Kobe Announces He Will Retire at the End of This Season
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Salute to one of the Best to ever do it...
Kobe Bryant, who helped the Lakers win five championships over a 20-year career spent entirely in Los Angeles, announced Sunday on the Players' Tribune website that he will retire after this season, saying "this season is all I have left to give."
In a piece titled "Dear Basketball," the 37-year-old Bryant wrote that the sport of basketball "gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream and I'll always love you for it."
"But I can't love you obsessively for much longer," Bryant wrote. "This season is all I have left to give. My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind but my body knows it's time to say goodbye.[/q....uote]
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14254236/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-announces-retire-seasonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhyANGHDDH8
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Hell of a player
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In the words of rafiki “it is time"
He's been doing this for over half of his life and the injuries took the little he had left in his legs that the mileage didn't
5 rings is more than 90% of great players will ever see
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He better be healthy for that all star game though
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Sad day for sports. My favorite player of all time, he gave it a try and realized he's no longer the Black Mamba. When scrubs aren't biting on your pump fakes, you gotta ride into the sunset. Second greatest shooting guard. Period.
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Lol @ sad day. My ? said the same thing.
Meh. The ? been retired 3 years AND everyone saw this coming -
Hell of a run..brought my team five more rings...it was time though. 20 years in the league, all with one team. Crazy.
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I'll admit, i was not a Kobe fan but the last few years i began to respect and appreciate him more when i realized he was the only throwback type NBA player left. He's ultra competitive and wasn't like these new dudes all buddy buddy, teaming up and BS'ing.
I remember he yelled at Lebron (new breed type) telling him to shoot the damn ball when Lebron passed up a shot late (twice) in the all-star game.
Looking back, i wish i had watched him more than i did. He's an all-time great. -
not surprised
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He better be healthy for that all star game though
NBA had mariah sing for Jordan in the ASG...they should get mya to twerk for kobe at halftime -
Mariah will be there in a Jersey Dress singing for Kobe
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Its time body just said no
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Wow!! 20 years is a long time. Congrats to Kobe for surviving all those adversities, obtaining all those accolades, and will forever be mentioned in the discussion of "Best NBA Player". May the future HOF votes be plentiful, his days of watching his daughters grow be joyous, and the Black Mamba live forever
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Soo many great games. Lots of great memories to look back on. GOAT!
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I hate to see Kobe hang em up.
The era of KG,Kobe,Vince Carter,TMAC, A.I and Dirk are about to be over...
? is crazy -
3rd all-time in scoring
17-time All-Star
5 NBA Titles
2-time NBA Finals MVP
2-time NBA Scoring Champ
2007-08 NBA MVP
11 All NBA First Team selections (record)
9 All NBA First Team Defense selections (record)
36 game winning shots (record)
22 game tying shots to force OT (record)
21 triple doubles
1 - 35 PPG season
3 - 30 PPG seasons
12 - 25 PPG seasons (record)
5 - 30 PPG in the playoffs
5-1 in game 7's
7-1 in the WCF
5-2 in the Finals
12 3's in a game (record)
Outscored the Mavs 62-61 in the 3 quarters
Scored 50 points in 3 quarters 6 times
Scored 40 in a half 3 times
Scored 30 in a quarter twice
4 straight 50 point games (Modern record)
9 straight 40 point games (Modern record)
16 straight 30 point games (Modern record)
Ten 50 point games in a single season (Modern record)
Averaged 40 PPG for a calendar month 4 times! (Modern record)
Eliminated 24 Fifty win teams (record)
[img]https://scontent-sjc2-1.? .fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12308091_1268245526527620_5680383625017053848_o.jpg[/img] -
Top 5 DOA
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I hate to see Kobe hang em up.
The era of KG,Kobe,Vince Carter,TMAC, A.I and Dirk are about to be over...
? is crazy
Left out Timmy!!! -
I see him playing 3 more years -
3rd all-time in scoring
17-time All-Star
5 NBA Titles
2-time NBA Finals MVP
2-time NBA Scoring Champ
2007-08 NBA MVP
11 All NBA First Team selections (record)
9 All NBA First Team Defense selections (record)36 game winning shots (record)[img]https://scontent-sjc2-1.? .fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12308091_1268245526527620_5680383625017053848_o.jpg[/img]
22 game tying shots to force OT (record)
21 triple doubles
1 - 35 PPG season
3 - 30 PPG seasons
12 - 25 PPG seasons (record)
5 - 30 PPG in the playoffs
5-1 in game 7's
7-1 in the WCF
5-2 in the Finals
12 3's in a game (record)
Outscored the Mavs 62-61 in the 3 quarters
Scored 50 points in 3 quarters 6 times
Scored 40 in a half 3 times
Scored 30 in a quarter twice
4 straight 50 point games (Modern record)
9 straight 40 point games (Modern record)
16 straight 30 point games (Modern record)
Ten 50 point games in a single season (Modern record)
Averaged 40 PPG for a calendar month 4 times! (Modern record)
Eliminated 24 Fifty win teams (record)
GOATed. That man has a hell of a resume.
I'd say 80 PTs in a game is a Modern record too... -
3rd all-time in scoring
17-time All-Star
5 NBA Titles
2-time NBA Finals MVP
2-time NBA Scoring Champ
2007-08 NBA MVP
11 All NBA First Team selections (record)
9 All NBA First Team Defense selections (record)
36 game winning shots (record)
22 game tying shots to force OT (record)
21 triple doubles
1 - 35 PPG season
3 - 30 PPG seasons
12 - 25 PPG seasons (record)
5 - 30 PPG in the playoffs
5-1 in game 7's
7-1 in the WCF
5-2 in the Finals
12 3's in a game (record)
Outscored the Mavs 62-61 in the 3 quarters
Scored 50 points in 3 quarters 6 times
Scored 40 in a half 3 times
Scored 30 in a quarter twice
4 straight 50 point games (Modern record)
9 straight 40 point games (Modern record)
16 straight 30 point games (Modern record)
Ten 50 point games in a single season (Modern record)
Averaged 40 PPG for a calendar month 4 times! (Modern record)
Eliminated 24 Fifty win teams (record)
[img]https://scontent-sjc2-1.? .fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/12308091_1268245526527620_5680383625017053848_o.jpg[/img]
Damn. Dude was insane man. Salute. -
So many times Kobe destroyed my young selfs hope (suns fan, lol).
I still remember tearing up after game 4 in the first round 05 playoffs when Kobe hit a lay up to send the game to overtime, and then hit the fadeaway two from the elbow as time expired to put the lakers up 3-1 in the series....
Suns came back and won the series but ? was heartbreaking that day! -
Damn Tim Thomas.. Damn Kwame brown!
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crying tears right now for the bean. thats my ? . the best who ever did it.
https://youtu.be/zb5p1CL_eTc
https://youtu.be/KWSffQqvDws
