Kobe Bryant is retiring, but with his departure he has brought back an old favorite Los Angeles Lakers era! Rise from the ashes showtime Lakers!
This is just an absolutely gorgeous play. Obviously the major highlight is the underneath the legs pass, but Bryant initiates it with a fancy behind the back pass that will get any basketball fan ooh’ing and aww’ing. Fitting that the king of showtime, Magic Johnson, is currently in the crowd watching Bryant’s final game.
What former era of basketball will Bryant copy next? Is he going to go into the post and back his man down with a ferocious dunk at the finish to remind fans of the good ole Shaq days? Maybe he breaks out a sky hook in honor of Kareem. Hey, it’s his last game so really he can do whatever he wants, and nobody can complain. Not even the biggest Kobe hater.