"Obviously, this isn't working," Lakers star Kobe Bryant told Yahoo! Sports after the Chicago loss. I've tried to go out of my way to get (Howard) the ball. Sometimes I end up looking like an idiot, because I get up in the air, I've got a shot, but I try to find him. But he thinks I'm going to shoot, so his back is turned. I'm trying to think about getting him the ball a lot -- take care of him as much as I possibly can. It takes me out of rhythm a little bit, but I'm fine with that. If that's going to help our team, I'm more than willing to do that. I've constantly tried to help him out, tried to talk to him, Two o'clock in the morning, three o'clock in the morning. Texting him. Sharing reading materials. Anything to try and help him. He's coming off a major surgery in a market where it's just merciless; where there's demands and responsibilities of athletes. It's been tough on him."
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