Lakers to play Kobe Bryant at point guard following Steve Blake injury

The injury bug has hit the Lakers point guards. Steve Blake will be out for six weeks after suffering an elbow ligament tear. The Lakers are already without Steve Nash and back up point guard Jordan Farmar is a few weeks away from returning after a hamstring tear sidelined him two weeks ago.

So the Lakers will try a different sort of line up Friday when they face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder. One that sees Kobe Bryant starting at point guard. The first run at the point against Russell Westbrook will be tricky, but in my vision for Kobe’s career AA – that’s after Achilles – is that he embraces his point guard skills.

In absence of all 3 PG’s, LAL will go with Jodie Meeks and Kobe Bryant in the backcourt. Expect Bryant to do much of the playmaking.

— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 12, 2013

Bryant is essentially going to play PG on offense with the starters, and Henry with the bench.

— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 12, 2013

We’ll just have to wait and see how it all plays out.