No Need for Bryant
It never ceases to amaze me how fast Sixers “fans” want to gut their favorite team to get the latest petulant brat demanding a trade. Actually, it’s not true fans that are now salivating at the ridiculous notion that the Sixers could trade for Kobe Bryant. It’s merely the “cool guys” that catch Sportscenter once in a while to see that the Sixers lost, and offer a heartfelt, “Dude, they suck,” amidst other “cool guy” speak. Yes, the Sixers have been pretty awful in the last couple decades aside from a few blips on the radar. But anyone actually watching them knows they finally rid themselves of a big part of the reason that they weren’t very good in the last 10 years, and were actually a playoff-caliber team in the second half of last season. So, just because Bryant decided to announce through every NBA star’s favorite mouthpiece, Stephen A. Smith, that he needs to be burped by the Lakers, doesn’t make it time to “trade the whole roster” to get him. (By the way, when a columnist for you