via Yahoo! Sports:
Six years ago Kobe Bryant was 29, he wasn’t happy about the direction the Lakers were headed and publicly requested a trade in May 2007. That’s when Jerry Buss worked his magic. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Buss met with Bryant shortly before Lakers started training camp in 2007 and informed Bryant that the Lakers had come to an agreement that would send him to Detroit for a package of Detroit’s core players (at the time Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, and Tayshaun Prince were all included) and future draft picks. Buss only needed Bryant to waive his no-trade clause and the deal would be done. As you can see that didn’t happen. Instead Kobe Bryant and Jerry Buss won 5 championships together.
Per Yahoo! :
After all the anger and angst and fury of the immediate post-Shaq era had inspired Kobe Bryant to make a trade demand, Jerry Buss finally called his superstar guard to the owner’s home in the Los Angeles hills on an autumn evening in 2007. The
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Kobe Bryant,
Jerry Buss,
Chauncey Billups,
Richard Hamilton,
Tayshaun Prince,
Mitch Kupchak,
Pau Gasol
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Memphis Grizzlies
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Memphis Grizzlies
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