If the rest of this season is now Kobe Bryant's farewell tour, it will be an unofficial one. The Los Angeles Lakers guard, who announced on Sunday that he will retire at the end of the season, has no interest in that kind of thing, as reported by the Los Angeles Daily News' Mark Medina:

Despite Kobe's retirement announcement, there will still be no formal farewell tour. Source: "He doesn't want any of that." — Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) November 30, 2015

This is no surprise, given Bryant's comments in September. At media day, Bryant said that he had talked to Derek Jeter about retirement several times, but would not handle his final season the same way Jeter did.

"He and I couldn't be any more opposite personalities," Bryant told reporters then. "We're completely different people. I couldn't do that."

What's interesting will be how the Lakers and opposing teams handle it. We know Bryant doesn't want to be given gifts at every stop along the way, but he'll certainly at least get some ovations on the road. Also, Los Angeles part-owner and president Jeanie Buss has said on prior occasions that she wished the team could have given Magic Johnson a farewell tour and she wants this year to be a "celebration" of Kobe's 20-year tenure with the Lakers. Perhaps she and Bryant will meet somewhere in the middle.

Regardless of what Bryant wants, the reality is that this year is the last chance NBA fans have to see him play. They are going to want to show their appreciation for what he's done over the course of his career. Perhaps it will be a bit awkward for Bryant, but that's what he signed up for when he made his announcement.