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Kobe's (Massive) Minutes

Heading into the final year of Kobe Bryant’s contract — his 20th in the NBA — there’s one particular statistic that makes it difficult to discuss what comes next, whether it’s a discussion about the possibilities he’ll play for Team USA in the 2016 Olympics or if he’ll come back to the Lakers: minutes.

Heading into the 2015-16 campaign, which will make the 17-time all-star the longest tenured player in the history of the NBA to stay with one team (passing John Stockton’s 19 with Utah), only four players in the league’s existence have been on the floor longer than his 55,415 regular-season plus playoff minutes.