Later in the interview, he talks about how he called David Stern while Stern was out to dinner with his wife, and Chris found out that a bunch of owners were mad about the money. How CP3 would have kept his Bird Rights if he was traded to the Lakers and that enabled a lot of flexibility for the Lakers – the owners thought it was an unfair advantage.
One of the biggest what-ifs in Lakers history. A Kobe and CP3 duo with whoever else was going to join them.
3nnui
Man would have a been a Laker legend with multiple chips. Kobe would never have had his achilles injury. The league fucked Paul and the Lakers.
Kaisky123xc
Fuck David stern
Alert-Towel-263
If my memory serves me right, Lakers were gonna trade away Pau and Odom in the deal but get a big 3 of Kobe CP3 Bynum. What could’ve been 🤔
AdministrativeAsk184
Missed a chance at CP3 along with having to keep a now unmotivated Pau and Odom due to knowing they are just nothing but trade pieces at the time.
mtrn3
Basically Kupchak/Lakers was too good at their job.
This is why I never feel sorry for other teams. They will not hesitate to slit our throat.
Latarjet3
What he said about Kobe being a catch and shoot guy is so accurate. Next to CP3 he would have been able to age well with his shooting and post-up game. Lakers FO had a great plan for Kobe. Fuck Stern RIP
clintoy911
We saw glimpses of that cp3-kobe catch and shoot plays on the olympic team. It worked out well in the olympics so I was really hopeful for their tandem in the lakers. Fuck david stern for being pressured by mark cuban and dan gilbert. Hehe
jvu87
They both would have prolonged each others careers.
But sure, they had no problem with the Celtics trading everything to get KG/PP/Allen together. Or Wade/Lebron/Bosh. Or Curry/Klay/KD.
Fuck David Stern.
ALovelyAnxiety
🙁 I always hate dwelling on what ifs personally but when it comes to Kobe im like.. what could have been.
eg714
This set the lakers back almost a decade. We would of had Kobe Cp3 and Dwight along with another max player. Fuck Stern and Cuban for messing that up. Hate to say it but Kobe would still most likely be here. Shit was fucked man.
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Later in the interview, he talks about how he called David Stern while Stern was out to dinner with his wife, and Chris found out that a bunch of owners were mad about the money. How CP3 would have kept his Bird Rights if he was traded to the Lakers and that enabled a lot of flexibility for the Lakers – the owners thought it was an unfair advantage.
One of the biggest what-ifs in Lakers history. A Kobe and CP3 duo with whoever else was going to join them.
Man would have a been a Laker legend with multiple chips. Kobe would never have had his achilles injury. The league fucked Paul and the Lakers.
Fuck David stern
If my memory serves me right, Lakers were gonna trade away Pau and Odom in the deal but get a big 3 of Kobe CP3 Bynum. What could’ve been 🤔
Missed a chance at CP3 along with having to keep a now unmotivated Pau and Odom due to knowing they are just nothing but trade pieces at the time.
Basically Kupchak/Lakers was too good at their job.
This is why I never feel sorry for other teams. They will not hesitate to slit our throat.
What he said about Kobe being a catch and shoot guy is so accurate. Next to CP3 he would have been able to age well with his shooting and post-up game. Lakers FO had a great plan for Kobe. Fuck Stern RIP
We saw glimpses of that cp3-kobe catch and shoot plays on the olympic team. It worked out well in the olympics so I was really hopeful for their tandem in the lakers. Fuck david stern for being pressured by mark cuban and dan gilbert. Hehe
They both would have prolonged each others careers.
But sure, they had no problem with the Celtics trading everything to get KG/PP/Allen together. Or Wade/Lebron/Bosh. Or Curry/Klay/KD.
Fuck David Stern.
🙁 I always hate dwelling on what ifs personally but when it comes to Kobe im like.. what could have been.
This set the lakers back almost a decade. We would of had Kobe Cp3 and Dwight along with another max player. Fuck Stern and Cuban for messing that up. Hate to say it but Kobe would still most likely be here. Shit was fucked man.