This fanpost will probably get me banned from BE
by TheOdenator on Dec 28, 2008 4:33 PM PST
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This is going to be one of those posts that will either light up, or fizzle with every one calling me an idiot.
Alright so in 2 years Kobe Bryant becomes a free agent. But this summer he also has the ability to terminate his contract and become an unrestricted free agent. Would you accept him as a Blazer? (ref: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/24/sports/sp-kobe24)
There is reason to believe that Kobe would be interested in coming to Portland. He has praised Nate by saying:
“He’s one of the best coaches I’ve seen,”
(ref: www.kgw.com/sports/olympics/localnews/stories/kgw_081908_olympics_mcmillan_coach.)
He has stated that Brandon Roy is one of his favorite players in the league and he likes his game a lot . (ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSuTpK5-j3g)
He has always been a player who has had an obsessive desire with making himself better and being a championship team.
The Freedarko book makes the case that Kobe forced the issue with Shaq, because of Shaq becoming lazy and getting old, and Bryant was looking forward to the future where Shaq would be handicapping the team. (Others make the case that Bryant is a an attention hog, as well as a ball hog)
While the Blazers have not shown they are anywhere near a championship team yet, arguably they are better than the Lakers would be without Kobe. So I pose the question to you, would you accept a free agent signing of Kobe Bryant, or is your hatred too deep?
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You won't get banned
This has come up before. I predict most will say no. Banned, no, however you shouldn’t wear a nametag at the next Blazers Edge night.
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 28, 2008 4:45 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
LOL
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
by BlazerFan1 on Dec 28, 2008 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hilarious, and yet sadly true.
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
by twiggs on Dec 29, 2008 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, the post below this one probably gets that guy banned
I love it when people make an account just to troll.
On to your topic:
I’m not as down on Kobe as a lot of people around here, but I don’t think this works for a number of reasons.
1. Kobe and Roy wouldn’t mesh on the same unit.
2. Kobe has played in big market LA his whole career, I doubt he moves to Portland.
3. The Lakers are far more likely to win the title in the next few years. Why would he leave during their window?
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
by Magnum on Dec 28, 2008 4:45 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Magnum, what you said about both threads is 100% correct - props to you
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by LaMarvelous on Dec 28, 2008 8:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
why thank you
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
by Magnum on Dec 28, 2008 10:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i really don't like kobe
but i don’t know… maybe i could learn to love him… but really it is a moot point. if Darius plays in 10 games this season we will not have the cap space even if for some crazy reason he decided to opt of his contract right in the middle of the most promising L*ker years in recent memory.
The end is in the beginning and yet I go on....
-Beckett
by eyeotiger on Dec 28, 2008 4:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Pippen is much different than Kobe
Kobe will never ever leave the Lakers.
by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 28, 2008 4:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Just Say No To Kobe
He plays the same position as our young star and is unlikely to move to the sf position. I think he would do well in Portland but it would no longer be Portland’s team it would be Kobe’s team and no one wants that. I would rather win no rings then one with Kobe.
by The Natural ala Mode on Dec 28, 2008 4:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
meh. been done before
I would rather beat kobe than cheer for him. it has so little chance of actually happening though that its not really worth getting into the logistics of what it would take to even attract his attention.
The Blazers as a whole are far more like my wife than like me in the sense of their physicality on defense.
-Dave
by chrischa on Dec 28, 2008 5:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure how I would react to that.
There is a chance that if Kobe played for the Blazers I would be able to get passed it. I don’t see it happening though. The Laker’s roster is built better for Kobe right now. If Kobe was on the Blazers I’m not sure we would actually be any better than the Lakers are right now.
by Nick Van Excellent on Dec 28, 2008 5:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not necessarily a Katelyn Kristine Faber homer
but I’m not sure Kobe is the right guy for us.
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 28, 2008 5:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
fine, Kobe would probably win multiple titles for us.
Kobe would be a great addition to our team.
Happy now?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 28, 2008 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would only accept him
only if he is willing to take in less money than the L*kers would offer him.
If i was a GM, i would offer him about maybe 8-10 mil per year, 2 years contract. 2 because its easy to get out of, and because easy to trade after one season.
WE WANT T-SHIRTS!!!
by nateinaloha on Dec 28, 2008 5:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
if koby had a contract for 10 mil for two years,
that would be the most valuable contract in the league, and would be bordering on being the most valuable contract in the history of the league.
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
by maid tu rek on Dec 28, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just can't get excited about cheering for a rapist.
No matter how wonderful his skills.
He’s a jerk although a bright and articulate one.
Fortunately he is much like Martell, Brandon and Rudy. He’s much more desireable, even just from a hoops perspective to some other GM.
I hope.
Perfect practice makes perfect.
by Ojala John on Dec 28, 2008 5:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hardly a rapist
I don’t like the guy, but the Boulder thing was clearly slander, the lady was clearly promiscuous and was trying to take advantage of his fame and money. He is not a good guy by any means, a adulterer for sure but a rapist…I don’t believe. I don’t believe Cliff and Jerome were rapists either, yet they were accused after a game in Utah I believe.
by The Natural ala Mode on Dec 28, 2008 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
not a rapist?
and Bill O’Reilly didnt sexually harass that woman either. Its just that in each case both those guys threw out millions of dollars to the accusers rather then face a jury. Im not sure about this but in a court of law there has to be evidence of a crime, (well, I guess there’s OJ, but) so if Kobe didnt do anything criminal, why wouldnt he exhonerate himself in a court of law.
I’d tell you what I really think of Kobe but then I’d get banned and probably sued. No true Trail Blazer fan would even consider Kobe in red and black….ever.
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 28, 2008 9:12 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
i don't like Kobe
but if its easier to pay someone off and make it go away, then so be it. another reason he wouldn’t want to drag it out in court is that it would have taken significant time away from the team, and Kobe loves playing the game of basketball.
"Smile! You're on a poster!!" - Mike Rice
by lefty6283 on Dec 28, 2008 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently he loves ...
sleeping with women who are not his wife too. Swell guy.
"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez
by bfan on Dec 28, 2008 9:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oh puh....lease
a prison sentence would have also significantly cut into his time with the team. Its also unlikely kobe would have as many doters watching tapes of his prison ball highlights. I forget how much kobe shelled out, but O’Reilly paid out $10 million, you got an excuse for him too? Lets see, he was afraid the trial would cut into the time polluting the airwaves with his yellow journalism.
A problem with our society is criminal offenses are allowed to be bought off by the super-rich, who can then maintain denials and allow the naive to continue to bask in their glory.
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 29, 2008 7:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Those were both Civil suits
Criminal trials cannot be closed that way
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 29, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well thats true
did you just pull the rug out from under my argument?
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 29, 2008 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
paying money was what he had to do because
of his stupid mistake. Sleeping with a wh@re who was out to get his money. It is much less expensive for him to pay off a liar than to try and go to court, lose endorsements and pay tons of legal fees. It was conceded by the D.A. that their was no case because no rape had occured, when they did the test they found other sperm in her, not Kobe’s. He is a jerk and should never be a Blazer, but he is not a rapist. Do you really believe Kobe would rape someone? He can have practically anyone he wants, so why force a desk clerk who is less attractive than his wife. She was out for money which is despicable and he was out to cheat on his wife also terrible, but no CRIME was commited.
by The Natural ala Mode on Dec 29, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if she is a ho
whats that make him … misunderstood?
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 29, 2008 8:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There was a crime, but our law system makes rape a very difficult crime to try in court
A rape case almost always falls apart when the victim fails declines to cooperate. This is often the case because it is painful to have to relive these traumatic events in gory detail before an audience. Kobe committed a crime but was never convicted, but he is a rapist, as was Rueben Patterson. Crime against persons are very difficult to convict unless there were mutliple victims. The fact that he setttled a civil case after the criminal case was dropped shows his guilt.
No Kobe, no way no how. He’s a donkey (you know what I mean) and we can and will win without him as a Blazer.
by NWfan on Dec 29, 2008 8:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't
say I want him as a Blazer, I just said he is not a rapist. I h8 kobe as much as any Blazer fan I just actually looked into it before calling him a felon.
by The Natural ala Mode on Dec 30, 2008 12:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was Tracy Murray & Jerome
Uncle Cliffy went back to his room for shooting
practice.
It's GO time !
by walkoff41 on Dec 29, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
you are right I think. Still I love Jerome and I don’t consider him a rapist as I doubt many do. It is not easy for me to defend the guy considering he cheated on his wife and is a L@ker who has hurt us many times. The idea that he did this is a little far fetched though.
by The Natural ala Mode on Dec 29, 2008 1:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If we got Kobe, then won a championship
I’d feel like I sold my soul to get a title.
by Timmay! on Dec 28, 2008 5:49 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
+1
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Dec 28, 2008 9:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not crazy about L*kers or KB in general
but got nothin’ but respect for his game.
His leadership (if you can call it that), his methodologies, all that….bleh.
But he sure can put a ball through a hoop.
Wait you’re agnostic. That means you worship lawsuits. --TiH
by prezofdeath on Dec 28, 2008 5:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
No
And I would ban you if I could….. idiot
:)
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 28, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I would sign him.
Then I would sit him on the bench behind Brandon, Rudy, and Rex. If he worked hard and didn’t complain, I’d give him some garbage time minutes.
by CatMan2 on Dec 28, 2008 6:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
If you were Nate...
you would wait for him to complain THEN give him some garbage time.
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 28, 2008 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nate would not do that
he does not want to get fired
And Oden, once again, is a rookie, so non-stop fast break basketball is like fast-forwarding a song while he's trying to learn the lyrics.
by RipCity on Dec 28, 2008 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the dude
But he’s not a fit here in Portland. He’s probably the most respectful star in the league in regards to Portland.
by robrun2 on Dec 28, 2008 7:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
kobe = respectful?!?
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 28, 2008 10:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's respectful in regards to portland?
The guy’s a jerk – have you forgotten a couple years back when he started flailing his arms out when he shot in an attempt to hit his defender in the face with an elbow? He’s respectful like Bruce Bowen is clean and Kevin Garnett is a mature competitor.
In a way, each of us has a Kobe Bryant to face. For some, shyness; for others, a lack of education might be their Kobe. For us, Kobe Bryant is a big, dangerous L*ker who wants to rip out the hearts of Blazer fans at every opportunity. I’d like to see Brandon and the rest of the team continue to grow in the next couple years to conquer their own personal Kobe Bryant, who also happens to be the actual Kobe Bryant.
by sfiles on Dec 28, 2008 10:40 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
rec
That second paragraph is pure gold.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Dec 29, 2008 1:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Kobe won't do it anytime soon unless the Lakers just fall apart.
The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.
Kings fan
by dyshooter182 on Dec 28, 2008 7:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Kobe’s not going anywhere, but it remains to be seen if another superstar in his early 30’s is willing to take a midlevel exception in order to be in the rotation on a team that will compete for a title every year from 2010-2015.
MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)
by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 28, 2008 8:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
we can pay a lot more than the mle
we have one shot at nabbing a big time player if we choose to…why pay just the mle? once we acquire that player we will be well over the salary cap for the rest of roy, lma, oden, acquired players careers.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 28, 2008 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Poll stinks.
You left out the option where K*be dies tragically from all the points that Rudy puts on his face. So I simply voted that I hate K*be.
"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez
by bfan on Dec 28, 2008 9:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I feel dirty but I voted for I <3 kobe option
Im going to go read a thousand basketball blog postings by fatty and sing the national anthem 20 times as penance.
Sophai
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
by BlazerFan1 on Dec 28, 2008 10:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
what a shocker
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 29, 2008 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol, du u luv koby az much az
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
by maid tu rek on Dec 29, 2008 7:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A friend of mine once said
that she wished kobe played for portland, so that he could rape her.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 28, 2008 11:11 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
omg! wtf?!?!
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
by maid tu rek on Dec 29, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how did my comment get recced?
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 30, 2008 5:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wuznt me, lol
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
by maid tu rek on Dec 30, 2008 6:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Little known fact
His agent has already been in touch with Portland.
http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/8/26/601427/the-dunk-heard-round-the-w
If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President
by jscot on Dec 28, 2008 11:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
honest question for Jscot and others
Is that the most RECed FanPost in BEdge history?
by Bust a Bucket on Dec 28, 2008 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That is a very interesting question.
I am not sure how we would go about finding out the answer but I would like to know.
BTW: I realized upon revisiting that FanPost that I had previously failed to rec it……..so I did!
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LMA is LaMonster!!!!!
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by LaMarvelous on Dec 28, 2008 11:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually
it’s surprisingly easy
http://www.blazersedge.com/fanposts/popular/all_time
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
by Magnum on Dec 29, 2008 2:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, of course
It’s a little dry, but the analysis was compelling, don’t you think?
If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President
by jscot on Dec 29, 2008 4:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and by the way
Though “asparagus” isn’t mentioned in that post, I’m convinced it began to grow that day.
If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President
by jscot on Dec 29, 2008 5:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
makes me wundr if dr dave is daves alter ego
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
by maid tu rek on Dec 29, 2008 7:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He has always been a player who has had an obsessive desire with making himself better and being a championship team.
23-5 Defending WC champs or 19-12 talented bubble team?
by tweener on Dec 29, 2008 1:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
19-12 talented bubble team
Anyday
My rapper name is Krafty Mo-Beek.
by bow4meow on Dec 29, 2008 7:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
gross. I was eating when I read this. WAS.
"People? You man Sheeple."
by Mike-Fu on Dec 29, 2008 9:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The decline in hatred is amazing.
OLD School
A. We don’t even say or spell that name.
B. It’s always Blobe !
C. Hatred of each and every player is a must.
New School
A. What if we could get _ _ _ _ _ ?
B. Would you guys be in favor of ?
C. Well he didn’t cause the problems with Shaq . .
D. Blah Blah !
NO, NO, NO & NO !!!!
P.S. – Please refrain from ever posting anything remotely
similiar to this ever again. Please !
COINCAST & the team formerly from Minneapolis
SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's GO time !
by walkoff41 on Dec 29, 2008 11:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Kobe plays the same position of Brandon Roy. End of discussion.
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
by timbo on Dec 30, 2008 12:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
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