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Ric Bucher is reporting Kobe wants Jerry West or will to be traded.

LA Times is reportsing that "Bryant clearly stated Saturday that he had not asked for a trade. But those little bombs have finally backed the Lakers into a corner out of which the only exit is to trade him."

What a ****ing baby. Sorry. He *****ed at the end of the season. I am sure the Lakers heard it. Deals almost never get done at this point in the playoffs. So much for "my team". Lame.

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knickstorm

better than staying quiet like KG and wasting the prime of your career surrounded in mediocrity

Causeway

Except for one important thing - Kobe had a winning team, and complained about that too.

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wally, gerald and the number 5 for kobe??? lol...he may be a whiner but hes still a great player id like to see him and paul playing side by side with a formitable post player like Al down low

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Premier

The Lakers will not trade him. It would ruin the franchise.

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Causeway

He's is backing them in a corner. We'll see who blinks. Maybe they actually will hire West - although, would West want to go back to LA?

Premier

West is nearly senile and he doesn't get along with Phil Jackson, but Buss is going to offer West a lot of money to manage the Lakers.

You, sir, are a hater of anything associated with the Lakers. Now, that is understandable since you are a Celtics fan, but let's try to be objective.

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BostonBasketball

Pierce and #5 for Kobe and #19? I'd seriously consider that.

ehmunro

The idea is to add Bryant to Pierce & Jefferson, not make a marginal upgrade on Pierce. People need to forget about player's absolute worth and realise the realities of the free market. There are going to be a lot of players on the market this summer. LA won't get anything like "fair" value for Bryant. Prior to the summer trade season I don't think I'd go higher than Green, Rondo, #5, & filler (either Wally or Theo).

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BackwoodsBum

As much as I dislike Kobe I'd probably go for this too. No way would LA consider giving us Kobe for any package that didn't include Pierce and honestly there wouldn't be any way for them to co-exist on the same team anyway IMHO.

Another trade scenario that I wouldn't mind see would be Kobe and Odom for Pierce, Wally, and the #5. That would give the C's a starting backcourt of Rondo and Kobe, and a front line of Jefferson, Odom, and Gomes. The C's upgrade at two positions while losing the albatross that is Wally. Odom is not really a favorite in LA even though I think he has done a good job since being there so I don't think he would be a deal breaker from the LA point of view. Essentially the Lakers get Pierce (a hometown boy who would probably welcome a trade to LA) for Kobe and the #5 pick for Odom with Wally being thrown in for cap purposes.

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Causeway

Prem, true I do not like the Lakers or Kobe, but not true that I am a hater of all things related to the Lakers - although I get recently, why it might seem that way. But I have respected many things Laker in the past - Magic, Kareem, Worthy...

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