For the last couple weeks people have been calling me saying, “Are you coming back to L.A.?”
I’m like, “Yeah, I am … NOT.”
“Why would I be coming back to L.A.? Don’t you know the season is getting ready to start?”
And they’re like, “No, they’re talking about you and Kobe getting traded for each other.”
And I’m like, “Oh, that’s what’s up. Sounds nice … NOT.”
Nothing against getting traded, but that would be a dumb thing on the part of the team who is accepting me because, don’t they know I’m a free agent? What that means is, if you lose somebody who you really want and you come get me back and I leave too … TA-DAH! That means you have nothing.
So take my name out of it because whoever gets me, there ain’t a guarantee that I’m staying.
Y’all go ahead and take my name out. To all of my friends back home who want me to become a Laker: If you have NBA LIVE 08 you can fantasy draft me, because otherwise I don’t think that’s happening any time soon.
and on kobe moving to the east
I try not to look at the Western Conference teams. I do want to see how Kobe responds to all these trade rumors. I want to see if he’ll go out there and play his game or if he’s going to go out there and play the “I’m getting traded” game. I won’t really be able to tell based on tonight’s game though. It’s still the opener. A guy like him, he’s going to play team ball at the beginning, but when the season gets going on though and they need some wins, that’s when what I call “excellence” kicks in.
Personally, I really don’t mean to be selfish about the whole trade thing, but personally I hope Kobe stays on the West because if he comes here, that takes away from me and All-Star appearances.
That really does.
We already got rid of A.I. from the Eastern Conference and sent him to the West, so now it’s me and Dwyane Wade at the starting guards. If Kobe comes, who does that hurt? Come on Commissioner Stern, please? Whatever deal has Kobe coming East, just say, “No thank you.” Keep him on the West for me. I mean I’m an All-Star starter now, getting voted in by the fans. If you look at Kobe’s votes, he is leading the league in votes. That only hurts me if he comes here. Come on Kobe, I understand you want to come East but go ahead and stay on the West. Look out for your No. 1 fan.
