Today, the NBA officially announced the bench lineup for this year's All-Star Game, the Western Division, and the Suns Booker was selected without suspense, after all, this team is currently the first team in the West, and it is impossible to say that there is no All-Star starter.
In addition, the NBA officially announced a batch of new All-Star Weekend trophies intended to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the league's founding. Among them, the most noteworthy is the All-Star MVP trophy, because this trophy was named "Kobe Bryant Cup".
First, the trophy is divided into four layers to commemorate Bryant's No. 8, No. 24, 18 All-Star Regular Game experiences, four All-Star MVPs, The No. 10 of the U.S. Men's Basketball Team, one regular season MVP, five NBA championships, and two Finals MVPs.
Among them, the 8-sided shape represents Kobe's No. 8 jersey, and the cup body surrounds 18 stars, representing that Kobe Bryant has been selected as an All-Star 18 times. The 24 stars in the first layer represent Kobe's No. 24 jersey, the 10 stars on the second floor represent Kobe's national team No. 10 jersey, the 5 stars in the third layer represent Kobe's 5 championships, and the 1 star in the fourth layer represents the star of the stars.
Obviously, this All-Star MVP trophy is of great significance, and there are many symbolisms of numbers, which will not be repeated here. At present, there are still many die-hard fans of Kobe Bryant in the NBA, even the players themselves, they also have great respect for Kobe.
The Suns' Booker, the Bulls' DeRozan and the Celtics' Tatum are all very fond of Kobe, so they are all likely to go all out for this "Kobe Bryant Cup" in this year's All-Star Game.