Kobe Bryant Comments on Decision Not to Play Overseas After NBA Retirement

After the Los Angeles Lakers suffered the sixth-worst loss in team history Saturday, falling 118-78 to the Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena, coach Byron Scott said his players were “scared” and “in awe” of Oklahoma City. I think the most important thing and the most handsome thing is how does your legacy impact the generation of players to come?

Bryant, who made nine of 16 shots, including a pair of three-pointers, scored 22 points and had eight rebounds for the Lakers (4-22), who lost for the seventh time in their past eight games.

Speaking of Tuesday, Bryant said that if he’s not able to play, “it just means it was a more thunderous dunk than we all thought”.

Twenty-three games into the regular season, the venerable Lakers star Kobe Bryant is finally starting to look like his old self.

“I told him that the next time he does something exciting, I’m just going to do this”, Russell said, holding up two fingers.

Yea, the Rockets shoot a lot of three’s – it’s what they do, I understand.

“His ability to score the ball is obviously up there with the greatest to ever play, ” James said.

“Top 5 teams that I’ve faced”, Bryant started his answer, without specifying whether the rank would be in order or not, “I’d probably say the San Antonio Spurs were always tough”. However, his most memorable quarter of the game was in the third where he scored 10 points as the Lakers tried to make a late game push. “We’re looking to come out [Tuesday against Denver] and make amends for the way we played the last game”.

The Lakers’ point total was their second-lowest this season and the lowest by an Oklahoma City opponent since the Thunder beat the Miami Heat 93-75 on March 22.

The Lakers have high hopes the team will secure first pick in next season’s draft after another miserable start to a season and thus get the chance to choose Simmons to join their ranks.

Well nearly. Bryant became saddled with season-ending ailments to his left Achilles tendon (April 2013), left knee (Dec. 2013) and right shoulder (Jan. 2015).

The Thunder’s 40-point victory was just five points shy of a franchise record for margin of victory.

Yet, Bryant said he has a “really good relationship” with the so-called “basketball gods”. Despite being held 11 rebounds below their season average (47.6) Thursday in a loss to Cleveland, Oklahoma City is still No. 1 in the league in rebound differential with a 7.4 margin.

“Anybody that saw the dunk, [and] a couple days later it’s a little sore, you would put those two together”, Scott said.