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Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant

Due to a nasal fracture suffered during the NBA All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant has been forced to wear a protective mask for the past couple games. It's been an adjustment for the NBA superstar.

"You just start sweating immediately inside of it. It just felt like I had a sauna on my face. Like I was drinking my own sweat because it was leaking out," Bryant said. "It was a mess. It was totally disgusting."

Of course, he's not the first NBA player to don a mask in the name of safety. Here are a few of the others.


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