Larry Bird was hanging on 20 years ago. He was 35 years old when he played for the original Dream Team, his back was torturing him and he knew he was going to retire after he received his 1992 Olympic gold medal.
Kobe Bryant is going to turn 34 next month. As of next season he will have spent half of his life playing for the Lakers. He has played at least 300 NBA games and almost 10,000 minutes more than Bird, and after he has won his second Olympic gold medal -- for that is the plan -- he will join with Steve Nash to seek his sixth NBA championship.
He is not focused on retirement. What he is managing to do is the opposite of hanging on. It is remarkable.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/ian_thomsen/07/09/kobe-bryant-team-usa/index.html#ixzz21V5fexxQ
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/ian_thomsen/07/09/kobe-bryant-team-usa/index.html#ixzz21V5fexxQ
No comments:
Post a Comment