Kobe wants to be traded

Did you guys hear the latest report? He now says he doesn't wanna be traded, and that the Lakers are his team.

it's just a power play to get Buss to bring back Jerry West whom the team should have done anything in their power to keep when he went to Memphis. if they can work out a trade for some like Garnett or sign a Jason Kidd though this whole thing dissapears.

I highly doubt he is just making this up to get West. I think he is legitimately upset, but then he must have later talked to some other people and realized what he demanded is not gonna happen, and now he is backing off.

it's so stupid when guys ask to be traded one day then the next says this is my team, your team? yesterday you didn't wanna be there? and now they are your team?

The Lakers should have told him they were planning on rebuilding when he was a free agent.

They're desperate to hold onto Bynum and Kwame at the possible expense of Kobe? Doesn't make sense to me.

But that front office has been messed up for years, right itvnetop?

Yup SS, they've created a rift with their fans and management... alot of people are blaming Kupchak, but I truly believe he's just a puppet of Jerry Buss. The FO hasn't really treated their star players with the respect they probably deserved, so what the public saw was kobe-shaq drama, etc.

I'm probably on the dislike-Kobe end of the spectrum, but I have to admit I gained a little respect for him after it's revealed that he's been taking three years worth of criticism for the shaq debacle entirely on shoulders, when shaq even states the FO had just as big a role in flubbing it up (meaning buss).

But he still acted like a drama queen, going back and forth three or four times on Tuesday- in each interview, he'd flip up his stance!

this shows everyone what a mess the laker's front office really is. and SS, have you ever met Steven A Smith? he cant be a big of an ass that he comes off as



i can't stand steven a. smith. he definately comes across as a jackass.

all steven A. smith does is talk loud. i think hes trying to get people to hear him. its working but everybody still hates him. i love to make fun of him on his show. if i had the chance to meet him i would call him a huge a** idiot.