There comes a time in the career of every great player when they are forced to hand over the baton of greatness to the next legend to be. It was Kobe Bryant who held the torch in the NBA for quite some time, but he relinquished it to LeBron James a couple of years back. The time of these two great players being on the same level has long since passed, and now Kobe is playing out the final few weeks of what has been an illustrious career. Thursday night will be the last time that we see these two men grace the same court, and there is sure to be a high level of mutual respect on display. What you have to wonder is whether or not Kobe has it in him to lead his team to one more NBA odds upset victory this time over LeBron and the Cavaliers, or whether King James will take this opportunity to show that he is indeed fit to rule the roost.
