It hasn't quite been the five stages of grief, but everyone in the NBA has dealt with the news of Kobe Bryant's retirement differently.
LeBron James was saddened to see the Mamba call it quits. Kevin Durant was peeved about how he thought the media had treated his idol and friend.
Dwyane Wade, meanwhile, has waxed nostalgic, in both word and deed—maybe because he was among the first to know. As TNT's Rachel Nichols detailed:
This was last month, the night before the Heat hosted the Lakers here in Miami. Wade decided to stop by the arena and get in a soak in the cold tub. He goes through the Heat's locker room area, back over to the training room, and who is already just sitting there in the tub…Kobe Bryant. Wade told me in the 13 years he's played for the Heat, he's never ever seen Pat Riley let an opposing player into the inner sanctum like that, using the team's facilities, and that frankly, he was shocked. Of course, that's the respect that Kobe has earned, and the two old friends had a great, long talk. At the end of it, Kobe asked Dwyane if his sons were coming to the game the next night ...
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