The Most Interesting Facts About the Legendary Kobe Bryant

Benched For the 2014 Season

The Lakers announced that Bryant wouldn't play for the rest of the 2014 season in March after doctors said the break in his left knee hadn't fully healed. The official diagnosis was a fractured lateral tibial plateau, and putting any pressure on a partially-healed break was too much of a risk for the athlete and the team.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.