Waking up early this morning, I opened my phone to see that Kobe Bryant's 2014 investment in sports drinks was acquired for $400 million. Suddenly there is some trance, I have not watched Kobe's news for a long time, often brushed will be deliberately crossed, over time, "big data" may think that I am very disgusted with this person, and will never push relevant information to me again.
I've always been a sports fan, not a fan or anything, because I'm interested in everything from basketball, football, badminton, to fencing gymnastics diving, and even the unpopular professional bull riding contests and bigfoot racing. I also have a lot of athletes I like, I like Lin Dan's bravado, I like Federer's elegance and calmness, I like Zhang Jike's untamed, I like C Luo's shedding me, and recently I have become a fan of "Wei Hou" (bad laugh). But if someone asks me who your favorite athlete is, there may always be only one answer, Black Mamba – Kobe Bryant.
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The process of getting acquainted with Kobe Bryant is funny, I was still in elementary school, I went to the neighbor's big brother's house with my cousin, in many basketball posters, one of us chose one, he chose Aaron Iverson, and I chose Kobe, the neighbor big brother told me that this person's name is Kobe Bryant, is the most powerful player in the world now. Out of the most innocent child's Mu Qiang mentality, I went home and put this poster on the bedside, although I didn't know what the NBA meant at the time, nor did I know where Los Angeles was.
It was also at that time that I "gave up" football at school to join the basketball team, and in the third grade, I even dribbled hard, but it didn't prevent me from arguing with my classmates on the court about Kobe And Iverson, and Nash, and James. With the update of the set-top box at home, I finally locked in the "hot sports", but every day I waited for the "NBA Daily Consultation" at 6:30. On weekends, I could see the full live broadcast of the game on CCTV5, which was also known as "Laker Station" at that time, which also made me addicted to This Kemi.
In those years, I watched Kobe Bryant and the Lakers go to the top together, I also learned to dribble, learned to shoot, and after taking the first place in the class, begged my father to spend "huge money" to buy me a Kobe-forbe's jersey.
When I was in middle and high school, I began to live in school, and I had more pocket money in my hands, so I saved money to use it, just to save money to buy basketball impurities, "Slam Dunk" I received about thirty consecutive issues. There is also a fifty-one copy of the "Basketball Pioneer Newspaper", I don't buy it in the morning, I have to wait until the price is reduced after school, and I have to cut it to fifty cents for one dollar. Only at that time, Kobe Bryant suffered consecutive injuries and slowly withdrew from the ranks of top superstars, but I still insisted that he was invincible in the words and swords of my classmates, and also joined the NBA, which was not so outrageous at the time, and "chaotically" with fans from all sides.
I always tell my friends that I'm going to save some money, save enough to go to Los Angeles, go to Staples, go to the scene to see Kobe Bryant, but until Kobe Quits, I haven't saved enough. The day Kobe Bryant retired, I remember the morning was physical education class, and as a result, a bunch of people skipped class, and as the game progressed, the cheers in the dormitory halls rose and fell, and I went out with my classmates at noon to have a good meal, and that day was also one of the most memorable moments in my college career.
Later in the story, Kobe Bryant invested in the company, Kobe won the Oscar, I firmly believe that Kobe will continue his glory as on the court, after I joined the work, even if I throw a garbage to shout "KOBE"!
Until that day, I clearly remember waking up in the morning, a bunch of unread messages on my phone, and the top was the push of tiger flutter. My first reaction was not sadness, just some curiosity, after reading my whole news and exchanging a few words with friends, or get up as usual, what to do. But when I was busy with everything in the afternoon and sat alone in front of the computer, I suddenly became sad, and a big man burst into tears.
Yes, Bryant wasn't who I was, he didn't know me anymore, he was just a black basketball player across the ocean, but in that moment, I was really sad.
I've never seen Kobe Bryant in person, but since '05, I've been a fan of him. Lost in '08, he said the second place was the biggest loser, won in '09, he said celebrate five minutes, ready for next year, 10 years to win, said I finally had one more ring than O'Neal. In 11 years he self-deprecatingly said that he was not the key mr. I can't remember 12 years, maybe the middle school entrance examination diluted my memory of the NBA. Then there were 13 years that all Komi would never forget, when Bryant, who had a broken Achilles tendon, scored the final free throw. 14、15、16...... As I look back on Kobe's career in my mind, my own memories come to mind.
Maybe that day, walking is not only Kobe Bryant, but also walking is the green memories of my own life. It came unexpectedly, it was somewhat cruel and tough to punctuate my youth, pulling me out of the romantic and beautiful memories of my youth and throwing it into the boring real life.
Since that day, I still watch various sports games, but I don't shout in front of the TV, I will throw garbage in the trash and never do a jump shot to shout "kobe". I silently closed all the news accounts and forum communities related to Kobe, no longer clicking into the video highlights that I used to be eager to brush three or four brushes, and even played basketball a lot less.
Everyone will grow, everyone will take responsibility, and everyone will be forced to hide part of themselves under the pressure of reality. But for me, Bryant's unexpected death became an opportunity for me to put away some of my youth in advance. Time has passed, and now I still have to say, thank you Kobe Bryant, accompanied me throughout my teenage years. Even if I can't hear it, even if I haven't met, I'm just an ordinary one of the "6 billion" Kemi.