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Posted on December 20, 2013 at 02:16 PM.

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Kobe Bryant has had a brilliant career and despite how it ends, his legacy will likely go untarnished. Still, it's difficult to watch his basketball days wind down with a lack of grace. After a devastating achilles injury last season, The Black Mamba is down again -- this time for six weeks with a bum knee -- but what happens when he returns? Another injury?

There are a wide variety of ways to finish a career. The NFL's Barry Sanders left in his prime (too soon?) without ever sniffing a championship while John Elway went from Super Bowl champ to retiree. Michael Jordan, on the other hand, possibly stuck around too long. The lasting image of each, however, is still the height of their prime -- with a little cringe mixed in for guys like Sanders, Jordan and possibly now Bryant.

Should superstars like Kobe Bryant retire at the end of their careers when their bodies start falling apart, or does it have an impact on their legacy?

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Comments

# 1 GMG24 @ Dec 22

tell me what dominant big man he just won two with?....

# 2 JFB123 @ Dec 22

Not at all.

# 3 eye guy @ Dec 23

I was never a fan of Kobe's until recently. A friend of mine said this to me when I bought up the Jordan comparisons, "...he's the closest thing we have to Jordan. That's why I love watching him the same." I still hate the MJ comparisons but I understood where he was coming from, and now I love watching him play...

Which lesds me to my point, as a fan, the answer will always be a selfish yes... When he goes, so does the second coming of Jordan...

# 4 Jarbeez @ Dec 24

No, I think whatever Kobe has left to prove it is to himself. Did he set some goals that he wants to achieve? Also, this is his first major injury that I can recall, so in the mind of a competitor and the invincible mindset that comes with it, he now surely feels he has to prove to himself that he can regain form. So to me, it's all about proving something to himself. The hardest thing an athlete/competitor can do is tell yourself that it is over and you can't do it like you used to. So proving to himself that it is ok, he has done enough will be the biggest challenge he has faced.