POSTED 10-30-07

There are rotisserie heroes and fantasy goats. But some performances are so ugly, egregious or plain perplexing that it begs the refrain: What the F--k! Here is Update's seriously twisted moment this week.

The circus-show Lakers open their season tonight against the Houston Rockets. Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson return a virtually intact lineup, despite a tumultuous off-season of trade rumors and Bryant's immodest bad-mouthing, and look to make good on their championship promises. Different year, same story — right? Well, not exactly. For all the summer speculation and off-season hoopla, nothing came of the Kobe trade-rumors. But that doesn't mean it's not going to happen. Bryant has made clear his desire to move to another team and general manager Mitch Kupchak has made clear his desire to rid himself of the disagreeable superstar. It's easy to get fed up with Bryant. He talked freely about his teammates lack of desire, questioned their talent and called the Lakers front office a mess. He even named specific players he would like to see traded. WTF! Jackson doubted Bryant's efforts coming into this season, saying he wasn't playing to his potential. And now Kupchak has finally started to entertain serious offers from around the league. For all the difficulties in trading someone like Bryant, it's bound to happen. And sooner than later. Kobe has said he wants to play his whole career with the Lakers. Well, We'll find out soon enough.