Sometimes, the best trades are the ones you don't make: The Dream Shake

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 Sometimes, the best trades are the ones you don't make: The Dream Shake
Scenario: A future Hall-of-Famer calls out his owner and his GM, demanding a trade; his teammates mutter off-the-record about greed and ego; meanwhile, the team seems stuck in the middle of the Western Conference. Kobe Bryant? Think again. [link]

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  • kgoon1590 kgoon1590
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    I never thought that Kobe would be traded either, but mostly due to the pennies on the dollar argument. This article is very fully-formed, I'm glad someone was bright enough to write it, and it's a shame that more media outlets don't pay attention to posts like this.
    Posted 11/27/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Sports Is Gross Sometimes [Blogdome]
Published 11/26/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
• The five least hygienic moments in sports. [Hygenie] • When the Dream was Kobe. [We Rite Goode] • Is the Nebraska hiring already set to happen? [The Wizard Of Odds] • Fred Couples kills the Skins Game. [The Angry T] • How in the world does Syracuse's football coach still have his job? [Troy Nunes Is An Absolutely Magician] • Hank Steinbrenner has a very disturbing favorite actress. [My Baseball Bias] • In case you missed any of the college basketball holiday tourney action. ...

Monday Bullets
Published 11/26/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... WeRiteGoode: "That was the mandate facing one GM. His future Hall-of-Famer was feuding with the owner and calling the GM incompetent to the press. The guy's teammates were muttering off-the-record about greed and ego. The team seemed locked in the middle of the West, far behind the real contenders. Sound familiar? Clearly, we're describing Kobe Bryant ... except we're not. No -- we're flashing back 15 years to a star from the '90s. A player who had yet to win an MVP; a guy who was seen as unable to make his teammates better. Rack your brain. It's not ...

Must Read...
Published 11/26/2007 by PhDribble at PhDribble
... ...over at We Rite Goode.

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