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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Kobe Bryant feels great, would welcome Byron Scott as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, would love to play alongside free agent Carmelo Anthony and is pleased with the moves of the teams front office so far. At least thats how the All-Star guard presented things at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, where Bryant is hosting his annual youth basketball camp. But for anybody hoping for definitive answers, Bryant had nothing to offer. "Obviously its a hot topic of conversation in terms where everybody is going to go," he said. "Everybody is here to read tea leaves. I dont have much to tell you. I dont have any information you guys dont already know." Bryant addressed a throng of reporters during a wide-ranging conversation delayed by about an hour as he watched the end of the World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands elsewhere. He teased reporters asking him for his thoughts on the game. "I missed it," he deadpanned. "I was trying to rush over here to get to you fine folk. I didnt get a chance to catch the end. Who won?" His joke fooled nobody, as he had moments earlier tweeted his excitement for an Argentina-Germany final, followed shortly after by another tweet that expressed his boredom at a by-now all-too-familiar line of questions. The tweet included the hashtags "diffwritersamequestion" and "yawn." Mostly, Bryant stressed patience in waiting to see who signs where. "Its a little hard now because I think everyone is playing the waiting game to a certain extent, at least we are," he said. "You kind of want to see where the dominoes fall and then operate from there. You wind up operating in somewhat of a window. You start seeing other players going other places, players that you can use to fill out the roster, right? So you see these things happening and youre behind a bit, but its worth the wait." The 18-year NBA veteran didnt hide his sentiments about the possibility of playing alongside Anthony, the Knicks free agent and his two-time Olympic teammate. "I would love to play with him," Bryant said. "Weve really clicked since 2008. I would love to see that." Bryant said he would also welcome his former teammate, Scott, as his next coach. "He was my rookie mentor when I first came in the league, so I had to do things like get him doughnuts and run errands for him, things like that," he said. "Weve had a tremendously close relationship throughout the years." In terms of grading the performance of the Lakers front office this off-season, Bryant suggested that he was pleased, but that he would not be happy with another rebuilding year. "Ive never had patience; Im not going to start now," he said. "But you do what you have to do as an organization. God forbid we end up with absolutely nothing, its not for a lack of effort. Thats something I would be extremely proud of. We put forth the effort and gave it our best shot. What can you do? You just go from there and do your best and try to win." Bryant said he believed signing Anthony would go a long way to retaining unrestricted free agent Pau Gasol. "My biggest message to (Gasol) was, Make sure you enjoy this process," Bryant said. "The ball is in your court. This is your decision to make, dont feel like the weight is on your shoulders. Im sure if we got Carmelo that would help him make his decision." Bryant said he feels as though his body is in midseason form. "Physically, I feel great," he said. "I dont think about my knee when Im training, I dont think about my Achilles when Im training. I feel sharp and crisp and well just add on from there." Detroit Lions Jerseys . "Weve given ourselves now a tougher task," said Carlyle after the Friday practice, the Toronto head coach notably chipper and upbeat throughout. 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Lose and the division chase is back in play.Its that simple, and Indianapolis isnt about to let that chance slip away now.I know coach (Bill) OBrien is going to have that team ready to go. Its the first thing they talked about coming off their last win, coach Chuck Pagano said. We understand where their mindset is and well prepare accordingly.Pagano has made no secret of how important he considers a division title, routinely calling it the easiest way into the post-season and the essential start to a playoff run.Last week, the Colts (9-4) did their part to wrap up things by rallying for a last-minute victory in Cleveland. The Texans (7-6) werent so accommodating, beating Jacksonville 27-13 to keep their slim division hopes intact.But Houston has a problem: It is 0-12 all-time in Indianapolis.The Texans couldnt beat Peyton Manning from 2002-10, couldnt beat rookie Andrew Luck in 2012 when Houston actually won the division, couldnt even beat the one-win Colts in 2011 when Dan Orlovsky was starting. And Houston has only been within one score in three of those road losses, falling losing 33-27 in 2008, 20-17 in 2009, and 19-16 in 2011.OBrien believes its time to change course.Weve never won there. Its the truth, OBrien said, referring to last weeks postgame audiotape that became an Internet hit. I said we beat Jacksonville, I feel like were playing well, and weve never won there in Indianapolis. Lets go up there and give it our best shot.On paper, its an intriguing matchup.Luck is 4-1 against his hometown team with 12 TD passes and two interceptions. Receiver T.Y. 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