Broken Old Mummy Kobe Bryant Out For Season
Albert Berneko, Jan. 23, 2015, Deadspin
The Lakers weren't going anywhere, anyway; the best possible outcome for this season was for this rotten team to lose enough games to keep its top-5 protected pick in the upcoming draft, so even if Kobe could play again this season, neither he nor L.A.'s brass have any incentive to put more basketball on his weary bones before November. And that's if you accept the dubious proposition that Kobe was helping the Lakers win games in the first place. He was posting ghastly numbers at both ends of the floor, and even his own teammates have acknowledged that the team is better when his role is smaller.
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The Lakers weren't going anywhere, anyway; the best possible outcome for this season was for this rotten team to lose enough games to keep its top-5 protected pick in the upcoming draft, so even if Kobe could play again this season, neither he nor L.A.'s brass have any incentive to put more basketball on his weary bones before November. And that's if you accept the dubious proposition that Kobe was helping the Lakers win games in the first place. He was posting ghastly numbers at both ends of the floor, and even his own teammates have acknowledged that the team is better when his role is smaller.
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