May 30, 200719 yr I don't agree with this at all. Kobe is the superstar. He should have a say in who he plays with. It is a Job, he works for an employer. If you, I or anyone else would go to our boss and say something like. "I don't like the way things are being done around here or who I am working with" I think that our boss/admin would say something like Thank you for your imput now get you "badonkadonk"back to work or get it on the road. ( the "Thank You" would be optional;) If Kobe wants say so in executive decisions then let the prima dona quit playing and buy part ownership or apply for GM into a team. Aside from that I stand with my original statement/opinion......................Keep you mouth shut Kobe and play basketball!
May 30, 200719 yr I have a couple things on this topic: First, would Kobe offer to restructure his contract to free up money to sign other players if he had a say in who was signed? Second, will he have a say in where he is traded? Can he veto? In my opinion, if he can't/won't do the first thing, he shouldn't be allowed to do the second. They already have plenty of cap room available for next season....Money is a non-issue. They have the money available right now to go after whoever they want.
May 30, 200719 yr It is a Job, he works for an employer. If you, I or anyone else would go to our boss and say something like. "I don't like the way things are being done around here or who I am working with" I think that our boss/admin would say something like Thank you for your imput now get you "badonkadonk"back to work or get it on the road. ( the "Thank You" would be optional;) If Kobe wants say so in executive decisions then let the prima dona quit playing and buy part ownership or apply for GM into a team. Aside from that I stand with my original statement/opinion......................Keep you mouth shut Kobe and play basketball! That's basically what Kobe's doing....He went to management and is asking for a supporting cast, and if not, he'd like to seek "employment" with another organization.
May 30, 200719 yr No. He is the main reason I hate the NBA today, for a few reasons: 1) The league's decision to switch from marketing the team to marketing the individual. He is the architect of the "me-first" era of prima donnas. 2) The "Jordan Rules," where the stars get not just preferential treatment, but almost reverence and deference from officials. 3) The fact that today's players saw only the dunks, and didn't pick up on the fact that Jordan worked so much harder than everyone else around him. Examples are how he improved his outside shot, passing, ballhandling and defense. It's why you can see better fundamentals exhibited in a HS game than in the NBA. 4) Those awful-looking shoes, and the fact that poor kids kill each other over them for no other reason than the name on them. And the fact that what amounts to slave labor is used to make them, yet prices are still astronomical. These are just a few of the reasons why I think that MJ, while clearly the greatest player ever, was in the long run bad for the game. It's why I and a lot of other traditionalists find today's NBA unwatchable. :thumb: :thumb: These I can certainly agree with JS. I cannot stand to watch the NBA. I tune in to a very small amount of games and those are in the playoffs and if/when T. Prince and C. Hayes are playing along with other former U.K. players and just occaisionally at that.
May 30, 200719 yr It is a Job, he works for an employer. If you, I or anyone else would go to our boss and say something like. "I don't like the way things are being done around here or who I am working with" I think that our boss/admin would say something like Thank you for your imput now get you "badonkadonk"back to work or get it on the road. ( the "Thank You" would be optional;) If Kobe wants say so in executive decisions then let the prima dona quit playing and buy part ownership or apply for GM into a team. Aside from that I stand with my original statement/opinion......................Keep you mouth shut Kobe and play basketball! My employer actually encourages us to approach management with concerns or ideas on how things can be improved.
May 30, 200719 yr If they indeed want what's best for the organization. I'm not convinced that Kobe or any of the other prima donnas want anything more than self-glorification, however. I thought his biggest complaint was that they're not winning.
May 30, 200719 yr My employer actually encourages us to approach management with concerns or ideas on how things can be improved. Same here.:thumb:
May 30, 200719 yr My employer actually encourages us to approach management with concerns or ideas on how things can be improved. Approach with ideas and/or concerns, yes. There is nothing wrong with that at all. Making demands, No. This imo is the difference.
May 30, 200719 yr Guys you all have to remember. Our jobs are a lot different than just playing basketball. When you're in the NBA or in any other pro sport and are an athlete of his magnitude then you more or less have the power to suggest(what he did first, when he stayed with them when shaq left) for improvements to make the team better and if that doesn't work then you demand to be sent somewhere else. No one wants to lose and I see nothing wrong with him wanting to be somewhere else, part of the business that is pro sports!
May 30, 200719 yr Now according to ESPN.com Kobe Bryant has backed off of wanting to be traded after talking to Phil Jackson and is now saying he wants to be a Laker for Life. So much for not being able to change his mind!
May 30, 200719 yr There is something very very bad going on behind the scenes in Laker land. He seems pretty upset.
May 30, 200719 yr I have a couple things on this topic: First, would Kobe offer to restructure his contract to free up money to sign other players if he had a say in who was signed? Second, will he have a say in where he is traded? Can he veto? In my opinion, if he can't/won't do the first thing, he shouldn't be allowed to do the second. Like UKMustandFan said money is no an issue they have a ton of cap space. Secondly he would have to wave his no trade clause to be traded.
May 30, 200719 yr I don't think he is going anywhere. I think he is just really letting them know what he thinks about what they did and what they need to do and get West back.
May 30, 200719 yr Just heard a clip on the radio that he is backing off the trade comments. This morning he told Stephen Smith, heard the clip, there was no situation in which he would return to the Lakers. Fast forward onto the afternoon and he says that he doesn't want to leave the Lakers. That they are his team.
May 30, 200719 yr But you would have the right to seek employment elsewhere, right? I believe that Kobe is still free to go flip burgers under the golden arches.
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