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Four things to look out for during NBA off-season

Each June brings with it the excitement of the NBA finals, tempered by a sense of impending doom. As July comes by, the excitement is replaced by a hollow, gasping chasm of a void.

After such a peaking crescendo of the seven game series we were treated to, where molten Heat collided with and overcame the ice cold execution of the Spurs, we knew that the resultant explosion would have a silent aftermath once the dust settled, a silence which would stretch for months until the next season began.

The coverage doesn’t really stop during the off-season. There’s plenty to satiate a hoops fan, with the trades and trade rumours and Dwight Howard himself providing enough rumours as the rest of the rosters in the NBA combined. Everything is watered down as we don’t have the real game to digest and dissect. There is still plenty of intrigue to go around though.

Here are four things to keep an eye on this off-season:

Kobe Bryant‘s Twitter account

Kobe Bryant joining Twitter sent shockwaves across the social platform. Not as large as the seismic waves felt around the league when he tore his Achilles. Since then the Mamba has been sharing pictures of him being in various stages of recovery. Perhaps at no time in the league’s storied history have we been privileged to observe such a raw, unfiltered and first hand look into the recovery of a superstar of Kobe’s caliber.

Check out some of the pictures he’s uploaded:

 

 

 

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