When Kobe Bryant takes the floor on April 13 against the Utah Jazz, it will truly be his last act on a basketball court.
The immediate Hall of Famer and Top 10 (at worst) player in history will walk off the Staples Center floor to a raucous, standing ovation, never to play competitively again.
There was some speculation that we’d see Bryant in the red, white and blue jerseys of Team USA for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio, but Kobe shut that thought down at a pregame press conference in Utah over the weekend.