Kobe Bean Bryant is currently having one of his worst statistical season of his career, but coming off surgeries on knees and Achilles along with other injuries that comes along with being 19 year NBA veteran, has recently announced he will be retiring following this NBA season making the 2015-16 season his final go around. The 6ft 6in guard will exit the NBA a 5 time NBA champion 17 All-Star games, one time league MVP, three time gold medal winner, and many more accolades.
I have been a basketball fan my entire life starting with Michael Jordan even though I was under 10 the entire time he was in the NBA allowed me to start a love for the game. For me though Kobe was the one to continue that for me. Growing up I was able to watch the Lakers put together some of the greatest teams in NBA history. They also won 2 of his 5 rings while I was really able to appreciate the work that had to be put into to be elite teams in the NBA. I will always be thankful and a fan of Kobe Bryant for keeping basketball fun and interesting to watch because you never knew what he was going to do next. It was also fun to watch the Lakers because they were always on late and gave me a good reason to stay up late and watch basketball instead of going to bed for school.
The story of how the NBA transfers from decade to decade to who is going to carry the stardom to from Magic to MJ to Kobe to Lebron to Curry? The best part is most of these legends crossover times in their career to bring some of the best basketball to the fans hopeful this formula continues for generations to come.
The last thing I find interesting about the Kobe retirement is during his career he has wore two different jersey numbers, 8 and 24 where he was successful wearing either number which stats can be found here. Biggest of those stats is jersey number 8, three NBA championships, Jersey number 24, 2 NBA championships. This brings up one of the biggest questions when it comes to honoring a player for your team and that is retiring their number, is it 8 or 24. Which brings polls and articles and comments from former teammates and fans. This is a link to a Lakers blog about what a poll they ran ended up.
I would have to agree with them and retire jersey number 24. As I end this blog watch this highlight tape of Kobe and just appreciate his greatness. THANK YOU MR. BryantTwitter, Instagram, Snapchat
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