Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown addressed the media Wednesday to discuss shooting guard Kobe Bryant's injury status.
Brown said that Bryant's foot injury might not be healed enough to play in Tuesday's night's season opener against the Dallas Mavericks.
"I don't know if he'll be ready," Brown said after the Lakers' 97-91 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. "So yeah, I guess there is question. I'm just going to wait for [Lakers trainer] Gary Vitti to tell me he can play, because there's nothing I can do about it until they release him anyway."
Bryant was injured when he tripped over Thomas Robinson's foot in the third quarter of Sunday's 99-92 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
Bryant, who sat out Wednesday's game and is ruled out of Thursday's game against the Kings, missed several practices earlier in training camp because of discomfort in the same right foot.
Bryant's injury is classified as a strain, and the team has officially announced he's out indefinitely.
Bryant's injury means that the Lakers' new-look starting five with him, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace will have played just one game together in the preseason.
"Obviously it would have been great if they would have had more on-court time against a different colored jersey," Brown said. "But, again, I'm a long-term guy and not a short-term guy, so, they'll be ready when it counts."
The Lakers are 0-7 in the preseason, their worst preseason start in franchise history.
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