Kobe Bryant As Small Forward “I can do that,”

Vitti, 61, has played an integral role in keeping former and current Laker Hall of Famers like Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kobe Bryant healthy and durable for the 12 trips to the National Basketball Association Finals the team has made under his care, the Los Angeles Times reported. Bryant’s thoughts on the the subject point to him wanting to wait and see how the season plays out before making any decisions about his career. One of Scott’s bright ideas could be to deploy Kobe Bryant out of position at times.

“(Bryant) was asking about our young kids, and I said, ‘You can not believe how quick and athletic Jordan Clarkson is. He’s still upset they lost that one to Detroit.

Longtime Lakers trainer Gary Vitti will step down after next season, according to a report Monday. And, yes, we were often at loggerheads. And that might mean a change for Kobe Bryant. He wanted more freedom and I wanted him to be more disciplined.

He’s just not that type of player anymore – mostly because of injury. But when I came back for my second stint with the Lakers, Kobe and I worked it all out.

However, notice all the teams noted above are in the East. The problem is that in the West most of the teams have fours Kobe would simply not be able to match defensively – Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, Serge Ibaka (or the Thunder go small with Kevin Durant), LaMarcus Aldridge, Zach Randolph, Dirk Nowitzki, Draymond Green, and the list goes on. I knew what I could have done individually. In fact, it’s looking like Scott is willing to take some drastic measures in regards to Kobe to get his best players in the game together. I could have gone anywhere and destroyed people. I gave him more of a license to do his thing, as long as it stayed within the overall context of the triangle. “It was very, very maddening”. And we did win two more championships. Anyway, I’ve always seen Kobe as a truly great player, an intelligent guy and a remarkable person.”I was like a wild horse that had the potential to become Secretariat, but who was just too [expletive] wild”.