As the NBA prepares to say a final farewell to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant on Wednesday night, there was apparently a time when the future Hall of Famer could have been wearing a Dallas Mavericks jersey.
Per Dwain Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that in 2007 he "would have sworn we had a deal done for Josh Howard and Jet (Jason Terry)."
Cuban commented on his enthusiasm for the potential deal that would have brought Bryant to Dallas, per Price:
"I do remember Dirk coming to me and saying, 'Look, if you can trade me for Kobe, you've gotta do it,'" Cuban said, per Tim MacMahon of ESPN. "I was like, 'Dirty, that's not gonna happen.'"
It seems 2007 was a popular year for trade rumors involving Bryant, though that's hardly a surprise. He was at such a disconnect with the franchise that he was doing interviews saying he wanted L.A. to trade him.
Here are comments Bryant made in May 2007 during an appearance on ESPN Radio 1050 in New York (via ESPN.com): "I would like to be traded, yeah. Tough as it ...
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Mark Cuban Comments on Near Kobe Bryant Trade in 2007
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