Former Lakers’ great jokes he’d trade himself for Kobe Bryant

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There’s a certain kind of honesty that only arrives with the benefit of time. Former Los Angeles Lakers ’ center Vlade Divac delivered that honesty recently when he said:  “When I became a GM, I would trade myself for Kobe Bryant.” He said it with a grin in Amazon Prime’s new documentary Jerry West: The Logo , and the line lands like a punchline wrapped around two decades of basketball truth.  Back in 1996, Divac was a beloved center for the Lakers. But general manager Jerry West saw something