Kobe Bryant will suit up in the purple and yellow in Oracle Arena just one more time.
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Even typing that feels weird. It always felt like he’d be there. But Father Time is undefeated. And instead of making fun of him–which I have done a lot over the last few years–it is time to honor him. After the final buzzer sounds on the Lakers’ last game, Kobe Bryant’s illustrious basketball career will be over. And there will never be another.
Kobe–and I call him by his first name because he’s earned it–is one of the greatest players to ever step on a basketball court.