Nah, I got that, but the fact that dude came in here armed with nothing more than THAT quote and thought it made his case for him is comedy.

George said his family would want him to play in LA--you know, because that's where his family lives.

If the question was framed as "What if Kobe and the Lakers wanted to bring you home to LA?", he basically answered it with "It would be hard to say no to that--I mean, you're talking about playing in your hometown. Who wouldn't want to do that?"

If someone wants to take that quote and wave it around like "SEE? SEE? STARS WANT TO PLAY WITH A 39-YEAR-OLD KOBE!" then that's his prerogative...but it's not the way a reasonably person would interpret the quote.