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add Radmanovic, Sun Yue and Adam Morrison to the party too!

 

Except the situations weren't really all that similar. Dwight didn't choose to go there nor did he sign a long term contract.

 

I agree. I think the addition of Kaman with their 'room exception' on a 1 year deal was very good and great value for that. Depending on Kobe comes back, that team will probably be around 10th in the West and end up picking like 12 in the draft.

 

they gonna sign Chris Mihm?

 

Kobe's Favorite

They should also bring back Smush for just one game

 

Don't worry, Lakers have nothing to give them in return.

 

The Lakers should just re-sign Bynum and go for it again with the same guys that won before.

 

Kobe on his rehab: "I'm progressing faster than everybody expected so I'm very happy with it." He is targeting mid August for full activity

https://twitter.com/mcten/status/355103905639698433


KOBE to be at full activity in 4 weeks. That means no restrictions but later stages of tendon recovery still remain. Will see him at Game 1.

https://twitter.com/DrRobertKlapper/...05027779608576

 

Great news! I want him on the floor for all 3 or 4 games against the Rockets.

 

Man oh man, this is not going to end well.
If you total Kobe's games, including playoffs, you get like 1459. That's nearly equivalent to 18 full NBA seasons of wear and tear. Not on a guy who walks up the court like Kareem either.

That injury was his body trying to tell him something.

EDIT: Kobe's total is about 200 over what chubby Jordan had when he retired from the Wizards, for what it's worth.

 

Mamba or Member is going to ruin his body... Nothing new.

 

http://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-...lanning-to-take-a-pay-cut-in-2014/2013/07/10/

So Kobe apparently doesn't want to sacrifice some money to bring in star help. It's pretty amazing that if Kobe Bryant actually doesn't take a paycut(which is unlikely as the Lakers would have no cap room in 2014), then his max would almost be as big as Harden and Howard combined.

 

Kobe only cares about himself he don't care about his team

 

Ultimately he doesn't have a choice, the lakers wouldn't offer him half what he's getting now

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sources: Dwight wanted Kobe to pass torch. Story with <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine">@espnsteinline</a> <a href="http://t.co/j8GChxHP9y">http://t.co/j8GChxHP9y</a></p>&mdash; Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/statuses/355194468321861632">July 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
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I'm not sure the Lakers can do that. If they offered him, say, $16mil, I can definitely see some random scrub teams like the Kings or the Bobcats offer him $20mil. I mean, what do they have to lose? It's not like anyone else will take that money. Then there will be a crapstorm in LA possibly even bigger than this offseason.

Basically Kobe has the Lakers by the balls now that Howard has left.

 

I think the Lakers might welcome being able to blame Kobe's greed on a divorce, they want to rebuild, you can tell they do, but right now they're not allowed to.

 

I am wondering if the Lakers f'd up by keeping Kobe instead. I get that he is the greatest SG for them. And arguably one of the greatest players in this league. But if you were running a business, And had the chance to keep Howard, and get a prime time player like a Chris Paul this offseason...did the Lakers, bc of emotion risk their franchise brand and reputation???

 

:grin:

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