HONOLULU — The Society for the Preservation of Kobe Bryant held its first meeting Sunday.
The unofficial declaration of the SPKB was as follows:
Regarding the critically endangered species known by the common name of No. 24 Black Mamba, we shall not allow for premature extinction under any circumstances. And to have this end badly in the friggin' exhibition opener? Heck, no!
Coming off of three consecutive season-ending injuries, Bryant played only the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' exhibition opener in Hawaii. He then unlaced those high-tops early and was saved for another day.
He was a little slow and not very sharp—shooting 1-of-5 from the field, hitting the side of the backboard on his first attempt and looking particularly at risk pump-faking into oblivion on his last one. But Bryant's energy and endurance were fine for 12 continuous minutes.
Not that there's anything wrong with the whole overprotective philosophy with Bryant right now, but this, at heart, is the problem for the rebuilding yet conservationist Lakers.
For Bryant's potentially f ...
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