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Now That's a Late Call
Published 3/12/2007 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... guard Kobe Bryant is not and was not at risk for another suspension after elbowing Philadelphia's

My 2007 NBA MVP Winner
Published 4/17/2007 by twins15 at Complete Sports
... (3) Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers

The Sports Guy: MVP ballot box
Published 4/18/2007 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... The entire city of Cleveland will now light itself on fire. 8. Kobe Bryant Averaging 41 points in the past 31 days, a stretch that featured two 40-point games, four 50-point games and two 60-point games. Absolutely remarkable, even if the Lakers went 8-8 over that stretch and will get slaughtered by Phoenix in Round 1 because they reverted back to "Let's stand around and wait for Kobe to take over" mode. So much for the round of "Mr. Team Play" stories (can I have that two months of my life back?). And for anyone arguing that Kobe deserves MVP consideration for carrying an obviously mediocre team ... um, isn't he the same guy who pushed Shaq out of town and created this mess in the first place? (I can't stick him higher than eighth. I just can't.) 7.

Really? This Guy? MVP?
Published 5/11/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Kobe Bryant: 31.6, 5.7, 5.4

Kobe wants out...Here are two possibilities...
Published 6/17/2007 by dswinder at Untitled[.]
... As you all probably know by now, Kobe isn't happy in LA...It's been two weeks since he first demanded to be dealt, and on Friday he even met with owner Jerry Buss in Spain...The Lakers say that they aren't going to trade ...

Kobe Bryant's Posturing Keeps Pressure On Los Angeles Lakers To Improve
Published 7/21/2007 by Hoopsvibe.com at HoopsVibe NBA Blog
... , Kobe Bryant on Friday declined to bring any clarity to his situation. " I understand the interest in the situation, and when the time is right, I ll be more than happy to answer those questions, " Bryant said after practicing with Team on day one of the national team s three-day minicamp. " Right now we have a lot to accomplish, and I don t want to detract from that or be a distraction from that. " Asked when exactly the time will be right, Bryant said he did not know. " It s about going forward and handling the situation the right way, and handling it behind closed doors within the walls of the organization, and doing it that way, " said Bryant, who has failed to clarify his position for seven weeks now since going on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York saying he wanted to be traded, then altering his position in subsequent interviews later that same day. When asked if the signing of ...

The Greatest Of All-Time: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, & 2007 Team USA Or Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, & 1992 Dream Team?
Published 9/1/2007 by Hoopsvibe.com at HoopsVibe NBA Blog
... and Kobe Bryant who know how to really play together. They have good chemistry. They play great defense, but the most important thing for us would be the respect they have for all the other teams so much, " said Hernandez, who apologized for his broken English. " I tell you, and I want to say that again and again and again, because I like when teams play hard. If they can beat me by 40 points, I don t want them to beat me by 20 points. I want 40 points and this is what they do. So, I say thank you. It was a big pleasure to play against you. The game, you see the game. They shoot 20 3-point shots, 25 fast-break points, 15 offensive rebounds. They kill Argentina. They re great. " Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski served as an assistant coach in 1992 with Dream Team. He offered his view: " It was one of those unique experiences of my life, but it s a different time. We could win on just talent alone at that time in the ...

Shut the F*ck Up
Published 10/11/2007 by Pedro Guerrero at Sons of Steve Garvey
... "Here's to alcohol : The cause of ... and answer to all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson Months after Kobe Bryant demanded a trade, Lakers owner Jerry Buss openly talked about the possibility of dealing his star player this past offseason or even before February's trade deadline. "I would certainly listen," Buss told Lakers beat writers on Wednesday. "At any time, I think you have to do that with anybody. It's just part of the game, to listen to somebody who has a dissatisfied player that you think is going to fit. You can't keep too many loyalties. You've got to look at it as a business. He looks at it the same way I look at it." Hey Jerry, if Kobe's expected to be a professional and stop his yipping in the press...maybe you should do the same. If you stayed off the sauce, maybe Jerry West would still be running th ...

The Sports Guy: Fantasy hoops cheat sheet
Published 10/24/2007 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... 4. Kobe Bryant 5. ...

Kobe “Happy”,with Lakers, glad he wasn’t traded
Published 12/14/2007 by DBricks at The Lakers Nation
...  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — It’s time to do away with the image of Kobe Bryant playing under protest. After completing a Lakers practice Wednesday afternoon, Bryant said he’s glad he hasn’t been traded. ...

Why Kobe Bryant Is Now Happy With L.A. Lakers
Published 12/14/2007 by Hoopsvibe.com at HoopsVibe NBA Blog
Why Kobe Bryant Is Now Happy With L.A. Lakers ESPN s The Magazine reports on Kobe Bryant softening his trade demands: It’s time to do away with the image of Kobe Bryant playing under protest. After completing a Lakers practice Wednesday afternoon, Bryant said he’s glad he hasn’t been traded."I’m happy to be here," Bryant said. "My guys and I we have such a tight bond. Business and basketball sometimes can cloud things, but when you get here in your element and you’re around your teammates and just having a good time with them and thinking about them and not about the ...

Like Alien vs. Predator, only with basketball
Published 12/20/2007 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... . Charles, Kenny, and Ernie will comb over the matchup on the TNT pregame show. Hard to avoid, really, given the ludicrous star power (and incredible statistics- see Kobe , ...

Lakers overcome distraction, become contender
Published 12/26/2007 by Jake Lloyd at The Power Alley -- A Blog of All Sports!
... There was Kobe Bryant, the subject of trade speculation for the past eight months. In May, he said he wanted to be traded — for sure — then recanted ... then said he wanted out again. ...

Bucks/Lakers: Preview
Published 1/11/2008 by Alex <info@brewhoop.com> at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... @NBA.com Bucks Stats: Offense 20th (100.4 pts/100 poss), Defense 27th (106.3), Rebounding 14th (.505 rr), Pace 5th (99.9) Lakers Stats: Offense 5th (107.7 pts/100 poss), Defense 7th (100.9), Rebounding 7th (.511 rr), Pace 22nd (93.2) Bucks Lineup: Royal Ivey / Mo Williams / Bobby Simmons / Yi Jianlian / Andrew Bogut Lakers Lineup: Derek Fisher / Kobe Bryant / Luke Walton / Lamar Odom / Andrew Bynum Bucks ...

Who Got Robbed? 2008 NBA All-Star Snubs
Published 2/1/2008 by Dannie at Recliner GM
... Allen Iverson - Guard Dwyane Wade - Guard Kobe Bryant - Guard LeBron James - ...

I’ll Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
Published 2/8/2008 by RockKing at WaitingForNextYear
... produce every night and you know what you’re going to get.” Reminded that Kidd was still available, James grinned.“I know that,” he said. James, too, knows that adding another big player can lead to problems.“It can mess up the chemistry a little bit and it could take a little longer for them to fit in, maybe not,” he said. “The reward is you get a good player. Like the Lakers, they got a guy [Gasol] who has averaged 20 [points] and 12 [rebounds] for his whole career. Last night, Kobe Bryant gets six points and the Lakers win by 15, that’s the reward.“It all depends on ...

Early bird special: The Devean George development
Published 2/14/2008 by Jon Burkett at The NBA Source
... ‘ Kobe Bryant is the only player in the league with a specific no-trade clause in his contract, but league rules dictate that it’s a right George also possesses because he’s on a one-year contract (worth $2.4 million) and because Dallas would have Early Bird rights to re-sign him this summer. ...

Why Devean George Refused to Go
Published 2/14/2008 by HM at Hoops and Other Pop Culture
... Although Kobe Bryant is the only player in the league with a specific no-trade clause in his contract, league rules dictate that players on a one-year contract -- but who spent the previous season with the same team and are thus eligible for Early Bird free-agent rights at the end of the contract -- cannot be traded without their consent. George, who earns $2.4 million this season, is one of 18 such players in the league at present, afforded the right to either approve or veto trades because those Bird rights are ...

Pau is Back !!!
Published 4/2/2008 by Harry Robinson at SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
Written on April 2, 2008 – 10:24 am | by Harry Robinson | [image] The return of Pau Gasol will start tonight at the Staples Center.  Gasol who has been out with and ankel injury for the past nine games.  The Lakers  have been 5-4 since Gasol has left the team. Gasol when he was on the Lakers went 15-4.  Gasol before the injury was avg.   18 points per game with 8 rebounds.“Can’t wait to work him back in the mix and get him out on the floor,” Kobe Bryant said in The Times. ...

Lakers Nuggets Game 1 Preview: ESPN
Published 4/20/2008 by Daniel Sagal at LABallTalk.com
... we’ll have that this year.”Every team is highly qualified. Ever since I started watching basketball, I can’t remember a race this tight.” The Lakers earned the top seed in the West by winning eight of their final nine games, giving them 57 victories. Five other teams in the West had at least 54 wins, and the Nuggets earned the eighth spot by winning 50 games for the first time in 20 years.“A team that’s won 50 games and is the eighth seed, I think that’s remarkable,” Lakers star Kobe Bryant said. Game 1 will be played Sunday at Staples Center, where the Lakers have a 15-2 ...

30 Teams, 30 Stats
Published 4/20/2008 by Pete at Recliner GM
... other stars. Indiana Pacers - The Pacers have never had a player average 10 assists in a season. They still haven’t. Los Angeles Clippers - Chris Kaman, another hero of the White-Boy Report, was the first American-born white player to average 15 ppg, 12.5 rpg and 2.5 blk/g since Bill Walton in ‘77-’78. Los Angeles Lakers - No one has ever had more points (21,619) before age 30 than Kobe Bryant. Memphis Grizzlies - Only 19 players had more points in a ...

30 Teams, 30 Stats
Published 4/20/2008 by Pete at Hoops State of Mind
... other stars. Indiana Pacers - The Pacers have never had a player average 10 assists in a season. They still haven’t. Los Angeles Clippers - Chris Kaman, another hero of the White-Boy Report, was the first American-born white player to average 15 ppg, 12.5 rpg and 2.5 blk/g since Bill Walton in ‘77-’78. Los Angeles Lakers - No one has ever had more points (21,619) before age 30 than Kobe Bryant. Memphis Grizzlies - Only 19 players had more points in a ...

H30′S NBA 1ST TEAM 2007/08 !!!
Published 4/21/2008 by Harry Robinson at SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio Sports Talk Radio with K-Boogie, H30, B.C. and Chance Black The Sideline Show SportsTalk Radio Home Meet the Sideline Crew Photos Podcasts RSS H30′S NBA 1ST TEAM 2007/08 !!! Written on April 21, 2008 – 4:20 pm | by Harry Robinson | PG Chris Paul Photo who for the season average 20/11 rebounds. SG Kobe Bryant Photo  28 points per game 5 Assit SF Lebron James Photo  30 per game 7 Assit PF Kevin Garnett Photo  18 points 9 rebounds per game. C Dwight Howard Photo  20 ...

Adande Finally Gets It Right
Published 5/10/2008 by Daniel Sagal at LABallTalk.com
... about Kobe and the man he has become. A story of the Lakers. A story of a team. Thank you Mr. Adande for finally giving me something to enjoy. Hopefully the rest of your work continues on a similar path. Here is the article: Will Kobe Be Able To Keep His Promise? LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant was spinning through the whole wheel of emotions after David Stern handed him his first Most Valuable Player trophy. Appreciative, emotional, grateful, excited. And then, at the end of his speech to the adoring Staples Center crowd, Bryant switched back into the cold-blooded hit man we’re ...

Shane Battier: Being kicked while he's down
Published 5/12/2008 by grungedave (noreply@blogger.com) at The Dream Shake - a Houston Rockets blog
... voters who inconveniently forgot to put Shane's name on the ballot......... you're all ON NOTICE! And whomever voted for Josh Smith to be DPOY, don't think I forgot about you either. Oh, yeah, some ass clown also voted for Tyson Chandler as DPOY. Yes, really. This biggest insult to injury of all? Shane wasn't even a unanimous pick for the *2nd* team?!?!? (First-team votes in parentheses) FIRST TEAM -- Kevin Garnett, f, Boston, 52 (24); Kobe Bryant, g, L.A. Lakers, 52 (24); Marcus Camby, c, Denver, 37 (14); Bruce ...

Post Game-2 Thoughts
Published 6/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (SJ) at The Rip City Project
... "The stories should be the Celtics asserting themselves and taking control of this series, the lack of production from the Lakers' bench, the way the Celtics defense has prevented Kobe Bryant from turning the Finals into the victory lap for his MVP season."

Jemele Hill Has Gone From Mildly Annoying To Downright Offensive
Published 6/16/2008 by Aaron Gettings at BostonsportZ
... No question, the Celtics deserve to win this series. They've been the best team all season. They've outplayed the Lakers. They've smothered Kobe Bryant . They practically have ...

Play Hard, Really Hard
Published 6/23/2008 by BigMck at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... The roster for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team is set: MVP Kobe Bryant will be heading to his first Olympics, and he’ll have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade with him. They will lead a U.S. Olympic basketball team that was announced Monday — one that hopes to capture the gold medal in Beijing in August after a third-place showing in Athens four years ago. They’ll have plenty of help. Carmelo Anthony and Jason ...