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Crap. Everybody knows. You're sitting down at the court in the park and the guys are choosing up teams. They look around, find the guy whose head sticks up the highest and pick him. The next biggest guy gets chosen second. After that they can take whoever they want because they've got size on their team now and that's what counts most.

So you're telling me that nobody in the Stiletto City Shmlaker organization ever played pickup basketball in the park?

You don't trade two seven footers for one six footer. Magic Johnson said it best: "you can teach defense but you can't teach 7 feet tall."

So, since everybody knows this, there can be only one explanation: Kobe.

Kobe remembers when the Chicago Bulls had Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and three extra pairs of sweat sox. No other players of note were ever on those great teams. And still Chicago became World Champs year after year, because Jordan was that good.

What else can it be? Kobe wants to be Jordan. There can't be any other explanation. Trade away your big men to get a fast small man, then tell everyone else to get out of the way.

OK, Kobe. It's your time now. I guess.