Will Kobe Bryant Help or Hinder Los Angeles Lakers Rebuild Through Free Agency?

Kobe Bryant finds himself in unfamiliar territory with the Los Angeles Lakers, injured and aging, desperately trying to win another championship that's predicated on the performances of players the team doesn't yet have.

Adjustments don't come much more abruptly for a player who, for so long, was the Lakers' primary championship lifeline, second to no one, least of all to teammates existing only in theory.

Time is a funny thing, though, fickle in its impact, yet overwhelming in its end result. It cannot be trick...

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