Ohhhh, the Clippers will NOT take them. Kobe screwed them sideways in :
Other than that, the Clipper guys were pretty cool. On this particular day, they were still steaming about Kobe Bryant's contract, the latest groin-kick for a jinxed franchise. For most of June and July, free-agent Kobe and his agents led the Clippers to believe he would sign with them. He wanted a fresh start. He wanted a new team. Or so he said. And Team Kobe kept saying the right things, to the point that the Clips gave away two fringe rotation guys (Melvin Ely and Eddie House) to clear extra cap space for him. On July 14, the night before the big announcement, Kobe changed his mind and stayed with the Lakers. To this day, the Clippers don't know what happened. They have their theories, none of which I feel comfortable printing here. But you couldn't help them for feeling betrayed. Whether they should have trusted someone with Kobe's track record is another matter.
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Other than that, the Clipper guys were pretty cool. On this particular day, they were still steaming about Kobe Bryant's contract, the latest groin-kick for a jinxed franchise. For most of June and July, free-agent Kobe and his agents led the Clippers to believe he would sign with them. He wanted a fresh start. He wanted a new team. Or so he said. And Team Kobe kept saying the right things, to the point that the Clips gave away two fringe rotation guys (Melvin Ely and Eddie House) to clear extra cap space for him. On July 14, the night before the big announcement, Kobe changed his mind and stayed with the Lakers. To this day, the Clippers don't know what happened. They have their theories, none of which I feel comfortable printing here. But you couldn't help them for feeling betrayed. Whether they should have trusted someone with Kobe's track record is another matter.
From http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/041201, it's a fun read.