<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- General manager Mitch Kupchak freely admits the Los Angeles Lakers might make significant roster changes this summer -- no surprise considering how poorly they fared last season. But he says nothing that's been reported recently is true. "Without getting into great detail, every trade I've heard about has been completely inaccurate,'' Kupchak said Friday. "Somebody should pay for that. I don't know where they originate. So many people get their feelings hurt.'' Kupchak referred to the subjects of those reports. "I'm on the phone. I would suspect there's going to be change on our roster,'' he said. "[But] it's unlikely that anything will happen [before Tuesday's NBA draft]. I don't anticipate anything will happen at this time.'' Kupchak acknowledged he's talked with several teams, saying, "That's what happens when you win 34 games.'' The Lakers' 34-48 record was one of their worst ever. But, Kupchak added: "I don't come in here every day thinking I've got to get a deal done. If it makes basketball and business sense, that's something we'll try to do.'' The Lakers have three picks in the two-round draft -- the 10th, 37th and 39th overall selections. They've been rumored to be trading up and down, with several players mentioned in potential deals. "There's three or four a day for the last week,'' said John Black, the Lakers' executive director of public relations. "They're all bogus. The fans read all that stuff and they get all excited. It doesn't happen, and they're all disappointed, they're all let down. "I think the whole team's been traded, including Kobe [Bryant].'' Black called it "irresponsible journalism.'' "It's degenerated every year that I've been here,'' he said. </div> Source
Mitch & John Black would you rather the Laker fans not talk about the team and/or follow the team? If you cannot handle the good with the bad as a GM, kindly step down. Mr. Black go do some real PR work and start calling out all the biased idiots on BSPN and the real trash journalists who don't stick with the team when it's losing.
