Kobe's wish: Treat visits like he did Jordan's last All-Star

NEW YORK - It's off to Florida now for Kobe Bryant, for two more games that will potentially be his last in those cities.

The Los Angeles Lakers visit Miami on Tuesday and are in Orlando the next night. Yet even if he thinks these are his last trips, don't count on him squeezing in a stop on South Beach to test a restaurant recommendation, or hop over to Walt Disney World for souvenir shopping.

If Bryant didn't do it his first 19 seasons, he won't start now.

''I don't break routine,'' Bryant said. ''I try not to do anything different. Even if it could be my last time there, I try not to do anything different, I try to just honor everything I've been doing throughout my career.''

That's what he wants the opponents he's visiting to do.

If they want to know how to treat what could be Bryant's final appearance before retirement, Bryant said they should take a page from Michael Jordan's last All-Star Game in 2003.

Before that game, Jordan told Bryant to compete against him like it was any other game.

''And I said, `Michael, what the hell about me led you to think I was going to approach this any differently?''' Bryant said with a laugh. ''But I think that's the greatest sign of respect. I feel the same way where I sit now, is that it's about the competition that shows the greatest sign of respect.''

The Lakers have a road-heavy start that gets many of Bryant's potential last visits out of the way early, but coach Byron Scott said he doesn't focus much on that.

''We don't know what the future holds and I don't know what Kobe plans on doing after this season, so what I try to do is just enjoy the time that he's here,'' Scott said.