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Kobe Bryant to retire after 2015-16: ‘This season is all I have left to give’

Bryant has finally confirmed what had been widely assumed: the 2015-16 season will be the final act of his legendary NBA career. “This season is all I have left to give,” the Los Angeles Lakers legend wrote in a poem addressed to the game of basketball on The Players’ Tribune on Sunday. “My heart can take the pounding,”  Kobe Bryant wrote in the poem, entitled “Dear Basketball.” “My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye. And that’s OK. I’m ready to let you go.” to retire after 2015-16: ‘This season is all I have left to give’

Kobe Bryant Retires 2016

Kobe Bryant Retires 2016

Kobe Bryant has finally confirmed what had been widely assumed: the 2015-16 season will be the final act of his legendary NBA career. “This season is all I have left to give,” the Los Angeles Lakers legend wrote in a poem addressed to the game of basketball on The Players’ Tribune on Sunday. “My heart can take the pounding,” Bryant wrote in the poem, entitled “Dear Basketball.” “My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye. And that’s OK. I’m ready to let you go.”

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