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[QUOTE=John Starks]I'm pretty sure that you cannot start a sentance with the word "and", am very sure that you cannot start a sentance with a lower case "a" or "y" and am absolutely positude that you cannot spell "i'm" with a lower case "I".
Now admit that you were wrong or I'll be forcitude to take serious action.[/QUOTE]
i admit nothing! NOTHING! [SIZE="2"]NOTHING!!![/SIZE]
now if you were to change your ID to "matlock" i'd have no choice, because you'd have old-timey law on your side.
[B]Shinn calls Divac deal best in Hornets history[/B]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aug 20, 1996 - 23:05 EST) -- His new boss apparently wasn't
listening Tuesday when Vlade Divac said how good it was to get away from Los Angeles
and the pressure that surrounds playing for the Lakers. Divac, the Charlotte Hornets'
new center, said he had grown somewhat weary of unrealistic expectations that
surrounded his seven-year stay in Los Angeles. But Hornets owner George Shinn made it
clear he has his own high hopes for the deal that brought Divac to Charlotte in
exchange for the Lakers getting the rights to first-round draft pick Kobe Bryant.
[B]"I think this is probably the best trade we've made in the history of the franchise,"[/B]
said Shinn, whose club slipped from a 50-game winner to one that missed the playoffs
last season. While Shinn hopes the deal triggers the Hornets' return to the NBA's
upper echelon, Divac said he's just thankful for a fresh start. "In your life you
always need changes, to find a new challenge," he said. "And I think it's perfect
timing for me. A new city, a new club -- what could be better? You come to a city
where people like basketball, where you have a great organization and try to win
basketball games and enjoy yourself. I think that's what's important for me."
Divac initially balked at the trade, saying he would rather retire than leave Los
Angeles, the only city he has called home since emigrating from his native
Yugoslavia. Divac said Tuesday his first thoughts were clouded by concern for his
wife, Ana, and their two young sons, Luka and Matia, and the roots the family has
established in California. "Emotions start working so fast, so that was my reaction,"
Divac said. "But basically, I'm so happy that I'm here." When Divac told his wife of
the trade and his decision to retire, she flew to Germany, where he was on an
exhibition tour with the Yugoslavia Olympic team. Ana said she convinced him that at
age 28, he was too young to give up basketball. "It's what he does. It's what he's
done all his life," she said. "At first, it was hard for us, but now I think we're
going to do well here." Divac said the family will keep its home in the Los Angeles
suburb of Pacific Palisades and rent a home in the Charlotte area. His wife and
children will come to Charlotte when the Hornets have homestands. Tuesday was the
first trip to Charlotte for Divac and his wife since the July 11 trade. He helped
Yugoslavia win a silver medal in the Olympics, then took some time off to relax.
Divac appears to have adjusted quickly to his new team and new coach, Dave Cowens,
whom he refers to as "Coach Dave." "He may not like me a whole lot by the end of
October," a grinning Cowens said, "but right now we're pretty good buddies." The
7-foot-1, 250-pound Divac has averaged 12.5 points over his NBA career. Last season
he led the Lakers in rebounding for the fourth consecutive season and finished 14th
in the league in blocks, 22nd in field-goal percentage and 24th in rebounding. Hakeem
Olajuwon was the only center in the league with more assists than Divac. "This man
really knows how to play," said Bob Bass, Charlotte's vice president of basketball
operations. "We're getting a shot-blocker, we're getting a rebounder, we're getting a
scorer and we're getting one of the great passers in the NBA." "I'm not maybe a man
who can take a franchise to the top by myself," Divac said, "but I can make a lot of
players on my team better."
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[QUOTE=gts]according to sonny vicaro, addidas guy, west saw kobe work out and wanted him, west went to vicaro because addidas had a deal in place for kobe if he went pro. vicaro contacted kobe and kobe said if he could go to the lakers he would indeed turn pro, west and the hornets were already talking trade because of shaq and a deal was struck that they would draft kobe and trade him to the lakers, kobe hired an agent before the draft on the advice of vicarro and the rest is history... radio and the print media here in la knew for a week before the draft and were talking about it nonstop[/QUOTE]
yep. I watched an interview with West where he said after Kobe worked out for the Lakers, he knew he had to do anything to get him
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[QUOTE=dejordan]the way i heard it, ownership really wanted kittles for some reason, but agreed that if kittles wasn't available at their pick they would draft kobe.[/QUOTE]
In the war room I don't believe they even spoke about Kobe
[QUOTE=GOBB][url]http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/7394204[/url]
[I]At the 1996 draft, business compelled Bryant to bluff his way out of New Jersey and into Hollywood. His agent, Arn Tellem, and sneaker benefactor, Sonny Vaccaro, told the Nets their client would play in Italy if they had the nerve to pick him.
The Nets blinked at No. 8, Bryant fell to Charlotte at No. 13, and the Lakers sent Vlade Divac to the Hornets in a pre-arranged trade[/I]
[url]http://www.mindritesports.com/category/washington-wizards/[/url]
[I]2. The Charlotte Hornets trade the draft rights to the 13th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft Kobe Bryant to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac.
As the story goes
[QUOTE=John Starks][B][U]There are two versions of this story[/U][/B] - despite bold posting, no one reaslly knows the answer (besides those who were involved).
In the Kobe is a prick version - KObe said at the draft said "I only want to play for the Lakers" - Yi style - so the Hornets were forced into makign the Vlade deal (which really wans't that bad for them)
In the Char is a bunch of idiots version - Char. did not value Kobe, but big genius Jerry West singularly recognized Kobe's greatness and Char made a terrible deal.
Both Char and Kobe worked hard to spin it the other way -- but since Kobe has been around longer than Char. mgmt and has more fans, his version is slowly becoming more the truth.
The truth likely lies in the middle. Kobe only wanted to play for LA. Total b!tch move, but we see it annually. Char did not value anyone in the draft after Kobe as much as the Lakers package (not a bad package at all) they agreed with LA for this deal.[/QUOTE]
Yes, the made up one by Kobe haters, and the documented truth:lol
[url]http://www.journalnow.com/archives/article_e7a4ddee-ed8d-5be1-9b81-723b924628ec.html[/url]
[QUOTE=SomeBunghole]What dejordan said.
Getting back on track, [B][U]Kobe's threat to play in Italy may not seem like much of a threat nowadays[/U][/B], but back then it was a serious thing. The Clippers took Danny Ferry second back in 1989, and he promptly retaliated by playing in Italy for a year. Before that, in '84, a future All Star center Joe Barry Carrol played in Italy for a year due to a contract dispute with the Warriors. in 1990, Brian Shaw also bolted to Italy in a contract dispute with the Celtics.
Now, this didn't mean their teams got completely shafted, with Ferry's rights being retained indefinitely by the Clippers, and Shaw and Carroll not being able to play in the NBA until the issues were resolved, but it's not a pleasant situation for a team. The Clippers ended up trading Ferry, who turned out to be a ****e player anyway, but the entire situation was in retrospect the start of a very lean decade for the club, where the management made one blunder after another.
Though having the 8th pick in the draft isn't as valuable as having a top-3 pick, the Nets(or any other team) certainly wanted to avoid wasting it on a player who would play in Europe(see Fran Vasquez fiasco).[/QUOTE]
Link, bruh?
Jerry West looked at Kobe weeks and months before draft as a possible candidate for the Lakers.
Kobe had no say in this
[QUOTE=hawke812]Links are dead, all made up :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
Links are dead because this tread is 7 years old.
Dude up there bumped a 7 year old thread to say one thing.