Kobe Bryant endorses Brian Shaw as Phil Jackson's successor as Los Angeles Lakers' coach

Bryant, saying that he was speaking for all of his teammates as well as himself, endorsed assistant coach Brian Shaw for the job, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

"I feel all of the players believe in coach B-Shaw," Bryant told Yahoo! Sports on Friday morning. "We have such a rapport with him. He's been with us for such a long time. We all have a bit of a bias towards him.

"I don't want to get in the way of management. But we've all kind of had our eye on him for a while."