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Kobe Bryant Says Warriors Jokingly Offered Him Spot on Team If He Unretired

Kobe Bryant's last NBA season was essentially an extended retirement tour, as he announced early in that 2015-16 campaign he'd call it quits.

But Bryant revealed during the The HoopsHype Podcast with Alex Kennedy that Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers jokingly offered him a roster spot for the following season during the All-Star Game in 2016:

"I've known Bob Myers, the general manager of the Warriors, forever. Like, I remember the day he was going to go take his bar exam! We used to hang out together all the time.