Kobe Bryant labeled his comments about possibly playing in Europe as a joke.

?Somebody throws us this question about playing overseas,? Bryant said. ?I don?t want (LeBron James) to answer it. He?s a young kid; I don?t want him to take the controversial stuff. I said, ?Well, if a team throws us $50 million, then we?ll all go.?" ?

?It?s just something that was a joke for us, and people took it and ran with it or whatever. That?s fine. Everybody needs to banter about something.?