Kobe Bryant told Byron Scott he was retiring during a game

“He was at peace when he told me”, Scott said. “I was like, ‘Nah, school night.’ So he hinted to me that he wanted to see them, so I was able to bring them and have a cool moment“.

Everything I know about black mambas I learned from the movie Kill Bill 2, with one exception: the Atlanta Zoo has one, and it’s naming it after Kobe Bryant. Jeanie Buss’ brother, Jim, said he needed three years to get the Lakers back into contention, but his first two years could result in the two worst records in franchise history. Bryant played almost 32 minutes and scored 20 points on 7-of-26 shooting. “I’m not playing next year anyway'”.

For much of this season, it appeared Bryant’s shooting touch already exited the stage.

Paul Millsap and former Lakers guard/forward Kent Bazemore added 15, while Mike Scott added 14 and Jeff Teague 13. But Scott did not feel that way.

During the Heat-Thunder game on Thursday night, Dwyane Wade said that in November, Kobe Bryant tipped him off about retirement plans in a roundabout way.

What also differed in this game was that this time, Bryant’s energy carried over to the rest of the team as well.

Scott noted that Bryant delivered the news with his trademark coolness. “I’ve got to cut them down, ‘” Scott said after his team’s morning shootaround ahead of their game against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. “He just started laughing”.

Would Bryant ever coach or become a general manager? “Always”, he said in reply to Roberts” question during the Tuesday interview.

For his part, Bryant is being his usual self and moving on. Therefore, it’s safe to say that this series would easily be a six or seven game series. “It was a cool moment“, Wade said. “Everybody acts like he’s been out of the rotation for the last month”. It’s been two games. The 37-year-old played at least 32 minutes in each of a stretch of four games in five nights and went 13-of-40 from 3-point range in that span. Yet, Scott has opted for a bigger lineup by featuring Metta World Peace at backup small forward.

Young didn’t want to escalate anything, saying, “I’m not trying to butt heads in the media”. It’s not going to happen again. “If he throws me in, I’ll be ready”. But Bryant surely didn’t mind that gift as he is from the Philadelphia area and who’s going to turn down a gift from Dr. J?