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Kevin Durant pointed out, probably correctly, that no matter what the league comes up with, no matter how many players change their jersey numbers in Bryant’s memory, no matter how many coaches wear his sneakers, no matter how many Bryant chants echo through arenas over the coming days and weeks, the gestures will likely fall short of capturing what the five-time NBA champion truly meant to the game, its players and its fans.
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That's the same thing Durant and the Nets said before the season, with the All-Star forward recovering from surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon.
