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Lakers owner Jerry Buss says he doesn’t want to trade his star player Kobe Bryant, but he doesn’t want to lose Bryant and get nothing in return. He also defends Mitch Kupchak.

HONOLULU - He has been called the Lakers’ “silent warrior,” even though Coach Phil Jackson says Ronny Turiaf is “an outspoken guy.”
But it’s that warrior mentality, that energy and effort and defensive intensity that had Jackson saying after practice Friday that Turiaf has positioned himself to have a bigger role.
“I plan on starting him,” Jackson […]

By Dayton Morinaga
Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is besieged by autograph-seeking students as he exits the ‘Iolani School gym after a three-hour practice.

HONOLULU — Luke Walton and Derek Fisher sustained minor injuries Friday during the Los Angeles Lakers’ training camp.
Walton strained his right hamstring and is listed as day-to-day. Fisher received a deep one-inch gash to the forehead when he took an elbow from center Larry Turner.

Lakers, including Kobe Bryant, head to Hawaii. They go into training camp with their star saying he is ‘a soldier’ who will leave it up to management to make changes. Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown and, to a lesser extent, Andrew Bynum, are injured.