Kobe_One_Kenobi_8 wrote:I'm still shocked with Kobe making that statement!!!!
really? Kobe is a winner. That's the only thing he wants, with or without the Lakers. I think he saw our team last season and I am sure he was not happy. I am sure he saw Shaq (well difficult to miss him

) and I am sure he was not happy. He heard Phil saying that next year could be his last...and I am sure he is impatient to see who we will get through free agency. Who can blame him. I am sure his first option will be the Lakers but if things turn bad (Shaq more than 400, Phil leaving, no 2004 title etc) I respect the fact that he is a winner and he wants to find the better place to succeed. That would be however really really realllllllly bad

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