Plenty of internal and external motivation surrounds Kobe Bryant.
He enters the 2014-15 season trying to prove he can overcome two serious injuries in the past year through unmatched fundamentals and conservative playing time. With ESPN releasing today their No. 40 overall ranking for Bryant, that will likely fuel his drive even more. But when the Lakers host the Utah Jazz tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, will Bryant exact revenge on Jazz forward Dahntay Jones nearly 19 months after falling on his foot and spraining his left ankle?
Bryant suggested as such on March, 13, 2013 when he expressed frustration that he landed on Jones’ foot just as he landed. But in an interview with this newspaper, Jones sounded skeptical that will happen when the two face off against each other for the first time since that injury.
“Not for me. I don’t think it does for him, either,” Jones said following the Jazz’s morning shootaround at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo. “He has bigger goals he’s dealing with throughout the course of the season. He’s trying to get back. That’s on the top of his list.”
Continue reading “Dahntay Jones doubts Kobe Bryant will seek revenge for past injury” »