Report: Kobe Bryant has 'no interest' in playing for Mike D'Antoni next season
Kobe Bryant will not return from an injury to play for Mike D'Antoni this season. (Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
On the same day the Lakers announced that Kobe Bryant would not return to the team for the remainder of the current season, a report says the team's superstar doesn't want to play for coach Mike D'Antoni when he returns.
Sean Deveney of Sporting Newscites multiple sources as saying Bryant has "no interest" in playing for D'Antoni in the future and wants a new coach for the 2014-15 season. Bryant is still recovering from a knee injury suffered six games into his comeback from last year’s Achilles injury.
D'Antoni's future with the Lakers already was in doubt. The Lakers are 22-42 this season and headed for a lottery pick. On Wednesday morning, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said on First Take that a source said D’Antoni would be gone, especially in light of the Lakers’ possible pursuit of free-agent Carmelo Anthony.
