"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," Kobe Bryant poetically penned for The Players' Tribune, announcing that he'd retire at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
When No. 24 hangs up his sneakers for the final time, the sport of basketball will have lost a legend. Love him or hate him—with Bryant, there doesn't seem to be much middle ground—you have to respect what he's meant to the NBA.
He'll go down as one of history's best players. Personally, I had him at No. 11 when I ranked the top 100 legends of the Association's many years, and the unfortunate nature of his play throughout the swan song likely won't influence that placement.
Summing up Bryant's career isn't easy.
During the remaining portion of the 2015-16 campaign, you'll likely read countless pieces waxing poetic about his spot in history and how much he meant to the Los Angeles Lakers. Given the amount of time a ...
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