Kobe Bryant, the reverence of a legend – Le Figaro Sport

After leaving guessing for weeks, Kobe Bryant, 37, has confirmed he will retire at the end of the season in a poem published in The Players’ Tribune.

Well, it’s over. It’s almost finished. Kobe Bryant will hang up his sneakers and his tunic “Purple & amp; Gold “hit number 24 to the end of the season. This time for sure. The main interest was confirmed through a poem entitled “ Cher basketball ” published tonight at The Players’ Tribune . “ This season is all I have left to give ,” he wrote to dispel any doubts about its future, addressing a basketball which he is “ fell in love ‘from a young age. If the “ heart ” and “ mind ” well would push to prolong this idyll beyond the current year, the “Black Mamba” is judged the laws of nature. “ My body knows it is time to say goodbye . And that’s OK. I’m ready to let you go , he says, always addressing the basket . I want you to know it now. Thus, we can both savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We’ve both given. All we have. I will always love you. Kobe. “

The der against Utah on April 13 next

We could pretend to believe that Bryant’s career will complete perhaps in May or in June, but it would take a real miracle to see the Lakers then reach the play-offs. LA Lakers-Utah Jazz 13 April 2016 will be the last game of the franchise in California this season. Probably the last of Kobe Bryant. At least regarding the NBA, since we know that the person has recently expressed the wish to participate in the 2016 Olympics in Rio in search of a third Olympic coronation with Team USA. The question is whether this idea is still relevant. There is certainly no question of seeing Bryant make one last freelancing in China, in Europe or elsewhere in 2016-2017. No more than to imagine the child wear a Philadelphia jersey other than the NBA Lakers, like the New York Knicks for example, along with Phil Jackson.

Its introduction to the “Hall of Fame “have absolutely no doubt

Third best scorer in the history of the Association, five-time NBA champion, Finals MVP twice, once in the regular season MVP, author of a match with 81 points (second performance history), or 17 times All Star Kobe Bryant, 37, will forever remain as one of the greatest basketball players in history. His introduction to the “Hall of Fame” does absolutely no doubt. Bryant, those are rants, impossible baskets, a killer of mind and spirit of competitor unconventional. This is what we have seen closer to Michael Jordan since the retirement of the latter. Of course, its current performance is not the level of those of “MJ” during his years in Washington. But let us remember that the Lakers star is in its 20 ^th season, all played with LA, and that he suffered serious injuries the past two years, the Achilles tendon and the ‘shoulder. Still, this announcement will allow everyone to appreciate the true value of his final weeks on the court. Take advantage of it.