Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, another Sports Vet has announced breaking news regarding his career…Kobe Bryant has been thinking about retiring after this season with the Lakers, even saying, “My body is hurting like crazy, around the clock, and if I don’t want to do this anymore, I won’t do it…” Could this be the end for the Black Mamba, more details below
The long-term LA basketball star admits to the thought of retirement crossing his mind a number of times, & the injuries have NOT helped ease these thoughts at all!
“I’d be lying if I said that it hasn’t crossed my mind,” he said. “Right now I doubt it … but anything’s possible. … My body is hurting like crazy, around the clock, and if I don’t want to do this anymore, I won’t do it.”
The Lakers have considered shutting down Kobe Bryant after the All-Star game, so that they may get more out of him next season, the final year of his contract.
Lakers brass may want to ease up on that thought, because there’s talk that this could be it for Bryant. After the Lakers lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday and Bryant dished out a season-high 17 assists, Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times asked Kobe if he has given thought to retiring after this season.
Bryant for his part, made it clear that he wasn’t giving up.
“The Achilles’ rupture gives you a lot of perspective, I think the Achilles’ issue scared everyone,” Bryant explained. “They don’t want to wear the tendons down, because you just can’t see that coming, there’s no warning: Pow! It’s gone. We understand how a player can rupture an Achilles’ then rupture the other one, we’re very conscious of that type of stuff.”
