He'll miss games but I don't know if he'll quit. He has another year on his contract so this mess is not going to be over soon, might as well continue to play for scoring records because that all he has to look forward to. He already shot himself in the foot by stating publicly that his 'loyalty" to the Lakers has no bounds, so he cannot under any cir stances demand for anything, in hopes for a better opportunty. I mean he can't demand anyway after that contract but I don't blame him for the latter part.
I've never seen a player sabotage his own legacy like Kobe though. He was almost untouchable after winning two additional les and MVP's in 2010 (regardless if you think he deserve sit or not). Then came the lows. After the Achilles rupture, He was given a golden opportunity to spend the remaining years of career by proving other people wrong, since...well that's supposedly what his life is all about. He could've simply become a bigger person and passed the torch to Dwight, something Shaq refused to hand to him a decade ago which is something he wished the big fella would do. You would figure he'll have a better understanding of this. Nope. Kobe is all about putting serious work eventhough it's completely detrimental to team success. Now, sure Howard doesn't have a champion pedigree, but he was a key figure and the only realistic piece that could help keep the Lakers relevant for many years to come. Now? Well, you know how this plays out.
Kobe's clock is ticking, and what's sad is everytime he logs minutes and time on the floor, its slowly demolishing the framework he has built so hard in his legacy. It's hard to put an athlete of this magnitude in this kind of negative light, but Kobe somehow was able to put his.
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