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10 Basketball Trades Commandments

Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:10 pm

10 Commandments of basketball trades by Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith wrote:1. Never talk about being underpaid so you can be traded. No one cares about a millionaire needing more money. The cheddar breeds jealousy.

2. Never let anyone know how much you want to go. You have to move in silence. When you make a splash about being traded, you get no sympathy from fans or teammates.

3. Never trust the press. If you think you're talking off the record, think again. The media will only complicate your demands and also put out false rumors.

4. Never diss your teammates. Just because you want out doesn't mean you take the team out on the way out. The worst thing to say is you want to leave because the team needs help. Your present teammates will say, "Well, if you're that good, then why don't you carry us while your future teammates look at you like a backstabber."

5. Another person off limits in your trade tirade is the coach. Most coaches get in the trenches with you. You have to respect authority even if he can't draw up a winning play.

6. Never publicly say which cities you want to go. Why alienate all the fans in your present city when most cried every tear with you?

7. Keep your family and business completely separated. This rule is so underrated. Never have family or friends give quotes to the press. Handle your own business. You can't appear as a momma's boy.

8. Tell your agent to be an agent and not a quote machine. Let him negotiate the deal behind closed doors. No matter how you slice it, if you have your agent speak for you in the paper he makes you appear weak and greedy.

9. Never miss games, practices or team functions trying to get traded. Respect the game. (This rule could be No. 1, actually.)

10. Remember that someone has to want you to be traded.

Kobe's problem is never on the court. The problem is he breaks the unwritten rules, the etiquette rules.

It makes him easy to watch on the court but hard to root for. Without question, he is the best player to watch in the game today. You just don't want to read what he has to say in the paper or hear about it on the radio.



Well,I think his right about this.

Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:22 pm

I read that earlier today and while I don't always agree with Kenny Smith's analysis (or the way he judges dunk contests, for that matter) I think he's spot on here. I suppose players break those "commandments" knowing it will force a team's hand but in addition to drawing the ire of fans and teammates it could easily have the opposite effect, making a player more difficult to move as they are seen as being difficult and risky for any team that would be breaking up a strong core to bring them in (as Adrian Wojnarowski alluded to in this column).

Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:48 pm

I completely agree, Kevin Garnett didn't break as much rules as Kobe and look at where KG is now.

Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:34 am

Everybody already knew what KG was thinking . . . as for Kobe, he just went off

Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:31 am

Were these rules made just to talk about how badly kobe dealt with the Lakers situation?

Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:20 am

You have to move in silence
Hah that dude bit off of a Biggie line, or a few lines...a LOT.

Notorious BIG- 10 Crack Commandments
The cheddar breed jealousy 'specially
if that man fucked up, get your ass stuck up
Number two: never let em know your next move
Don't you know Bad Boys move in silence or violence
Take it from your highness (uh-huh)
I done squeezed mad clips at these cats for they bricks and chips

Just had to point this out :lol:

Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:03 am

I done squeezed mad clips at these cats for they bricks and chips


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Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:37 pm

-Young Buck- wrote:Were these rules made just to talk about how badly kobe dealt with the Lakers situation?


It certainly looks as though Smith wrote that column with the Kobe situation in mind but Kobe is not the first high profile player to ask for a trade and he certainly won't be the last. I would say Smith is suggesting ten "commandments" that apply to any star player seeking a trade, using Kobe as a contemporary example.

Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:10 pm

The cat pic made me fall from my chair :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:51 pm

^Ouch. I can't imagine that. Must've hurt a lot.

Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:23 pm

Ok Ty,sorry(honestlyi'm having a hard time.Pls help me
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:26 pm

McBandwagon

Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:05 pm

McDwyane wrote:We must have a cat gallery,nah just kidding.


You should stop posting irrelevant comments that have no relation to the thread. Or just stop posting spam in general. Seems too hard a task for you to comprehend and implement I guess. So I'll bring it down to your level:

Don't post useless responses that add absolutely nothing to the thread.
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