Kobe bryant has played for so long that...

some of his teammates are long retired. I worded that weirdly but watch an old laker game from the early to late 00's. For example I was watching game 4 of the 2005-06 playoffs against the suns and kobe is the only one on the lakers that is still playing. For the suns only boris diaw and james jones and amare stoudemire are still in league. Shawn marion is still playing but this is his final season.

Another example is the 2009-2010 nba finals against the celtics. Just look at the 2 teams and see how much things have changed. Only kobe is the still on the lakers and the majority of his teammates are out of the league. It's the same thing with the boston celtics with only 5 players from that team that are still in the league.

There are people today that don't know of a life without kobe. That's how long he has been playing. I hope he doesn't retire after next season because I'll miss him and he has a chance of being the last active 90's player.