VIDEO: Chick Hearn, Kobe Bryant foreshadow Mamba's longevity

Projecting a career on the basis of a player's rookie season is a fool's errand, unless you're legendary Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn.

Here's Hearn foreshadowing the length of a teenage Kobe Bryant's Lakers career:

Bryant, of course, will retire this Spring after 20 seasons in purple and gold.