During the summer of 2004, Kobe Bryant was a free agent and gave very serious consideration to signing with the Los Angeles Clippers.

"We offered him a deal. He might've seen the talent we had or he might've been flirting with the neighbor," Clippers' forward Elton Brand joked after the Game 5 victory that eliminated the Nuggets. "He might've saw some potential because he'd played against us a lot."