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Smush Parker asked his current team, Peristeri, to be released from his contract. The Greek team is expected to let him go. SuperBasket.gr

Smush Parker 

Smush Parker will not play in TB2L with Selcuk Universitesi because his former team, Peristeri, did not give him the letter of clearance. Parke started the season with Cibona on a one-month contract. Left Croatia, Parker moved to Peristeri where he was averaging 15.3ppg in 4 games. Parker left the Greek team for Turkey but Peristeri refused to release the LOC. Sportando

Greece, Turkey, Smush Parker, Peristeri 

Mete Aktas: Kobe Bryant's biggest nemesis Smush Parker has signed with Turkish 2nd Division club Konya Selcuk University. Twitter @MeteAktas76

Turkey, Smush Parker 

Ex-NBA Player Smush Parker will be announced today as a Cibona Zagreb player. Smush is well-known for his NBA days with the Los Angeles Lakers has their starting point guard on their least relevant seasons but especially for his feud with Kobe Bryant from a long time. TalkBasket

Free Agency, Smush Parker, Croatia 

One thing from Bryant recently disturbed me, however. Speaking of how he "almost won an MVP with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown on my team," Bryant added, "What was I supposed to do, pass it to Chris Mihm or Kwame Brown?" This reminded me of a similar statement from a former '90s era star. When asked by Fred Kerber of the New York Post why he was shooting so much, the former '90s era star replied, "What am I supposed to do, pass the ball to Jamie Feick?" That former '90s star was none other than Stephon Marbury, and Jamie Feick was sitting in the locker room 10 feet away when he said it. At least Bryant does his takedowns from afar. CBSSports.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Media, Kwame Brown, Stephon Marbury, Smush Parker 

Bryant laughed when relayed Parker's comments. "I gave him his 30 minutes of fame," Bryant said. "It's all good. I wish him the best of luck. He's playing in China, right? I wish him the best of luck. "Maybe he'll get back to the NBA one day and see what it's like up close again." Long Beach Press-Telegram

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

David 'Dubi' Pick: Chatted w/ ex-NBAer Jumaine Jones on latest Kobe vs. Smush fest: "(I) played w/ both. Smush was a great talent, believe everything he said." Twitter @IAmDPick

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker, Jumaine Jones 

David 'Dubi' Pick: Though he's on good terms w/ both former LAL/CLE teammates Bryant & Parker, Jumaine Jones leans towards siding w/ Smush. Twitter

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker, Jumaine Jones 

Parker played in China the last two seasons and says he’s preparing for another season there in December. What was his response to Kobe bringing up his name on Wednesday? “I’m lost for words. It makes me blush. For my name to still come out of that man’s mouth? It makes me blush,” he told Hard 2 Guard. Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Though Parker termed playing with Kobe “overrated,” he respects the five-time champion’s game. He just doesn’t like his personality. “You can’t knock the man’s legacy, you can’t knock what he’s done in basketball. His work ethic is tremendous. There’s not an ounce of hate in my blood whatsoever. The guy can play basketball — you’ve seen that throughout his career. “What I don’t like about him is the man that he is. His personality. How he treats people. I don’t like that side of Kobe Bryant. Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

“Basketball is a team sport. It is team-oriented. It is not an individual sport. It’s not tennis or golf, it is a team sport. When you are the star of the team, you have to make your teammates feel comfortable. You have to make them feel welcome. And he did not do that at all.” Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

“I had a workout with the Lakers, beat all the guards out for the starting position, earned a spot on the team. Midway through the first season, I tried to at least have a conversation with Kobe Bryant — he is my teammate, he is a co-worker of mine, I see his face every day I go in to work — and I tried to talk with him about football. He tells me I can’t talk to him. He tells me I need more accolades under my belt before I come talk to him. He was dead serious.” Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Parker described Kobe as someone who kept to himself. He says while he was on the Lakers, he never saw Kobe make an attempt to develop any kind of friendship with any one of his teammates. “On road trips, he traveled with his security guards. Those were the guys he talked to. On the team plane, he sat in the back of the plane by himself.” Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Parker even told a story about a time when the team was in Phoenix preparing for a playoff series against the Suns. Smush says that coach Phil Jackson gave Lamar Odom his black card to take the team out to a nice dinner as a bonding experience. Parker says the entire team sat at one table, and that Kobe Bryant had his own table in a corner. Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, Lamar Odom, Smush Parker 

“The reason I wasn’t a Laker after my second year is because I didn’t bow down to [Kobe]. I didn’t kiss his a–. I wasn’t kissing his feet. Quite frankly, towards the end of the second season, I stopped passing him the ball. I stopped giving him the ball. I started looking him off.” Larry Brown Sports

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Parker's never explained what he meant by that, but now tells us ... Kobe "told me out of his own mouth that I couldn't talk to him. That my accolades under my belt weren't deserving enough for me to talk to him." He also says Kobe didn't talk to most of his teammates. TMZ.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Parker, who's currently hooping overseas, says his stats prove he was far from "the worst" ... as Kobe claims ... and adds, "People lie, numbers don't." TMZ.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Smush Parker 

Despite the number of seasons and NBA championships that have gone by, Bryant still bristles when he thinks of the 2005-06 season. “I almost won an MVP with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown on my team,” Bryant said before Wednesday’s 93-75 exhibition loss to Portland. “I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it to Chris Mihm or Kwame Brown.” Orange County Register

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, Chris Mihm 

Venezuelan team Guaros de Lara, after the signing of former NBA Smush Parker, made an important offer for Allen Iverson. The negotiations with Greg Moore, Iverson's agent, are going further and the offer is better than the one from Indios de Mayaguez, the Puerto Rican team interested in A.I, according to the Venezuelan team. Sportando

Allen Iverson, Smush Parker, Venezuela 

"We are competing with a Puerto Rican team for Allen Iverson. There is a big chance for us to land him" said Jorge Hernandez, owner of Guaros de Lara, to El Nacional. "Our offer to the player is very imporant but we are not revealing it until the deal is close. All the coaching staff is excited to have Allen Iverson in the roster" added Hernandez. Sportando

Allen Iverson, Smush Parker, Venezuela