[MachettiParticipant]

 Okay now that the dust has settled and Lebron James has joined forces with the showtime Lakers. The question I ask is, will Kobe come back for a year and play again? If the likes of Vince Carter and Dirk Nowtizki are still toiling around, heck why not Kobe? Out of pure entertainment this would be a fascinating story to watch all year! 

 

[llperez]

 i assume youre just joking but as a the biggest kobe fan on here, my last hope for kobe was to see him be able to walk off the court on his own. Not only did we get that but he gave one last 60 pt game to remember him by, lets leave it at that not watch him hobble around jacking up shots having lebron regretting his decision. Although I can assure you he wouldnt forget the score and dribble the clock out, he would have gotten a shot up

[MachettiParticipant]

 Yes part of it is fantasy, but I would just love to see it happen! I think if there was a guy to mentally prepare himself for a year it would be Kobe! Tom Brady is proving he still can play at a certain level at 40, and football lets face it is infinitley more demanding on a body. Kobe can easily play 25 mins and be productive. Don’t tell me he’s not a bit least tempted?

[mowestenParticipant]

 I totally disagree with this. There are only 16 football games per year, plus the postseason and preseason. As a QB, you don’t really have to run, or jump, and if you do it certainly isn’t sustained.

The difficulty of playing basketball is the stress that starting, stopping, changing directions and jumping all put on your joints and tendons. Plus the infinite number of quick sprints that are involved in a game, the sliding side to side (not a natural movement) on defense. The QB in football doesn’t have to guard someone half their age. They get the ball and hand it off, or look around, and throw it. That’s about it.

Infinitely easier IMO than Kobe coming back and trying to guard James Harden.

Yes, getting hit is a big part of football, but Brady rarely takes a big hit because he knows when it is time to fold up and live to fight another day. If, as a QB, you can find a way to avoid the hits, then the stress of basketball on your joints and tendons far outweighs that of someone playing QB.

I’ll quickly add, that QB and kicker/punter are the only football positions I would make this argument. It’s shown up in history as well. Brady is playing the best football of any over-40 QB. But he’s hardly the first to play at his age. Vinny Testeverde, Steve DeBerg, Warren Moon played until they were 44.

Now, if you want to compare basketball at 40 to Jerry Rice or Darrell Green, then, yes, I would agree that Jerry Rice and Darrell Green being an NFL player at 40+ is much, much more difficult.

 

 

 

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 Have you seen Kobe lately?? You can look at him and tell he’s not in basketball shape..that dude in enjoying retirement. 

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

 I highly doubt Kobe has picked up a basketball since he walked of the court for the last time on April 13, 2016. Even if he wanted to, it would be physically impossible for him to get back onto an nba court right now. Remember that it took a small army of trainers and physical therapists on a daily basis just to get his body to the point where he was able to play at all his last couple seasons, and it wasn’t at a particularly high level on most nights. There is no way he is ever playing competitively again. This isn’t like Jordan who still had some gas left in the tank when he retired in 1998. Kobe was running on fumes and whatever he had left was spent in that final 60 pt game.

[HitsterParticipant]

MJ came back at 32 and 38 but Kobe is nearly 40 now and if he hasn’t played for a couple of years then it would be a big ask. Plus Kobe and LBJ never teamed up before, this could as much as anything been down to egos. The Lakers were Kobe’s team and now they are LBJ’s team.

As said above, Kobe’s last couple of years were injury hit and he is probably a good 20lbs above his playing weight now. He has 5 titles so why would he need to bother with another one and the thought of a 82 game regular season and play offs I doubt would appeal to him.

If LBJ had gone to the Lakers right after Kobe retired and they had been in play off picture the next season. There may have been mutual interest in him coming back for play offs but not now.

[Kwame33Participant]

 kobe just barely hobbled his way out of the league so I can firmly say there is no possibility of this.

[The GoatParticipant]

While you are at it, why dont you dig up Wilts skeleton to defend the inbounds guy on last second plays, itd still be quite a deterrent 

[BasterdInABasketParticipant]

 I disregarded when I first saw this but he’s 39 still. He could go 20 minutes a game couldn’t he and see how the year goes. The Lakers are going nowhere this year (I think, never count Lebron out of course) if I’m Kobe has the itch to play one or two more with Lebron why not. As far as if he’s in shape NOW I have no idea, sounds like not according to everyone on here. 

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Kobe is a G. No way he’d he come ride LeBron’s coat tails. He has too much pride to come back and let somebody carry him to a championship. 

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