The decision was not totally unexpected, given that Bryant has said many times in recent weeks that he was considering making his 20th National Basketball Association season his last.
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Bryant’s first game after his retirement announcement will be tonight when his Lakers take the floor in his hometown against the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.
Kobe Bryant’s final NBA season will certainly have moments that basketball fans will cherish, but for NBA teams it will also be a moment for some opportunism. My mind can handle the grind but my body knows it’s time to say goodbye and that’s OK.
“Because I knew that he was getting better and I was like, ‘Man, if you take a day off, he’s going to take advantage of it. You can not take a day off'”. On Sunday, Kobe Bryant announced he was retiring and he did it via a poem posted on the Players’ Tribune.
Lions cornerback Darius Slay has no problem admitting he’s obsessed with Kobe Bryant.
Vujacic shared the backcourt with Bryant for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2004-2010, winning two NBA Championships along the way.
Following Sunday’s 107-103 loss to the Indiana Pacers, Bryant stated that Jordan’s response to his revelation was to enjoy the process.
He wrote that the sport “gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream/And I’ll always love you for it”.
Kobe is averaging 15 points (17 shots) on 30 percent shooting from the field and 20 percent shooting from three-point range this season.
He was drafted out of high school with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by Charlotte Hornets but was traded shortly after to the Lakers for Serbian Vlade Divac. Someone I’m always [going to] look to advice for anything.
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But the former MVP was quick to say that he is unhappy with the way the media has recently reported on Bryant. Knowing that he will now have some spare time on his hands come spring, a Major League Baseball team jumped at the opportunity to offer Bryant a chance at a new job. Be a little more respectful to what he’s brought to the game.
