Isiah's Advocate 33
Benchwarmer
Not that I think that it is at all realistic that we land Kobe....but it appears if we were to have a shot then quite a few of our young players would need to be included. Lee, Balkman, and Crawford would need to be included just to begin talks, Nate and maybe even one of our drafted players would needed to be added, and some expiring contracts, so is he worth it. Ok I know we all have visions of him putting up 60+ games in the Garden(for the Knicks) and we already imagining the #8 Jersey as well as all the TV time we would be getting, but Kobe hasn't proven he can win without Shaq.The Lakers may not be more talanted than the Knicks on paper, but no question they have a better coach (which isn't at all a knock on IT) and that team has not gotten out of the first round of the Playoffs. Eddy, Zach Steph and Kobe sounds great, but we no longer have the depth off the bench. Granted that lineup won't be nearly as vulnerable to injuries as Boston, but like the C's we wouldn't have a bench. And Also like the C's we would have a small window of time to win, Kobe and Steph are 30 Zach and Q Rich 26, so this squad that is going to take atleast a year to gel is racing against time. Kobe is the best player in the league not to mention he and Steph seem to like each other which is also a huge plus. But again all stats aside, he isn't worth it, if Isiah pulled off this trade there would be instant gratification like Ainge is getting, I saw somewhere some Boston fan describe him as "the Great Danny Ainge" , and no doubt if IT pulls this off he's back on Letterman next season, and Knick fans will soon forget those Fire Isiah chants, until Kobe begins to run down, and Lee and Balkman become key players on teams, and the unprotected picks we gave up to land him begin to show promise. I like the move for Artest because what we are mostly shortning our roster for the good of the team while acquiring an All Star. With Kobe we Acquire a mega superstar while gutting the team
Steph
Kobe
Q
Zach
Eddy
Bench
Mardy(maybe not, the Lakers may want him too!)
Chandler
Jerome James(this is our wife we're stuck with him)
Jared Jefferies(our girlfreind we knocked up, stuck with him too)
Fred Jones or Dan Dikau
Not much Depth at all
Steph
Kobe
Q
Zach
Eddy
Bench
Mardy(maybe not, the Lakers may want him too!)
Chandler
Jerome James(this is our wife we're stuck with him)
Jared Jefferies(our girlfreind we knocked up, stuck with him too)
Fred Jones or Dan Dikau
Not much Depth at all