Remember last summer? To recap: Kobe freaked out, chiefly because the front office wouldn't part with Andrew Bynum for Baron Davis, Jason Kidd, Jermaine O'Neal, or Kevin Garnett. Then, when he got into camp, he smoothed things over with his teammates—to hear Brian Cook tell it, Bryant was a sweetheart who opened up more than ever. I'd assumed that this was a purely human gesture, as in "it's