Kobe Bryant Isn’t the Culprit in the Lamar Odom Stalemate

What more do you Lakers fans want from Kobe Bryant?

Blood?

Hasn’t the guy given that as well—and plenty of it?

Hasn’t he played his guts out for two seasons, refusing surgery on his mangled finger? Hasn’t he been banged up and yet refused to leave even one game?

Why are you people asking him to restructure his contract so Lamar Odom can get paid more money? Kobe Bryant is not the culprit here.

The MVP of the NBA Championship deserves every penny he makes, if not more. He is the one who puts butts in every seat not only at Staples Center but at every single venue across the country where the Lakers play.

If he were not on the Lakers, who would fill those seats? Odom or Sasha Vujacic? Yeah, right.

Bryant is not ...

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