Sometimes a parent, child, or sibling reaching a milestone age can be more startling markers of the passage of time than your own birthday. That’s how I feel about Kobe Bryant turning 40 years old today.
I remember watching a 17-year old Kobe Bryant dominate at the Long Beach Pyramid back in 1996, as a giddy 15-year old who could hardly sleep that summer because I was so excited that the Lakers signed Shaquille O’Neal. Now he’s 40, married with three kids, and dunking on the venture capital world instead of foolish help defenders.