Kobe Bryant jokes to Jimmy Kimmel he will ‘unretire’ if Lakers go 0-5 with LeBron James, and reveals secret tap dancing lessons
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LeBron James has gone 0-3 at the start of his Los Angeles Lakers career, but help could soon be at hand if the team’s slump continues.
Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is doing the rounds on the media circuit to promote his new book Mamba Mentality and made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday – and, inevitably, the question came up.
“How many games in a row would the Lakers have to lose for you to unretire and come back to the team. If we go to 20 you would think about it right?” host Kimmel asked.
“If they go 0-and-5 I’ll think about it,” Bryant said, laughing.
Kimmel then joked that James might just “tank” those games to get Bryant, who retired in 2016, back on the court.
James missed two free throws that would have put the Lakers up in overtime against San Antonio on Tuesday night, before the Spurs dealt Los Angeles a heartbreaking defeat on their home court.
