Der Jackson macht mich fertig. Die Freiwürfe macht er ja gottseidank zum Schluss. Aber dieses harakiri im letzten Viertel ist schon heftig. Das wird er gedoppelt. passweg zu harris ist aber frei und er passt ums verrecken nicht. Er hat versucht an die linie zu kommen, was auch richtig ist, aber es gibt manchmal auch bessere Lösungen.
Schön, dass Stan auf Bullock vertraut hat. Ganz grosses Spiel von ihm. Hoffentlich hält er ihn jetzt in der Rotation.
Ich könnte mir durchaus vorstellen, dass die Cavs lieber gegen die Pistons als Pacers in Runde 1 spielen und daher dieses Spiel "freiwillig" verloren haben. Detroit hat wenig Erfahrung, einen FP der keine Freiwürfe werfen kann und ist kaum gefährlich von draußen.
Wenn das alle Cavs-Fans denken, dann buche ich uns schon mal die 2.Runde.
"Unerfahren" könnte auch bedeuten, dass die Motown-Jungs einfach befreit gegen die #1 im Osten aufspielen können und nichts zu verlieren haben.
@nbatibo Zumal wenn der Ersatz für Drummond das Freiwurfproblem kompensieren kann, steht Drummond doch gar nicht auf dem Feld oder?
"Unerfahren" könnte auch bedeuten, dass die Motown-Jungs einfach befreit gegen die #1 im Osten aufspielen können und nichts zu verlieren haben.
But the details of the blockbuster deal that was agreed to -- including one person involved in the talks telling CBS Sports that Bryant had given his conditional OK to be dealt to Detroit before rejecting it at the 11th hour -- have never fully been revealed.
"The deal was done," another person directly involved in the negotiations told CBS Sports. "We were just waiting to set up the conference call with the league office."
It was the 2007 preseason, four months after Bryant had publicly requested a trade and three months after an amateur video had surfaced showing Bryant eviscerating teammate Andrew Bynum and pointedly criticizing Kupchak. Nerves were frayed. Feelings were hurt.
In the background, Kupchak and Pistons president Joe Dumars had been quietly hammering away on a blockbuster deal for Bryant that made as much sense for both parties as possible in a situation when a Hall of Famer demands to be traded.
According to one account from a person briefed on the timeline, Dumars was at a preseason game against the Mavericks when he got a call from Kupchak, who spoke the following words:
"We're good to go."
Either way, there's consensus among those involved about what the final deal was: Rip Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey, Jason Maxiell and two first-round picks for Bryant.
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A day or two after Dumars had received the "good to go" call, Kupchak called him at the Pistons offices in Auburn Hills, Mich., around mid-day with an ominous update.
Buss and Bryant wanted to meet in person before finalizing the trade. "This thing is in their hands now," Kupchak said, according to a person briefed on the conversation.
With that, the Pistons knew the deal was dead. "There was too much of a relationship there," one of the involved parties said.
But the details of the blockbuster deal that was agreed to -- including one person involved in the talks telling CBS Sports that Bryant had given his conditional OK to be dealt to Detroit before rejecting it at the 11th hour -- have never fully been revealed.
According to one of the people involved in the talks, Bryant's first choice was Chicago, where he'd try to eclipse Michael Jordan's mark of six championships in his idol's very shadow. But Detroit also was on the list, the person said, on the following conditions: Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace couldn't be included in the deal.
"Kobe had signed off on the deal," the person said. "He'd approved two teams: Chicago and Detroit, if the two Wallaces and Chauncey were still there."
Over the years, Bryant has steadfastly denied that he identified the Pistons as one of the teams for which he would waive his no-trade clause. Presented with the aforementioned scenario in an interview with CBS Sports on one of the stops during his farewell tour, Bryant responded, "No."
"It was pretty simple," Bryant said. "I gave them a list of teams I would go to, and that wasn't one of them. Simple."
Im Artikel steht eben nicht das Kobe den Trade abgelehnt hat, sondern sein OK gab. Buss hat ihn dann nochmal umgestimmt im 4 Augengespräch.