Rumors: Kobe Bryant

As NBA Lakers rumors continue with less than a week before the 2012-13 season, a bit of worrisome news has arrived regarding a Kobe Bryant injury.

The latest report from ESPN.com is that this injury will cause Kobe to miss the final two preseason games.

The injury has been classified as a strain and was suffered by Kobe after he tripped over Thomas Robinson’s foot in a preseason game against the Sacramento Kings.

However, it’s important to note that preseason games don’t generally have teams playing full force for an entire game, because the games won’t count towards anything beyond a preseason record.

So even if Kobe is out for a few early regular season games, it’s possible that coach Mike Brown could get some W’s out of the team he has to work with.