Kobe Bryant’s Statement Confirms Second Trade Demand?June 17 07 Kobe Bryant’s addresses the situation with the Lakers on his website: June 17, 2007-The Truth: A new road ahead
Wassup y’all ... Man, today is one of those surreal days for me and my family. When you love something as much as I love the Lakers its hard to even imagine thinking about being elsewhere. But, the ONE THING I will never sacrifice when it comes to basketball is WINNING. That is plain and simply what it’s all about. It’s in my DNA. It’s what pushes me to work as hard as I do. It’s my daily passion and pursuit.
The more I thought about the future, the more I became convinced that the Lakers and me just have two different visions for the future. The Lakers are pursuing a longer-term plan that is different from what Dr. Buss shared with me at the time I re-signed as a free agent. I have seen that plan unfold for the last three years and watched great trade opportunities come and go, and have seen free agents passed on. That has led to the Lakers not winning a playoff series. All of that was frustrating in itself, but then, this week to have someone "inside" the Laker organization try to blame me in the media for us not being a contender right now — that is what brought me to my current position today.
I want it to be clear that I still love, with all my heart, the Laker Legacy. From Mikan to West to Goodrich to Wilt to Kareem to Magic. That will never change. And the support my family and I have gotten from Lakers fans is undeniably the best. I will also always believe that.
But, now there is a new road ahead. I am gonna keep grindin and keep workin to get back to competing for Championships. Sometimes the trek up the mountain is tough. But, I know we’ll get there.
Strength and Honor,
Kobe.
For more on Kobe Bryant’s second trade demand check out: - Kobe Bryant Wants Los Angeles Lakers To Trade Him Again. -Kobe Bryant & Los Angeles Lakers Past Point Of No Return.
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on 06.21.2007 | Kobe is trying to force the Lakers hand, he was successfull once with Shaq but the Lakers (Buss) wont fall for it. Lakers know they made a stupid decision 3 years ago with Shaq, they wont do it again. . | Posted by
on 06.18.2007 | Nessa thanks for pointing that out, However, the author points this out on the homepage trailer-that the post is indeed old and that Kobe has changed the date! . | Posted by
nessa
on 06.18.2007 | that was writtin by kobe on that day he made all the interviews with the media its just still there ...that post is 2 weeks old . | Posted by
on 06.18.2007 | Kobe to the BULLS!!!! The cancer will become our life saver. . | Posted by
on 06.18.2007 | What is this nonsense...nonsense I say . | Posted by
Vinni
on 06.18.2007 | Kobe Kevin Garnett would really like you on the timberwolves and I know he will everything he can to get you and him another championship . | Posted by
on 06.18.2007 | Trade Kobe, smush and mckie to the bulls for B.Gordan, Noci, duhon and t. thomasImagine that starting five for both teams.DuhonGordonNociOdomBynum . | Posted by
on 06.18.2007 | I’m just tired of this, one day he’s going the next he’s staying....I dunno man, whatever I quit watching the lakers anyway I don’t care anymore do what you want make him NBA commissioner for all I care . | Posted by
Jo
on 06.17.2007 | Trade him already. When a cancerous tumor has engulfed something the only way to get rid of it is to CUT IT OUT. Get rid of him and hope to God that the pieces left behind are repairable. Buss, what are you telling your other employees (yeah, remember them? Luke Walton, Lamar Odom....those guys) when you allow them to be bad-mouthed and basically called NOTHINGS by Kobe Bryant? They have to sit there and listen to that, and you have allowed Bryant to DESTROY the team’s morale and here you are continuing to suck up to Kobe and cater to him like you have been all along. THAT IS WHAT HAS DESTROYED THIS TEAM! Get rid of him. And while you’re at it, ask the rest of the Lakers players for forgiveness for putting them through hell while you’ve been catering to Kobe. . | Posted by
Goku Himura
on 06.17.2007 | They should get rid of all the laker scrubs and get kobe some real help. Yiep Bynum and lamar odom included.if they do and kobe wants to leave anyway then srew you kobe . |
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