Anyone else think Kobe could be a MUCH better exec than magic?

[bigkingsfan]

And was he wrong? Bynum barely contributed to any Playoff wins for us and constantly got injured in the middle of the RS while Kidd was one of the best defensive guards in the game and played 80 games a season up until 2012 and was still consistently putting up 10/7/10, who could still create and who became a great 3-PT shooter. Kidd was an all-star still at age 36.. while Bynum was washed up by the end of the 2012 season after making one all-star game. Let's not forget that he was immature and didn't really care for the game. Only a few bigs in NBA history are as skilled and athletic as Bynum, but he he didn't care about winning games, he just wanted money.

That would have been a great trade for us.

Of course it was the right move keeping Bynum because they got two rings out of it. There's all kind of butterfly effect if they traded for Kidd.

[ImKobe]

Of course it was the right move keeping Bynum because they got two rings out of it. There's all kind of butterfly effect if they traded for Kidd.

Bro, Bynum was barely putting up 7 points and 5 rebounds in those Playoff runs.. If we have Kidd in place of Bynum, we could have legitimately won a title in 2008 and who knows what happens in 2011 with Kidd on our side and not on the Mavs. Bynum would have been on the Nets and wouldn't have lasted a season there. Look at the amount of games he missed for us and his Playoff averages, he was a role player for those two rings.

Bynum was great for us in the first half of the 2008 season, but got injured and was out for the rest of the year with a serious knee injury, we make the trade before that and who knows what happens in the Finals with Kidd defending Pierce/Allen. We probably don't get killed from 3 and our offense runs better.

[bigkingsfan]

Bro, Bynum was barely putting up 7 points and 5 rebounds in those Playoff runs.. If we have Kidd in place of Bynum, we could have legitimately won a title in 2008 and who knows what happens in 2011 with Kidd on our side and not on the Mavs. Bynum would have been on the Nets and wouldn't have lasted a season there. Look at the amount of games he missed for us and his Playoff averages, he was a role player for those two rings.

Bynum was great for us in the first half of the 2008 season, but got injured and was out for the rest of the year with a serious knee injury, we make the trade before that and who knows what happens in the Finals with Kidd defending Pierce/Allen. We probably don't get killed from 3 and our offense runs better.

Nah, you're assuming everything happens exactly like it does with the Gasol trade if they got Kidd. That's not certain.

[ImKobe]

Nah, you're assuming everything happens exactly like it does with the Gasol trade if they got Kidd. That's not certain.

Why not? We still would have needed a big and we still would have probably had the pieces to pull it off. A Kobe/Gasol/Kidd duo is much better in 08/09/10 than with Bynum IMO. You still have a line-up of Kidd/Kobe/Ariza or Artest/Odom/Gasol. That perimeter defense

[bigkingsfan]

Why not? We still would have needed a big and we still would have probably had the pieces to pull it off. A Kobe/Gasol/Kidd duo is much better in 08/09/10 than with Bynum IMO. You still have a line-up of Kidd/Kobe/Ariza or Artest/Odom/Gasol. That perimeter defense

[Real Men Wear Green]

No, it's Kobe's agent who is the actual GM of the Lakers. Magic may be able to override his decisions but the real grunt work of being GM is poring over prospects, watching video, and managing the cap. That is what Pelinka does, not Magic. Magic is the guy that shows up at James' house the minute it's allowed and closes the deal with him. Bryant may or may not be as good as Magic is at that, and Magic did that successfully (mainly because James had already decided what he was going to do). There is little reason to think Bryant would significantly change LA's direction when his long-time agent is the actual GM. In reality Bryant might not want to deal with the grind of being the GM (similar to Magic).