Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has struggled in his return from an Achilles heel injury. The 35-year-old has suffered another setback after a fracture in of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee and is expected to miss at least another six weeks.

Bryant averaged 13.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 5.7 turnovers in six games this season. The scoring average is the lowest in his career since his rookie year (7.6) and the assists is a career-high—both not surprising numbers as he was predicted to slowly round up to form in the first few games of his return.

The news came as another blow to L.A., which sports just a 12-13 win-loss record so far this season. Bryant is expected to rejoin the Lakers near the All-Star week in February and Los Angeles is hoping that they are still in playoff contention at that point.

The Lakers are also missing the services of other guards Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jordan Farmar, like Bryant, all of whom are vital to the run-and-gun offense by head coach Mike D’Antoni. Bryant’s assist average has been mainly because of D’ Antoni’s decision to let him play the point.

Centers Pau Gasol and Chris Kaman have also been ineffective—either because of injuries or the fast-paced system just doesn’t fit these big men.

The worse news for the L.A. franchise is that they just signed Kobe to a two-year $48.5 million extension—in hindsight, a very bad decision now since they extended his deal even before he suited up off his first career injury.

Despite the setback, Bryant remains positive with one simple tweet:

#BrokenNotBeaten

— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) December 19, 2013

Should the Lakers start tanking now? Should they just rest Kobe the rest of the season? Should Bryant consider retirement with all his injury troubles?