Kobe receives the Michael Jordan treatment, but Lakers fall to the Hornets, 108-98: Fans shinnied up a traffic-light post outside the luxury hotel where the Los Angeles Lakers stayed, hoping to get a glimpse of Kobe Bryant boarding the team bus among dozens and dozens of cordoned-off people. -- Los Angeles Times
Former Laker Jeremy Lin is having fun in a reserve role with the Hornets: Lakers rolled into North Carolina and were reminded of a different type of farewell. It was time to reflect on Jeremy Lin, not Kobe Bryant.