In 2007, Kobe Bryant forced the Lakers to trade, and the Lakers asked James for 4 starts
In 2007, this was an important watershed in Kobe's career, because after the dissolution of the OK group, in the next three years, one did not qualify for the playoffs, two playoff first round trips, the Lakers senior management could not strengthen the team lineup well, resulting in Kobe Bryant, who was already 29 years old at the peak of the team, lost patience with the team's senior management, and Kobe Bryant, who led the team for three consecutive years, felt helpless, and he was able to cut 32+ per game in a single season for two consecutive seasons, but he was getting farther and farther away from the championship. As a result, Kobe Bryant began to stage a scene of "forcing the palace" of the Lakers, and in the absence of reinforcement, Kobe Bryant asked the Lakers to trade themselves.
At that time, Kobe Bryant was undoubtedly the first person in the league at that time, but the team's record was average, plus the popularity and influence were unique in the league at that time, so naturally every team with hope of trading did not want to miss such an opportunity, but the premise was what kind of price to pay. You must know that the Lakers' appetite at that time was really not small.
Although every team wants to get kobe bryant who is at the peak of the 29th year old, the Lakers have 4 teams that are interested in each other or the other side is interested in Kobe, which are the Cavaliers of the Lakers, and the bulls, lone rangers and pistons of Kobe. Of the three teams, the Lakers and cavaliers contacted, the Lakers at the time to try to use the 29-year-old Kobe Bryant single for 22-year-old James, but unexpectedly by the Cavaliers owner decisively refused, and said that in addition to James, you can pick at will. Without James, the Lakers naturally have no interest in the Cavaliers.
On the Pistons side, the Pistons are quite sincere, they took out Richard Hamilton, Stucky, Mark Hill and two first-round pick chips, but unfortunately their sincerity and Kobe Bryant compared to the Lakers think that it is broken, the transaction did not go further. Even if these players are traded to the Lakers, it will be difficult for the team to complete the revival, and the Lone Rangers are the same as the Cavaliers, except for Nowitzki, you can choose at will. Kuban generously took out Josh. Howard and Terry, both of which were All-Stars, but such chips, the Lakers did not look at.
At that time, the bulls who were most likely to get Kobe Bryant were actually the Bulls, and later Kobe Bryant, when recalling the situation in the palace, personally admitted that he almost went to the Bulls, because the Bulls gave a lot of chips at that time: Noah, Ben Gordon, Nosioni and Thomas. These four were the bulls' starters at the time, a super giant replacement of four starters this is obviously something that can be considered, the chips made the Lakers move, but the Lakers hope to be able to appear in the deal Rohrder Deng, which also makes the Bulls think that they have been robbed, and finally the deal, after the old Buzz appeared to convince Kobe Bryant, declared "failure".