Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 2:05 pm  |  56 responses

Kobe Bryant Unsure About the Lakers’ Direction


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Kobe Bryant is an angry man these days. Well, moreso than usual.

Bean’s Lakers were blocked by the NBA from getting Chris Paul (which he blames jealous, rival NBA team owners for), then inexplicably traded away Lamar Odom for basically nothing to the team that swept them out of the Playoffs last season.

With a new coaching staff, an aging and uneven roster (and no clear-cut sign that someone like Dwight Howard is on his way to save the day), and a true rivalry now with the neighboring Clippers, Kobe Bryant isn’t sure just what the hell his team is doing these days.

Some reporters have even begun to speculate that Bryant may ask for a trade if the Lakers struggle this season, but despite his anger at what has transpired in the front-office of late, Kobe maintains that he still believes the team can challenge for a title

The Daily News has the quotes:

“I’m not sure what the hell the direction is, to be honest with you,” Bryant said in his first public comments since the Clippers acquired Paul. “It’s none of my business to really get into. The way they go about it is, they handle their business upstairs.”

Bryant said he expected another move in the coming days, perhaps for Howard. “You would think,” he said, still obviously troubled by the Odom deal. “There is no explanation for that. It’s business and money and things like that, but still you don’t send Lamar to the Mavericks. You know what I mean? That’s just my opinion. They’ve proven they can build a team here that can compete for championships,” Bryant continued. “I’m sure they’re going to do that now. I don’t expect this to be a situation like in 2005, when they said, `You know what? We’re just going to cut payroll and cut everything and not contend for a championship.’ “I don’t expect that to be the case. I expect them to still try to be aggressive and make moves to build a championship team. If that’s the case, I’ll stand out of the way and let them do what they do.”

There’s no telling what’s going to happen with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant in 2012. All we know, for sure, is that it won’t be boring.

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  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Thanks Jukai for your comment. Steve Nash still is overrated. BOOK IT!!

  • slamfan4life

    Get waived and come to CHI….<3

  • http://skjflf.com Jukai

    Touche, The Seed. Touche.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Tarzan Cooper

    Seed and jukai were made for each other. You two can touche yourselves forever, that’s legal in some states.

  • RussJones

    Black Mamba is King and the world knows it. Hes who MJ passed the torch to so get over your self Kobe haters. He deserves another ring and he deserves a championship team and team mates. Reward this man for all he has done for you Jerry and Mitch. And please bring Phil back I mean seriously.

  • Kyle

    So is Dirk Diggler God, Russ? The Lakers let Odom go to Cuban and the Mavs for NOTHING while they’re set up to have 30 something million off the books. They can defend the championship while Odom is only paid for a year and make a run at signing D-Will and or Howard.

    Bynum isn’t even an all-star and Kobe has one good year left in him. It was retarded to let go of Odom regardless of how you feel about him. Short seasons give the old teams a far better chance to win it all.

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