Kobe Bryant isn't very patient.
That's not an insult; it's just the truth. Now in the last few years of his storied career, the Mamba isn't content to just sit around and wait for the Los Angeles Lakers to complete a lengthy rebuild, instead hoping they make noise right away. He wants them to be competitive during the 2014-15 season, as he made clear back in April:
And his sentiments didn't change in May:
However, in July, they may have to take on a different approach. The Lakers haven't managed to land any of the marquee free agents in the 2014 class, though it's not from a lack of effort. Instead they opted to re-sign a couple pieces from the 2013-14 bunch and trade for a player who lines up at an already-crowded position.
I hate to be the one who breaks it to Kobe (fortunately, I'm not the first to say this), but next season is not going to be epic. Well, unless epic involves being part of the group of teams that ends up in the hunt for Jahlil Okafor, the presumed No. 1 pick of the 2015 NBA draft.
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