Record-wise, Bryant’s final season turned out to be the worst in Lakers history as the young team continues to transition from his era to a new one.
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The fifteen-time NBA All-Star and five-team NBA champion will be honored by 2K Sports by placing Kobe Bryant on the cover of the Legend Edition of NBA 2K17.
Still, it was one of the all-time National Basketball Association greats on his way off the stage. This is in spite of the fact that they’ve won only 16 games this season – they’ve lost 65.
Other stars who appeared in the tribute video were: Derek Fisher, Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Gregg Popovich, Kevin Garnett, Carmelo Anthony, Steph Curry, LeBron James, Pau Gasol, Phil Jackson and noted Lakers super-fan Jack Nicholson.
“You have one of, if not the best player, in my generation retiring after 20 years”, Thompson said after shootaround in Oakland, California, hours before Golden State will host Memphis and Bryant plays his finale against the Utah Jazz. Love him or hate him, he make the Los Angeles Lakers a superpower in the league for many years. Thunder forward Kevin Durant (34 points) and Russell Westbrook (13 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds and a first-half triple-double) did what Bryant used to do.
In March of 2007, Bryant went on a tear after the Lakers hit a 7-game winless drought during the first half of the month.
“Twenty unbelievable years in this NBA”, Scott said.
With 8:37 left in the fourth quarter, Thunder fans chanted, “We want Kobe”. Still seemingly undecided about whether he would take his basketball skills to college or declare for the NBA Draft, Bryant was interviewed during the 76ers broadcast on the channel known as PRISM.
“I couldn’t do it”, Bryant said. “And that’s OK”, Bryant wrote in his farewell letter to basketball.
OK, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s talk about the quality of Kobe’s play during his farewell season.
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But no major Lakers occasion would be complete, of course, without an appearance by Magic Johnson. The designated hitter name checked Bryant after the shooting guard told him about a medical procedure that helped him with an injured knee.
