As much I hate to see this, Jerry Buss apparently is more into women and booze, rather than trying to build a winning team...Since he gave the helm to his son, Jim Buss, Lakers have been a mess....Other than Kobe, they have garbage players.....And, no way in Hell is Kobe taking that......And taking all the blames for things he never did a la Shaq and others.....This is worst case scenario, but if they are not bringing anybody worthy to play side by side with Kobe, sure as hell they might as well trade him !! This really SUCKS big time !