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07:34 PM ET 02.17 | Last year, Los Angeles Lakers fans and players got really excited when they thought they had pulled off a trade to acquire New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul. But before anyone could get too excited and bust out their Chris Paul jerseys, the NBA vetoed the trade and Paul ended up being shipped to the other Los Angeles team -- the Clippers. And the rest, at least so far, is history. But even a year later Lakers guard Kobe Bryant isn't over the fact that the NBA intervened in the trade and canceled it. He's not fuming, but he didn't pass up a golden opportunity to take a nice little shot at the NBA over what they did during the winter of 2011. A roster of Kobe, CP3 and Howard would likely be unstoppable, but then again we all thought Howard coming to Los Angeles would turn things upside down. The only thing upside down right now is the Lakers so Kobe can rib all he wants, there's nothing to say Chris Paul coming to the Lakers wouldn't have been a disaster.

Kobe Bryant, Getty Images/Andrew D. Bernstein

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February 17, 2013 10:10 PM ET

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Black Mamba is finding different ways to vent his frustrations. Lakers fighting for the last playoff spot with line up that includes Kobe, Artest, Howard and Nash is down right embarrassing.

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February 18, 2013 12:03 AM ET

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I find it very difficult to pay much attention to anything Kobe says.

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February 18, 2013 08:02 AM ET

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It doesn't matter who Kobe gets on the team, he's no longer a team player.

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February 18, 2013 09:27 AM ET

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Kobe, Howard and Paul? If the trade had gone through and Paul ended up with the Lakers, his contract and re-sgining wouid not have made the Howard deal possible.