"I would like to be traded, yeah," Bryant said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. "Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there's no other alternative, you know?"

"[The Lakers] obviously want to move in a different direction in terms of rebuilding," Bryant said, adding he could have opted to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers or Chicago Bulls instead. "Three years ago when I was re-signing they should have told me they wanted to rebuild."

"He met with me at the Four Seasons Hotel here [in Newport Beach, Calif.] across from Fashion Island, which is now the Island Hotel," Bryant told Smith. "I went up to his penthouse suite. [Buss] looks me dead in the face and says: 'Kobe, I am not going to re-sign Shaq. I am not about to pay him $30 million a year or $80 million over three years. No way in hell. I feel like he's getting older. His body is breaking down, and I don't want to pay that money to him when I can get value for him right now rather than wait.

"This is my decision. It's independent of you. My mind is made up. It doesn't matter to me what you do in free agency because I do not want to pay [Shaq], period.'"

I no happy oh

neither am I. This is a sad revelation.

He's staying, just announced it

who cares

if you don't care geddafuccoff the thread nucca

he doesn't want to be traded anymore. i think the guy just needs to say things when his emotions are down. human beings say things when their emotions are up that they wish they never did

the laker organization lied to him.

layifioren:

he doesn't want to be traded anymore. i think the guy just needs to say things when his emotions are down. human beings say things when their emotions are up that they wish they never did

Yu r right.I weak when i hear say im no wan go again

Kobe if you are listening please come to Dallas,

lol, to bail out choke nowitzki?

That guy no serious at all.After scoring all the points and allowed his teammates to look like mumu for court.He now wants to leave.That guy cant c another championship unless he uses his head.Denver is another issue.Kept two of nba most selfish players together iverson and anthony. what was that coach thinking self?Kobe just wants to be on all time scoring that all.

@fekuti
Whatever let him just come even though i doubt Mark Cuban(owner of Dallas Mavs) would wan to pay him, but he will fill our two spot good and maybe Jason Terry can become our point guard

I though kobe once fought shaq daddy that he was the king of the team? wow! how time uns, he has forgotten that every team in the league wants shaq, but not all the teams in the league wants kobe. Though a great athlete, shaq has won a ring since he left lakers, but where his he today?

Not a lakers fan, but a blazers fan. We will go for oden at No 1 next month.

this coming from a trailblazer fan? hmmmmm when was d last time una sniffed title umm 30 years ago?
and wade helped shaq get that ring by the way.

fekuti:

lol, to bail out choke nowitzki?

@Fekuti
How is Nowitzki a choke? We all know his game. He doesn't post and Don Nelson knew that and that's why he defended him small. If you play basketball you'll know that for you to make your jumpers you have to be in the rhythm and the best way of being in the rhythm is getting to the basket. I laughed at D- Wade when he bad mouthed Nowitzki also saying he couldn't make a free throw at the end of game 3 to seal the game. For crying out loud the guy is not an 100% free throw shooter. Nobody is an 100% free throw shooter. Did Wade forget that he missed TWO free throws with seconds left in game six. Free throws that could have put them up by five instead of the 3. Terry did not make the three pointer anyways so he got bailed on that. I'm not saying the guy couldn't have done better but please don't blame it on the guy alone. The team messed up as a whole. It's not like the guy scores 40 points like Kobe or Iverson. The guy is the highest scorer in his team with just a little margin.

A-40:

Kobe if you are listening please come to Dallas,

I dnt tink he is still leaving

layi, listen to yourself, you've just typed up a book fulla nothings in defense of a fruit.
his jumper wasn't falling so what? ooooh okay you said a 7-footer couldn't post up abi. aww, or drive to the paint, hmmm, and as good a free-thrower as he is, he missed those clutch freebies at the end awww, well umm, 2 bad.

@ fekuti,
just because he's 7 footer doesn't mean he knows how to post. i'm not saying it's a good thing that he doesn't know how to post but that's not his game. he is the most unique PF in the NBA. that's why you hear "Nowitzki style of play". It's not orthodox because he dribbles to the rim and shoot threes. No other 7 footer does that bro and the dude did not miss 2 free throws. He even said it at the press conference after the lost game 6 against Golden state that he needs to learn how to post up because he can't drive to the hoop(put the ball on the ground in front of him) with a small defender on him. Ask anyone that knows Dirk what's unique about his game and they'll tell you

layifioren:

@ fekuti,
just because he's 7 footer doesn't mean he knows how to post. i'm not saying it's a good thing that he doesn't know how to post but that's not his game. he is the most unique PF in the NBA. that's why you hear "Nowitzki style of play". It's not orthodox because he dribbles to the rim and shoot threes. No other 7 footer does that bro and the dude did not miss 2 free throws. He even said it at the press conference after the lost game 6 against Golden state that he needs to learn how to post up because he can't drive to the hoop(put the ball on the ground in front of him) with a small defender on him. Ask anyone that knows Dirk what's unique about his game and they'll tell you

Well said bro unlike most other 7 footers Nowitzki can run plays shoot three pointers and his jumper is solid i think what he needs to do is work on his Post UP game and also he has a sweetspot which every one tries to take him out of and when you do that you have a chance against him, but you cant take it from him hes still the MVP