Fantasy basketball from US: Kobe to return to Italy?

Kobe Bryant may be willing to return to his Italian roots if he doesn't agree with the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. According to one of Bryant's teammates, the Lakers All-Star recently threatened, "I'll play in Europe" when they were discussing the potential of an NBA lockout this summer and the ramifications of a new CBA.
"Kobe understands what the players before him did and he feels a responsibility to do the same to the younger guys," said the Lakers player, who did not want to be identified.
"If he goes to play in Italy I will go with him," joked Danilo Gallinari, the Knicks' Italian-born forward. Bryant spent part of his childhood in Italy, where his father, Joe Bryant, played professional basketball.