Wild spec: Kobe to the Bulls talks may re-surface

So here’s the scenario: Kobe doesn’t want to lose Phil, who would quit rather than take the speculated 50 percent pay cut. Plus, the Lakers are getting old with Gasol, Odom and Artest all over 30 before next season. Plus, we know Kobe always has loved the Bulls, meeting with only them and the Clippers before he resigned in 2004 and then demanding a trade to the Bulls in 2007. And the Bulls have kids to grow with like Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah instead of aging veterans. So you add Kobe as your free agent. Now, Kobe has continued to say he’s “a Laker for life,” as he did again in Miami last week. But he still hasn’t signed that extension and Phil’s future remains in question and Bulls managing partner Jerry Reinsdorf always has said he wanted as coach the next Jackson. So what if he could get the last one again? It all sounds fantastic, as in hardly believable. Though Andrews has had his share of successful scenarios. It’s always good to dream. Of course, maybe then the Bulls don’t want a 32-year-old Bryant. Now, that would be funny.