Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant sat the pre-season game against the Golden State Warriors due to injury. Is there cause for worry with the aging superstar's latest setback?

Apparently not, said the LA Times, as even management and the coaching staff are not entirely concerned with the leg injury he sustained during the loss to the Sacramento Kings last week.

Coach Byron Scott described the injury as just a "little soreness on the muscle."

When asked if the coaching staff is worried, he said, "Naw, not really, not at all, to be honest ... It's not a bone [issue] or anything like that."

"He came out today and got some shooting up," the coach added. "But, again, for precautionary reasons, there's no need to try to have him play [Saturday] when we've got two more preseason games after that and six days before the start of the regular season."

Sports Illustrated reported on Oct. 14 that Kobe Bryant suffered the injury, announced then as a lower left leg contusion, and did not return to the match with the Sacramento Kings.

"Bryant took a knee to the calf on a drive to the rim, walked it off, and remained in the game before checking out, according to Mike Trudell of TWC SportsNet," it said. "He then had a brief conversation on the bench and left for the locker room to get it checked."

Of course, Los Angeles Lakers fans have every reason to worry considering that Kobe Bryant only played 41 games in the last two seasons due to injuries. First, he fractured his kneecap, then tore his right rotator cuff, which is his shooting hand.

"I think if it was a regular-season game, it would be a much better chance of him playing," Byron Scott said.

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar is on his last year of contract that would pay him about $25 million.