I’m not morally opposed to it, but it’s really just not necessary and totally not going to happen. Besides, Roy and Kobe play the same position, and have the same role on each respective team. With Roy, it will never happen.

For suggesting such heresy.

    and it sucks. BLOBE will never be a Blazer.
He’s a punk, a whiner and BRoy is a better
team player & leader. Please refrain from this
subject ever being written again.

I will ban myself……forever!!!

Kobe Bryant and others had great things to say about Nate. Kobe loves Nate. That’s kind of scary.

is how would Kobe’s “leadership” effect this team? I am more interested in bringing in someone who will fall in line to BRoy’s leadership rather than trying to bring their own.

People, this is a family site and we need to keep the obscene language to a minimum at LEAST.

As of this writing I have counted 13 profanities already and surely hope there are no more from this point on.

C’mon people, we have standards here this is Portland, not L*.

than root for a Blazer team including the most hated of Lakers. OK, that would be a brutal choice. In reality I’d adopt the Hornets or someone. But come on: this guy is truly a jerk, and I don’t enjoy rooting for a team that includes jerks.

Admittedly I’ve turned a blind eye to the character of certain players (e.g., Ruben Patterson). But how can you do that when the person’s jerkiness has been so thoroughly documented? If OJ Simpson made a miraculous middle-aged comeback, could you root for him? If not, then where DO you draw the line? I’ve seen enough from Kobe Bryant that I could never root for his team—even if that were the beloved Blazers. I even rooted for the Celtics in the Finals—that’s how distasteful I find KB. That despite the fact that he’s a fantastic hoopster and I LOVE basketball.

“What if he is the veteran free agent KP targets?” That would be a serious conflict in my mind. We all know he can be a terrible teammate if he feels like it at whim, which is counter to everything the Blazers are trying to represent right now. Yet we also think KP is an amazing GM, what if he thinks Kobe would be the missing piece to get this team to a championship (he can play SG or SF, and both good would be an understatement. And he played his best games in tandem with a dominant center). Could KP even say no if Kobe would like to come to Portland (he is the only known NBA player with an active no-trade clause, so it’s entirely his decision)? I’m pretty certain management and ownership would agree getting one of the top three players in the league is a good thing in terms of on court talent. Would that outweigh his serious shortcomings and lead to the desired results? Would a hugely successful team overshadow any antics as it seems to do in LA, or would it drive away a large part of the fanbase? I can’t say. I don’t feel good about the possibility of Kobe in a Blazers uni, but can’t deny that a reasonable team would have to consider it.

He’s a defensive stopper. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that we need one of those.
He’s clutch. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that we need that.
He can play small forward. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that we need one of those.
He’s learned that he can’t do it alone and would thrive on the Blazers.
He has never been convicted of anything. Why can’t people forgive?
His career would probably last longer if he was a Blazer and hopefully we could retire his jersey.

Initial feeling: That ain’t right ;-)

I’m melting, melting. Ohhhhh, what a world, what a world.

As many have already asked, why would we need him?
He would come at the expense of Roy as our go to guy, he would stifle Rudy’s development as well. We already have the offensive pieces that we are going to need.
We don’t need him.

Also, Kobe is a whiner, a ball hog, a cheap shot artist, and an alleged rapist.
Brandon Roy is Brandon Roy.

That is all.

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been favorably impressed with Kobe’s conduct at the Olympics? He’s acting with a lot of class, having stated multiple times how significant it his for him to be there and how competing for an NBA championship doesn’t begin to compare in importance with representing the US on the national Olympic stage. He is also playing some selfless defense on the court. I’ve been way less impressed with some of his big time, hot-dogging, show boating teammates who don’t seem to be treating the experience with anywhere near the same interest and reverence as is Koby. They are just acting like the typical, ego-filled arrogant NBA star.

I can understand why the Chinese fans like Bryant so much.

I’m wondering how many recs this post will get? ( :

P.S. Brandon Roy will be such a wonderful representative for the US in London.

P.S.S. I’m trying to figure out why I am rooting hard for the US in almost every event except for basketball where I’m always rooting for the opposition. I suppose it’s mostly ‘cuz this is such a case of overkill but I suspect it also has something to do with the arrogant NBA star thing mentioned above. I’m a little bit confused though as I am a strong NBA fan, having for time reasons given up on closely following any of the other major sports.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cPjZM0isLKo&feature=related

1) “Would you want the Blazers to get Coby? Should we?”

Errrmmm . . . no. But I think this post is looking at the other question:

2) “What if they DID get Coby? What then? What do you, as a Blazer fan, do if Blazer = Coby?”

This is where it gets weird.
I cheered this team and franchise through Rider, through Sheed, through Bonzi and Zeebs,
had high hopes for Quntel, Erick Barkley, Gary Trent, and Bassy – I’ve been pretty loyal.
I mean, it’s the TEAM, which transcends individual glory, or infamy as the case is here.
Especially if such a move was followed by championships upon championships.

I mean, what WOULD you think?
Brandon, Coby, LaMardridge, Oden, Nate, Rudy, Trout, Pritchard,
bringing the championship parade down Rose City streets year after year?
Could we feel sour about that?

Well . . . yeah, we could. It’s freaking COBY.

There’s gotta be a Jesus parable in the gospels that could help out here or something.

I see no reason not to get him at a Special-One-Time-Only-Rate.
If he mouths off, bench him. If he does anything worse, the soap beating from Full Metal Jacket becomes an option.
No one in the NBA, or on his team, likes the guy, so it’s not like he can really stir up any bad locker-room mojo.
And someone will always want him if we decide to ditch him.
What’s the problem exactly?

I’ve decided to finally give it some real thought.

Kobe is the best at what he does.
Kobe has shown some class in the olympics.
Kobe would be a veteran.
Kobe would be the answer to our SF issues.
Snagging Kobe weakens LA and drops the only real competition we have off the map for the next four or five years.

That said.

Roy is our leader and how would Kobe effect that?
Do we NEED a player like Kobe when we have Oden/aldridge/Roy developing?
Would the expense of Kobe be worth the payoff? Kobe wouldn’t be cheap.
Is this counter to the character of the team or has the media blown things up? (they do that)
Would this enrage fans enough to stop buying tickets if we’re winning? (sadly I don’t think so because some kobe fans would convert)

Having Kobe (by another name) in that position would actually be something I’d want. He’s had the chance to be the star and that helps people realize that they need the team. I don’t think you’d have any ball hog issues anymore.

My main worry with Kobe (under a different name) is that he’d overshadow Roy, and we can’t have that no matter what.

Of course, then you say the name Kobe and all that goes out the window.

I honestly don’t believe it’s the end of the world, but it would ruin my joy for two reasons.

1.) Blazer fans have spent so much time investing in hating Kobe, that it would feel wrong to me.
2.) we’ve built this team from the ground up, suddenly spending a ton of money to snag kobe because we can SPAM, feels like cheating. I’d rather earn this championship, not attempt to buy it again.

1) CULTURE.

2) WINDOW.

KP would never sign Bryant or James because they are jerks who dont want to play here because it aint Broadway