From the classic quotability of Kobe Bryant in his 20th season, to the excitement of watching the team’s youth mature with each practice, there’s never a shortage of content.
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The site also has Kobe returning with “the biggest chip on his shoulder we have seen from any player in history”.
After the game, Russell’s point guard tactics were appropriately graded by teammate Kobe Bryant.
“I just let (the concerns) go after a while, man”, said Bryant, who will be a free agent next summer and has made it clear he’s unsure whether he’ll retire.
The Utah Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime in each team’s second preseason game late Tuesday night by a score of 117-114 but the story coming out of the game had nothing to do with the result. Each session has lasted between two and three hours.
Bryant had Shaquille O’Neal’s MVP season to aid in the title run, but that’s not the point.
“He was excellent”, Bryant said. “He moved well”, Scott said. After all, Bryant spent National Basketball Association All-Star weekend in 1998 peppering Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, John Stockton and Gary Payton with questions.
The Lakers are extremely high on the rookie but he is not guaranteed a starting position. Kobe Bryant, healthy or not, is a great leader and will lead the franchise to their next journey.
“I$3 feel strong”, Bryant told the L.A. Times.
There are other playoff predictions for the Lakers.
Bryant stressed becoming educated on what Lakers forward Tarik Black called “the business of basketball”. “He’s sharing all the stories he’s been through”. The Lakers have said they’re acting as if it is.
Trevor Booker slapped Roy Hibbert during a preseason game on Tuesday night and will likely be suspended for doing so. He’s more in love with his shot-jacking than he was with his two girlfriends, but he’s giving you quality production in a second unit that needs a decisive, experienced scorer.
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The Lakers, in going young, retaining a loss-encouraging coach like Byron Scott, and running Kobe and his massive contract out there for show, are willingly punting 2015-16, much as they did last season. “He was pretty good”, Scott said. “(Kobe) knows how important he is to their growth. He simply felt more confident out there tonight than he did on Sunday. He needs to develop his post-up game and use the off-hand to be effective and keep teams guessing. But at least in the early stages of training camp, Bryant has done numerous things to instill confidence. Give Kobe his farewell tour this year and then put the onus on him to decide whether to retire a Laker or hang on and be forced to wear another uniform.
