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KnicksAgent01
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 Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: Knicks Have Assets For A Kobe Trade |
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Link:The Lakers will trade Kobe Bryant only if they get a bona fide superstar in return. So goes the standard logic in analyzing Kobe's persistent attempts to force his way out of Los Angeles.
There is ample star quality on the teams for which Kobe would agree to waive his no-trade clause - Dallas, Chicago, maybe Phoenix - such as Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Ben Gordon or Luol Deng. A package built around any of them would allow Jerry Buss to save face in a Kobe deal.
But what if the Lakers can't get a superstar such as Nowitzki (the Mavs want to pair him with Kobe, not trade him for Kobe) or Stoudemire? Then what?
Clearly, the Lakers are "serious this time," one person familiar with the situation said. "I think they're going to seriously contemplate movement."
So if Buss can't get a superstar, he needs to do the next-best thing. He needs to collect assets he can parlay into a superstar.
This is where the Knicks enter the equation.
Those dismissing the Knicks from the Kobe discussion say they don't have anybody the Lakers would want. These people aren't paying attention to the details.
Isiah may not have a team that makes much basketball sense, but he's cornered the market on assets that the Lakers could use to prepare for a major free-agent score: decent young players on rookie contracts; players whose contracts expire by 2010, when LeBron James and Dwyane Wade will be free agents; first-round picks, cash and an assortment of garbage to make the salaries match under the league's 125 percent rule.
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ClubKnicks
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Time will tell..... for now Kobe will remain a Laker and won't be mention for serious trades until the deadline.
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The Next Knick
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I don't think we need Kobe to win, we are going to make the playoff's.
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KnicksAgent01
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| The Next Knick wrote: |
| I don't think we need Kobe to win, we are going to make the playoff's. |
I love the confidence but having a assassin like Kobe never hurts now does it? 
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The Next Knick
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with that, but Kobe can't help the Lakers win a championship again, let alone get out of the first round. How is he going to help us if we trade the core of our team.
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Knicks Always n Forever
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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he can't win a championship because he has no good bug guys. If he were on the knicks, he would have Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph. What more do you need?
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thekidd13
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| eh i dont think we need kobe...like i mean well have 2 trade alot of players just 4 one man...like yea but we dont wanna be boston like when one superstar gets injured we wont have like another guard 2 back him up or w.e like new york has alot of options and we can make up 4 a injury...either way i c us doing very good this year.... |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Right now that may be the case but it never hurts to acquire a man who can change the game alone, he doesn't need an all star cast, just a good supporting team. I don't think anything regarding Kobe & Knicks will be mentioned anytime soon. He's still going to remain a Laker...at least til' deadline....
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