Kobe Bryant skipped the Lakers' morning shoot-around because of a sore throat, the team said, but he was not expected to miss Friday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings.
“He’ll be all right to play, we know that,” Lakers Coach Byron Scott said. “But he might be a little under the weather.”
A sore throat doesn’t come close to what Bryant endured the last three years, including a torn Achilles', fractured knee and torn rotator cuff. It’s almost laughable to think he would miss Friday’s game, no?
“He’s gone through a whole lot worse than a sore throat and a little bit of a cold,” Scott said.