Bryant keeping options open during lockout
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Shanghai Daily, July 19, 2011
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NBA star Kobe Bryant (center) interacts with young basketball fans in Shanghai yesterday. |
Kobe Bryant has said he is keeping his options open for next season while the National Basketball Association remains in lockout.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard has been linked with a move to Turkish team Besiktas but said he had not made up his mind because of the uncertainty over the NBA.
"One thing about basketball is that it is a global sport now," Bryant said. "So you can play anywhere you want to. As far as myself, I just train. I just train and be prepared for anybody that calls."
Bryant, who has won five NBA championship rings with the Lakers, has also been linked with a possible All-Star tour of Asia and again said that he was not ruling out anything.
"Whether the NBA starts again or a team in Europe or here in China decides to call, I'll be ready," he said.
The NBA ordered a lockout of players earlier this month after prolonged talks on a new collective bargaining agreement collapsed.
