Sound off: Who Should LA Surround Kobe With the Next Two Years?

[wisdom]

15 M PER YEAR SHOULD BE FINE.... BUT 25 M per year is just too much

[Slater James]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peninc

The organisation is one of the smartest in basketball.

This used to be true. With Jim Buss at the helm it is no longer. This decision guarantees the Lakers a spot in the middle of the pack. The absolute worst position to be in.

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[CoachDavid]

They need a silent, demanding, but patient owner, and a new coach. Once they do this my Lakers will be contenders.
I can't watch them play under the current coach and for the first time since the NBA package has been offered did not renew.
Come on Lakers, stop being the poster child for not leaving the family business to your children (true study)

[cgalligan]

Kobe is "box office" as Steven A. Smith would say... He himself fills the seats everywhere the Lakers go... From that aspect he's worth every penny...

Nobody knows if his on court production will stay high, but, you would be safe to assume it takes a large dip when he comes back...

That being said, they need to rebuild, quickly as Laker fans have zero patience... A guy like LeBron, Melo would do that, but in a few years you'd be in the same situation with player like that, nearing their 30's...

Right now, the Lakers need a cast of players that "buy in" to what the plan is... "The Plan" appears to be to ride Kobe as far as he can take them, because, I can't see any way he moves to the side, like DWade did, and allows someone else to be "the man" on "his team"

[asu666]

Say hello to Kevin Love.

[LionsFanNJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

next year you bring in Carmello!! and Eric Bledsoe as a pg, plus theyll get a good draft pick. in 2015 you bring in Anthony Davis as a PF. Brook Lopez or Roy Hibbert as a big man. in 2015/16 you can have a starting line up of Eric Bledsoe Kobe Bryant Carmello Anthony Anothony Davis and Brook LOpez or Roy Hibbert.

I count four Max contracts there. Impossible. Not to mention Lopez and Hibbert both signed long term already and the Lakers have nothing anyone wants in trade

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[OSUFan_88]

A voodoo doctor and Ponce De Leon.

[njdevils14]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

next year you bring in Carmello!! and Eric Bledsoe as a pg, plus theyll get a good draft pick. in 2015 you bring in Anthony Davis as a PF. Brook Lopez or Roy Hibbert as a big man. in 2015/16 you can have a starting line up of Eric Bledsoe Kobe Bryant Carmello Anthony Anothony Davis and Brook LOpez or Roy Hibbert.

I don't even think you could pull this off in 2K