Kobe Bryant will not win the MVP
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Would Kobe Bryant and the Lakers have made the Finals without the Gasol trade?
They beat us, they've got the whole package ... They're well-coached and Kobe [Bryant] is still the man. He makes everybody better when he's on the floor.
I just want to go to the best college I can ... I don't care if I go far away or stay close to home. But for now I want to continue to make myself a better basketball player. I don't think you can ever be your best. Even players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant can keep getting better. There's no limit. Whenever you stop working, that's the type of player you're going to be. I don't want to stop working. I want to keep going.
We play for one of the most popular teams in the world with one of the best players ever (Kobe Bryant) with players of all different calibers on this team ... Expectations are high and we expect them to be high. As athletes, that's what we drive off of.
Kobe Bryant has to be special ... An average Kobe isn't good enough against this Celtics defense.
Some guys have it -- Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan. The elite athletes have a way of coming through when you need it the most. Zim is definitely one of those guys. Remember, this is only his fourth year in the big leagues, and he is just going to get better.
As coaches, when we scout Portland we kind of put him in the same category as Kobe [Bryant], LeBron [James], Dwyane Wade
Not a star, but like, a superstar. Something around, like, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, something like that.
On a championship team, it's never the big guys, it's always the little guys. On the Lakers, Kobe (Bryant) is going to be Kobe, but it's (Vladimir) Radmanovic, (Sasha) Vujacic and (Andrew) Bynum those guys playing at a high level. For the Celtics and (Rajon) Rondo and (Leon) Powe. I can help other guys play at a high level.