After a disappointing season last year the Lakers were expected to make a splash in the offseason with the cream of the crop becoming free agents. Well that didn’t happen and many suspected it was because no one wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. In fact ESPN wrote a lengthy article blaming Bryant for the Lakers downfall and using anonymous sources to confirm that several high profile players did not want to play with Kobe including Paul George, Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum. Jeanie Buss had strong words for anyone that statement might be true about.
While appearing on SportsCenter Jeanie Buss had this to say:
“Any free agent that would be afraid to play with Kobe Bryant is probably a loser and I’m glad they wouldn’t come to the team. I read the story (ESPN’s), I don’t agree with it. If there is somebody that’s on our payroll who is saying things like that, I’ll soon get to the bottom of it and they won’t be working with us anymore.”
