Kobe Wants to Play Until He's 40

[TheBigVeto]

he can play until 50 and he's still not in top 50 GOAT basketball players.

[NumberSix]

Pork tamales are pretty good.

[tomtucker]

DependsBe

[bizil]

If he's healthy, he can easily put up close to 20/5/5 at 40. Playing to 40 is not such a distant dream like it was in the past and in 6 years there will be more than a few 40 year olds still playing.

Great point! Look at MJ, Stockton, Malone, and Kareem for example. All played at 40 and were STILL at minimum top 10 players at their respective positions in the L. I realize with Kobe its more about the miles he's played cause he came in right from high school. But still evolution and technology dictates that if guys can stay healthy that they can play into their 40's very well if they choose too in hoops, baseball, certain positions in football, etc. Kobe if he wants can BUILD a resume that can be the GOAT if he can play very well until 40.

Let's say Kobe becomes the all time leading scorer and get 7-8 rings along with his shit load of All NBA, All Defensive, All Star, Gold Medals, MVP, etc. His resume would be in my book the most impressive of all time of damn close to it. Jordan's mystique is so strong that NOBODY may eclipse as GOAT. But if anybody can do it, its Kobe playing until 40 and padding his resume. And Lebron before its all said and done (especially given his size, versatility, and skills) may have an even better shot than Kobe to pass MJ. As great as Kobe is, he didn't redefine his position TOTALLY the way Lebron did.

[Micku]

It would be great to see how long he can play at a elite level. What he is doing right now is amazing enough. Assuming he doesn't get a terrible injury, he may surpass Kareem in points.

[LongLiveTheKing]

False he's not playing until 40 at least not in the NBA.

[zizozain]

Now it's all about the Terror Squad, ghetto superstars

Extra-large players like Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Word to God, Pun, my crew won't give a fuck who you are

We do our job like we part of the mob, shoot up the bar

T.S