now eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Im not sure if Im happy or not... On one hand... my team has a shot at landing the best player in the NBA... on the other hand they have a really good team as it is and would need to give up a lot... and then risk having the same talent level as the Lakers do and getting nowhere... I would like to see this deal... Bulls get: Kobe A filler player or 2 Lakers get: Gordon Thomas #9 pick filler player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 So you gonna be a bulls fan now eh? Like I said before, I'm a diehard Laker fan and no matter what happens, I'm still going to be a Laker fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Im not sure if Im happy or not... On one hand... my team has a shot at landing the best player in the NBA... on the other hand they have a really good team as it is and would need to give up a lot... and then risk having the same talent level as the Lakers do and getting nowhere... I would like to see this deal... Bulls get: Kobe A filler player or 2 Lakers get: Gordon Thomas #9 pick filler player Ben Wallace or Deng have to be included in this situation, no question about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Ben Wallace or Deng have to be included in this situation, no question about it. Fine replace Thomas with Wallace... Kobe is good, but the Bulls wont give up Deng... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Scenario 1 Arenas isn't Kobe, in talent or stardom. But he is from Los Angeles, he's more than three years younger, he has great magnetism and, like Bryant, he can fill the seats. With Arenas saying he'll opt out of his contract with Washington next summer, the Wizards might want to start looking at ways to move him now before running the risk of losing him for nothing. Here's one potential trade, with Bryant headed to Chicago and Arenas to L.A. The Bulls would send Gordon, Tyrus Thomas and P.J. Brown (sign-and-trade) to Washington, and the No. 9 pick to L.A. The Lakers would send Bryant to Chicago. The Wizards would send Arenas and Etan Thomas to L.A. Under that scenario, which couldn't be completed until mid-July, the Lakers would get a star player (Arenas) and a high draft pick (No. 9) which, I'm told, they'd use to get Yi Jianlian if he's still on the board. The Bulls would be paying a very high price for Kobe -- two high lottery picks and this year's No. 9. But the Bulls would keep Deng, something they desperately want to do. On the other hand, they still wouldn't have a low-post scorer. The Wizards would avoid having to break the bank for Arenas next summer, would bring in two very talented young players and would get some serious cap relief down the road. Scenario 2 A similar trade could work if the Lakers were willing to substitute Boston and Paul Pierce. While Pierce is almost 30 years old, I'm told the Lakers like him -- and he's from L.A. too. The Bulls would send Gordon, Tyrus Thomas and P.J. Brown (sign-and-trade) to Boston, and the No. 9 pick to L.A. The Lakers would send Bryant to Chicago. The Celtics would send Pierce to L.A. That deal would make the Celtics even younger than they already are, but it would also give them plenty of assets to continue making deals. From ESPN http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&id=2906327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 From ESPN http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&id=2906327 I don't think Arenas and the 9th pick overall is good enough for Kobe, I think the Lakers need to concentrate on the Bulls, they are the only team who have value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I don't think Arenas and the 9th pick overall is good enough for Kobe, I think the Lakers need to concentrate on the Bulls, they are the only team who have value. The Bulls need to keep Deng though... Hinrich Kobe Deng just... wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The Bulls need to keep Deng though... Hinrich Kobe Deng just... wow Sucks that they have no big man. I want to know what's going to happen already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 If the bulls are gonna refuse to give up Deng the Knicks might have a chance at him with an offer of Frye Lee Crawford and the 21st pick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 If the bulls are gonna refuse to give up Deng the Knicks might have a chance at him with an offer of Frye Lee Crawford and the 21st pick... Deng has a bright future, I wouldn't do that trade at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Deng has a bright future, I wouldn't do that trade at all. Deng is going to be a force in the east... he was already close this season... The Bulls would only do the deal if they could have Hinrich/Kobe/Deng... IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Deng is going to be a force in the east... he was already close this season... The Bulls would only do the deal if they could have Hinrich/Kobe/Deng... IMO Then they probably won't get Kobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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