“He has indicated to me that this is it,” said Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak. “There have been no discussions about anything going forward and I don’t think there will be,” he continued.

“If somebody doesn’t want to play with Kobe, whether it’s this year or he decides to come back another year …. If there is a player out there like that, that won’t come here for that reason, then we don’t want him,” said Kupchak. […] The Lakers could have in the neighborhood of $22 million in cap room this summer.

“Every great player is demanding, focused, and if you don’t want to play for a guy like him that’s driven to do nothing but win championships and work hard, then you shouldn’t be here. You should be someplace else,” said Kupchak

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