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Bryant will bring the Lakers back-quietly

Don't look for Kobe Bryant ranting in any parking lots this summer, even if the Lakers fall short of their ultimate goal. He'll be too busy with the U.S. Olympic team, for one thing. But that's not the only reason:

He'll be honing his stand-up routine. At his press briefings during The Finals, win or lose, Bryant was full of happy talk.

On missing seven of 18 free throws in Game 3: "It felt like I was in a foreign territory because I haven't been there in so long. It's like somebody took me and just dropped me off in the middle of Shanghai with no translator and no dictionary. It was crazy."

On what he told the team at practice after the Lakers blew a 24-point lead and lost Game 4: "I ...

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