Real talk I fully understand why most of the league was against CP3 joining Kobe

[who_better_than_me]

Nggas can talk that CP3 "selling out in the past" shyt if they want...but any real hooper knows that ngga was an animal in NO...

Another example of a ngga just tryin to go at it as a lone wolf....against teams full of too much firepower in his prime.

At the end of the day...no matter how nice he was...he was just a small point guard that wasn't gonna be able to overthrow great teams by himself (or with the pieces he had at the time.)

It's like KG wit the Celtics. It's a shame you didn't get to see prime Minny KG wit the Celtics... The media tried to dress it up like it was still superstar KG at the time....but it wasn't that KG. It's the same thing with CP3 now on the Rockets...and your still seein an over the hill CP3 do work on nggas.

Cp3 in New Orleans is equivalent to right now Donovan Mitchell in Utah.

 

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

Didn’t know KD, CP3 and Ben Simmons been on his team.

Come on Skip..... don’t do this!!!

Martha

Breh in the middle of the season, nikkas was seriously trying to make “lebron to golden state” a discussion. Lebron is in that place where he can go where he wants, which should be the rockets tbh.

 

[J-Fire]

In the grand scheme of things. I think everybody was trying to preserve some competitive edge after Bron/Wade/Bosh among other things. Paul to the lakers would of been a “flash forward to the finals” kind of situation.

CP to Lakers was in 2007 before LeBron and Miami were a thing. But kobe ended up getting gasol and got 2 more.

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

Trade needed to be veto for us to get AD. S/O to Stern

 

[#1 pick]

Cotdamn nikka looks unstoppable out there. Him and Kobe together going for at least 2 championships

Nope

 

[Collateral]

meanwhile Lebron gets to play with any all star he choses

Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade

 

[#1 pick]

Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade

And Shaq

 

[Paper Boi]

we got robbed of some kobe/bron finals.

 

[UpAndComing]

Its funny how people downplay kobe for not having as many finals mvp as bron. If cp3 had been allowed to join them I'm sure kobe squeezes out a few more finals mvps.

But if CP3 went to the Lakers, that would have been the end of Kobe's Finals MVPs

 

[blackzeus]

WE WOUND UP WITH THAT SITUATION ANYWAY...

JUST A DIFFERENT BRON TEAM
AND A DIFFERENT CALI TEAM.



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As long as it wasn't Kobe, that's all nikkaz cared about. The only nikka I remember being as feared as Kobe is MJ.

 

[blackzeus]

Nggas can talk that CP3 "selling out in the past" shyt if they want...but any real hooper knows that ngga was an animal in NO...

Another example of a ngga just tryin to go at it as a lone wolf....against teams full of too much firepower in his prime.

At the end of the day...no matter how nice he was...he was just a small point guard that wasn't gonna be able to overthrow great teams by himself (or with the pieces he had at the time.)

It's like KG wit the Celtics. It's a shame you didn't get to see prime Minny KG wit the Celtics... The media tried to dress it up like it was still superstar KG at the time....but it wasn't that KG. It's the same thing with CP3 now on the Rockets...and your still seein an over the hill CP3 do work on nggas.

Wasn't CP3 averaging 30 and 20 one season

 

[blackzeus]

Cp3 in New Orleans is equivalent to right now Donovan Mitchell in Utah.

F*ck outta here you're crazy didn't CP3 have games with 20+ assists?

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Ah yes, another coli alternative reality classic: the narrative that the NBA somehow vetoed the Paul to Lakers trade for basketball reasons aka it wouldn't be fair, to stop a superteam, etc.

Of course the reality is less exciting - the team had no owner, therefore Stern was the defacto decision-maker and he found a better deal for the team elsewhere

 

[malbaker86]

fukk the nba for not allowing that

This

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

I think a CP3/Kobe combo would have worked perfectly. CP3 would just feed Kobe the ball and help get him open. Their personalities would also mesh as well as they both have extremely high bball IQs, and are extreme competitors. They would have each other playing at their best.