PAOerfulone said:
Phil leaving again had absolutely nothing to do with Kobe. Phil was forced out the door by that horrible excuse of an owner named Jim Buss, who wanted no part of Phil or anything related to Phil and wanted to construct the team his way and let his own emotions get in the way of the Lakers and whatever glory the Lakers used to have and were known for.
And I'll just leave it at that because if we get into that topic of Jim Buss and where the Lakers are now, I'll go absolutely crazy.
And ALL players come and go in a great player's career. As for all those players who left because of Kobe, where are they now? What did they accomplish in their careers? Guys like Smush Parker, Kwame Brown, Dwight Howard, etc. Last I checked Smush and Kwame are nowhere to be scene and Dwight is with a struggling Rockets team that has no shot at a title anytime soon.
Whereas look at the guys who wanted to play with Kobe, and stuck around with Kobe until THEY were eventually forced out by management, guys like Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol, who got 2 titles with him, even Derek Fisher who came back after a few seasons gone and he won more titles with Kobe.
Larry, Shaq, and Michael have said multiple times that they'd have anted to play with a guy like Kobe, Dwayne Wade has said it as well, Magic, Kareem, and countless other greats to play the game. And I'm going to take their opinions and values over some benchwarmer/role player who barely sniffs the playoffs in their career.
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Well there might be a lot of players that say that they wanted to play with Kobe but most of them probably would chance their opion quicker then Shaq if they actually had Kobe as a teammate. Since its a well known fact that Kobe is a selfish player and a lousy teammate and team player.
