ab4sure on January 12, 2008 at 6:10 pm said:

LakersFirst (Change) (Close) on January 12, 2008 at 3:25 pm said:

keep24 on January 11, 2008 at 8:19 pm said:

Mitch:

Get Carun Butler back, trade O-dumb/Mim or Vlad for a power forward, keep KB24, not just for the year but for his entire career and then you be the executive of the year.

BTW: How much credit should Kobe get for lighting a fire under their a$$es???

I will give you brownie points for picking up Ariza!

Kobe should get ZERO credit. Bynum was already improving and getting in better condition, as was Farmar. What Kobe said about his teammates and the Laker organization was unprofessional and makes me despise his character even more. I understand he wants to movivate his teammates, but you don’t belittle them in public. If you’re going to do that, do it privately, in the confines of practice.

What Kobe did was break trust with his teammates and mostly Bynum. There were not good feelings toward kobe becuase of that as we know now. The laker team should be given credit for bringing kobe back from jumping off the cliff… Even kobe has said he would do things differently. The lakers Saved kobe not kobe saved the lakers. Kobe can save the lakers by being the go to guy with 5 minutes left in the game, not the first 5 minutes of the game. Thankfully they are on the same page now.

Well said. Break trust??Kobe?? There was never trust to begin with that was the problem. Trust was gained through the hard work and improvement this lakers team showed this season. Lakers showed they can play and help Kobe win and their play shows that.

LakersFirst (Change) (Close) on January 12, 2008 at 3:25 pm said:

keep24 on January 11, 2008 at 8:19 pm said:

Mitch:

Get Carun Butler back, trade O-dumb/Mim or Vlad for a power forward, keep KB24, not just for the year but for his entire career and then you be the executive of the year.

BTW: How much credit should Kobe get for lighting a fire under their a$$es???

I will give you brownie points for picking up Ariza!

Kobe should get ZERO credit. Bynum was already improving and getting in better condition, as was Farmar. What Kobe said about his teammates and the Laker organization was unprofessional and makes me despise his character even more. I understand he wants to movivate his teammates, but you don’t belittle them in public. If you’re going to do that, do it privately, in the confines of practice.

What Kobe did was break trust with his teammates and mostly Bynum. There were not good feelings toward kobe becuase of that as we know now. The laker team should be given credit for bringing kobe back from jumping off the cliff… Even kobe has said he would do things differently. The lakers Saved kobe not kobe saved the lakers. Kobe can save the lakers by being the go to guy with 5 minutes left in the game, not the first 5 minutes of the game. Thankfully they are on the same page now.

keep24 on January 11, 2008 at 8:19 pm said:

Mitch:

Get Carun Butler back, trade O-dumb/Mim or Vlad for a power forward, keep KB24, not just for the year but for his entire career and then you be the executive of the year.

BTW: How much credit should Kobe get for lighting a fire under their a$$es???

I will give you brownie points for picking up Ariza!

Kobe should get ZERO credit. Bynum was already improving and getting in better condition, as was Farmar. What Kobe said about his teammates and the Laker organization was unprofessional and makes me despise his character even more. I understand he wants to movivate his teammates, but you don’t belittle them in public. If you’re going to do that, do it privately, in the confines of practice.

Get Carun Butler back, trade O-dumb/Mim or Vlad for a power forward, keep KB24, not just for the year but for his entire career and then you be the executive of the year.

BTW: How much credit should Kobe get for lighting a fire under their a$$es???

I will give you brownie points for picking up Ariza!