What would the NBA be like had Kobe Bryant been kept by the Hornets

be creative and its hypothetical and stole from Harris>Kidd on YA somewhat

how would the NBA be today had the Hornets kept Kobe and never traded him

and how would the Hornets do with Kobe back in the late 1990s/early 2000s

It would be a lot different because Kobe wouldn't be nearly as good since he wouldn't have Shaq to help him improve.

I honestly do not think Kobe would be as good, since shaq helped him develop into a champion.

I believe that kobe would still be good though.


Since Kobe would be good, the Hornets would (most likely) not have gotten the 3rd pick in the 1999 NBA draft, therefore leaving baron davis to be chosen by the wizards or cavs (IMO)

Kobe wouldnt have been so great.....

Kobe would be an all star but might not have the superstar status he has now.

And he probably wouldve left the charlotte hornets anyways...

Oh yeah, 1 more thing. If Baron Davis was chosen by the cavs, they probably wouldn't have gotten the 1st pick in the 2003 nba draft, therefore (same draft order, prediction)

Pistons would get LeBron James
Nuggets would get Melo
Raptors would get CB4
Heat would get D wade

Im wondering if the Hornets would've still moved to New Orleans if they still had Kobe too, meaning the Bobcats wouldn't exist and would be somewhere else and named something else

Kobe would have zero rings so far and be looking for his first.

Kobe would be another T-Mac.

How about what would happen if Kobe went to Duke?

sadly Duke would've won a National title and Id probably hate him even more haha

Kobe going to the Hornets would've been less of a pain in the ass on YA though

Duke wouldn't have won a national title if Iverson had stayed at Georgetown. At that point Iverson was a far better player than Kobe.

Only reason Iverson's freshman year didn't go past the Elite 8 was because UMass was such a beastly team. They murdered Georgetown and everybody else until they got stuck against Kentucky.

Yeh because kobe would have still been a ballhog. Iverson was beast at G town

Viva Los Lakers wrote:

Duke wouldn't have won a national title if Iverson had stayed at Georgetown. At that point Iverson was a far better player than Kobe.

Only reason Iverson's freshman year didn't go past the Elite 8 was because UMass was such a beastly team. They murdered Georgetown and everybody else until they got stuck against Kentucky.

oh yea infact Kentucky would've murdered Duke

Tony Delk,Derek Anderson,Ron Mercer,Walter McCarty,Antoine Walker with Nazr Mohammed on the bench would've murdered them by 30+

the UMass Minuteman,Georgetown,and UConn were still better than Duke

Kobe is a poor leader and at age 18 would'nt have won in that system

You gotta remember Duke wasn't good at this point. The Big East was way better than the ACC at this point.

Case in point, Duke got blown out by Providence in 1997 (Kobe's freshman year), and they were a 10 seed from the Big East, lol.

Viva Los Lakers wrote:

You gotta remember Duke wasn't good at this point. The Big East was way better than the ACC at this point.

Case in point, Duke got blown out by Providence in 1997 (Kobe's freshman year), and they were a 10 seed from the Big East, lol.

I remember that.

Arizona with their Mike Bibby,Jason Terry,and Miles Simon trio would have been no contest against Duke(who they would've had to go through to get to the FInal Four)

Arizona absolutely did not deserve to be in the final four that year, they were beaten by Providence. The way that game was officiated was far worse than the 2002 WCF Game 6. Arizona spent the entire 2nd half at the free throw line and still were barely able to win in OT. They weren't real fouls either, just stupid touch fouls or there was nothing at all.

Arizona was out rebounded, committed too many turnovers, and were outplayed. The refs just bailed them out for TV ratings, it was complete bullshit.

the world would be a much better place

Justin wrote:

the world would be a much better place

Well who knows, maybe Kobe could have requested a trade to the Celtics if the Hornets didn't improve, or the Sixers

thewiz06 wrote:

Justin wrote:

the world would be a much better place

Well who knows, maybe Kobe could have requested a trade to the Celtics if the Hornets didn't improve, or the Sixers

well when you put it that way....

Kobe going to the 76ers eventually wouldve been fun

Y!A wouldve been alot more enjoyable without some of these LA bandwagoners and Kobe nut riders had Kobe been kept by the Hornets.

Man I wish he was a Hornet

King Of NJ wrote:

Kobe going to the 76ers eventually wouldve been fun

Y!A wouldve been alot more enjoyable without some of these LA bandwagoners and Kobe nut riders had Kobe been kept by the Hornets.

Man I wish he was a Hornet

Me too

The Hornets might actually have fans....

Their only current Y/A fan is a Troll, lmao, who hates Kobe!

lol

I wouldnt mind New Orleans bandwagon. Its pretty bad when "Refs Do My Work" represents your fanbase.

maybe less people would hate Kobe if he was in NO too

Well the Hornets would probably still be in Charlotte, because Kobe would have kept the fanbase coming during their down years.

oh yea I said that earlier damn how could I forget

the Charlotte Bobcats wouldnt exist that means, I wonder where theyd be located and what theyd be called

We might see a completely different franchise in NO I guess. Maybe the Hurricanes? (Too soon?)