Kobe's teammates are supporting him wholeheartedly through his situation. In fact, news stories have stated that Shaq held an informal "Welcome to the Lakers" party for Gary Payton and Karl Malone and their families a couple weeks ago, and Kobe and Vanessa showed up, even though they NEVER attended non-team sanctioned functions like that in the past. Supposedly Kobe was participating in party games and stuff, having a good time. This shows me that the Lakers and Kobe are really making an effort to stay united in Kobe's ordeal. As for the none of the Laker's ever liking Kobe, that is simply a media exaggeration. The last couple seasons the team understands Kobe and his personality. Shaq and Kobe DID have issues in the past, but Shaq now knows that Kobe is the ying to his yang and they need each other.
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