Overheard a convo with some peeps at the water cooler this morning on the jizzob. Don't know if it's true yet. But I figure since Kobe can't compete without the help of an elite NBA superstar by his side, there might be some truth to this. I'll keep you posted.

5/3/2007 3:44:12 PM

yes, please do keep us posted

5/3/2007 3:44:55 PM

earl is the fabalus of the nba

5/3/2007 3:44:56 PM

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5/3/2007 3:45:22 PM

Sports Talk is garbage.

Anything goes.

This makes me

5/3/2007 3:46:32 PM

Quote :

"jizzob"

Were you getting jizzed? Someone getting his jizz on with you?

5/3/2007 3:48:02 PM

Quote :

"Makings of Lakers blockbuster? Posted: Thursday May 03, 2007 08:21AM ET The theoretical Lakers blockbuster is to swing a summer trade if Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal or Pau Gasol becomes available -- although it likely would require trading prospect Andrew Bynum, something the Lakers have resisted doing. Including Lamar Odom in such a trade wouldn't necessarily fit Phil Jackson's concept of adding one major player but is another option."

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/nba

5/3/2007 3:48:15 PM

tell me why either of those 3 players would want to play with Kobe

ps: IBTmfL

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 3:49 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 3:48:27 PM

First of all, no star can compete without another star.

Second, it isn't breaking news that this has been discussed before.

5/3/2007 3:51:39 PM

I gotta check back with my inside man. He's my connect with all the plans.

5/3/2007 3:52:31 PM

Quote :

"http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/nba"

LOL. A fucking rumor site. Hilarious.

I wrote in my blog that Barkley is leaving TNT to play for the Bobcats.

It must be true.

5/3/2007 3:52:51 PM

Jason Kidd and a couple 3 point shooters is what he needs

ps: IBTL

5/3/2007 3:53:52 PM

Quote :

"Garnett to the Lakers!!"

Sports Talk is garbage.

Anything goes.

This makes me

5/3/2007 3:57:22 PM

Quote :

"I gotta check back with my inside man"

Don't you mean your izznsizzide mizzan?

5/3/2007 3:58:35 PM

What is everyone so bitter about?

5/3/2007 3:58:55 PM

^^^

this thread fucking sucks

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 3:59 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2007 3:59:11 PM

Quote :

"Don't know if it's true"

IBTL

5/3/2007 4:00:16 PM

JT3bucky

5/3/2007 4:00:53 PM

yeah they definitely mentioned this on cold pizza this morning. which means skip bayless beat you to it. ouch.

5/3/2007 4:18:06 PM

Thank God Earl is around. Otherwise where would we get our NBA rumors from

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 4:25 PM. Reason : ^ Mike and Mike mentioned it this morning too.]

5/3/2007 4:25:19 PM

This would be a great trade for the league.

Garnett absolutely must get out of Minnesota you just cant have a star player on an ungodly team in a small market.


Garnett would be an absolutely perfect fit with the Lakers. Garnett isnt really a #1 scoring option he's more of a guy who picks his spots. He'd dominate the glass and pairing him with Odom, Kwame, and Kobe would give the Lakers amazing size without making them "slow".

I think Minnesota will keep Garnett though because McHale has no clue what he's doing.

5/3/2007 5:07:04 PM

Well rumors DO turn into actions (in most Nba cases). I'm just awaiting the low-down scoop from one of my homedogs. But the Lakes have no choice. It is evident now that Kobe can't lead a team (or build/develope a team) like Jordan or Shaq could. So he has to have elite help, then he'll just take all the credit. But he cannot do it by himself. Fact.

Year after year, I grow sick of hearing "Kobe needs help blah blah blah". You bring talent to that team, and he'll continue to destroy them (see; Marbury). But someone elite, on his level or better, he'll have a chance. Too bad that only consist of about 10% of the NBA. Good luck on your futile search.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:09 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 5:08:47 PM

Quote :

"It is evident now that Kobe can't lead a team (or build/develope a team) like Jordan or Shaq could."

Not really. It's just evident that Kobe can't beat very good Western Conference teams by himself 4 out of 7 times. Please do not try to compare Jordan's counterparts (including Pippen) or Shaq's counterparts (including Kobe or Wade) to fucking Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown.

Quote :

"You bring talent to that team, and he'll continue to destroy them (see; Marbury). "

What? What talent has Kobe destroyed. Please. You better not say Lamar Odom.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:14 PM. Reason : x]

5/3/2007 5:10:49 PM

^^ You stupid faggot, when did Jordan or Shaq lead a team to anything without elite help?

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:12 PM. Reason : []

5/3/2007 5:12:04 PM

this thread is suspension-worthy

5/3/2007 5:14:38 PM

Look man, I'm not going to respond to insults of that nature. But if you think Pippen was elite you don't know very much about the NBA then. Jordan took an average group of guys and transformed them. When he first landed on the bulls, he was the only shinning star. Thats the truth.

The worm was not elite help either.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 5:15:42 PM

^^

5/3/2007 5:16:23 PM

ha ha Pippen wasn't an elite player? The year after Jordan left he almost took the Bulls to the finals himself



[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:18 PM. Reason : e]

5/3/2007 5:18:32 PM

Malarkey,and you know it. His career was nothing post Jordan. Talk about a downward spiral.

5/3/2007 5:21:30 PM

Haha, maybe that's because he was getting older. Shaq has been eroding ever since he left Kobe. I guess that has nothing to do with age and everything to do with Kobe then..

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:22 PM. Reason : you're just being a troll now, damn it.]

5/3/2007 5:22:24 PM

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"Shaq has been eroding ever since he left Kobe"

Those NBA titles do = eroding.

5/3/2007 5:23:58 PM

Jordan was so good with the Wizards, he led them to the playoffs...and they havent made the playoffs since he left

^"titles" implies plural, ie more than one...which isnt the case

gosh Shaq DOMINATED the BULLS didnt he

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:25 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 5:24:49 PM

Quote :

"LOL. A fucking rumor site. Hilarious. I wrote in my blog that Barkley is leaving TNT to play for the Bobcats."

i just posted that link in response to that "inside man at the watercooler" line in the original post

5/3/2007 5:26:48 PM

I just want to know how someone can "erode" but at the same time when a title!

5/3/2007 5:27:12 PM

Quote :

"Malarkey,and you know it. His career was nothing post Jordan. Talk about a downward spiral."

Quote :

"Michael Jordan unexpectedly retired in 1993, and the 1994 season marked Pippen's stepping out from Jordan's shadow and he performed as one of the best players in the league. That year, he earned All-Star Game MVP honors. He had perhaps his best season, leading the Bulls in scoring, assists, and the entire league in steals, averaging 22.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.9 steals, 0.9 three-pointers, and 0.8 blocks per game, while shooting 49.1% from the field and a career-best 32% from the three-point line. For his efforts, he earned the first of three straight All-NBA First Team nods, and finished third in the MVP voting. The Bulls finished the season with 55 wins, only two less than their previous championship year with Jordan still on the team."

He also got them to the eastern conference finals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottie_Pippen

But don't let facts get in the way of your arguments.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:29 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2007 5:28:51 PM

because D.Wade and the refs won that title.

Shaq looked like shit in the Finals.


You could certainly argue that Alonzo Mourning had as much to do with that championship as Shaq did.



And anyone who argues against Scottie Pippen being an elite player is an idiot.

Scottie nearly won another championship in Portland too.







[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:32 PM. Reason : a]

5/3/2007 5:29:00 PM

Oh, but what about the following year? and the year after that? and after that? Consider yourself flammed!!

Like I said: Downward spiral ultimately leading to retirement!!!!!!!!

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:32 PM. Reason : this is too easy for the e-man]

5/3/2007 5:30:10 PM

^ Jordan came back and proved that 1 superstar and 1 near superstar can win titles.

5/3/2007 5:31:55 PM

How did Jordan do before he got horace grant and pippen? Could he even go .500? Didn't think so tiger.


But you wouldnt know about that. You werent even born yet. 20 years later and your pansy ass is still barely hitting three digits on the scale.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:33 PM. Reason : a]

5/3/2007 5:32:21 PM

I'm out my work here is done for today. Once again, I victor. Come back when you got skills, peeps. I can't even get a decent challenge out of you.

5/3/2007 5:34:16 PM

Quote :

"anyone who argues against Scottie Pippen being an elite player is an idiot. "

Pippen was voted one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time. Earl, you have to be trolling if you don't think Pippen was an elite player.

And as for this "potential" trade...I have been waiting for this to happen since mid-season. It would be a smart move. The Lakers would have to lose Bynum and possibly even Walton, but it would give Kobe another guy who can shoulder some of the scoring responsibility, night in and night out.

5/3/2007 5:34:52 PM

^they'll make some kind of move but i dont think it'll be garnett, but we'll see

Quote :

"Downward spiral ultimately leading to retirement!!!!!!!!"

you talking about Shaq currently or Jordan on the Wizards?

5/3/2007 5:37:28 PM

I think he's talking about Pippen.

^I don't like the idea of Kidd to the Lakers. Maybe because I'm a semi-Lakers fan, but I just don't see Kidd taking that team to the next level. He won't hit open jumpers from Kobe's occasional passes, and while he might make the other players of the team better, he's too old now to elevate the Lakers to contenders.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:41 PM. Reason : guess what I'm saying is it's either gonna be Garnett or Kidd]

5/3/2007 5:40:54 PM

i think Kidd and Carter work pretty well together and I could see similarities with Kidd and Kobe working together...Kidd would obviously acknowledge not being the go-to guy

I don't think you could compare it too well to Payton on the Lakers a few years back...not only was it Payton but it was Malone and Shaq...that was just too many players...hell if they got a Pau Gasol and a Brevin Knight they would be twice as good

5/3/2007 5:48:37 PM

Hey, I feel the same way about kidd as well. He really wouldn't fit into that system. Garnett or another dominate big man would be their best bet. But it definitely has to be someone "ELITE" or else it won't work. But nash could do this with regular players. Proven Fact. I mean, look at what they did last year with out Stouds!!!! awesome

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:50 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 5:49:08 PM

Quote :

"But nash could do this with regular players. Proven Fact."

when has he ever had a less than great supporting cast? Proven Troll. Proven IBTL. Proven SUSPEND

5/3/2007 5:50:25 PM

^^ What's a proven fact? Nash could do what with regular players?

Certainly not win a championship, as Nash obviously can't do that, even with stars like Marion and Stoudemire

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:51 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2007 5:51:27 PM

What's the deal with the suspension thing? You seek to have me silenced why? Is it because you disagree with me on more than one accord? That's asinine and illogical.

I'm ashamed that your definition of troll = someone who disagrees with you. However, I'm the one constantly being insulted and called names when I torch you and prove you wrong.

[Edited on May 3, 2007 at 5:58 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2007 5:55:58 PM

if nash doesnt win the title this year, will you stop posting in sports talk for 1 year?

5/3/2007 5:57:26 PM

Yeah Kidd does not take the Lakers to the next level at all.

They need a post presence and someone who can score. PG is not the Lakers true need they would be fine with an adequate PG. Someone who can hit open jumpers and play good defense. Neither of those are Kidd's strengths.

Bynum for Kidd would be an awful trade for the Lakers. You dont give up 19 year old big men who are potential all-stars for an old PG with declining skills unless you truly believe the move will win you a championship.

5/3/2007 5:58:14 PM