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Lakers: Kobe Bryant Shuts Down Notion of Playing Overseas

After weeding through all of the emotions that Kobe Bryant’s announcement regarding his impending retirement brings about for Los Angeles Lakers fans, there’s one predominant question that gets brought up tirelessly: what’s next for Kobe once his playing days in the NBA are done.

There has been plenty of speculation as to what Kobe might try and venture into once he’s done with the Lakers and the NBA, with options ranging from front office positions to working as an NBA ambassador to coaching to even playing overseas. However, the latter isn’t much of an open possibility any more, at least according to Kobe.