Even though a full 476 days have passed, I believe that many people, like me, still can't accept the reality that Kobe Bryant has died unexpectedly. When Kobe's wife Vanessa replaced Kobe Bryant at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the eldest daughter Natalia wore a Hall of Fame jacket instead of Kobe Bryant to participate in the photo ceremony before the awards ceremony. We also have to admit that Kobe Bryant's life has written his last stroke.
On August 23, 1978, former NBA player Joe Bryant's youngest son was born. Because Joe once took his wife to order a steak called KOBE at an upscale Italian restaurant, they named the kid Kobe Bryant in honor of the expensive 400-lira meal.
When Bryant was 6 years old, the family moved to Italy. There Kobe Bryant fell in love with football. AC Milan is his favorite team, while Van Basten is his idol. However, because the technique was not good enough, Bryant was put in the position of goalkeeper by the coach. Fortunately, through hard training, Kobe Bryant's skills have greatly improved and he has become a midfielder.
Just as the so-called dragon born dragon phoenix phoenix, Kobe Bryant still followed his father's path and became a basketball player. Kobe Bryant was mediocre in his freshman year of high school, but kobe played five positions on the court for the rest of his high school career, which also laid solid skills for him. It also gave him the favor of the 76ers manager, who invited Kobe to train with the 76ers. It is said that Kobe Bryant blew up star player Jerry Starkhouse in training. In the year he graduated from high school, Bryant won almost all the honors he could get. And with Kobe Announcing His participation in the Draft, he also became the sixth player in NBA history to enter the NBA directly from high school.
In the 1996 draft, Kobe Bryant was not conspicuous in the star-studded golden generation, and finally in the 13th pick in the first round, the Lakers used star center Divac as a chip to exchange the Charlotte Hornets for this potential new star. Bryant's rookie season was not amazing, averaging 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist per game, making him the best rookie second team, and incidentally becoming the youngest dunk contest champion in NBA history. It is worth mentioning that in the final game of the playoffs of that season, Kobe Bryant faced the Jazz in the final moment to shoot a dead end, but it was an embarrassing three. In the pinch of overtime, Bryant threw two more outrageous threes. And because of Kobe's poor performance, the Lakers were eliminated. After many years, Kobe's old teammate O'Neal said: "The people who dare to shoot in that way at that time will not be there anymore except for the Kobe guy." ”
With the improvement of tactical status, Kobe's data has also risen. In his second year, he became an All-Star starter and almost became the best sixth man. By the third grade, Bryant was already a star player who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game. His OK combination with O'Neal also led the Lakers to another triple-title.
At this time, Kobe Bryant was proud of the spring breeze, the young trifecta in hand, but also married his wife Vanessa by the way, and signed a huge endorsement contract with Adidas. However, before the start of the 2003-04 season, Bryant was deeply involved in the "sexual assault storm". The sponsor terminated, the locker room contradiction appeared, and in the blink of an eye, Kobe Bryant's life fell into a trough. Team coach Phil Jackson even used "untamable" in his autobiography to evaluate Kobe Bryant after leaving the Lakers. In the next few seasons, even though Bryant played a season of 35.4 points per game and scored 81 points in a single game, the team still broke away from the ranks of championship teams because of the weak lineup.
Fortunately, the team traded all-star Player Paul Gasol in the 07-08 season. Kobe Bryant, who got the helper, also led the Lakers to win two consecutive championships in 2009 and 10. In the 2012-13 season, the Lakers traded howard and Nash to form the "Galacticos" again. However, due to injuries, the team has always had a poor record. Facing the team owner at the time of death, Kobe Bryant promised to lead the Lakers into the playoffs. After consecutive high-intensity games, Kobe Bryant broke his Achilles tendon and forced the Lakers into the playoffs at the cost of the rest of his career.
In the 2015-16 season, Bryant announced that he would leave the game at the end of the season. On April 13, 2016, Bryant scored 60 points in the career closing game, becoming the highest-scoring player in NBA history! Then Kobe Bryant said "Mamba Out" and ended his career. Officially said goodbye to basketball.
I think there is no need to say more about the records and accumulated honors in Kobe's career. Even if he left the arena and left the world, his spirit still inspired generations of young people to go to the stadium and run on the field.
So maybe I was wrong before, Kobe Bryant, maybe never went far.