It was no surprise when Kobe Bryant finally announced his retirement this season. The 37-year old shooting guard recently wrote a poem saying, “My heart can take the pounding, my mind can take the grind, but my body knows it’s time to say goodbye. And that’s OK. I’m ready to let you go, I want you to know now so we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other all that we have.”

Kobe suffered three major injuries in the past three years and his level of play has dropped significantly. This is a competitor, a dominant conqueror only a few years removed, whose mental and physical preparation is unmatched in the game. His achievements too make him among the greatest players ever and sure to earn him a place in the Basketball Hall of Fame. After playing in nearly 1,300 regular season games and 220 playoff games spanning three decades and 20 NBA seasons, Bryant has finally succumbed to physical deterioration.

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