If you’ve been online in the past few hours, you probably heard about a trade idea linking Kobe Bryant to the Washington Wizards.

Sam Smith, who writes for the Chicago Bulls, had this to say:

But as much as Lakers’ fans believe it’s about Kobe, Lakers’ management would have to jump at a chance for a young star to accelerate their rebuilding. Which is why Kobe to the Wizards may be the one. The Wizards have a young, potential star shooting guard in Bradley Beal. You can build with a player like him. Then you give the Lakers Nene and another player since the Wizards have plenty of guys they’re not much using to include in trade.

As Jake Whitacre of Bullets Forever pointed out, the Washington Wizards were rumored to have interest in trading for Kobe Bryant nearly 8 years ago. You know, when Kobe wasn’t a 36-year old shooting guard with just a few seasons left in the tank, if that.

Bradley Beal has surprisingly been in a lot of trade rumors since joining the Wizards in 2012. Washington reportedly declined a deal involving Beal for James Harden, who’s arguably the best shooting guard in the league (although he wasn’t considered the best at the time), so why would they consider trading for a 36-year old Kobe Bryant? Answer: They wouldn’t.

The Los Angeles Lakers are 1-5. Kobe Bryant doesn’t enjoy losing and has just a few seasons left in his career. He’s going to be involved in some trade rumors. That’s just the way things work.

But, with that said, the Washington Wizards would never consider trading Bradley Beal for Kobe Bryant, for obvious reasons.

Bradley Beal, who’s still recovering from a fractured wrist, has been one of the best young shooting guards in the NBA. With John Wall and Beal in the back court, the Wizards have the best young back court in the NBA. Breaking the pair up for Kobe Bryant simply wouldn’t make any sense.

It’s fun to think about a team formed around Wall, Kobe, Paul Pierce and Marcin Gortat, though. Washington would be in “win-now” mode and they would certainly become one of the most popular teams in the NBA. However, even though that team would be fun to play with in NBA 2k, the fun wouldn’t last long. Washington has a good young core involving John Wall and Bradley Beal, and it wouldn’t be long before they would start rebuilding again after Kobe and Pierce retire.

There are a lot of parallels between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. But unlike Jordan, Kobe will never suit up for the Wizards.