OKLAHOMA CITY — Kobe Bryant says he doesn’t take charges, and he’s got a reason for it.

Based on his own analysis of NBA greats from Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Bryant believes there’s too much of a health risk to get run over by an opponent and go crashing to the floor repeatedly.

“I learned from my predecessors, man,” the Lakers star said yesterday. “Pippen had a [messed] up back taking charges. Bird had a [messed] up back taking charges.

“I said, ‘I’m not taking charges.’ I figured that [stuff] out at an early age.”

Bryant discussed the topic in the aftermath of Monday’s 119-90 Game 1 loss to the Thunder.