Kobe Bryant has played in only 41 games over the past two seasons, the latest of which ended when he underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder. His 2013-14 season ended after just five games because of a torn Achilles’ tendon.
But the 36-year-old isn’t thinking about retirement, telling NBA TV in an interview that he’s hoping for a “rebirth.”
“I can’t say it is the end,” Bryant said during the interview, which aired Monday night. “I thought the Spurs were done 20 years ago. Those guys are still winning.
“So, to answer the question, I can’t say this is the end of my era because I thought their [era] was done, and they’re still there. So I’m hoping I can have the same rebirth.”
At one point during the interview, titled “Kobe: The Interview,” Bryant was asked what drives him to come back.
“The process of it. I want to see if I can. I don’t know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see,” Bryant said. “What I’m going to do is do what I always do: I’m going to break everything down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it day by day. Just one day at a time.”
Bryant is a 17-time all-star and a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers. He’s also the league’s highest-paid player and is scheduled to make $25 million next year in Los Angeles. In December, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak said he thought Bryant would retire after next season, which would be his 20th in the NBA and the final year in which he’s under contract with the Lakers.
After spending the first 17 years of his Post career writing and editing, Matt and the printed paper had an amicable divorce in 2014. He's now blogging and editing for the Early Lead and the Post's other Web-based products.
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