LA Lakers Kobe Bryant News: Black Mamba Talks About Status Of Current Roster, Retirement

The Los Angeles Lakers are eager to start next season as their superstar Kobe Bryant will be back from injury. But the biggest question is, will it be his last?

The LA Lakers star spoke with Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports regarding his future. The future Hall-of-Famer does not want to set anything in stone yet and perhaps, it will depend on how his team will perform next season.

"We haven't set anything in stone and I've talked about it before," Bryant said. "But could this be the last [season]? Absolutely. It's tough to decide. It's really tough to make those types of decisions. Players I have spoken to say, 'Kobe you will know.'"

"I'm making this very simple. Either I like playing the game and going through this process or I don't. I try to strip it down to the simplest form. Either I like playing some more or I don't. But I think that decision needs to be made after the season. It's hard to make a decision like that before the season."

Then, he addressed the current state of the LA Lakers roster and he is happy with the new addition and draftees the management put up this off-season.

"They have really set themselves up for a promising future going on years. I think they drafted very well. The free agents that we picked are extremely solid, [Roy] Hibbert, [Brandon] Bass, Lou [Williams]. We have a very good mix of young and veteran leadership. The challenge is going to be blending the two and cutting down the learning curve."

"How quickly can we get going? How quickly can we bring up [rookie D'Angelo] Russell, [Julius] Randle. [Jordan] Clarkson got valuable experience last year in playing that will benefit us tremendously. I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to running with these young guns."

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