Plaschke-Simers video: Should Kobe Bryant play overseas?

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Kobe Bryant has been offered $6.7 million to play for Italian club team Virtus Bologna for a season. Should he go?

Times columnist Bill Plaschke and T.J. Simers disagree.

Plaschke thinks Bryant’s loyalty is to the Lakers and he shouldn’t risk jeopardizing his health and adding even more mileage to his long NBA career that began when he was just 18 years old.

Simers simply doesn’t care. He argues that it’s none of our business what a player does during the offseason.

Plaschke and Simers will be doing a weekly video, appropriately named ‘L.A. Loud.’ The video will be moderated by Times sports reporter Melissa Rohlin.

If Bryant plays overseas, other players will surely follow suit. Rohlin wonders if that could expedite the negotiation process since the owners don’t want to risk their top players getting hurt.

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