Joe Koy

I say, as my mother would say, your presence is my present.

And that makes him feel guilty, and then he'll remember next time.

And a car that you didn't know you could take back.

Well, I'm sure you've all heard by now.

Kobe Bryant announced Sunday night that he would retire from professional basketball after the completion of the 2015-2016 NBA season, which is his 20th in the league.

Bryant made his announcement in the form of a short poem entitled Dear Basketball.

Now, this is on the Players Tribune.

I'd never heard of it before, but I'm fascinated.

It's a website founded by the former Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter.

that publishes first-person narratives from athletes.

So a very short excerpt from the poem he wrote, you gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream, and I'll always love you for it.

But I can't love you obsessively for much longer.

This season is all I have left to give.

And that's that.

I can't figure out.

Is he a horrible person?

Hey, guys, remember that time in that hotel room in Colorado?

$4 million diamond?

Apology?

Yeah.