LOL say what? Now We know this is a crock of shit...because earlier this year...Kobe denied it...Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said star guard Kobe Bryant has told the GM that the 2015-16 season will be Bryant's last with the Lakers.
"He has indicated to me that this is it," Kupchak said Thursday in a radio appearance with SiriusXM NBA Radio.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...angeles-lakers
????? LOLOL.......Kobe Bryant Denies That He's Decided To Retire After Next Season
In a teaser trailer for ESPN's upcoming interview with Kobe Bryant, which you can view above, the Lakers shooting guard denies that he has decided to retire after next season.
"No, it's not true. It's not true," Bryant said of a previous report that he has decided next season will be his last. "It wouldn't be true to who I've been my entire career to do a farewell tour."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6724380.html
So essentially what is going on here is that Mitch wants Kobe to retire after this season..and he is saying this in order to entice free agents...why else would Mitch contradict what Kobe said a few weeks back?....ESPN's Henry Abbot was right all along..did he not say that people inside the Lakers organizations have been complaining for years that Kobe is making it impossible to sign big name free agents? Laker fans denied it...but here is the proof...LOL
Kobe has no intention of retiring this season..why else would he have been aggressively pursuing Rondo? Kobe is waiting to see what free agents and draft picks are coming to the Lakers...the roster is going to look different by the beginning of the 2015/16 season...and Kobe will want to take advantage especially with next years upcoming free agent class...
Kobe will destroy the development of Okafor and Randle by ridiculing them in the media....and force Kupcheck to sign Rondo...further destroying any team chemistry they might have had...He will continue to dominate the ball and freeze the team out of the offense..shortly before he is re-injured sometime before mid season...then he will demand to sign a 20 million dollar extension which Jeanie will be more than happy to do because she is an idiot...
The only question is will Mitch finally show some balls and quit...LOL