Kobe Bryant Is Old, Battered, And Used: Is This The Year His Decline Begins?

Kobe Bryant is about to do something that Michael Jordan never did.

That is, go into an NBA season with more than 1,000 career regular season games already under his belt.

Kobe Bryant hit the 1,000 mark late last season and stands now at 1,021 career regular season games. This coming season he will, presumably, pass Michael Jordan's career mark of 1,072. 

Add the fact that Kobe has played in 198 playoff games in his career (good for 6th place all-time) and you can see that he is carrying a lot of mileage.

And its not just the heavy workload. Kobe has a well-documented history of playing through significant injuries. 
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