Kobe Bryant Demands Trade

G. Keenan · Post by **G. Keenan** » May 30 07, 5:44 pm

Pretty big deal

No way do the Lakers trade him.

fulldeck · Post by **fulldeck** » May 30 07, 6:32 pm

I say give him what he wants. The Lakers need to trade him to the worst team in the league. It might shut him up.

Dillagii · Post by **Dillagii** » May 30 07, 6:36 pm

I'll go wherever Kobe goes.

Socnorb11 · Post by **Socnorb11** » May 30 07, 7:00 pm

fulldeck wrote:I say give him what he wants. The Lakers need to trade him to the worst team in the league. It might shut him up.

If the Lakers trade Kobe, then the Lakers will probably be the worst team in the league.

I normally don't condone players popping off about wanting a trade, but if they lied to him, which it sounds like they did, then I don't blame him for wanting a trade.

Dillagii · Post by **Dillagii** » May 30 07, 7:04 pm

They played behind Shaq and Shaq said he 100% believe what Kobe says.

G. Keenan · Post by **G. Keenan** » May 30 07, 7:08 pm

I didn't read the article, but my impression is that Kobe was told the Lakers would not be going into a rebuilding mode but they have.

That and he seems to think the organization allowed the perception to spread that Kobe ran Shaq out of town.

Socnorb11 · Post by **Socnorb11** » May 30 07, 7:31 pm

G. Keenan wrote:I didn't read the article, but my impression is that Kobe was told the Lakers would not be going into a rebuilding mode but they have.

That and he seems to think the organization allowed the perception to spread that Kobe ran Shaq out of town.

That's a pretty good summary.

Nobody from the Lakers has stepped up to refute that yet, nor do I think they will.

Talk about a bad PR day!!

paskal · Post by **paskal** » May 30 07, 10:33 pm

fulldeck wrote:I say give him what he wants. The Lakers need to trade him to the worst team in the league. It might shut him up.

Kobe is the only player in the NBA with a no-trade clause in his contract.

cabby7588 · Post by **cabby7588** » May 30 07, 11:16 pm

Not so fast! Kobe takes his trade request back.

Figures

StL Dan · Post by **StL Dan** » May 30 07, 11:18 pm

cabby7588 wrote:Not so fast! Kobe takes his trade request back.

Figures

Kobe is such a flake. One more of many reasons to hate the Lakers.