Apr 11, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) greets Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) prior to the game at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

Kobe Bryant: NBA Reddit Weighs In On Mamba Ahead of Final Game by Cody Williams

With only one game remaining in Kobe Bryant‘s career, news sources everywhere are pulling out all the stops for the Black Mambs’s final goodbye

Teams around the league have been doing it all season long since Kobe Bryant announced his pending retirement from the Association but now smaller outlets are saluting Kobe on the eve of his final game.

Starting with a flurry of Nike commercials and products, even local outlets are getting in on the goodbye.

This time it was Los Angeles Daily News’, Dean Musgrove, compiling an awesome 500 photograph gallery of the Black Mamba’s best moments throughout the course of his 20 year career.

.@deanmusgrove put together a pretty extensive photo gallery of @kobebryant's NBA career https://t.co/0RrSK0xDqw — Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) April 12, 2016

With great moments from nearly every one of Bryant’s five championships, the gallery is a perfect way to send off Kobe and more so, to allow fans a much needed trip down nostalgia lane.

By simply scrolling through the photos, fans are able to experience a variety of sides of Kobe Bryant instead of the happy-go-lucky Mamba they’ve grown used to seeing this year.

Kobe the competitor. Kobe the proud. Kobe the champion.

Despite going on the record and saying, “I’m thankful. I’m not sad at all,” Kobe’s stoic attitude likely isn’t shared by his cult fan base who are definitely feeling the blues at this moment in time.

That said, make sure to tune into Kobe Bryant’s final game against the Utah Jazz, Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30PM at STAPLES Center to catch even more moments that will assuredly be added to Kobe’s photo gallery down the line.

You can view the complete 500 photograph gallery here.