OT The Lakers tried to trade Kobe to the Cavs for LeBron

[KeepOnRollin]

In the summer of 2007, the Lakers called the Cavs to find out if trading Kobe to Cleveland could net them LeBron James.

It's a mind-boggling thing to consider now, eight and a half years later, but at the time, a 28-year-old Bryant was coming off his second straight scoring title, at the peak of his powers, and pretty ticked off about the Lakers falling from perennial NBA Finalists to playoff also-rans following the acrimony-filled dissolution of his partnership with Shaquille O'Neal.

James, just 22, was coming off his coming-out party, a season in which he'd logged his second straight top-five finish in MVP voting and carried a talent-poor Cavaliers roster all the way to the NBA Finals, vanquishing the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals thanks to one of the greatest individual performances in recent NBA playoff history before falling to the overwhelming San Antonio Spurs in the championship round.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...bout-kobe-for-lebron-mega-deal-203338248.html

It also goes into how the Bulls almost got Kobe in a trade.

 

[Strenuus]

I wish they had traded him to a retirement home then.

 

[PDXFonz]

When all is said and done we will hear about how we almost traded Raymond Felton for a packet of Heinz Ketchup.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

When all is said and done we will hear about how we almost traded Raymond Felton for a packet of Heinz Ketchup.

That would have been a great trade.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I bet we tried trading Roy/LA+Oden for him in 07 too.

 

[ripcityboy]

I wouldn't trade with the Lakers on general principle. I mean really, look at their history. If they are trading with you, you're giving up more than you should. There is an angle they've worked out that blah, blah blah, down the line you'll end up losing out. I am sure Neil has picked this up too after running the other lemonade stand on their block. So all you can do is sign Ed Davis and give them the middle finger....

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[BlazerCaravan]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...bout-kobe-for-lebron-mega-deal-203338248.html

It also goes into how the Bulls almost got Kobe in a trade.

Eight years ago, the Lakers front office still had the stones to try and stay great. You sell your best player when they have peaked but before everyone sees the slide downward. You buy the next big thing before they're too big to move. That's the ruthless way great teams stay great.

 

[riverman]

I wouldn't trade with the Lakers on general principle. I mean really, look at their history. If they are trading with you, you're giving up more than you should. There is an angle they've worked out that blah, blah blah, down the line youll end up losing out. I am sure Neil has picked this up to running other lemonade stand on their block. So all you can do is sign Ed Davis and give them the middle finger....

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You forgot Chris Kaman who while a Laker did give them the finger making him my favorite ex Laker along with Davis and Blake

 

[ripcityboy]

You forgot Chris Kaman who while a Laker did give them the finger making him my favorite ex Laker along with Davis and Blake

Kaman isn't really a player, he's a caveman that occasionally picks up a basketball while looking for two sticks of wood to rub together.

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[riverman]

This pic says it all about Kaman as a Laker

 

[handiman]

When all is said and done we will hear about how we almost traded Raymond Felton for a packet of Heinz Ketchup.

Free wiener dogs!

 

[riverman]

The Lakers wanted that trade because only Lebron knows how to fire a coach

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Eight years ago, the Lakers front office still had the stones to try and stay great. You sell your best player when they have peaked but before everyone sees the slide downward. You buy the next big thing before they're too big to move. That's the ruthless way great teams stay great.

Nah, this is when Kobe was hinting he'd leave the organization. the "Fuck Andrew Bynum" shit when he wanted Jason Kidd on the Lakers instead at that time. He was ready to bolt or demand a trade.

 

[Draco]

When all is said and done we will hear about how we almost traded Raymond Felton for a packet of Heinz Ketchup.

That would have been a great trade.

Certainly not good for the Ketchup.

If Ketchup knows what's good for him he'll stay the hell away from anything involving Felton.

 

[GoBlazersGo]

When all is said and done we will hear about how we almost traded Raymond Felton for a packet of Heinz Ketchup.

Yup, we tried... but, then, that Fat Fucker ate it!!

 

[Blazers Roy]

The Lakers almost traded Kobe for Ron Artest.

 

[PDXFonz]

When I'm on my death bed I'm going to lean over to my kids and say "Would you tell me just one more?" (Felton Fat joke).