It’s safe to say the Los Angeles Lakers have settled with being terrible. Even Kobe Bryant has accepted it. That must be a hard pill to swallow. Well. Kobe may have to swallow an even larger pill.
According to ESPN.com, Kobe will understand if the Lakers shut him down.
“I will do what they ask of me, but it’s very, very hard for me to miss one game,” Bryant said Thursday after the Lakers’ 109-102 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Staples Center. “I’m not going to be here much longer, so the games that I play, I want to make sure that I’m playing and enjoying it and appreciating it.“
“To try and get another year out of me,” Bryant said, laughing. “Probably. You know me, man. If I say that’s it, that’s it.”
Bryant said if his final NBA season involved him sitting out games and playing with a minutes limit, he would do it.
“I’ll do whatever’s necessary,” Bryant said. “I’ll really just be present, just be in the moment.“
I think we could all take a page out of Bryant’s book. Enjoy greatness while it’s still here.
We all have the “What have you done for me lately” philosophy. And we can’t do that for Kobe anymore. It’s not fair on him. Stop being bitter about the fact that he takes a lot of shots. You weren’t whining about it when he dropped 81.
Lesson for the day: Appreciate greatness. It’s not always here.
