When we talk about NBA, wealways think about a great basketball player from the USA, who retired(退役).1 name is Kobe Bryant (科比).
Bryant, 41,2 the Los Angeles Lakers. He had been on theteam for 20 years. But he3 because of age and injuries (伤) in 2016.
"My heart can take it,my mind can handle it, but my body knows it's time to say4," he wrote in hispoem (诗) Dear Basketball.
Bryant is one of thegreatest players in NBA. He5 five NBA championships (冠军) and two Olympic gold medals. He6 scored the third largest7 of points in NBA history, even8 Michael Jordan.
Bryant has a real love9 basketball. He often started to practice asearly as 5 a.m. Everybody knows how hard he worked.
Soon Bryant may have sometime to rest. But no matter what he does next, he said his love for basketballwould never10.
