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In LA, so he will move to Louisianna and play for the Hornets? Or sign with the Clippers? Cool.

This article is as pointless as my post is.

hahaha! yea i wanted 2 be the first 1 2 comment here.. specialy because iam a hardcore laker fan.. thats funny that just about 7 months ago this guy wanted out of L_A!! he called out management 4 not trading bynum.. and look were bynum is now... called out the team sayiin we had no good players.. look how good the team is now.. ran shaq out of town.. threatened 2 leave because he wanted to be tha main man on the team.. got caught up in sum personal bs and the team stood by him.. and thats how u repay them kobe. com'n bro.. i tough u were better than that.. see i hate ppl thats ay yea iam a laker fan and then they all up on kobes u now wutt.. homie u aint no laker fan u a kobe fan. u like kobe the basketball player not the team.. yea hes part of the team but being part of a team is sticking through thin and thick.. look at elton brand. his been on loosing teams.. has just made the playoffs once.. and wen has he ever complained.. 2 b a team player 2 gotta be their through the good and bad times.. kobe wanted 2 carry the team.. and he had that chance and he didnt succed.. look at lebron james.. he has nobody.. and he carrrys his team on his back.. i now they havent played a worthy opponent like tha lakers did in palyiin the suns. but he still gets the job done.. ive been sayyin this 4 a while now.. the only way we loose this series here to the nuggets.. is if this guy tryes to take over the games.. he plays better wen he makes plays 4 otehr ppl and lets the game come 2 him.. iam not a kobe hater iam not tryiin 2 diss nobody.. iam just a fan with my opinion.. so honestly.. i just hope he leaves.. he wanted 2 leave.. so i hope he opts out.. wish him the best of luck.. but ur athleteic ability and game could only go so far.. this guy a baby.. if thuings aint goiin his way he seems 2 just cry.. and the lakers are smart 4 not tradiin him.. bcus u cant get equal value.. but if their smart thell say. u now wut kobe opt , resign 4 lesss money if u realy wanna win.. so we could keep our players.. but hopefully everything goes good in laker town.. but we want more parades... =)

Let the Kobe bashing begin...

This situation is simple to understand. Basically, Kobe matured from a year ago.
Earlier, he didn't appreciate how good he had it in LA - how Kupchak and the rest of the Lakers management wanted him there and were counting on him being a franchise player.
His disruptions were simply part of him growing up.
If you look at other superstars, they too have gone through this process. Scottie Pippen, who was almost a career Bull, used to throw tantrums about being traded even while playing with Jordan. He then matured and sticked it out with the Bulls until the end of the dynasty.
- JL

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"Oh, we are good now?" Okay Mr. Kupchak... Kobe wanna stay in LA now, okay? Tank-you berry much...

Mature this! Kobe is the same selfish selfish prick he's always been--except now, they have Gasol. Through Sunday, the Lakers are 23-5 with Pao. Suddenly Kobe is happy, and doesn't want to leave anymore? It must be a really slow day in LA, but the times could have come up with a better story than this. Maybe they could report on the traffic outside the Staple Center.

Nobody's bashing the Colorado Kid, Lakerland is just happy right now the way things are "going".

players.. but hopefully everything goes good in laker town.. but we want more parades... =)

futureespnanalys

Dude.....stick to one incomprehensible sentence please. Do we really need a paragraph of 1st grade level babble?

I think if that tape was not released (and never demanded a Bulls trade for that matter), then I think he would be the clear favorite to win MVP. I think Kobe is lucky the owner ignored the Kidd trade video and Kobe's demands because that would have been a terrible idea.

Still, I do not agree that Kobe matured or is loyal. He simply has better teammates: Gasol, Fisher, and the new and improved Bynum and decided to shut up because they are winning.

Kobe is a moron. He's as phony as the average boob on the women LA. I wouldn't take him on a team if he paid me.

@Epoch: And which team do you play for again?? LMAOooo.

futureespnanalysis,
Stick to grade school dude...we don't need a morom like you on ESPN.

Anyway, back to the article. Winning cures all things. Stop hating on the guy. If his rant last summer made the players work that much harder, then more power to him. It certainly made the Lakers FO seriously look at other options which is why we now have Gasol.

So a big THANK YOU to Kobe is in order.

Kobe should be MVP for this year. I always thought whoever had the better record between the Hornets and Lakers should get it. But it's too early to say whether he'll be a Laker forever. Lets see how these playoffs turn out first..

I hope he finishes his career real soon -- he's got no class at all -- what a total waste of talent -- too bad he never acquired a sense of dignity or worth, self respect, or self control -- I'll take Tim Duncan and/or Michael Jordan any time. Kobe is the poster boy for what's wrong with the NBA, and the adoration which he receives is symptomatic of today's professional sports world's 'me first' milieu -- it's all about entertainment, not sports -- if he wins the MVP, that really seals the deal.

It will be interesting to see if he does opt out. He could opt out in an attempt to get more out of the Lakers.

Life just got better in Lakerland!

Why wouldn't he want to finish his career here? After all, as you all know by now, IT'S LOVELY IN LAKERLAND!!!

All of you that bash Kobe do so because he isn't on your team's roster. Yes he was a punk to the point that I was wishing we could get a good package in trade for him. But if he had been the team player (ala Elton Brand) Buss & Kupchak would have done NOTHING and the way the west turned out this season, the Lakers wouldn't be in the playoffs at all.

Peeps call his loyalty into question, yes he demanded a trade, but said all along that it was business and that he wanted to be a Laker all his life. We all get frustrated when things go bad! When bad thing turn around become good, we love it!

One last thing: It was Kobe's rants and childlike behavior that made management do what they did. Therefore, it is Kobe that made a lottery bound team into the NBA Western Conference Champions, so he is the MVP this year.