NEW YORK (AP) — Lakers coach Byron Scott asked Kobe Bryant recently how he wants to handle his minutes this season.
Bryant's response was about next season — there might not be one.
Scott said Sunday that was when Bryant first told him this could be his last season in the NBA.
With the 37-year-old Bryant coming off Achilles, knee and shoulder injuries that cut short his last three seasons, Scott talked to him over the summer about how Bryant would be used, particularly when the Lakers played on back-to-back nights.
"We've talked about it a few days ago.