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Bet you he ain't goin' nowhere.

----Straight from Kobe Bryant's official website---"I have NOT asked to be traded, I don't want to be traded and I have given no ultimatums or demands of being traded.

I love it here in LA, my family loves it here.

I've been a Laker fan my whole life. A REAL Laker fan! I'm talkin Silk Wilks days, and know the history of the Lakers going back to George Mikan era. I WANT to retire a Laker and contend for titles.

It is my opinion that Mr. Clutch, one of the greatest GMs the game has ever seen would be able to get us to back to that level sooner rather than later.

If he is available, then it makes sense to give him the reins and let him do what he does BEST. I KNOW I can trust him to build us an elite team.

I'm tired of losing and I'm sure you guys are tired of it as well.

Now is the time to step up and make some things happen. We have all have waited patiently for three years ... Let's GO!"----

But Kobe really has a reason to be mad; this is what he had to say.

They (The Lakers Front Office) told Kobe they wanted to win right now, he reports. "They're going to do everything they can to get this team to an elite level -- right now. They said nothing -- NOTHING -- to me about some long-term plan. Absolutely NOTHING." (You need to hear his voice to really hear how he is saying it -- he's devastated, betrayed).

Earlier in the interview he mentioned that Baron Davis called him and told him he wanted to be a Laker for less money and GM Mitch Kupchak told Kobe that Baron was too injury prone. Then Carlos Boozer called him and said he wanted to be a Laker and Kupchak said he couldn't guard forwards. Even Ron Artest has called Kobe and told him he wanted to be a Laker. Each time Kobe went to Lakers management and got all excited and told them these guys want to be on his team and each time they denied him. Now, looking back, Kobe said "I'm lookin' like a fool" because they are on "some long-term plan that I have no clue about." Then, when asked if this whole thing is repairable, Kobe said, "I don't know."

Jerry Buss is done!

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