Kobe Bryant must be angry

With Jerry Buss coming out and admitting the Lakers will trade Kobe Bryant if they can get a good deal for him, our favorite place on the internet to ridicule is all aflow with rumors, speculation, incomprehensible essays on all thing Kobe, and assorted delusional madness.

Yes, Lakersground DOT NET is alive this week, and the troops have reached a whole new level. Just a sampling:

-Kobe will be traded for Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison. Mm-hmm. We’re calling it right now – after Kobe is traded, the first thread on Lakersground will be something to the effect of “this is a secret agreement between Kobe and Jerry Buss for Kobe to re-sign as a free agent at a cheap price, giving LA the cap space it needs to build a contender”.

-It’s all some sort of dodge/jab/fake-out to get a better return for trading young center Andrew Bynum. (This would be the Andrew Bynum who isn’t even guaranteed to start on this Laker team. You know, the Laker team without a center?)

-This is all part of a long-term “master plan” to replace Kobe with OJ Mayo.

-Kobe is getting traded for Tracy McGrady, but not until February. (The source is “a guy I play video games with online who says his uncle works for the Rockets”.)

This last one is the best, and the title says it all.

If Kobe Is Traded, Do We Blow It Up?

Before we opened the thread we thought maybe there was finally a rational poster over there – someone intending to blow up the Staples Center if the Lakers trade Kobe. But no – he just thinks the Lakers are contenders.

Now, coming back to the title of this post – why would all of this make Kobe Bryant angry? Well, our contention is that what you’ve read above is generally how the Lakers front office works. In fact, we have a theory in place that Lakersground.net actually IS the Lakers front office.

Like Jimmy Buss and Mitch Kupchak and all the rest just hop on there and type away, while the rest of the NBA front offices (except Cleveland) actually DO SOMETHING.

Seriously, LA fans would be completely appeased with almost any trade. Anything. Get Bob Sura – they’ll find a way to describe him as key to a championship run…and that’s why we love them.

UPDATE: New thoughts up at LG – now the Lakers are just trying to create a buzz.