Although the NBA star, Kobe Bryant is yet to announce an official timeline for his retirement, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak has however said twice in the last six months that Bryant will likely quit the game after the 2015-2016 season.
“He has indicated to me that this is it,” Kupchak told Rick Fox and Jared Greenberg on Thursday during an interview on Sirius XM NBA Radio, per ESPN. “I think first and foremost he’s in the last year of a deal. There have been no discussions about anything going forward and I don’t think there will be.”
“All indications are, to me, from him, that this [two-year, $48 million deal] is going to be it,” Kupchak also told NBA.com in December, after Bryant had been forced to pull the plug on a season early due to injury for the second year in a row. “If somebody’s thinking of buying a ticket three years from now to see Kobe play, I would not do that. Don’t wait. Do it this year.”
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