Kobe Bryant is out for the season with a torn rotator cuff. Somehow, Bryant – who hasn’t played since Jan. 21 – STILL leads the Lakers in shots attempted this season.
NBA Report: Cavaliers Offered to Add Steve Nash If He Agreed to Buyout From the Lakers
Steve Nash desperately wanted to continue playing basketball but his body repeatedly failed him with each comeback attempt. He finally threw in the towel and announced his retirement on Saturday. After many years with the Phoenix Suns he went to the Los Angeles Lakers to try and win a title with Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard but that resulted in an utter failure. Now it turns out Nash had one more opportunity to possibly secure a championship ring.
NBA: Vlade Divac Says Kobe Bryant is the ‘Best Talent’ He’s Ever Played With Even Over Magic Johnson
Vlade Divac was one of the pioneers of Europeans coming to the NBA and having success, having been a key part of the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. Now he’s returned to the Kings as Vice President of Basketball Operations. There’s many things Divac is remembered for and one of them is as the guy the Lakers traded for Kobe Bryant.
NBA: Kobe Bryant Says There’s a Possibility He Could Play Beyond Next Season
It’s clear that Kobe Bryant is in the latter end of his career. With his body failing him it’s just a matter of time till he has to hang his jersey up. The only question is when? The controversial two-year contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers is up after next season and many people think that is when he’ll retire. Even Kobe himself hinted that that would be it for him but now after sitting out much of this season with a torn rotator cuff, he says he can envision himself playing longer than that.
NBA: Rajon Rondo on Kobe: “It’s an honor and a compliment that he’d want to play with a guy like me”
Kobe Bryant has often said that he gets along with people who share his attitude and personality and Rajon Rondo is one of those people. Bryant also said he would continue to recruit Rondo until he signed a contract somewhere. The two have shared breakfast together in Boston and affectionately refer to each other as “assholes” and on Sunday as Rondo and the Mavericks came to Los Angeles to play the Lakers, Kobe was there to watch.
NBA: Kobe Says Dwight Howard Needed to Be Like Magic, Bird or Jordan For Him to Hand Over the Lakers
Kobe Bryant is out for the rest of the season with a torn rotator cuff; that coupled with the promotion for his documentary “Kobe Bryan’t Muse”, means he’s doing a lot press, and that coupled with the fact he’s nearing the end of his career makes him a quote machine. He’s spoken on a lot of things including his relationship with Phil Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal, now he’s speaking on Dwight Howard.
