Never said it was Kobe's team when Shaq was there, it was clearly Shaqs team, but it was Kobe's team when shaq and phil left, I mean when Kobe ran them off to be the man
Kobe ran off Shaq and Phil
Wasnt a sidekick then, but it is fact he wanted to be traded if Jerry West didn't come back with full authority. Phil Jackson talked him into staying.
Receipts?
No...they are no receipts, because what you said isn't true
It was that bytching and moaning that got Gasol traded to the team for a pack of cigarettes and a 2-yr Xbox live card. it's even on video and clear that he wanted Bynum traded for Jason Kidd, but of course you stans like to re-write history when it comes to Kobe.
Wow, a great player in his prime surrounded by Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, Smush Parker, Mo Evans, Jordan Farmar, Ronny Turiaf, Brian Cook, Vlad Radmanovic, a fresh out of HS Andrew Bynum, & Sasha Vujacic was bytching and moaning to have better players around him
So Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, and Steve Nash weren't maybe the top ten at their respective positions. We just gonna pretend that they weren't a veto away from also getting Chris Paul??
Please tell me how Kobe :"bytched and moaned" for Howard, Nash, and Chris Paul....that's what you said

nikka how old are you, yes he was an elite forward before he got to the Lakers. All that soft talk actually came into fruition when he got to the Lakers
He was considered elite?
Is that why he was only 1x All-Star and never reached any All-NBA Teams (not 1st, 2nd, OR 3rd Team) before teaming up with Kobe?
:Patrice:
Really lets do this
Lebron's All Star Teammates:
Mo Williams (as a sub at that due to Jameer nelson getting hurt but lets count this anyways)
Dwayne Wade
Chris Bosh
Ray Allen
Kyrie Irving
Kevin Love
Kobe's:
Shaq
Bynum
Gasol
Payton
Malone
Nash
Howard
Ron Artest
Try again there slugger, so again what other player has played with more All Stars during their career??
Payton, Malone, Nash, and Ron Artest NEVER made an All-Star playing alongside Kobe...so going by your OWN list, who played with more all-stars if you listed 5 All-Stars alongside LeBron and 4 for Kobe
Exactly, truth hurts doesn't it?
And the TRUE amount of All-Star count is:
As a starter, LeBron was surrounded with Mo Williams, Zydrunas Ilguaskas, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love...that's 6 All-Stars in his career.
As a starter, Kobe was surrounded with Shaq, Bynum, Gasol, and Howard...that's 4 All-Stars in his career.
#Facts