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

[blackzeus]

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

Right, where are Kaman and Al Aminu now? Were they allstars, maybe I missed something

 

[MJ Truth]

Nah, nikkaz weren't scared of the Heat like that. Just the mere mention of Kobe in his prime with another HOF caliber player had the league owners losing their mind on some "How we gon' win?"

Lol

 

[Surreal]

Mark Cuban blocked it

 

[blackzeus]

Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade

Kevin Love, Shaq, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen, Kyrie Irving, his supporting cast reads like a Who's Who of the 2000s NBA You know you have it good when you can trade away an all star forward like Wiggins

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Right, where are Kaman and Al Aminu now? Were they allstars, maybe I missed something

The deal they went with made more sense then, and still looks better now

 

[blackzeus]

It wasn’t about being scared as it was taking stars from small markets and throwing them in the big markets with other stars

 

[blackzeus]

The deal they went with made more sense then, and still looks better now

Yes, because as basketball heads we all know Gordon, Al Aminu and Chris Kaman > Lamar Odom, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic, Luis Scola, and a first round pick

 

[blackzeus]

they still don't beat the Heat

The Spurs was Kobe's b*tch and Kobe dropped 62 on the Mavs dolo, yes they would beat the Heat. Kobe should have seen Bron in '09 except for the fact he lost to the f*cking Magic

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

The NBA owned the Hornets back then so they could do what they wanted.

Only player to join Bron via trade was Kevin Love. Are y’all really about to compare K-Love to CP3

Nba champion Kevin Love compared to 2nd round Chris Paul?

 

[10bandz]

nikkas love to forget that the NBA literally vetoed a trade because Kobe was that good. Popavich had a mental breakdown after the Pau trade, he knew he had no shot after that

 

[blackzeus]

we got robbed of some kobe/bron finals.

Bron couldn't get past the Magic

 

[blackzeus]

nikkas love to forget that the NBA literally vetoed a trade because Kobe was that good. Popavich had a mental breakdown after the Pau trade, he knew he had no shot after that

I remember when teams used to draft/sign "Kobestoppers" The guys sole purpose on the team was to study Kobe to hold him under 25

 

[10bandz]

The NBA owned the Hornets back then so they could do what they wanted.

Only player to join Bron via trade was Kevin Love. Are y’all really about to compare K-Love to CP3

The NBA was all fine with the trade until Mark Cuban and co cried like hoes about it.....the whole "The NBA owned the Hornets though!" excuse is dumb as shyt. The NBA gave the Hornets staff freedom to do what they want, so they made the Lakers trade. It was a done deal until the backlash after the news leaked.

It was a bullshyt move and there'll never be a reasonable excuse for it, especially when you see whats happened to the league since then with superteams

 

[Take_Note]

The league really wouldn't let this happen?

 

[10bandz]

Kobe wouldn't have got along with Paul. Harden allows CP3 to do him and play his type of game.

i think CP3 is one of the few nikkas Kobe would've let handle the ball besides him. A legendary PG in his prime. Not old ass Payton or Nash. When Nash first go to the Lakers, Kobe did play off ball a bit especially in preseason until Nash got hurt early.