Since Kobe Bryant’s retirement became official, there has been plenty of speculation about what the Lakers legend would do with the rest of his life. One popular desire and rumor has been that he would accept an offer to join TNT’s Inside the NBA crew.
Bryant has routinely rejected the notion despite most basketball fans agreeing that he would be great on television. The now retired shooting guard reaffirmed his stance in a video published by TMZ Sports.
Asked whether he would take the Inside the NBA job, Kobe simply answers “no” with a wry smile on his face.
This could certainly be a case of Kobe not giving any information, but it really does seem like he is not interested in starting a career in television. Bryant has been enjoying his retirement with appearances on talk shows, but it also appears as though he is focused on huge ventures with his company, Kobe, Inc with his focus having mentioned as being on film-making and story-telling.
Kobe Bryant has bigger plans in mind and although we do not know entirely what they consist of, we should be pretty certain, now, that a job on television is not one of them.