With more pain and less game, Lakers' Kobe Bryant decides he'll retire after …

Kobe Bryant announced that he will retire at the end of the 2015-16 season on Sunday. In a post on the Player's Tribune titled "Dear Basketball," Bryant wrote in a poem that this season would be his last. "My body knows it's 

Bryant had just made a three to cut it to a one-point game. Now trailing by three, Kobe rose for another shot. The crowd rose with him, anticipating a huge make. Then all you see is dejection as the shot misses everything.

Dwight Howard laughed when asked if he learned anything from Kobe Bryant: "Ah man," he said, smiling. "We're gonna go to the next question." — Andrew Keh (@andrewkeh) November 30, 2015. Cold. As Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post noted, 

Kobe Bryant delighted in putting himself through as much pain as possible. Whatever it took to make him stronger. He once got water-boarded just to see how it felt. He delighted in giving team employees the "Saw" horror movies, grinning while saying he 

Kobe Bryant delighted in putting himself through as much pain as possible. Whatever it took to make him stronger. He once got water-boarded just to see how it felt. He delighted in giving team employees the "Saw" horror movies, grinning while saying he