Kobe Bryant opens up about the difficulty of playing limited minutes

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Byron Scott said he'd watch this tape again once. I was like, 'Really?' He laughed and said "probably with a bottle of vodka."

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 14, 2015

After the room laughed, Byron looked straight into the @TWCSportsNet cameras and said, "I'm JOKING."

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 14, 2015

Kobe on his minutes limit: "The hard part is sitting down for stretches and then trying to get back in. I feel like the Tin Man."

— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) January 14, 2015

Byron on Kobe (1/2): "I think this is going to be the way it is for the remainder of the season he's going to have some rust when he plays..

— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) January 14, 2015

Byron on Kobe (2/2): "b/c of the way we're going to try to schedule his (KB's) playing time...just going to have to live w/ it right now."

— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) January 14, 2015

Jeremy Lin on Kobe/resting/game-by-game: "He never really gets to get in the real rhythm. That's a lot harder than people might imagine."

— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) January 14, 2015

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