What Kind of Player Will Kobe Bryant Be Next Season?

It would have been laughable if it wasn’t so tragic—Kobe Bryant coming back from a devastating injury that nearly ended his career and being pressed into running the point by Mike D’Antoni.

Can we dare to hope the same thing doesn’t happen again next season?

It was early December, and the Los Angeles Lakers superstar was about to return to action, nearly eight months after tearing the Achilles tendon in his left leg.

It had arguably been the biggest story in sports all summer.

But as Bryant, with a rich new two-year extension in ha...

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