Lakers fans better start getting used to painful videos like this one.
During Sunday’s preseason game between the Lakers and Jazz, Kobe Bryant was embarrassed on defense by Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks. Burks set Kobe up by pretending to go to his left before going behind his back. Kobe was caught reaching for the steal as Burks rode on past him in his tricycle.
Kobe swore he had it:
Now that Kobe is aging, he takes more chances on defense because he can’t stick with younger, quicker players. The 36-year-old is still recovering from knee and Achilles injures which have ruined his seasons the last two years.
Sometimes he gets burned taking chance like the video above, but other times it pays off, like earlier in the preseason against the Warriors:
