Kobe possibly retiring before end of contract

Kobe Bryant is thinking about retirement since the Lakers aren’t in playoff contention. Byron Scott has been sitting him out since last month and the beginning of this month so that he could rest and be ready for other games. But recently on other networks I have heard that Kobe has thought about retirement and when I was scrolling through Facebook there was a post that said that Kobe said it has nothing to do with the money, “Scott said that there hasn’t been any talks about him retiring before his contract is up” after they had practice. “ Kobe said that they are just taking it game by game as of right now. He isn’t thinking about retiring before his contract is up but it has crossed his mind a few times.