Kobe seems so sad now that the Lakers are trading him. He was calling their bluff. They are tired of treating him like a ballerina. He is just a spoiled brat. He wants them to get rid of some players and to hire who he wants.
He has to realize that some of the guys don't want to play with him. Michael Jordan irritated a lot of his teammates because he wouldn't share the ball. Kobe is not a team player.
Well he wanted to get rid of Shaq , and thats when it seems like a curse was put on the team. The team was never the same. Myself , I was a fan when they had "SHOWTIME"! They need to send Kobe to a team in Alaska !