VIDEO: Kobe leaks out, barely gets ball over rim for soft dunk
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Two decades of flying high above the rim certainly takes its toll.
Just ask 37-year-old Kobe Bryant.
On most nights this season, Bryant has looked less like the "Black Mamba" of old and more like an aged "Vino."
Nevertheless, whenever the former Dunk Contest champ rises for a jam, fans around the world are still conditioned to move to the edges of their seats - even if Bryant's aerial exploits aren't happening at the same altitude as they used to.