An intrepid Reddit user dug up this gem of a young Kobe Bryant sitting down with Lakers broadcasting legend Chick Hearn for a quick chat before a game early in his career. It's hard to say when exactly it is, but it's obviously very old. Just look at that picture. How did we ever watch TV like this?Anyway, Hearn and Kobe are talking about some distant, unnamed subject in the future which Kobe declines to speculate about, saying "that's a looooong way down the road." Hearn agrees and responds "It sure is, you've got 19 or 20 years to play with the Lakers." And damned if he wasn't right; when Kobe hangs them up at the end of the year he will have finished his 20th season.If Chick and Kobe predicting the future is making you a little bit wistful now that the future is over, you're not alone. Further down the same thread, some fans share some personal stories about how they cried when they found out Kobe was retiring.Sports will really mess you up, man.h/t @treykerby