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Kobe Bryant Returns to Practice
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant returned to practice Thursday and Coach Phil Jackson says Bryant will play in the exhibition game.
The Lakers face Seattle in Bakersfield on Thursday night in the first of six exhibition games in nine days. They lost their first two exhibition games to Golden State last week in Honolulu.
Bryant hadn't practiced since Saturday because of a sore knee. He didn't speak with reporters Wednesday, but made his feelings clear a day earlier in his only formal interview since Lakers owner Jerry Buss stated he "would certainly listen" to trade offers for the two-time defending NBA scoring champion.
Bryant asked to be traded a little over four months ago, then avoided speaking about the Lakers until the beginning of training camp Oct. 1, when he talked more positively, saying he was looking forward to the season.
It seemed the parties had put negative feelings behind them before Buss made his comments to three beat writers last week.
Jackson said everything was back to normal Wednesday, although Bryant wasn't involved in scrimmaging at the end of practice.
Brown said the Lakers haven't been distracted by the fact that Bryant missed practice the previous three days and his apparent differences with management.
Derek Fisher, who returned to Los Angeles this season after two years in Golden State and one in Utah, said he wasn't sure how Bryant felt at this point and where the team stood. Fisher and Bryant began their careers with the Lakers in 1996.
Fisher said he hasn't talked with Bryant about his situation with the Lakers, saying he was reluctant to ask certain questions because of the answers he might hear.
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