Kobe Bryant won’t leave the Lakers

 

Kobe Bryant’s willing to stay with the Lakers is a big change from the well-publicized trade demand he made in May, which he hasn’t rescind but chances are he’ll not be traded.

Kobe’s decision to stay and play with the Los Angeles team might be due to his change of attitude towards other players and coach, he knows he is not good establishing relationships with new coaches and Phil Jackson is one he knows and have learned to deal with.

Kobe even spoke to his fellow team mates about his goals, and how they should be thinking on a championship and not just on getting to the playoffs, this seemed to change their perspective and most of them have gone through an attitude adjustment, finally Kobe is doing what he was supposed to do, leading his team without allowing ego-driven emotions to take on him.

"Sometimes you have to kind of put a fire to them a little bit so that they understand that we're playing for higher stakes." Bryant said

Maybe this change of heart is what has catapulted the Lakers above his rivals recently, they have beaten Phoenix, Utah, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Chicago and Denver twice, and yesterday they won their fourth game in a row by defeating the Spurs who came from 6 victories in 7 matches.

Kobe Bryant is considered one of the most complete players in the NBA, he has been elected to every All-NBA team since 1999 and has appeared in the last 9 NBA All-Star games, he has 3 championship rings and holds a few records including: Most three-point field goals made, one game, with 12 and Most free throws made, one quarter with 14 among other achievements.