Kobe Bryant's absence will make the Los Angeles Lakers grow stronger.
Tinseltown drowned in a well of chemistry sorrows last season, never broaching the level of dominance they were predetermined to meet. They fell well short of expectations and came out the other end of 2012-13 a bruised, beaten and Kobe-less bunch.
Remove Dwight Howard and Metta World Peace from an already rocky infrastructure that's without Kobe, and the Lakers could be worse off. Or maybe they'll be better.
The "Black Mamba" would be able to play, according to Bleacher Report's Kevin Ding, if the Lakers were currently in the playoffs. To know that he could suit up if needed is a relief. It's a blessing. But so his absence.
Battling life without Kobe has forced the Lakers to adjust; it has forced Kobe himself to adjust. All the while, the Lakers, Mamba included, are learning some much-needed lessons about themselves and how to avoid a repeat of last season's emotional catastrophe.
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