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Originally Posted by rmacomic
Why? Everyone always assumes that great players have to be traded out of their conference. It's stupid, who are they gonna get from the east that even comes close to Kobe? Lebron? He's not going anywhere. This notion that you have to trade out of conference to prevent competition was disproved last year by Shaq, if anything sending a great player to a weaker conference only makes it easier for said player to get back to the championship. It's the dumbest idea in sports.
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I guess, it's 'cuz they don't want to face him 4 times a year. And also 'cuz they don't like to help a conference rival.
But I agree with your point. It's stupid, just as in the case of Shaq, to trade him for inferior talent... just so you can ship him out of the West.