KobeBryantsaidheplanstostaywiththeNBAchampionLosAngelesLakersevenheifoptsoutofhiscontractthissummer. PhilJacksonsaidhishealthwilldictatewhetherhereturnsascoach.
BryantmetwithJacksonandgeneralmanagerMitchKupchakforanindividualexitinterviewonFriday.
ThefinalsMVPcanterminatethelasttwoyears
ofhiscontractandbecomeanunrestrictedfreeagentonJuly 1. He'sspenthisentire 13-yearcareerwiththeLakers, winningfourNBAchampionships. Buthecouldgetanew, morelucrativeandlongerdealifheoptedout.
LosAngelesLakers' KobeBryant (2ndR) celebrateswith (L-R) coachPhilJacksonandteammates, ShannonBrown, LamarOdomandPauGasolofSpain, aftertheywontheir 15thNBAChampionshipinLosAngeles, CaliforniaJune 17, 2009.
Bryantturns 31 inAugust. Heaveraged 32.4 points, 7.4 assistsand 5.6 reboundsduringthefinals, whentheLakersdefeatedtheOrlandoMagicinfivegames.
Jackson, whoturns 64 inSeptember, saidhe'lldecideaboutnextseasonafterhegetssomehealthissuescheckedout.
Thisseason, hemissedtworoadgamesbecauseofpainandswellinginhislowerlegscausedbyplantarfasciitis, anissueheblamedlate-nightflightsthataggravatedthecondition.
Hehasundergonetwohipreplacementoperations
sinceOctober 2006 _ usingacaneatvarioustimes _ andwalkswithanoticeablehitchinhisstep.
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