Congrats Kobe!!

Quoted: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2007-08 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors, the NBA announced today.

Headline should be "Lakers owner says that he does indeed smoke crack".

Quoted: Jerry Buss has already shown that he'll part with superstars. Yet upon hearing that the Los Angeles Lakers' owner would consider trading Kobe Bryant, even Shaquille O'Neal was shocked. "I guess it's business before loyalty. But, wow. He said that?" O'Neal said Thursday in Miami after learning Buss told reporters he would trade Bryant under the right circumstances. - National Basketball Association news

Yay! We get D-Fish back.

Quoted: The Lakers are dipping into their past, plucking guard Derek Fisher from the temporarily unemployed line and pulling him back into their fold.

Kobe: "I'm sorry I'm an immature ass these days ..."

Quoted: Although he didn't rescind his trade request, Kobe Bryant softened his stance somewhat Thursday night, saying he had apologized to Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak in person for the way he handled his upset feelings five weeks ago. "I just felt like as a man, it was important for me to tell him, `I'm sorry it came out that way,"' Bryant said at a lightly attended news conference at... - National Basketball Association news

This is what I was saying too ...

Quoted: “Coach Phil Jackson reiterated the need to send ‘50 clips’ to the league office to show Kobe Bryant flinging his arms in all directions regardless of whether there were players around.

Damn ...

Quoted: Center Kwame Brown will be sidelined another four to six weeks after seeking a second opinion from a foot doctor Wednesday in Indianapolis.