if some of you are standing on the edge right now...

[Nando88]

this might push you over....

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... kers062210

Lakers consider pursuing Bell

The Los Angeles Lakers and guard Raja Bell(notes) will enter free agency with a strong mutual interest to reach agreement on a deal, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Kobe Bryant(notes) has become a strong advocate for Bell, a former nemesis. After missing most of the season with surgery to repair ligaments in his non-shooting wrist, Bell is still expected to be a coveted bench player among contending teams. He could give the Lakers another strong perimeter defender and a solid outside shooting threat.

Bell, 33, was dealt to the Golden State Warriors in November as part of the Stephen Jackson(notes) trade with the Charlotte Bobcats. Bell missed all but six games last season.

Bell famously dropped Bryant with a clothesline foul in the 2006 playoffs, but the two developed a mutual respect and bond. Bell was ejected and suspended a game for the foul, and complained about Bryant’s tactics in the postgame news conference.

“It’s a personal thing when someone continually hits you in the face,” Bell said at the time. “That’s the only way I can put it. I’ve been playing as hard as I can play. I’ve been trying to do a good job, I’ve been trying to be what my team needs me to be, and I continually get hit in my face. There doesn’t seem to be any boundaries or limitations for what he’s allowed to do to me, and at that point, I kind of lost my cool and I took it into my own hands.”

Bell made a league-high 205 3-pointers in the 2006-07 season for the Suns under coach Mike D’Antoni, but his role changed the next season under Terry Porter and he was eventually shipped to Charlotte. Bell averaged 13 points in 45 games for the Bobcats in the 2008-09 season.

[BurningHeart]

**** DISGUSTING. DISGUSTING.

[raff]

That's all I got.

[ruiner]

Meh. Whatever. He's a FA. He has a right to go wherever he wants to try to win a ring.

[JMac1]

Artest, Kobe and Bell. Great wing defenders. How can my favorite all time Suns do this? I'll root for him to do well against everyone but us. Trade LB and bring in Bell!!!

[BurningHeart]

I'd rather have him go to San Antonio.

[MaryvalesFinest]

Well this is going to be an interesting summer

[DirtyDez]

Raja>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Vujacic. Makes sense from LA's end.

[RunSunRun]

Your Gentry puking avatar works on so many levels for this thread

[arizonatribe]

Guess it proves the old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em".

I wonder if Kobe will make Raja kiss his rings.

[Azsports77]

Actually here is some good news Phil Jackson's daughter believes he will retire and that he is finished with the game of basketball due to his health and the fact that he is ancient. So what happens when you lose a coach who is good at controlling big egos and he is replaced with a guy who will never have control! If Phil's daughter is correct then the Lakers will not be repeating at all and we will watch as Artest becomes a cancer and the Lakers fall apart as the egos that where once held in check begin to clash. Let them get Raja if Phil leaves they aren't winning ****!!! Sarver is now Saver and he needs to sell the damn team a five year rebuild is not acceptable and that is what we are in for because Saver is not smart enough to avoid it. Miami can suck a big one I hope they sign Amare to a 120 million dollar contract so I can laugh when they have no bench and they still lose and suck bad!! RIP Phoenix Suns 2005-2010 the Suns will rise again in the year 2015 book it till then us Suns fans will suffer1 Actual we will suffer until some buys the team from Saver the most ignorant owner I have ever seen ! Yeah Amare is not a max player but I can't let Saver off the hook the moron cost us Joe Johnson and is doing the same thing again but this time we know the player is not worth max but I have a feeling that it wouldn't of mattered if Amare had won this team Saver would still not have resign him and instead Saver would pocket the extra cash that comes from winning.

[RaisingArizona]

He would never....

[JohnVancouver]

It's bitterly ironic but if we aren;'t going to win it all, I can stomach the Lakers repeating if it means Raja gets a ring.

[arizonatribe]

Nice sig Kerrsed and ginobiliflops

[MaryvalesFinest]

If this happens it would be sort of like Brett Favre joining the Vikings...

[lilfishi22]

smh

[grumpysaddle]

Actually here is some good news Phil Jackson's daughter believes he will retire and that he is finished with the game of basketball due to his health and the fact that he is ancient. So what happens when you lose a coach who is good at controlling big egos and he is replaced with a guy who will never have control! If Phil's daughter is correct then the Lakers will not be repeating at all and we will watch as Artest becomes a cancer and the Lakers fall apart as the egos that where once held in check begin to clash. Let them get Raja if Phil leaves they aren't winning ****!!! Sarver is now Saver and he needs to sell the damn team a five year rebuild is not acceptable and that is what we are in for because Saver is not smart enough to avoid it. Miami can suck a big one I hope they sign Amare to a 120 million dollar contract so I can laugh when they have no bench and they still lose and suck bad!! RIP Phoenix Suns 2005-2010 the Suns will rise again in the year 2015 book it till then us Suns fans will suffer1 Actual we will suffer until some buys the team from Saver the most ignorant owner I have ever seen ! Yeah Amare is not a max player but I can't let Saver off the hook the moron cost us Joe Johnson and is doing the same thing again but this time we know the player is not worth max but I have a feeling that it wouldn't of mattered if Amare had won this team Saver would still not have resign him and instead Saver would pocket the extra cash that comes from winning.

Have you ever written a concise post? Or can you only type in wall-of-rant mode?

[lilfishi22]

Actually here is some good news Phil Jackson's daughter believes he will retire and that he is finished with the game of basketball due to his health and the fact that he is ancient. So what happens when you lose a coach who is good at controlling big egos and he is replaced with a guy who will never have control! If Phil's daughter is correct then the Lakers will not be repeating at all and we will watch as Artest becomes a cancer and the Lakers fall apart as the egos that where once held in check begin to clash. Let them get Raja if Phil leaves they aren't winning ****!!! Sarver is now Saver and he needs to sell the damn team a five year rebuild is not acceptable and that is what we are in for because Saver is not smart enough to avoid it. Miami can suck a big one I hope they sign Amare to a 120 million dollar contract so I can laugh when they have no bench and they still lose and suck bad!! RIP Phoenix Suns 2005-2010 the Suns will rise again in the year 2015 book it till then us Suns fans will suffer1 Actual we will suffer until some buys the team from Saver the most ignorant owner I have ever seen ! Yeah Amare is not a max player but I can't let Saver off the hook the moron cost us Joe Johnson and is doing the same thing again but this time we know the player is not worth max but I have a feeling that it wouldn't of mattered if Amare had won this team Saver would still not have resign him and instead Saver would pocket the extra cash that comes from winning.

Have you ever written a concise post? Or can you only type in wall-of-rant mode?

He doesn't know what paragraphs are.

[phx#7]

When was the last time Bell was productive on either end of the court? I'm not going to lose any sleep over this.

[grumpysaddle]

When was the last time Bell was productive on either end of the court? I'm not going to lose any sleep over this.

When he clotheslined Bean.