LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant remains unfazed despite his team's 0-3 record with him on the court after his Lakers got routed in Oklahoma City, 122-97, on Friday night.
"I'm not worried about it, to be honest with you," Bryant told ESPN.com. "We've seen worse. We forget kind of what we had to go through last year. I'm not really too concerned about it. I think our heart is in the right place. I think I saw a lot of positive things tonight; we just got to put it together for longer stretches. We'll be fine."
After the Lakers went 10-9 in the first 19 games, Bryant's addition has not exactly been the kind of spark that the team needed. The Lakers are now in 13th place in the West, but the Black Mamba remembers how the team went 17-25 in January this year before finishing the regular season with a 28-12 slate and ultimately making the playoffs.
Three games into his return, Bryant is averaging 11 points, 6.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 26 minutes. His shooting has been down at 38.5 percent from the field and he has turned the ball over 6 times a game. He also has not hit a three point shot, but the ever confident superstar remains optimistic.
"I'm moving a lot better," Bryant said after finishing with 4 points, 13 assists, 2 steals and 7 turnovers in 23 minutes against the Thunder. "It will get to a point soon where I'll be able to play a little bit more and be out there on the court maybe 30, 35 minutes or something like that. It's not ready for that yet, but it will get there."
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