text: Jackson: I wanted Kobe out LOS ANGELES  The  quot;unavoidable quot; conflict between coach Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant led Jackson to ask the Los Angeles Lakers to trade Bryant in January and hampered the team #39;s shot at the 2004 championship, Jackson wrote in a soon-to-be-released diary 
inputs: Jackson: I wanted Kobe out LOS ANGELES  The  quot;unavoidable quot; conflict between coach Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant led Jackson to ask the Los Angeles Lakers to trade Bryant in January and hampered the team #39;s shot at the 2004 championship, Jackson wrote in a soon-to-be-released diary 