Chris Paul on playing with Kobe Bryant

limeytech · Feb 25, 2012

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant have discussed playing together before.

While wearing the same colors at all-star games and for Team USA, they’d talk about how unstoppable they’d be if ever on the same team.

“We won’t lose,” Paul says.

They’ll get a chance to play on the same team on Sunday night at the NBA All-Star game as the Western Conference’s starting guards.

Back in December, they were almost teammates. L.A., Houston and New Orleans agreed to a three-way deal that would’ve sent Paul to the Lakers. The league spurned the deal, of course, and eventually Paul was dealt to the Clippers.

But Paul, who didn’t want to discuss the Lakers, knows he and Bryant would’ve been deadly together.

“Kobe’s a killer; we both have that in common,” Paul said. “We both have that competitive edge and we want to play hard.”

The Lakers would’ve possessed two Hall-of-Fame guards, and Paul believes their games complement each other.

“I don’t have to change that much,” Paul said. “Kobe is a really good shooter. He can create, and when I create I can kick it out to him and he’s able to hit open shots. It’s fun playing in the All-Star game and in the Olympics with him.”

Bryant didn’t show to Friday’s media availability, so the love didn’t go returned.

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/27536/chris-paul-on-playing-with-kobe-bryant

Joey Cifelli · Feb 25, 2012

Makes me depressed every time I think about that nixed deal. The NBA would be totally different right now.

craig · Feb 25, 2012

Paul + Bryant +Bynum would have been a championship team.

Fuck David Stern.

limeytech · Feb 25, 2012

@lazenby here's the ? - if Dr. Buss were healthy would Stern have gotten away with stopping the CP3 deal?

Retweeted by Roland Lazenby

Joey Cifelli · Feb 25, 2012

craig said: ↑

Paul + Bryant +Bynum would have been a championship team.

Fuck David Stern.

Trade Bynum for Howard

craig · Feb 25, 2012

lakeshow213 said: ↑

Trade Bynum for Howard

That works too...and probably would have happened.
But even without Howard, that core would be the best 3 in the NBA.

Rube · Feb 25, 2012

or if Jerry West still worked for the Lakers

pope · Feb 25, 2012

stop the madness. Lets pretend it never was a possibility.

Irish · Feb 25, 2012

pope said: ↑

stop the madness. Lets pretend it never was a possibility.

absolutely agree

limeytech · Feb 26, 2012

Stern Ducks Question About Paul Trade?

No clear answer for Lakers fans.
No clear answer for Hornets fans.
No suitable explanation for why a deal that would have brought the Hornets the foursome of Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic, Lamar Odom and the Knicks’ first-round pick was deemed inferior to what New Orleans settled for — Eric Gordon (who has played 2 games and will be a restricted free agent this summer), Chris Kaman (who is trade bait), Al-Farouq Aminu and a first-round pick from the Timberwolves that’s basically of the same value as the Knicks’ pick the Hornets would have gotten in the original deal.
Tsk, tsk.
“Buy a ticket and see. We’ll see how it works out,” is not a suitable answer.
Frankly, I reckon I’ve covered between 60 to 80 (David) Stern press conferences in my 17 years as an NBA writer, and I’ve never seen him duck a question like that.
I’ve seen him swat away bad questions, I’ve seen him belittle those who have posed ridiculous questions. I’ve seen him give an answer without actually answering the specific question that was posed, but I’ve never seen him duck like that.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/stern-ducks-question-about-paul-trade

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