Kobe Bryant Is Retiring From Basketball The star of LA and NBA 37years old Kobe Bryant announced that he would retire at the enf of this season. Basketball Legeng Kobe Bryant announced that he would finish his carreer. In his Farewell letter to his funs, Kobe Bryant announced that he will have finished by the end of 2015-2016 seoson. In the letter he said " I'm playing the worst of my career and I'm ready to leave basketball." Kobe Bryant who has been playing at NBA for 17 seosons achieved 30.000 points limit as the youngest player.