Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he will retire after this current season, but he is confident he won't play for another NBA team.

"I've said it so many times. I'm here, I'm a Laker for life," Bryant said. "I'm not playing anywhere else, no matter what. It's just not going to happen. I bleed purple and gold, and that's just how it's going to be."

Phil Jackson said in September he believed Bryant might play beyond this season.

"I don't think it's his last year," Jackson said. "It sounds like it may be his last year as a Laker."

Said Bryant on Friday: "That's Phil baiting you [members of the media] like he always does. He's a master at it."