I was listening to the radio (610)and they reported that Kobe was interviewed and said "if Shaq don't like me they can trade me" sound as if things are heating up in LA. ------------------ what?
And what does that have to do with the Rockets? Wrong forum. ------------------ This is ktfirstbsktof01. I changed my email address, and I put it in the profile thing. I spelled it wrong, so I can't get my new password. Do you guys know how to recover the password? I can't use the forget your password? thing, cause the email address I put in is invalid. I'll use this username until I can restore my password.
Whoa, now that was weird!! i tried posting this while the thread was still in the Rockets Forum and I got a message saying the board was out of disk space. You guys are damn quick at moving these things!! Anyway, KT, be nice and please lose that long a$$ signature! You should probably post that in the Feedback Forum to Clutch. He should be able to help you out. ------------------ "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi
Zyfa, Here's the story, from Sports Talk: According to the LA Times: It seems Phil Jackson told Kobe Bryant he would trade him this summer if Kobe was unhappy as a Laker. Apparently after they won the Championship last year, Phil Jackson sat down with this young star and offered him an almost unbelievable proposition. Jackson asked Bryant if he wanted to be traded. While he was not part of the meeting, GM Mitch Kupchak knew of it and knew the topic of discussion. Jackson remembered saying to Bryant, 'If you're not going to be happy here as a player, then I would want to move you on, if you can't be happy co-existing with Shaq.' While he has since admitted to a curiosity for life away from the offensive tug-of-war with O'Neal, away from the constraints of Jackson's triangle offense, and away from the daily public scrutiny of all of that, Bryant told Jackson then that he didn't wish to leave. Under contract with the Lakers for this season and four more, Bryant said it again Tuesday. 'I'm the type of person who likes to make things work,' Bryant said. 'Whatever cards have been dealt, I'm a loyal person, I'm with the Lakers and I'm going to be a Laker for life. But just out of curiosity you wonder what it would be like in another situation.' Kobe made a suggestion in ESPN that he be traded if the Lakers want him to tone down his game . . . but by the end of Tuesday's practice, Bryant's trade demand had become a running joke. Jackson called to a handful of reporters, 'I'll be back to talk to you guys about where we're trading Kobe.' An hour later, Bryant returned the volley, asking Jackson for trade details. PJ smiled and said, 'I'm not giving you a choice. Vancouver looks pretty good right now.' Bryant waved his hand and laughed. For the record, Kupchak wouldn't seriously consider a trade. 'There's nothing to it,' he said. 'Nobody's going anywhere. Nobody wants to go anywhere. It's absurd to think Kobe would go anywhere.' Still Kupchak is armed with the $3.2-million trade exception that gives him great versatility, and continues to take and make calls. He did, however, say he would gauge the league's interest in his players and added, 'We like our team.' ------------------ C-son ______________
I really want to see Kobe traded. I can't wait to see how he does when he doesn't have Shaq making up for his mistakes. 30 points on 35 percent shooting sounds right to me. If he wants to be Jordan, send him to the bloody Bulls or something. Let him struggle in Bull land. ------------------ "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning how to put food on their family while being put to death."
