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You always seem to ignore the fact that Kobe, Mitch and Phil all acknowledged that Kobe was never going to leave LA to begin with. Plus, what Kobe did brought two more championships to Los Angeles, not just around his finger. He was all but traded to Chicago, and yet, he wouldn't waive his no-trade clause. He knew he held the cards, and knew he wasn't going to waive that clause to begin with. People didn't like the Decision, but they also didn't like the fact that LeBron left to join two other all-stars (one superstar) that were in the same conference. I can assure you...the whole "can't beat 'em, join 'em" concept would be frowned upon by MANY if Kobe decided to go to Boston in, say, 2009. Something like that would have made Kobe the most hated player in Lakers history, easily...even more than when Shaq bashed the city of LA after his departure. --------- As for the Bynum situation, I won't comment on that, because Kobe shouldn't have said what he did in that parking lot. However, years later, we won two championships without Drew contributing much (Gasol played center for us in 2009, and was playing big minutes at the five in 2010 as well, and Drew was playing hurt throughout the playoff run)...and we now have a big man that is going to get max money, and he really doesn't give a damn where he's at (as he has stated multiple times already, a bank in every city) with a piss-poor attitude, taking cheap shots at players (ex. Barea), etc. With Bynum in a bigger role, we have had two second-round eliminations. LeBron had a right to leave, but his actions (the past two years in Cleveland, and last year in Miami) turned everyone against him. He was a superstar version of Ronny Turiaf, and that doesn't go over very well, especially when you're doing all of that shit on the court, during games, taunting before and after games, etc. The Decision capped it all off, and this premature championship celebration in the summer of 2010 only solidified what people thought of him as a player and as a man. This season, and mostly in the second half and in the playoff run, LeBron changed everything around, and that's probably why he has a championship now.

Dude, as bad as it feels to have to utter those words.. at least it's no longer up to Isiah.

Dude where did you come from, did you just hear sim league and come back? I honestly thought you died or something the way your dropped off the face of the earth the last sim league we did, anyways, welcome back man...nice to see you are alive

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