Kobe Bryant has been out of the NBA for over a year, and naturally he has been enjoying the retired life.
He was photographed by TMZ shirtless while in Portofino, Italy on vacation with his family, which prompted him to post, then delete, an Instagram photo of the picture acknowledging he is not in NBA shape anymore.
kobe's best IG post ever only existed for 3 minutes before he deleted it pic.twitter.com/srDV2mhdBy
— Whitney Medworth (@its_whitney) August 1, 2017
Probably the best hashtag of the summer is now #mambathick, which is what many other middle-aged dads will now use to describe themselves.
Shortly after he deleted the paparazzi photo, Bryant replaced it with a black image captioned "Mamba mode #blackout."
To his credit, Bryant still looks good for a 38-year-old retired player. But it will be interesting to see if he holds himself accountable to that 30-day challenge.