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It would have been sickening to watch it happen, thank gawd for Dr. Buss.
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And Jerry West.It would have been sickening to watch it happen, thank gawd for Dr. Buss.
What.Originally Posted by CP1708
Folks, Kobe was goin to the Clippers.
Ska, remember my boy Prime? He worked for Nike at the time. He called me the day of, they had Clippers gear being sent to Kobe, C/O LA Clippers overnighted the night before. He was devastated, and so was I.
That day, Kobe changed his mind and signed the extension.
Had he gone to LAC
Cassell
Kobe
Maggette
Brand
Kaman
Solid squad right there.
What.
A different.
shoeking.
We would know today. Dude would be ALLL ABOOOUT some Kobe. Amirite?
What.[QUOTE name="CP1708"]
Originally Posted by CP1708
Folks, Kobe was goin to the Clippers.
Ska, remember my boy Prime? He worked for Nike at the time. He called me the day of, they had Clippers gear being sent to Kobe, C/O LA Clippers overnighted the night before. He was devastated, and so was I.
That day, Kobe changed his mind and signed the extension.
Had he gone to LAC
Cassell
Kobe
Maggette
Brand
Kaman
Solid squad right there.
I'll go ahead and throw this out there FWIW (knowing it won't be worth crap to some of you ): all this speculation, but in the end, Kobe did stay, and we went to 3 more Finals and won 2 of them in large part because of that. I can't deny that, and I've never tried. Snaq's teams got 1 more in 1 try, we got 2 more in 3 tries. And for that, I'm thankful. Bet.
Anyone else thinking Ingram over Simmons I'm straight confused about this...is Ingram Durant or Rudy gay? Is Simmons Lebronish or Anthony Bennet? Idk man
There is no change to the timeline that Jim first shared in April of 2014, when he indicated that he would resign if the team wasn’t contending for a title by next season. Since then, it has become clear that Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak would likely be part of this equation as well.
• If there are some members of the organization who believe that the Bryant dynamic might change the way they are judged, that’s not the case. Most recently, Kupchak told ESPN in early January that Bryant’s farewell tour has made it challenging to develop the team’s young talent. Lakers coach Byron Scott, who has one more guaranteed season on his current contract, has been heavily criticized all season for his handling of players like D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson.
“I don’t buy into that, that Kobe is such a distraction,” Jeanie Buss said. “It’s about managing how things go. I see a player like Kevin Garnett who has done well in Minnesota with the younger players. A guy like Dwyane Wade playing with younger players (in Miami). I think you see it around the league everywhere.
“I don’t understand why that narrative has been created. It shouldn’t be that way – maybe Kobe’s popularity (affects it more)? But I don’t see what that has to do with training and practicing and things like that. Maybe I’m just naïve.”
Yet as was the case in the time that led to the Mike D’Antoni’s resignation as Lakers coach in May 2014, Jeanie revealed that she’s not having any consistent dialogue with the team’s head coach who so many believe could be fired this summer.
“I haven’t had a conversation with Byron Scott (about the challenges of the Bryant dynamic),” Jeanie said. “I think I’ve talked to him maybe three times since he was hired. And I know he must be extremely busy with such a young group of players (but) I don’t really know if that’s how he feels about it. He hasn’t expressed that to me but yet we really haven’t had too many conversations where that would ever come up.
It's quite simple, we get number 1, we take Simmons. Get number 2 we take Ingram. Get number 3, trade it for Noel. Or if we get number 1 and Philly really wants Simmons, fleece them for #2 and Nerlens.
What makes y'all think an injury prone big will stay healthy for us? :\
If you think it's bad now... It can get much much worse
embiid is done, i have zero faith in him playing an nba gameEh. His injuries have been minor compared to someone like Embiid. Now HES someone I would really be worried about.What makes y'all think an injury prone big will stay healthy for us?
easymoneysniperIf Simmons is the guy I think Randle is the sacrificial lamb.... Maybe even Clarkson the next summer
We would need some big time shooters to put on the floor with him.
embiid is done, i have zero faith in him playing an nba game
What makes y'all think an injury prone big will stay healthy for us? :\
Eh. His injuries have been minor compared to someone like Embiid. Now HES someone I would really be worried about.
Noel is really, really, really, really bad at offense