The call could go something like this.Whats up, Melo? Man, you wont believe who theyre giving Lakers jerseys to these days. We should change our name to the Los Angeles Charmins.Dont even get me started, Kobe. You should see these stiffs I have to play with every night. Were not the New York Knicks. Were the New York Knick. Im good, but I aint good enough to win playing one-on-five.As far as we know, such a conversation hasnt actually happened between Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony.Maybe it should.Bryant deserves to go out better than this.Anthony needs to realize that the prime of ones career comes with an expiration date.For now, these two superstars are bogged down on storied franchises enduring truly wretched seasons. If the NBA had relegation, Kobes Lakers and Melos Knicks would be candidates for the D-League. Things can change quickly, of course (just ask Cleveland), but a championship for either Bryant or Anthony looks far, far away.Given their hefty contracts — which, by their own doing, is part of the problem — it would be tough to work out a trade for either of them. Even if there was a championship-contending team willing to take on one of the games top players, any benefit would likely be more than offset by having to give up half their roster to make it work under the salary cap.But considering all the road kill thats taking up roster space in New York (the Knicks were 4-20 and losers of 10 in a row heading into Friday nights game at Boston) and Los Angeles (the Lakers were a slightly less terrible 6-16 as they prepared to face the NBA champion Spurs), perhaps one of those teams could find a way to make a Bryant-Anthony partnership work.If its the Knicks, there would be the added perk of Bryant reuniting with his coach from the Lakers championship years, Phil Jackson, whos now running things in New York.Barring a New York-LA trade — and, well admit, it doesnt seem likely to happen — Bryant will have to be satisfied with individual achievements playing for a Lakers franchise that has become a dysfunctional mess.Going into the game at San Antonio, he was just 30 points from tying Michael Jordan for third place on the career list at 32,292. If Bryant has a couple of more seasons like this, hell make a run at the second guy on the list, Karl Malone (36,928). Not even Kareen Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) is totally out of reach.One things for sure: Bryant still has plenty of game after missing most of last season recovering first from an Achilles injury, then going down with a knee injury.Granted, his shooting percentage is ugly, but thats to be expected given every opponent knows hes about the only player on the Lakers who can beat them. Bryant was averaging more than 25 points a game, which is essentially unheard of for someone his age. Of the NBAs top 10 career scorers, only Karl Malone managed a season with a 25-point average after his 36th birthday.While Bryant has professed to remaining patient during the Lakers rebuilding process, his emotions boiled over at a practice Thursday when he ripped into his teammates, calling them soft as Charmin during an expletive-filled tirade that was caught on video.Critics will say that both Bryant and Anthony are getting what they deserve for signing huge contracts that hampered efforts to assemble a talented roster around them. Anthony, especially, is ripped for not pursuing a discounted deal from another team this past summer — even Bryants Lakers — rather than signing a five- year, $124 million deal to stay with a team he had to know was still far away from being a title contender.Anthonys deal includes a no-trade clause. The New York Post reported Friday that the 30-year-old would be willing to waive the provision if the right deal came along. Anthony denied the report, but its certainly within the realm of possibility given the Knicks record and further reports of a rift with his teammates.Under NBA rules, anyone signing as a free agent cant be traded until Dec. 15.Thats Monday.For those who say one ball wouldnt be enough on a team that included Bryant and Anthony, remember how well the two friends meshed when they played together at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where they helped lead Team Redeem to a gold medal.Come on, someone, make it happen.These guys are too good for this.They deserve each other.___Paul Newberry is a national writer for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry@ap.org or www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 Kansas City Royals Gear . -- Jim Furyk was 10 shots worse and right where he wanted to be Saturday in the BMW Championship. Cheap Royals Jerseys . -- A deflected pass that landed in DeSean Jacksons hands. https://www.cheaproyals.com/. 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"We never stopped fighting, had great at-bats, put some things together and we came out and got the W." Chicago starter Chris Sale took a three-hit shutout into the eighth and the White Sox held a commanding 5-0 lead. Erick Aybar led off the eighth with a double and scored on Chris Iannettas single, and after an error and another single loaded the bases, Trout hit a full-count changeup over the left-centre field fence to tie it. Aybar stroked a two-out RBI single later in the inning, and Ernesto Frieri closed it out for the Angels. The grand slam was Trouts only hit of the game. He has a hit in 14 of his last 15 games and has reached base in 26 of his last 27. "I was just (using a) two-strike approach," he said. "I wasnt trying to hit a home run, but it went out. The first two swings I was thinking home run, thats why I fouled them off. You try to get too big in situations you lose mechanics of your swing. That 3-2 pitch I just told myself to stay up the middle and put the ball in play." Sale was all but unhittable for the first seven innings. The 25-year-old left-hander didnt allow an Angels runner past second base to that point and appeared firmly in control. The Angels finally figured him out in the eighth. After Aybar doubled and scored on Iannettas single, Colin Cowgill reached on an error by shortstop Alexi Ramirez. Howie Kendrick poked a single through the right side to bring Trout up with the bases loaded and no outs, and the Angels outfielder belted the tying homer to whip the home crowd into a frenzy. "I dont really remember much from it," Sale said. "I just remember that ball going over the fence and wanting to rip my own head off. "Thats why hes the best inn the league.ddddddddddddI cant really say too much about a guy like that hitting a home run off of you." Trouts blast, his 12th homer of the season, ended Sales night. The Angels werent done. Hamilton and C.J. Cron hit back-to-back two-out singles off reliever Jake Petricka (0-1), and Aybar poked a 2-2 fastball into centre field to score Hamilton and give the Angels their first lead of the game. "We never quit," Trout said. "Down 5-0 we could easily just put our heads down and stop fighting, but you never know. Everybody contributed. It was a team win for sure." Cory Rasmus (1-0), who was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake before the game, pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the win. The White Sox opened the scoring in the third on back-to-back RBI singles by Adam Eaton and Gordon Beckham, and Alejandro De Aza smacked an RBI double into the right-centre field gap in the fourth to extend their lead to 3-0. Adam Dunn led off the sixth with a solo homer deep to centre field, his third consecutive game with a home run. The blast, which easily cleared the 396-foot marker in centre, ended the night for Angels starter Matt Shoemaker. Shoemaker surrendered nine hits and four runs, three earned, while striking out six. De Aza brought home another run on a sacrifice fly later in the sixth to give the White Sox a seemingly comfortable 5-0 lead. "When you put as much effort, and kind of your heart and soul into a game and it unravels like that, more than anything Im just kind of disappointed," Sale said. "I threw a good pitch to a better hitter, and things happen." NOTES: Chicago rookie Jose Abreu went 0 or 4 with four strikeouts, the first four-strikeout game of his career. ... Hamiltons fifth inning single was the first hit by left-handed batter against Sale this season. ... The Angels optioned outfielder Grant Green to Triple-A Salt Lake before the game. ... The Angels celebrated Albert Pujols joining the 500-homer club in a pregame ceremony. Tony La Russa was among the speakers. ' ' '