Lakers confirm Kobe Bryant to depart after one more season

Sport360 staff 03:12 23/05/2015
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  • Veteran: Kobe Bryant.

    Kobe Bryant will make next season his last with the Los Angeles Lakers after 20 years and five NBA titles.

    Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak broke the news last night, saying: “He has indicated to me this is it. He’s on the last year of a deal. There have been no discussions about anything going forward. I don’t think there will be.”

    The 36-year-old guard has played for the Lakers his entire NBA career, but has been nagged by injuries in recent seasons and unable to display the form that made him a 17-time All-Star, two-time NBA scoring champion and two-time Olympic champion.

    Bryant suffered a torn achilles in April 2013, but signed a two-year contract extension that kept him as the NBA’s top-paid player and set him up to be the first to complete 20 seasons at one club. 

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