IT WON’T BE the same without him.
He’s made it to 7 NBA Finals, winning 5 of them (part of the three-in-a-row Lakers side of 2000 – 2002).
He’s a 2-time NBA Finals MVP.
He is a 17-time NBA All-Star.
He scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in 2006 – the second-highest number of points in a game in NBA history (Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in March 1962).
He’s a 2-time Olympic gold medallist.
And we’ll miss him.