So Kobe didnt make the playoffs in 2006 and 2007 with a starting lineup/bench of:
C Kwame Brown
PF Lamar Odom
SF Luke Walton
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Smush Parker
Bench:
Sasha Vujacic
Brian Cook
Devean George
Ronny Turiaf
Aaron McKie
Jim Jackson
Jordan Farmar
Shammond Williams
Mo Evans
And a 18/19 year old Andrew Bynum
Lets look at some of the team shall we?
-Smush Parker: Plays 34 MPG and starts all 82 games in 2006 while averaging 12-4. He averaged 3 PPG the previous year. In 2007 he averaged 11-3 on 30 MPG and 82 starts with Kobe. Then in 2008 without Kobe he plays in 28 games (2 starts) and sucks.
That was his last season in the NBA. So 2006 Smush was just 2 years away from being out of the NBA.
-Chris Mihm: Scores a career high 10.2 PPG and 6.3 Reb. Starts 56 games and plays 26 MPG. He also started 75 games in 2005. He doesn't play in the 2007 season and for the rest of his career he plays in just 41 games and averages about 10 MPG
-Plays 72 games (49 starts) and averages 7-7(career high) In 2007 he averages 8-6 on career high FG% and TS%.
-Brian Cook: He averages 8-3 while starting 46 games and playing 19 MPG. This season was a career high for him in MPG and FG%. In 2007 he averaged 7-3 in 15 MPG and shot 45%. He shot .388 since 2008. After the Lakers got rid of him in 2008,
he started 0 games in his career
-Devean George: Averages 6-4, 40%, in 22 MPG. He leaves the Lakers and joins the Mavs in 07 and averaged 6-4, .395 on 21 MPG. After that he averaged 3.7 PPG (.357), 3.4 PPG (.380), 5.4 PPG (.432) and
he hasn't played in the NBA since 2010
-LaRon Profit: plays 11 MPG and averages 4.2 PPG on a career high .476 FG% in 2006.
He never plays in an NBA game after this season.
See the constant theme? Lots of bums who either played like bums or had career years because of the attention Kobe attracted. It was a miracle they made the playoffs in the west with that lack of talent. It should be noted Lamar odom has been arguably the worst player in the league when he left Kobe's side in 2012