Kobe Bryant Counsels Kevin Durant to ‘Appreciate The Bad

According to Scott, after he apologized to Bryant for playing him too many minutes while subbing him out for a rest in the third quarter of the Lakers’ recent loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Kobe told him “That’s good, coach”. As it turns out, he found out during the middle of a game when Bryant abruptly informed him.

You think you had the week’s top “Kobe Bryant gave me the heads-up on retiring” story, Dwyane Wade? “This is a flawless description of how I would want my game to be”. 500 winning percentage. The excitement came back to Los Angeles when the season began this year because Bryant was back from injury and ready to play once again. However, in the quarter, Kobe’s Lakers would be outscored by a surging Hawks bunch 29-17, as Atlanta took a 16-point 52-36 lead into the half.

“We don’t have the same personality”, Bryant said Friday.

However, he had one of his better games recently during the Lakers’ 108-104 win over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, shooting a decent 41.7 percent from the field and firing 31 points in a vintage performance.

The day Kobe Bryant played his first game against the Atlanta Hawks in the city of Atlanta, 2 Pac’s Makaveli album was positioned at the top of the charts, Jamie Foxx’s slapstick comedy Booty Call had just been released, and Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston were a tandem in the film The Preacher’s Wife.

What has remained secret until now is how the 37-year-old Bryant delivered the news to Scott: during a game.

Bryant was joking, but it was easy to envision his hard-charging, impatient ways carrying over into the business sector after he retired next April. As it turns out, those speculations won’t become anything more than that as Kobe, himself, as requested that his farewell tour be limited to private moments and standing ovations only.

Eric Bledsoe scored 22 points, and Brandon Knight had 19 for the Suns.

Mike Scott scored 14 points and Jeff Teague added 13 for Atlanta, which improved to 13-9 and has the next five days off.

He made 10 of 24 shots against the Wizards and 4 of 11 from 3-point range, but he hasn’t made at least 40 percent of his shots and 33 percent of his 3-pointers in consecutive games. I’m just going to mess with him a little bit. “But it’s a pleasure to say that I was there every step of the way watching this kid grow into who he is today”.

Bryant announced he would retire at the conclusion of the season this past Sunday, via poem.

Given his faith in Bryant’s abilities, it comes as no surprise that Scott is one of the few people who believe that the Black Mamba will come back soon.