Kobe Bryant's Retirement

After 20 years of playing with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant has announced his retirement.  "Finally, I just had to just accept the fact that I don't want to do this anymore, and I'm OK with that. Once I accepted that, then it became time to just let everybody know. I mean, why not? It just takes a load off my shoulders and everybody else's. It's just the right thing to do." Kobe is now 37 years old.  "If anything changes, I'll change my mind", stated Kobe.  As Kobe is now 37, you can understand why he might decide to retire.  Although he is known as one of the games greatest, he is just too old.  His body is starting to fail him.  He cant blow past defenders like he use too.  Although he works just as hard as he always have, his body is putting limitations on him.  He cant wake up on a given morning and not feel incredibly sore and tired.  His recovery rate is a lot longer.  He is also not scoring as many points, wining as many rebounds, and recording as many assist.  I think Kobe's time to retire is here and everyone will be paying their respect.

Kobe Bryant's retirement is the most important story of the week.  He has had a very successful career with the Lakers for 20 years.  It is incredible that he stayed loyal to them throughout his career.  He is a walking legend winning 5 NBA championships.  Back to back season of 2005-06 and 2006-07 he was the leading point scorer.