If Kobe were 10 years younger , it would have been an entirely different conversation .
It 's not some institutional failure if the Lakers could n't sell Aldridge on joining a crusade to the eighth seed with Kobe and spare parts .
If Kobe were 10 years younger , Lakers would have been an entirely different conversation .
It 's not some institutional failure if the Lakers could n't sell Aldridge on joining a crusade to the eighth seed with Kobe and spare parts .