Kobe's struggles

Kobe is really struggling. He is forcing too much. In fact, I am going to say it - he is hurting the Lakers. The problem is he is getting the ball and playing the game as "Kobe". However, he is NOT Kobe, the Black Mamba right now. His injuries have taken away from that. He is shooting terrible, terrible. I believe 36% in his last few games. You can't be needing to put up a high amount of shots in a game and maybe average a point a shot. Thats not good. Kobe's aggressiveness is taking away. Its fine if he is playing like Kobe and hitting those shots. However, he is bricking them and not allowing others like Gasol or Odom to have those opportunities. I know he is a warrior. If his attitude is that if he can walk he can play, then he needs to monitor how much he is helping/hurting his team. This is not his old teams where even if he was injured, it was still better for him to jack up shots. He has some great teammates. He needs to use them. When Kobe was playing at his best, he was using them well. Its kind of unusual. He is not playing close to great, and he relies on himself more. Interesting paradox. However, I think its him trying to shoot himself back into the game. It could help maybe if he sat out a few games. I'm not sure. (However, he better be playing for the Laker game I will be going to later this year, hehe). I think Kobe should play himself more like a decoy in these games for now until he can get his game back to par. If you watched him in the Knicks game you can tell. He tried to go for a dunk and he barely got high enough, the ball slipped out, and he was able to luckily get the layup to go. His back and fingers are affecting which also affects him defensively.