that was BK, not me. I dont agree with the sentiment. I do think the Lakers got the better end of both trades, as i would think most NBA observers and even laker fans would agree.Kobe said it, not me.....Posted the link to the article earlier.
they did give up almost nothing for Gasol.. but in the howard deal they lost bynum. bynum is the second best center in the league, and the best in the west (or was).. i guess now he is best in east.. either way i wouldnt refer to bynum as "nothing."
It doesn't really add up when you consider the defense the Lakers had at the point guard position to begin with.
Yes, it's about competing for championships, until a team is allowed to spend a possible 163mil on one season to fill their roster. Doesn't surpise me though that you have no problem with "The Lakers" being allowed to do so.Don't worry J_D, once Kobe and Gasol's salaries come off the books after the '13-'14 season, the Lakers will be in line with the other big spending teams and the luxury tax will be minimized as will be the revenue sharing dollars that they'll be handing out...fear not.
Have a feeling we won't see much talk about collusion from ya in the near future.Nothing has really changed in my thinking on that note...the Lakers continue to build their team through carefully timed individual deals that take advantage of trading carefully developed assets, while the Heat will continue to rest their laurels on the forces that conspired to gut the team in order to land the three biggest free agents in one fell swoop over the summer of 2010, at the virtual exclusion of all other bidding teams, as the "Three Kings" surreptitiously colluded with Pat Riley to gang-up with eachother in one massive, deliberate, ring-chasing effort.
Just another case of Kobe throwing a former teammate under the bus by calling Bynum "virtually nothing".No punchline, actually this is just another case of you lacking basic reading comprehension skills and arriving at your own conclusions without taking the time to understand what someone is actually saying...a skill I believe you developed while flunking out of college.
a skill I believe you developed while flunking out of college.Got my degree this May....No flunking here son
No punchline, actually this is just another case of you lacking basic reading comprehension skills and arriving at your own conclusions without taking the time to understand what someone is actually saying...a skill I believe you developed while flunking out of college.Jefe-
Kobe said it, not me.....Posted the link to the article earlier.i know, i read the article. sorry if i didnt make it clear that you were actually quoting Kobe. just meant "bk said it" as "bk posted it."
Just another case of Kobe throwing a former teammate under the bus by calling Bynum "virtually nothing".
Please please please explain how Kobe is not refering to Bynum as ''nothing'' here. I have got to hear this spin.flauge. there is no "spin" required. You're taking what Kobe is saying out of context and assuming that when he say "history does repeat itself" that the subject of this statement is specifically this idea of "getting Pau for virtually nothing". Andrew Bynum has nothing to do with the statement. What Kobe is referring to is this idea that the Lakers FO always seems to find a way to put together great deals. What is "repeating itself" isn't "getting something for nothing", it's this business of always being able to pull off great deals.
Are his Olympic teammates upset at the potential change of order in the NBA, with the Lakers once again somehow finding their way back to the top?My question is, why are Heat fans such morons?
"They're not saying much to me; I've heard they are, but we haven't had those conversations yet," Bryant said with a chuckle.
He got serious when he confirmed that this trade is really not about Dwight Howard, but about the Lakers, and their consistent commitment to a championship. Even amid leadership transition, with Jim Buss taking sometimes awkward control from Jerry Buss, the Lakers refuse to be anything but the Lakers. This trade was a huge win for the younger Buss, another huge endorsement of General Manager Mitch Kupchak, and yet another reason the Lakers are the best franchise in professional sports.
"History speaks for itself," said Bryant. "There are certain franchises that seem to make all the right decisions. The credit goes to management. The CP [Chris Paul] trade falls through, they regroup, and they come up with something that's even better. It's impressive."
This could possibly be the most hilarous spin by a Lakers fan ever on this thread....Should be interesting.Punchline, your erroneous characterization of Kobe Bryant's statements could possibly be the crowning achievement in your long and storied history of being the CBS Sports Online Community's biggest walking punchline...and this board's second biggest thread clown after turnip.
flauge. there is no "spin" required. You're taking what Kobe is saying out of context and assuming that when he say "history does repeat itself" that the subject of this statement is specifically this idea of "getting Pau for virtually nothing". Andrew Bynum has nothing to do with the statement. What Kobe is referring to is this idea that the Lakers FO always seems to find a way to put together great deals. What is "repeating itself" isn't "getting something for nothing", it's this business of always being able to pull off great deals.So your contention is this... When Kobe says this “Well, we got Pau for virtually nothing, so history does repeat itself.” The second part of his sentence, has actually nothing to do with the first part. The 'getting Pau for virtually nothing' part of his statement has nothing whatsoever to do with his VERY NEXT 5 words. Those 5 words are intended to be the lakers putting together deals. Even though the deal he references is the Pau deal, and the cost to the Lakers. Those 5 words dont mean the Pau deal, they mean every other deal the lakers do where they pay a price. Kobe's inclusion of the Pau deal and it's cost is just some random thing he said.
Perhaps you should consider alternate sources to better understand the context of such statement.Nobody is talking about another Kobe interview. BK and I are talking about this particularly comment in this particular article and what it implies Kobe thought of Bynum. Pulling stuff from other things is erroneous and not what were discussing.
Here's an excerpt from an article in today's LA Times, who are also covering Kobe at the Olympics...
I hope that "nothing" player signs with my team if the 76ers cant get him.
he might be "nothing", but there is about 31 teams who would climb over themselves to acquire his "nothingness".
It is still early in the experience, but it appears that Kobe is going to badmouth his former teammates like usual.
Kobe is a great player, but his ego needs to be checked when he makes quotes like that last one.
I am not sure why he does this every few years.
You guys are reading WAY too much into this.I don't think so....It is a pretty simple quote to understand what Kobe meant by his quote. In HIS OPINION they got Pau for nothing and he thinks history repeated itself this time as in his opinion they got dwight for "virtually nothing".
keep telling us how much trouble we've got. that'll slow 'em down...
Lakers are a better team then last year and our serious contenders..And who said otherwise?
