<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jeanie Buss, a Laker vice president, said Saturday that Jackson and her father, owner Jerry Buss, would not discuss the job until after the season. So what does Kobe Bryant think about these developments? "I really don't follow it," he said after a two-hour practice session Saturday at the Lakers' training facility in El Segundo. "I got my nose dug in to what we're trying to do here this season." Bryant has been lukewarm to the prospect of again playing for Jackson. He initially said he would "roll with it." When a television reporter asked Bryant Saturday about playing for Jackson, he said, "Somebody asked me that question yesterday. I'm not going to regurgitate my response over and over." Bryant was more expansive when talking about what he thinks of Coach Frank Hamblen and the leadership he is providing. "I think he's doing a marvelous job," Bryant said of Hamblen. "You can't do a job better than he's doing right now." Would Bryant like to see Hamblen considered as a candidate to coach the Lakers next season? "If he wants to," he said.</div> Source
