Kobe looking abroad

Kobe Bryant said that he’s still considering playing overseas because an owners’ lockout of players threatens to sabotage the upcoming NBA season. The Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar told The Associated Press on the sidelines of a youth basketball clinic in Singapore that he didn’t know if there will be a 2011-12 season and hasn’t ruled out playing abroad. “I could,” Bryant said Saturday. “I’m playing abroad right now.” Bryant said he may join informal workouts with Lakers teammates in the future, but that no such sessions have been scheduled. Turkish club Besiktas said in July it was in talks with Bryant’s representatives about possibly playing for the team. At least one team in China has also expressed interest in the 33-year-old Bryant. – AP