#MambaOut Kobe will retire at the end of the season, how do you feel?


Kobe Bryant one of the best players in the NBA is finally calling it a career at the end of the season.

Kobe announced on the Player Tribune

“This season is all I have left to give,” wrote Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and former MVP.

“My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind but my body knows it's time to say goodbye.”

"I'm ready to let you go. I want you to know now. So we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other all that we have."

It's never easy to give up things that you love to do, especially if you have been doing it for a long time. Kobe Bryan will certainly be missed by the NBA fans.

We leave you with his accomplishments below:

Kobe Bryant Accomplishments


- 5-time NBA champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
- 7 NBA Finals appearances: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010
- 2-time NBA Finals MVP: 2009, 2010
- NBA Most Valuable Player: 2008
- 2-time scoring champion: 2006, 2007
- 17-time NBA All-Star: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- 17 consecutive selections, 13 consecutive appearances
-4-time NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
- 15-time All-NBA Team selection:
- First team: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Second team: 2000, 2001
- Third team: 1999, 2005
- 12-time All-Defensive Team selection:
- First team: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Second team: 2001, 2002, 2012
- NBA All-Rookie Team selection:
- Second team: 1997
- NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion: 1997

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