Mike Downey is an Idiot

I never was much a fan of Mike Downey but this seals the deal for my appreciation for him as a journalist.

Here are his reasons for why not getting Kobe was a bad deal along with his website.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-071101downey,1,1322454.column?coll=cs-bulls-headlines

First of all he says people, as in fans are saying not trading for Kobe is good because of 4 reasons.

1. He shoots too much -I really don't know who makes the reason of him shooting too much. Sure some people were negative with his 80 point effort but really shooting too much is the lamest argument to start off with. He just wanted to bring up this argument to bring up Michael Jordan and his shots per game.

2. He isn't a good guy

3. Here he compares Kobe's Denver case with Michael Jordan's gambling incident and Scottie Pippen carrying a gun. This much is known about Kobe, he has something about him which people don't like. I don't know if that means he's not a good guy but that goes a long way. He's definitely not a likable guy. I still wouldn't care if he was a Bull cause we'd be getting a great player.

4. He isn't a team guy -Here he brings up the case of Kobe winning 3 championships with the Lakers to which I and most would say, duh you had Shaq. What did Shaq do when he left the Lakers, he won with the Heat. Then he whips out this quote.

"You ask why Kobe can't win a championship without Shaq? For the same reason Jordan couldn't win one with the Washington Wizards. Because he needs help."

That and Jordan was in his 40's when he was with the Wizards not 29 like Bryant is.

1. They shouldn't "gut" the whole Bulls team to get him -So if your last argument mentions Jordan not winning a championship with the Wizards because he needed help then how would we do then if we gave up Luol Deng, Ben Gordan, Tyrus Thomas, and Joakim Noah. Ben Wallace is ueseless and that would leave us with Nocioni and Hinrich. Sorry Downey but I don't consider Duhon, Sefalosha, and Aaron Gray pivotal pieces to our Bulls team. Losing 4 of our most talented players would gut the team, the Lakers weren't biting on Ben Wallace, and Ben Gordon for Bryant.

I think most individuals would take Bryant if the deal was good enough and would help the team. We go to the playoffs