Kobe: 'Let it sit in now, because revenge is sweet and it's quick'
Kobe coming, y'all.
Speaking on Power 106 on Saturday (via Lakers Nation), Kobe Bryant warned anyone engaging in schadenfreude that the last laugh will belong to him and the Los Angeles Lakers.
"This year, we all know it’s been a real tough year for us right? So what I’d like everybody to do is to really just sit back and just absorb this year. Take it all in. Sit back and watch and listen and hear all the hate that’s being thrown at us and remember every person that’s kicking you when you’re down because next year it ain’t gunna be this way.”
Appreciate it now. Let it sit in now, because revenge is sweet and it’s quick."
*whistles The Farmer In The Dell*
Bryant's return in 2014-15 will obviously be a major story, assuming he doesn't return this season, which seems unlikely. The Lakers could be in a much better position to compete, too.
The team will have ample salary cap room to add pieces, though maybe not quite to the degree Bryant and the team would like. However, Steve Nash's injury status could clear additional salary off the books, and the Lakers also have an incoming lottery pick from a loaded draft, one that would currently be projected to net them the fifth or sixth pick, coin flip and lottery depending.
Kobe comin' but with more than a sawed-off, in short.