Kobe: "Dear Basketball" #RetirementThread

[$LakerGold]

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/dear-basketball/

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I’ll always love you for it.
But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.
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.

[Mr. Jabbar]

5 rings, 2 of them with pau gasol , NOTHING ESLE TO PROVE. Torch passed to Curry. Go in peace Mamba, thanks for all these years!

[stalkerforlife]

No

[Milbuck]

[outbreak]

Sad seeing Kobe go. Kobe was one of those few players who could surpass bias and was just great to watch regardless of if you liked his team or not. Closest we've had to Jordan.

[STATUTORY]

ShakespeareBe writing in that idamic pentameter



Put that to a beat and that's an all time track, NasBe is an amazing lyricst

[Trollsmasher]

sounds like he completly lost it

[truhooper]

Glad he's tired of embarrassing himself

[Cocaine80s]

[r0drig0lac]

legend

[brownmamba00]

Damn my eyes just got moist

[brandonislegend]

Damn.

[cranincu]

You know those videos of North Koreans grieving over Kim Jong Il's death and the subtitles are changed on what they say. Thats exactly how I feel about this.

[fragokota]

Good choice champ. Thanks for all the memories.

[Crimsonrain777]

i never had a problem with Kobe even though i'm a Heat fan.He'll always be considered one of the best players and he will boast a legacy when it's all said and done that only other all-time greats can hold a candle to. Farewell Kobe