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After the Los Angeles Lakers 102-90 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night Kobe Bryant, had some choice words for the Lakers’ front office seemingly noncommittal actions around the Lakers starting power forward Paul Gasol. Said Bryant,

"It's just tough for a player to give his all when you don't know if you're going to be here tomorrow," Bryant said. "So I'd rather them not trade him at all. If they were going to do something, I wish they would just … do it. If they're not going to do it, come out and say you're not going to do it."

Bryant acknowledged that Mitch Kupchak, and the Lakers front office would probably tinker with the roster towards the trade deadline, but seemed overly agitated, when, without being prompted came to the defense of Gasol as he spoke with reporters.

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"It's hard for Pau because of all this trade talk and stuff," Bryant said. "It's hard for him to kind of invest himself completely or immerse himself completely into games when he's hearing trade talk every other day."

To date this has hardly been one of Gasol’s better seasons in L.A. His PER is down from 23.33, to 21.07 this season, but has looked at times like somewhat lethargic. Gasol was originally part of the three team deal that was supposed to bring Chris Paul to the Lakers, before being squashed by Commissioner David Stern, and has recently still been linked as possible candidate to other deals that have him going to any number of destinations.