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Kobe Bryant says post-playing career will be different from Magic Johnson's

Magic Johnson has dabbled in just about everything since retiring as a player.

He's owned coffeehouse chains, restaurants, gyms, movie theatres, condominium complexes and, of course, small pieces of the Lakers (formerly) and Dodgers (currently).

Kobe Bryant isn't entirely sure what shape his post-playing career will take, but it won't involve being the next Magic.

"We don't have the same personality," Bryant said Friday. "I can't go around talking and smiling at people all day."

Bryant was joking, but it was easy to envision his hard-charging, impatient ways carrying over into the business sector after he retired next April.