[lacrew]

“five championship rings”...plus the big rock he had to buy his wife after the incident in Colorado.

[Tuketu]

Maybe they can replace him with someone who won't be involved with a lot of alleged prosecutable offenses. JMO

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It helps when the opposing coach has his three best players sit on the bench as a “courtesy.”

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Yeah...what a guy. It was a gift from the opposing team. The Jazz coach put 2nd string players on the court when Kobe was out there. It happens in every sport. In baseball, the opposing pitcher will serve up meatballs to a retiring slugger on his last game.

[Dr. Sivana]

wrapping up 20 years in the NBA with an unbelievable offensive showcase

Good, but hardly "unbelievable". Wilt Chamberlain with 100 points and NO three point throws (and a crummy free throw %) comes closer to "unbelievable".

[PGalt]

HOORAY Kobe. Congratulations on a tremendous career in basketball.

[Ronald_Magnus]

Kobe usually has five guys trying to steal the ball from him when he drives to the basket, and four of them are his teammates.

[Mr. K]

If he can still play like that why is he retiring????

[tflabo]

Where was Kobe for the last two seasons? It takes the final game for him to come alive? /sarc

[Busko]

This is news? While Kalifornia sinks into the abyss of Socialism! Another day in the collapse of Reality!!

[DollyCali]

did you see the game? Wondering if the opposition gave him some slack so he could go out in glory.

I had to work at hotel, If I hadn’t would have found it to watch if not at hotel, at sports bar that covers everything with their 50 or so TVs

He has had some personal issues over the years and not all players liked him but he has been adored by people around the world for his skill at the game and charm off the floor.

[GSWarrior]

73 and 9......oops, wrong thread.

[ratzoe]

If his incident in Colorado had happened in today’s media circus, he would never have had the career he had.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

It's a shame that the sports media gave preference to this philanderer and basically overlooked Steph Curry's astonishing 402 threes in one season, breaking his own record of 286 last year. Those type of excessive record jumps rarely happen in sports.

In 1918 Ruth and Walker had 11 home runs. The next highest was 8. In 1919 Ruth had 29 home runs and the next highest was 12 with another five with 10 each. In 1920 Ruth had 54 home runs with the next highest being 19, and another eleven having 11 or more. Ruth transformed baseball, just as Curry is doing with basketball. THIS is the real story.

[Figment]

The NBA needs to create a yearly award named after Kobe. Ball hog of the year