Jordan Clarkson on filling Kobe Bryant’s shoes: We’ll see

Los Angeles Lakers’ Fil-American rookie Jordan Clarkson interact with the kids during the NBA Cares event Saturday in Tondo, Manila. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net

Jordan Clarkson may have taken over the Lakers’ shooting guard spot while Kobe Bryant is out, but he knows Bryant’s shoes are still Bryant’s to wear.

“We’ll see, we’ll see. Who knows,” Clarkson said on Saturday afternoon during his NBA Cares stint in the Philippines.

Clarkson had time to talk to the members of the media after conducting some drills in Tondo, Manila, with Jazz guard Trey Burke and NBA legend Horace Grant.

Bryant said the 2015-2016 NBA season would be his last as a Laker, and Clarkson is in prime position to take over the two guard spot once the five-time NBA champion leaves LaLa land.

Clarkson said it’s hard to predict what would happen especially with Bryant’s presence, and constant trash-talking, pushing the team to the limit.

“He’s just trying to get the best out of everybody,” Clarkson, who made the NBA All-Rookie First Team, said.

Bryant famously called his teammates a bunch of m–f– during their practice, but the Filipino-American swingman said Bryant had said “worse things in the locker room.” RC

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