Kobe is going to be ok.
Lakers fans always are going to have unrealistic expectations for him and the 100 commercials touting his return probably didn’t help.
He struggled a bit as the Lakers lost to the Raptors, but Kobe knows it is a process.
“I’m just insanely critical,” Bryant said after finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and eight turnovers in 28 minutes. “There was a bunch of things that I completely messed up on.”
When asked to grade his performance, Bryant gave himself an “F.” And when asked if he had been “reborn in a new form,” he quipped, “Right now my form is a horse’s a– form.”
“I failed miserably at that,” Bryant said after revealing his personal expectation for his debut was to avoid turnovers. “That was really the biggest thing for me, just trying to take care of the basketball, because I know I’m going to be in charge of making some decisions out there. … Basketball-wise, I’m not happy.”
The main reason the Lakers lost was because Pau Gasol is a liability on the defensive end and was abused by Amir Johnson.
But, overall it was good to see Bean back. The league is more interesting with him in it.