Throwback: When Kobe Bryant Announced That He Will Never Leave LA Lakers
"I hear those comments and I just accept it as a challenge," Bryant said to TNT. "If this is what people's perception is I'm just gonna have to accept it and try to prove them wrong."
Naturally, though, Kobe wasn't the only one. Reliable players like Trevor Ariza, Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, and Pau Gasol supported him. But Kobe breathed a sigh of relief when Gasol was acquired in 2008.
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