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Kobe Bryant talks about distancing himself from management to keep team chemistry in tact. He also discusses the no trade clause he was able to add into his contract.
Full interview from Taja Vivens: youtu.be/GyEHlormtyw
Excerpt from ‘4 best trade offers the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t take for Kobe Bryant’ article by James Salmon:
3. Detroit Pistons: 2007
By this point in his career, Kobe Bryant was a well-established star in the NBA. The year prior, he had averaged an enormous 35.4 points per game. Despite this, his Lakers weren’t doing so great.
In 2005-06, they won 45 games, enough to earn them a playoff spot, but not much more. They lost in seven games in the first round of the playoffs to the Suns.
2006-07 had tracked along a similar line. For the season, Kobe averaged 31.6 points, but shot almost five less shots per game than the year prior. Los Angeles was similarly mediocre, ultimately winning 42 games, once again finishing seventh, once again playing the Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and once again losing.
By the end of the season, the proud franchise had decided that things weren’t going the way they wanted them to. They made a commitment to trade their star player in Bryant to Detroit in exchange for a number of good players and draft picks.
Kobe, though, had a contract with a no-trade clause, giving him all the power. The Lakers were hoping he would waive it, allowing them to complete the trade and send him to the Motor City. Bryant was certainly open to the idea of a trade at this point, but unfortunately for the Lakers, Detroit was not one of the teams he had identified as a potential landing spot. As a result, he said no, and the trade was finished before it was even started.
Full article: clutchpoints.com/kobe-bryant-trade-offers-the-lakers-passed-on-despite-good-deals?amp=1
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Kobe Bryant talks about distancing himself from management to keep team chemistry in tact. He also discusses the no trade clause he was able to add into his contract.
Full interview from Taja Vivens: youtu.be/GyEHlormtyw
Excerpt from ‘4 best trade offers the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t take for Kobe Bryant’ article by James Salmon:
3. Detroit Pistons: 2007
By this point in his career, Kobe Bryant was a well-established star in the NBA. The year prior, he had averaged an enormous 35.4 points per game. Despite this, his Lakers weren’t doing so great.
In 2005-06, they won 45 games, enough to earn them a playoff spot, but not much more. They lost in seven games in the first round of the playoffs to the Suns.
2006-07 had tracked along a similar line. For the season, Kobe averaged 31.6 points, but shot almost five less shots per game than the year prior. Los Angeles was similarly mediocre, ultimately winning 42 games, once again finishing seventh, once again playing the Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and once again losing.
By the end of the season, the proud franchise had decided that things weren’t going the way they wanted them to. They made a commitment to trade their star player in Bryant to Detroit in exchange for a number of good players and draft picks.
Kobe, though, had a contract with a no-trade clause, giving him all the power. The Lakers were hoping he would waive it, allowing them to complete the trade and send him to the Motor City. Bryant was certainly open to the idea of a trade at this point, but unfortunately for the Lakers, Detroit was not one of the teams he had identified as a potential landing spot. As a result, he said no, and the trade was finished before it was even started.
Full article: clutchpoints.com/kobe-bryant-trade-offers-the-lakers-passed-on-despite-good-deals?amp=1
🏷 #lakersmanagement #teamchemistry #notradeclause #tradeclause #nbatrade #nbatradedeadline #nbatradenews #nbatraderumors #nbatrades #nbamanagement #nbateammanagement #nbateammanagements #nbastar #nbastars #nbasuperstar
