One Of The Best Magic Posts Ever/PJ and Webber Still Possibilities?
But every so often I see something that just makes me lose it. On the Orlando Magic message boards, poster Thisistheyear wrote the following:
Chris Sheridan reports:
Los Angeles Lakes owner Jerry Buss has displayed an open mind to the idea of a
trade for their perennial superstar. Rob Pelinka, Bryant's agent, has stated that Bryant has expressed interest in a few teams thus far, the Dallas Mavericks, the Phoenix Suns, and the Chicago Bulls. Surprisingly, however, Bryant has told his agent that the East "intrigues" him, presumably two teams, the Chicago Bulls and the Orlando Magic."He says that the thought of playing alongside Dwight Howard has intrigued him." Pelinka said, a void that has been missing from the Lakers team since Shaquille O'neal's departure. "The idea of a trade, however, is of course still far too premature".
What followed were more than a few people commenting on the good/bad aspects of Kobe Bryant coming to Orlando. With Kobe's trade demands as of late, it was only natural.
Of course, when you click on the link, you get quite a different insight into the matter altogether. That is what made me laugh. Click it!
This began a big conversation revolving around how little links are actually looked at on sites. Someone else posted that Steve Nash was actually involved in the discussion. You really can't argue with journalism like that. I think that water I was drinking actually came out of my nose when I saw that last link.Kudos to Thisistheyear and the gang at Magiczone for reminding readers to actually take the time to look at links. For people like myself who constantly post them, it is nice to have one or more people actually check them out from time to time.
In other (actual news) news, John Denton is reporting that PJ Brown and Chris Webber could actually be options still for Orlando. This isn't much of a surprise as the Magic are mysteriously leaving a roster spot open going into the season, coupled with their hopes to get an injury exception (aka money) from Tony Battie's injury.
With today just devolving into madness, I leave you with a quote from the underrated show "How I Met Your Mother" from last night:
Ted: "The fact that you slept with her. Ugh, I just couldn't get it out of my head, like that damn Chumbawumba song."
Marshall: "Oh, which Chumbawumba song?"
8 comments:
I wish this Kobe-to-Orlando stuff would just die. The Lakers wouldn't accept anything less than Dwight Howard in return.
Ben Q Rock... False Statement. You are Schimtz think alike. Kobe has a no trade clause, thus HE holds all the cards. No way he goes to a Magic team without Dwight Howard. He would never allow it. Same with Chicago with no Deng. The Lakers are going to have to trade him, and accept a package deal of draft picks, young players, and expiring contracts. Thats how its going to go down.
I disagree. Kobe is at the Lakers' mercy. Even if he wanted to go to Orlando, he couldn't, because the Lakers would only accept a package including Dwight Howard, and the Magic aren't going to do that.
I think Kobe is stuck in Garnett land, well...the OLD Garnett land. He is too valuable a piece to trade, yet is on a team that will have trouble surrounding him with talent for the forseeable future.
Only way Lakers trade him would be for 50 cents on the dollar and you can bet they will refuse that. Such trades have ruined the 76ers with Iverson and Wolves with KG.
I actually think you all are right: Kobe will only go to Magic if Howard stays...but Lakers will want Howard in return. That's the rub (or in my case, reason I am happy we won't get Kobe).
Judging by the Garnett trade that happened, if the lakers have a bad enough season i guarentee that the lakers trade him next season. eventually its not just about selling tickets and jerry bus is going to get tired of losing. they are going to have to accept a bunch of expiring contracts, young guys, and draft picks, or watch their franchise slowly sink deeper, rather than having the catostophic fall the T-wolves and 76ers have had, but making the rebuilding process faster
Ridiculous rumor about Bryant possibly being traded to the Magic. He would much rather play in a large market like Chicago rather than a small one like Orlando; also, the Bulls have players like Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas, and/or Luol Deng that could be used in a trade for Bryant. However, Bulls GM John Paxson will be very reluctant to trade any of those players, because they are such a solid foundation for the Bulls.
Dwight Howard isn't going anywhere, and the Magic don't have anyone else that would interest the Lakers enough to trade Bryant... end of story.
I would seriously considering trading Kobe if it meant getting Rick Astley! The Lakers would be crazy not to do it!
Even if we could make a Kobe deal work (which we can't) Otis Smith wouldn't do it because he's publicly stated that he wouldn't bring in a poor character guy regardless of talent (hence why the trigger wasn't even attempted to be pulled on an Artest deal or an Iverson deal) and he also doesn't like bringing in guys who need to be in a big city, and we all know Kobe doesn't work in very many NBA cities, he needs LA, he needs New York, he needs Chicago, he needs Miami, Kobe needs to party.
Oh and if you didn't watch the Bad Movie Montage video, please do yourself a favor and do it, because Troll 2 is priceless work.
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