Logically, the proper move would be for Kobe to move on if he really wanted to try to win another championship.
But, I get this sense that being a Laker for his entire career and retiring as such means more to him at the moment than ring chasing.
He hints at retirement here, but he is sort of like Bernard Hopkins, meaning he may never retired.
“It’s not going to happen,” Bryant told USA TODAY Sports when asked if the temptation to change teams might still grow from here. “It’s not going to happen. You go through the good times, you’ve got to go through the bad times.”
“Nah, not really,” he said with a grin and a shake of the head when asked if he can envision playing beyond his current contract. “But I’m so loyal to this organization, there’s not a chance (of him leaving)…I’ve been really fortunate to win a lot of games here, a lot of championships here. You can’t (expletive) with (that).”
If after his contract ends, the Lakers didn’t offer him another deal, I can see him going to play in Italy or something until he is 60.
H/T USA Today