Bryant to Bulls in ‘08?

Now that the season is over for the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s time to speculate and speculate hard. The Lakers need change, and it seems like anybody and everybody on the roster is on the table for a trade save for Kobe Bryant, of course. Kobe wants the team shaken up badly, and there are a few names out there that are being thrown around.

The guy the Lakers will probably try hardest to get is Kevin Garnett, but he hasn’t said anything particularly optimistic about going to Los Angeles. He lives in Malibu, and he is on good terms with Kobe Bryant, but outside of that, there isn’t much else to go on besides a long time Lakers lust for a center, and Garnett’s floundering team in Minnesota.

But here’s a scenario that just occurred to me (and Sam Smith): what if the Lakers don’t do anything? What if they keep the same basic personnel and they end up losing in the first round again or even failing to make the playoffs? Well, that would be a nightmare situation. Kobe would likely have to opt out of his contract in ‘08… and go to the Bulls, a team which would be well under the salary cap, and which Kobe has openly admired. Then, when you go to StubHub.com in about a year, you’ll be getting Los Angeles Lakers tickets without the promise of seeing Kobe. Unless the Bulls are in town.

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