If I were Kobe…
You do not want to get traded. Any team that he would go to would have to give up a boat load of players to satisfy the Lakers demand along with salary considerations. You have an option at the end of next year. Play the year, opt out of your contract, go to the trailblazers and play with Greg Oden for the rest of your career.
Update:
So yeah I was mistaken. His opt out clause it at the end of the 2008-09 season, which would mean he would have to play for two more years. Sooooooo, now this is what he should do…get traded, if it doesn’t work out then opt out after two years, then go sign with the Trailblazers and play the rest of your career with Greg Oden.
Bill Simmons is god…
From his pre-nba draft lottery article, which can be found here.
On the Philadelphia Sixers:
If Philly gets lucky tonight, I just hope Billy King commemorates the
occasion by immediately announcing a six-year, $50 million contract
extension for Shavlik Randolph.
On the Chicago Bulls:
If this spot comes up and Chicago's logo isn't in the No. 10 envelope,
it immediately becomes the most dramatic lottery moment of all-time.
Every Knicks fan would cease breathing for the rest of the lottery.
That's no exaggeration.
On the Portland Trailblazers:
(Note: Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I miss the Jail Blazers.
When's the next time we'll see a team feature a registered sex offender
who wasn't even one of the top three craziest guys on the team? They
made the 2006 Bengals look like a bunch of prep school kids egging
houses on Halloween.)
Final Four…
My picks for this year's NCAA Tourney.
Final Four:
Ohio St.
Kansas
Georgetown
Wisconsin
Finals:
Kansas
Georgetown
Winner:
Georgetown