The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday and afterwards Bryant gave a lengthy and reflective postgame interview, in which several Trail Blazers were mentioned.
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Shane Battier, who won two National Basketball Association titles with the Miami Heat and is now retired, paid Bryant the highest compliment. “That means more to me than anything else”, Bryant said. “I think over the course of his career, I think he’s kind of proven that”.
Kobe Bryant suffered a rotator cuff tear in his right shoulder on a dunk attempt, but he stayed in the game. Bryant was a five time champion, but an ultimate scoring machine. “It’s definitely a sad, sad day, but he’s been in the game a long time”. “I am glad he found peace, I don’t know if we will see another like him. He’s been open about helping out and just kicking down knowledge”.
Throughout his career Bryant has hit some bumps in the road.
But Bryant no doubt has had the same effect on younger players who took cue from his style and how he approached the game. “We both know, no matter what I do next, I’ll always be that kid, with the rolled up socks, garbage can in the corner, :05 seconds on the clock, ball in my hands”, he wrote. “People will appreciate it when he’s away from the game”.
Bryant’s announcement also sparked a rise in ticket prices. I studied him, wanted to be like him. “It’s a simple rule.'” Bryant recalled of the exchange. “I’ve known for a while”.
Bryant was DeRozan’s favorite player while growing up in Compton, Calif. Not because challenge called me.
At BarrysTickets.com in Calabasas, the most sought after tickets have been for Bryant’s last regular-season game April 13.
It was a special poem that wasn’t written to the fans, wasn’t written to the Lakers, wasn’t written to the Buss family or even written to his team; he wrote his poem to the game of basketball. On Sunday (Nov. 29) via The Player’s Tribune website, the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard revealed he will be retiring after this season through an emotional poem. Other players, however, weren’t so lucky.
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To illustrate just how much he hates it, USA Today High School Sports caught up with Gregg Downer, who coached Kobe at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. back in the 1990s, and asked him to talk about the craziest thing he ever saw Kobe do after losing in high school. It’s not going to work out really well, so I understood, and my personality fit in perfectly with his and the team at the time.
