Bryant-to-Bulls Reports Not True

Chicago Bulls general manager Bill Paxson said yesterday in an interview that reports of a meeting with the Lakers regarding Kobe Bryant were not true. This comes after an ESPN analyst, Rick Bucher, said otherwise while reporting on television. The Lakers’ star shooting guard has been the talk of the town lately, and the Bulls always seem to get lumped into the discussion of possible teams that Bryant could go to. The others possible teams are usually Phoenix and Dallas.

The question I would like to know is where and when did Kobe said that he would like to play for the Bulls. Did he ever actually say that, or was that a conclusion that people just drew from somewhere. The Bulls seem like a team that would be unlikely to get Bryant even if they wanted him. Kobe demands enough money that the Bulls would have to get rid of Ben Wallace to sign him now, or they would have to wait until contracts expire a little down the road to do a sign-and-trade deal. Then there are the reports that Kobe could go to the Celtics in a three-way trade with the Bulls. It all gets very sketchy after that.

Would you like to see Kobe play for the Bulls? A lot of people wouldn’t, but then there are those who think that one good player could take an Eastern Conference team to the Finals. No matter what happens this off season, you can get Chicago Bulls tickets at StubHub.com.