Intro:

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant held a news conference at his annual basketball camp in Santa Barbara on Wednesday (9th July).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers Guard (On NBA free agents)

"I mean, you worry about what you can control. Now it's important to have conversations with the players and you kind of discuss things and, you know, but ultimately it's going to be their decision. They're going to do what they feel is best for them. Right, and so all I can do is just speak about my experiences here and the flexibility that we have and the team that we can assemble, if we were to assemble it. Right, and then what does the opportunity look like two years from now and the flexibility that the organization has. You just try to paint that picture for them as best as you can man and than you just kind of leave it up to them."

SOUNDBITE (English) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers Guard (On possibility of playing with Carmelo Anthony)

"I'm answering questions assuming that the person that we're talking about is Carmelo (Anthony). I'm making those, I'm making a bold assumptions. But yeah, I would love to play (with him), I mean he's, we've really clicked since 2008. And I would love, I would love to see him out here."