ASSOCIATED PRESSKobe Bryant isn’t going to suit up for the Lakers again, but he can still help them from the reclining seat of retirement. And while LeBron James isn’t the team’s general manager he needs to play the part for this to all work out. It’s up to Kobe and LeBron to step on the gas as we all try to rubberneck this absolute disaster on the side of the road. It was about Kobe Bryant seeing “The Dark Knight” and then meeting with Heath Ledger because of the performance, something that could never have happened due to Ledger’s death prior to the release of the movie. Kobe Bryant, Pelinka story aside, is free from the current Lakers turmoil, a superstar from the old days when the team had basketball people make the basketball decisions.

Source: Forbes May 29, 2019 09:11 UTC