Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An bincika Bryant sosai kuma an soki shi a lokacin kakar wasa ta 2004/05 tare da sunansa da ya lalace sosai daga duk abin da ya faru a shekarar da ta gabata. Wani mummunan rauni ya zo lokacin da Jackson ya rubuta The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul. Littafin ya yi bayani dalla-dalla game da abubuwan da suka faru na Lakers na rikitarwa na 2003-04 kuma yana da maganganu da yawa game da Bryant. A cikin littafin, Jackson ya kira Bryant "wanda ba za a iya horar da shi ba". A tsakiyar kakar wasa, Tomjanovich ba zato ba tsammani ya yi murabus a matsayin kocin Lakers, yana mai cewa sake dawo da matsalolin kiwon lafiya da gajiya. Ba tare da Tomjanovich ba, kulawar ragowar lokacin Lakers ta sauka ga mai taimakawa kocin Frank Hamblen. Bryant shi ne na biyu-manyan scorer a gasar a 27.6 maki da wasa, amma ya kewaye da wani subpar goyon bayan Cast, da kuma Lakers tafi 34 zuwa 48 da kuma rasa da playoffs a karon farko a kan a shekaru goma. Shekarar ta nuna raguwar matsayin Bryant gaba daya a cikin NBA, saboda bai sanya NBA All-Defensive Team ba kuma an sauke shi zuwa All-NBA Third Team. A lokacin kakar, Bryant kuma ya shiga cikin rikice-rikice na jama'a tare da Malone da Ray Allen. Duk da bambance-bambance da suka gabata tare da Bryant, Jackson ya dawo don horar da Lakers. Bryant ya goyi bayan wannan mataki, kuma ta duk bayyanar, mutanen biyu sun yi aiki tare da kyau a karo na biyu, suna jagorantar Lakers zuwa wasan karshe. Nasarorin da Bryant ya samu na cin kwallaye ya haifar da mafi kyawun lokacin kididdiga a cikin aikinsa. A ranar 20 ga Disamba, 2005, Bryant ya zira kwallaye 62 a cikin kwata uku a kan Dallas Mavericks. Shiga cikin kwata na huɗu, Bryant ya fitar da dukkan ƙungiyar Mavericks 62 zuwa 61, lokaci ne kawai da wani ɗan wasa ya yi wannan ta hanyar kwata uku tun lokacin da aka gabatar da agogon harbi. Lokacin da Lakers suka fuskanci Miami Heat a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 2006, Bryant da Shaquille O'Neal sun yi kanun labarai ta hanyar shiga cikin musafiha da runguma kafin wasan, wanda ke nuna canji a cikin rikici da ya ɓarke tsakanin su. Bayan wata guda, a...  Tambaya: Saboda mummunar sunansa, an lura da Kocin Bryant sosai kuma an bincika shi a lokacin wane kakar wasan kwando?
Shekaru na 2004 zuwa 2005