Let’s
take a look at four factors that could possibly push Kobe Bryant into retiring
after this season.
FACTOR
#1: DECLINING SKILL SET
Kobe
Bryant is more than aware that he’s no longer the player that he used to be.
Unfortunately, his reaction to that awareness is to deny it and try to prove it
false. That’s leads to him putting up horrible numbers on a team that’s lost 5
of its first 6 games.
Bryant’s
season stat line seems respectable enough: 16.2 ppg 2.6 apg and 3.8 rpg. But
that’s before you realize that he gets his 16 points on 32% shooting and,
worse, on 21% from the 3pt line. His threeepoint percentage is especially
horrible since he’s shooting almost 8 threepointers a game. For context, Kevin
Durant is only shooting around 7 threepointers per game and he’s hitting 42% of
those.
