PLAYERS:
Kobe Bryant,
Pau Gasol,
Phil Jackson,
Gilbert Arenas,
Allen Iverson,
Dwight Howard,
Jerry Buss,
Mitch Kupchak,
Chris Paul,
David Stern
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks
Never before in the incredible history and tradition of the Los Angeles Lakers have we had so much drama in Hollywood. The latest episode in the City of Angels – soap operas on Figueroa Street and near Staples Center – is that the Lakers inept management is hearing it from their franchise star and, yes, the Black Mamba is talking and ripping his bosses.
It’s common and not surprising and slightly evident that Kobe Bryant is frustrated with the Lakers front office, this hysteria swirling around a maladroit organization suddenly plunging into darkness and fading out of the public eye. The superstar guard blasted his bosses for their inertia on trade talks, telling swarms of reporters that the Pau Gasol trade rumors are drawing distractions, in which the lanky, tall seven-footer is struggling with all the disruptions of late in the middle of hearsay that has emasculated the Lakers – to be exact. The promise of inheriting championships has shrunk to a greater sense and – more than anyth...
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