6 Things That Must Happen for Lakers to Deliver Kobe Bryant’s Playoff Guarantee

This season has provided us with weekly quotables from Los Angeles Lakers Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant. Now one of them is cutting the chitchat and getting right down to business.

In an interview with Jack McCallum of Sports Illustrated published on Thursday, Kobe confidently endorsed his team's playoff hopes, saying, "It's not a question of if we make the playoffs. We will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone—Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Denver...whoever. I have zero nervousness about that."

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