Kobe Bryant lists best teams, players he faced in National Basketball Association career

Bryant recorded his first dunk of the season on Thursday against the Houston Rockets, a right-handed slam over forward Clint Capela in the third quarter of a 107-87 loss.

It will be the fourth game Bryant has missed this season, which he has said will be his last. He is averaging 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists a game this season for the Lakers, with career averages of 25.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals a game.

“Clearly we’re not playing at the kind of level that a player of Kobe’s age and experience finds challenging, kind of like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel”, said Kupchak, who didn’t learn of Bryant’s decision until Sunday afternoon.

Even though others say Howard’s having problems, the star has been trying to ignore his critics, saying that he was the one that chose to come to Houston via free agency in 2013, so why would he say he was unhappy and now wanted to go? The Thunder beat the Lakers for the fifth time in a row. “Obviously the game got out of hand real early, and I just thought (the Thunder) were just in attack mode from the starting buzzer to the end”.

It took nearly no time at all for the Thunder to pounce on the lowly Los Angeles Lakers as they rolled to an easy 118-78 victory in front of their home crowd. “If you have that attitude, the city will absolutely love you and you’ll get this team back to playing and winning at a level that it’s accustomed to”.

In the previous game against the Kings, Thornton only played six minutes. Olajuwon’s skill and basketball ability may have been the most unique in the entire list, even though Bryant played against a diminished, older version of the center.

Kobe Bryant sat out as Thunder and Durant thrashed Lakers on Saturday.

But Bryant’s departure will allow the Lakers to split between the past and the future, with young prospects Julius Randle, D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson taking on leading roles rather than deferring to their superstar teammate. This will probably be Byron Scott’s last season with the Lakers, but he’s certainly not going to leave in good graces with this season’s players. Not that they needed Thornton during the win over the Lakers, but you didn’t see him at all during the game. He can score and teams always want a scorer to come off the bench. Arron Afflalo added 18, Lance Thomas chipped in 13 and rookie Kristaps Porzingis scored 10. Through his time in the NBA, Bryant has won multiple championships and individual awards that have highlighted just how great of a player he really is. For the first time all season, the Rockets held the lead from start to finish.