Andrew Bynum on Carmelo Anthony trade talk: 'Just another rumor ...

BOSTON -- The actual basketball world might have been set aflame overnight considering the scenario where the particular a couple of-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers would acquire 4-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets regarding center Andrew Bynum, but an individual wouldn't know it through looking inside upon Lakers practice Wednesday.

As the team made its way away the particular practice court from Emerson College, Bynum joked together with Lamar Odom, and also Kobe Bryant bristled when asked if he had to comfort Bynum.

"If he can't deal with that, forget about a Game 7," Bryant said of the trade talk that was first reported by ESPN the Magazine's Chris Broussard on Tuesday. "I don't need to talk to him about that. He's a big boy, he can handle himself."

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