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| Kobe Bryant says this is last season of his career |
The five-time NBA champion, who ranks third in all-time scoring with 32,670 points, said in a first-person poem on the Players Tribune website that "this season is all I have left to give."
The 37-year-old Bryant spent his entire 20-season career with the Lakers, the first NBA player to stay so long with the same club.
But Bryant, a member of two Olympic gold medal squads, has been nagged by injuries in recent campaigns and has struggled to find form this season, the Lakers being off to a miserable 2-13 start.
"My body knows it's time to say goodbye," Bryant said in a poem entitled "Dear Basketball" and meant as a love letter to the sport.
Bryant was introduced to a roaring ovation Sunday night when the Lakers hosted Indiana. Bryant had each spectator Sunday given a "special message" printed on white paper and gold lettering at the top that read.
"My love to this city, this team and for each of you will never fade. Thank you for this incredible journey."
Bryant got off to a slow start Sunday going 1-for-7 before getting his first basket of the game 8:30 into the first quarter.
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