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Trade for O'Neal Could Keep Kobe in LA

Posted Jun 1, 07 4:28 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – A day after the disgruntled Kobe Bryant demanded a trade on a New York radio show— then rescinded, after a talk with coach Phil Jackson—Post columnist Peter Vecsey claims equally frustrated Indiana star Jermaine O'Neal may be on his way to LA.  O'Neal would provide the veteran collaborator that Kobe has lacked ever since the departure of Shaq.

Shaq and Jermaine are not related. The latter O'Neal was drafted four picks after Kobe in the 1996 draft, and earns what Vecsey calls a "Kobe-like" salary.  Center and work-in-progress Andrew Bynum, a symbol of the rebuilding Kobe doesn't want during his prime, could be the big man the Lakers give up in exchange.

Source New York Post

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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, left, and head coach Phil Jackson go in different directions after a timeout in the closing moments of the fourth quarter of an NBA playoff basketball game in this April...   (Associated Press)
Indiana Pacers' Jermaine O'Neal watches from the bench during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in Indianapolis. O'Neal, nursing...   (Associated Press)
onclusion there's no other alternative, you know?" (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)   (Associated Press)
US player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers gives a press...   (Getty Images)
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