Comments on: Preseason Game 2: Will They Talk About Anything But Kobe?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:48:11 +0000

Wow,the sharks circled fast. A Houston Chronicle columnist this morning suggested everyone on the Rockets except Yao would be tradeable to get Kobe.

By: Warren Wee Lim

Warren Wee Lim — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:05:11 +0000

The mindset is made up – Buss WILL trade Kobe IF the right offer comes along. By then Kobe would have no choice but to ride the wave, wherever it takes him. Surely, only a contender can offer a package we could be interested at.

The Lakers are now about a business run by fools rather than a team first, business second. Perhaps trading Kobe is the ONLY way a resolution can be held. I cannot begin to grasp the various offers teams will be willing to field for Kobe, I just hope its not the Knicks. That team does not have anything of value.

On my mind, I am reluctant to start a season with a sour note, worse than ending one with one. Therefore, there’s 2 paths the Lakers can do to make this go away – make that promised Big Bang or make the Big Bang by trading Kobe.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:19:44 +0000

Kurt,
I respectfully disagree w/your assessment of Dr. Buss’ comments. While it is very refreshing to have an owner share his real thoughts w/fans thru reporters,this was the one season he should have massaged the truth and made a general statement along the lines of ‘We’re all disappointed and frustrated. Injuries have hampered us,players haven’t developed as expected. But we are committed to getting back to Championship level and Kobe is a key ingredient in doing so. When we reach the mountaintop again I fully expect Kobe to holding up the Trophy w/me.”
It looks like the owner has decided blood is thicker than Blue and Gold. I believe Dr. Buss has severed his emotional ties to Kobe and will now start basing his decisions on relative value and cost. My opinion,but does anyone think Dr. Buss would ever have suggested he’d consider offers for Magic?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:01:41 +0000

Kurt,

I hadn’t posted in a couple hours and when I tried to respond to a comment I got dinged and called a cowboy….lol. I guess it was a mix-up.

No worries…..

By: Chise

Chise — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:11:30 +0000

Sorry for the spelling in that last one as well…spellcheck was be off…

By: Chise

Chise — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:10:38 +0000

@52: My bad about the Kobe/Dallas comment. I had just heard that it was ESPN News and I just wanted to see what people though. LIke I said in the post, not trying to speculate for the sake of speculating, but just wondering if anyone saw that and what they thought it they did.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:02:22 +0000

51. Anonymus, the slow-down cowboy note is only if someone tries to post more than once within a certain amount of time (I think it’s two posts in 30 seconds). However, some people have gotten it when not doing that, and I’m not sure what the cause of that is.

I’m not censoring comments for content, save for a couple that had trade speculation in them (the Lakers should trade Kobe for…). Right now I’m being pretty strict about the trade speculation thing because I’m not going to let this site to become about “what if” for Kobe. There are other, very good and quality message boards out there (Lakersground.com) where there are sections set up for that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:58:15 +0000

Why does Craig W. get to post fifty times in one day and when I try to toss up post numer 4 I get some smart ass statement from this blog that says “calm down cowboy” or some crap along those lines? If you are going to sensor comment posters then at least give an explaination and not just assy statement.

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:50:58 +0000

Kobe wants out and Bynum is the future.

By: rudy

rudy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:03:58 +0000

what i don’t understand is the fact that Kobe is tradable and Bynum is not?