Kobe Bryant is Still Planning on Retiring After Next Season

Mamba out.

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Kobe Bryant just reached No. 4 in the NBAall-time scorers list, but he has a ways to go before he catches Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387). Doing that is going to be really, really, really hard if he still plans on retiring after next season. His interview with NBA.com shows he still plans on calling it quits at that time. We're not talking about the implicit, maybe-he-will-maybe-he-won't type of answers either:

Is your sense that next season will be your last?

On one hand, we'd hate to see Kobe play at a lesser level because of his body's limitations. However, it's hard to imagine the purple and gold without the Black Mamba.

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[via NBA]

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