For the beginning of what seems to be the end, Kobe Bryant is strong and ready.
Bryant's recovery from his latest devastating late-career injury, a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder, is complete—and he currently has no physical limitations as he gears up for what he expects will be his final NBA season.
Bryant has been medically cleared for all basketball activities, according to league sources.
After his body has taken him to basketball hell and back over and over in recent years, that's as much as Bryant could have hoped would happen for him this offseason.
The potential for one last Kobe Bryant hurrah is possible.
For sure, it will be a far different permutation of basketball heaven than Bryant has reached before. But to stay healthy and productive this season, when expectations for him are as low as they've ever been, and with the shroud of retirement lurking in the tunnel of every arena he enters, Bryant will be delivering one last epic inspiration.
The message on the black T-shirts that Nike handed out at Staples Center in December 2013 for Bryant's first game back from ...
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