Managing director of USA Basketball Jerry Colangelo is sticking to the plan with Kobe Bryant’s potential inclusion on the 2016 Olympic squad in Rio, telling Sam Amick of USA TODAY that his criteria for the final roster will be performance through the 2015-2016 NBA season.
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Kobe Bryant has announced his retirement and since then there has been a sort of buzz as to who is going to replace him in the Los Angeles Lakers. Lou Williams topped the struggling Lakers, who never led, with 18 points. As it turns out, he found out during the middle of a game when Bryant abruptly informed him.
After the game ended, Bryant walked to midcourt to give a smile and a hug to Kyle Korver, a 13th-year veteran, in an exchange of mutual admiration.
Bryant, who won gold with the USA team in 2008 and 2012, told ESPN Radio: “I would love nothing more than to be in an global environment and be around some of the other great athletes one more time”. I was in that state for the rest of the game. It hands out the second-most assists (25.3), while ranking second in catch-and-shoot scoring (31.4).
“He was at peace when he told me”, Scott added.
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The Hawks showed a brief video tribute of Bryant before start of the second quarter. “It was kind of cool”, Scott said. Scott didn’t exactly have an easy time blocking out the news with his team on the court in the second half. “He said, ‘That’s good, coach”. The Atlanta Hawks announced Thursday that both shooting guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. and center Walter Tavares would get some playing time in the D-League with the Canton Charge, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ affiliate. Atlanta finished with 24 assists, one less than their season average that ranks second in the National Basketball Association.
