Those issues included plenty. Unnamed agents charged Bryant s dominating personality played a large

os Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, right, talks to Kobe Bryant during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
All week, Kobe Bryant spent part of his time calling ESPN idiots for recently ranking him the 40th best player in the NBA. So when ESPN The Magazine published a story citing unnamed sources that suggested Bryant s dominating personality served as the primary reason for both the Lakers recent demise and ability to attract top-level free agents, summer concert tours one could only imagine what sort of adjectives Bryant would throw.
It s not the first one and it won t be the last one, Bryant said following the Lakers 114-108 preseason loss to the Phoenix summer concert tours Suns on Tuesday at Honda Center. One thing I ve come to understand over the years is you ll have a bad story that comes out on a Monday and it seems like the end of the world. It seems like everybody is taking shots at you. Time goes by and when you look back on it, and it s just a Monday. Then you have another great story that comes out a month later. Its a fantastic summer concert tours story. Then there s a bad story that comes out a month after that.
Those issues included plenty. Unnamed agents charged Bryant s dominating personality played a large role in convincing many of their clients not to sign with the Lakers. The story suggested Dwight Howard left for Houston mainly for reasons mostly related to Bryant, including his speech during the sales meeting about learning how to win and Howard s belief that no one within the Lakers held Bryant accountable. The story argued that the Lakers signed Bryant to a two-year, $48.5 million extension because executive Jim Buss did not want to have a public relations fight with the star, even if it compromised the team in cap space.
The story sparked criticism for reasons beyond Bryant s popularity with the Lakers. Or that the Lakers have had other issues in recent seasons, including a boatload summer concert tours of injuries, three coaching changes and the passing of late owner Jerry Buss.
All of the sources cited hid behind the cloak of anonymity. Several of the players quoted were attributed to other media outlets. The story reported the Lakers felt rattled that point guard Ramon Sessions opted out of his player option summer concert tours three years ago. But the Lakers successfully pursued Steve Nash eight days before Sessions summer concert tours signed a long-term summer concert tours deal with the Charlotte Bobcats. The story also said Indiana forward Paul George did not sign with the Lakers partly because of Bryant s presence, a revelation the Pacers star dismissed on Twitter.
The Lakers also felt Bryant s friendship with Carmelo Anthony helped secure a pitch meeting this offseason with the Knicks star. Pau Gasol left this offseason with the Chicago Bulls for reasons including the Bulls roster and the Lakers uncertainty with their rebuilding. But Gasol has held Bryant in high esteem.
You have to understand it s a cycle and things are never as good or as bad as they seem in the moment in time, Bryant said. Stay focused on the big picture. Things are never as bleak as they seem at the time. I just roll with it.
My personal experience, which is the only thing I can speak on, has been great, said Lakers guard Jeremy Lin, who arrived here this offseason summer concert tours via a trade from the Houston Rockets. From day one of the minute I was traded until now, it s constant of him trying to be a good leader and communicator. It s teaching me, teaching me, and teaching me and doing it in a mentorship type way. That s my experience. I can t speak on it for anybody else.
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