Originally Posted by
wantitall4moi
so many people star struck by kobe guys hasnt done shit in years, the last year they won it was because phil utilized gasol and bynum correctly and they beat the lakers in a tight seven game series that with anyone else but Phil jackson coaching lakers would have lost in 6 games, maybe even 5. There could actually be a case that the bench, anchored by Lamar Odom won that series for them since they won game 6 with a massive comeback with the second string on the court to steal that game to force the game seven. But people dont want to remeber the 'details'. They just want to think Kobe is the only player the lakers have ever had or will ever need. When the fact is when he doesnt and hasnt had a lot of help that was used properly he hasnt done shit.
Problem is even if they wanted to, I think he has a no trade clause, and even if he doesnt he is going to make something like 23 million next year so there is no way in hell any teams takes that salary on, even a complete kobe jocksniffing GM wouldnt do that. So he stays.
So that leaves you weith the pieces, I highlighted them in my thread, but the pieces here are not good, or cant play with Kobe. So they trade the only two guys they have with any talent to replace them with less talented guys they hope can play with kobe. That has been the standard here for 15 years. Getting gasol was a joke but he was able to stand Kobe for a few years, I am sure Phil helped but once he got tired of the shit you saw what happened. Bynum same thing. He was drafted, he is(was) supposed to be the cornerstone and future of the building going forward for the Lakers. But now people are ready to let him go for damaged goods. Seriously I dont think Howard would come to Lakers, and he has that stipulation in his contract so not sure how much control he really has, even if he isnt hurt. Howard is a huge question mark. From a health sand point to a personality one.
As for the whole point guard thhing we have heard that for years, but guess what with Kobe still on the team a point guard no matter how good isnt going to do shit, kobe likes doing it all, sure he might let a guy slash and crash the basket for a little bit but the second he starts to feel over shadowed he will just start jacking up stupid shots. Besides any point guard with a brain is going to pass to Gasol or Bynum (assuming they are still around) why pass to a guy who is 15-20 feet from the basket will be double teamed and more than likely still shoot it? Even Chris Paul had he come would have grown tired of Kobes act pretty quick.
You guys can say what you want but keeping what they have now, and getting rid of guys like Blake, McRoberts and Kobe and getting draft picks or close to equal for Bake and McRoberts would have this team in a very good position in 2 or 3 years. Keeping Kobe just prolongs the rebuilding process theyre going to have to go through, and by then Bynum (if he is still here) will be 10 years in and who knows how mentally damaged.
The biggest knock on Kobe is he doesnt make people around him better, so for all the shit people want to applaud him for that is a very negative characteristic. Even Jordon who liked to hog the ball at least attempted to make guys around him better. Kobe plays the blame game and almost sets guys up to look dumb and then bash them for it. He is just a bad team mate. Thats why there has never been anyone willing to come play for the Lakers of all teams since he as been there. Only guys who came in were malone and Peyton and they came for Shaq, once shaq got traded they both basically retired rather than come back to play with Kobe another year. if that doesnt tell people how bad Kobe is I dont know what will.