readytorunbook Chapter 168 Another day to die!
Chapter 168 Another day to die!
Chapter 168 Another day to die!
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With a 10-point deficit, the Staples Center is in turmoil...
No one in the City of Angels would have thought that it wasn't the rich and powerful, nor the new generation of overlords who finally dealt the fatal blow to their surviving dynasty...
It's the common people, it's a civilian team they have never looked down upon...
This is a kind of irony and a kind of sarcasm.
A team with a salary of nearly 3000 million was completely defeated by a team with a salary of more than [-] million. It lost without dignity, and lost completely...
When Old Buss looked melancholy at the jerseys blowing in the wind at the Staples Center, those people who contributed to the construction of the Zijin Dynasty in different periods of history were still vaguely visible in his mind...
Times are changing, and the dynasty will pass away after all, and is about to usher in its next cycle...
When a dynasty comes to an end, the building will collapse...
People staying in the building began to regret and reflect...
Bridges that have not changed for thousands of years are not uncommon. Only at the end of the road, only when they suffer the price of blood baptism, those people who originally lived comfortably, did nothing, and did not know how to cherish the hard-won peace and prosperity will suddenly wake up and realize how ignorant they were before...
At this time, facing the crazy common people team Houston Rockets, and facing the sound of Beat-LA in the entire league, the besieged City of Angels was confused and unwilling to lose the glory of being the Zijin Dynasty...
To die unwillingly is not only for glory, but also to save one's soul, a kind of redemption.
These are the sources of courage that the people in the Dynasty Mansion use to resist extinction.
They don't want to die, if they can, they hope to wear this purple and gold glory, and go through this game and this journey safely.
However, they are not afraid if they really want to die, because they believe that temporary pain and death are not all, there is a real Zijin Dynasty waiting at the end of April, and that is the eternal hometown.
They don't have to fight and sweep some team off their front to get there, as long as they love each other and trust each other, they can say with confidence, "Yeah, we're still champions this time."
People in the City of Angels look forward to a hero, to someone who can turn the tide, even if they die, they must win back the glory of being a Zijin disciple...
Gradually, everyone turned their attention to the immortal king of the Staples Center...
Only he is the child of Los Angeles, and only he has what it takes to bring the dynasty back to life...
It is also because of him that the fire of hope in people's eyes will never go out...
kobe...
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In 2006, after the Lakers' 3:1 lead was reversed by the Suns, Charles Barkley made the famous statement: "Kobe never deserves to be the MVP."
In the second year, Kobe, like a child who never got candy, finally shouted "Buss stupid X" and "trade me" declarations to the world.Everyone lost patience, Jerry - Buss and Mitch - Kupchak began to go through all the possible plans to send Kobe Bryant.
The transaction was so close to success that Kobe even started telling fans to "go buy a Bulls jersey."
Imagine, what would happen if Kobe really left the Lakers that summer?At least, the Staples Center dome will lose a No. 24 jersey, and Lakers fans will lose an unforgettable 08-09 season. Kobe will also become a professional mercenary. No matter how many rings he wins, he cannot become a symbol of a city.
If the team that Michael Jordan chose to join in his comeback in 1995 was not the Chicago Bulls, would he still be the eternal legend he is now?
Thanks to Chicago, in the end they were not willing to let go of Luol Deng, the Lakers most wanted.
Thanks to the Lakers management, they put up with Kobe.
Thanks to the Grizzlies, they sent Pau Gasol to Los Angeles.
Thanks also to Derek Fisher, who helped Kobe lubricate the Lakers locker room as much as possible, and saved two of the greatest three-pointers of his career for the most important game of Kobe's career...
On June 2009, 6, Kobe Bryant, 14 points, 30 rebounds, 6 assists.This was just an unremarkable statistic for countless nights in the past, but it made the man tremble.He bared his teeth and looked serious, he was so nervous that he was at a loss like a rookie.
If time goes back, the embarrassed man in front of him has nothing to do with the young man who stood by the trophy and danced.
In the last minute of the game, Zen Master put his arms around Kobe and whispered in his ear: "It's all over."
At this moment, Phil Jackson may still not be his closest mentor, but at least he is already an elder.
Time is so wonderful.Sometimes you feel like nothing has changed, and sometimes you feel like everything has.
In fact, more often, this change is only a little bit.
However, just for this, Kobe waited 9 years.
In 9 years, it is enough to turn No. 8 into No. 24, turn a mushroom head into a monk head, turn a proud man who doesn't know how to feel sad into a poor eight-fingered uncle, and turn a hot-blooded boy who skipped class to watch football into a mediocre office worker.
Most importantly, Kobe Bryant, the most powerful scorer in active service and the best guard in the past decade, finally led his own Lakers to win his fourth ring after a tough season of 105 games.
You know, there are at least 10 billion people on the planet who assert that Kobe can't do this.
"Never hear those ridiculous criticisms again. It's unbelievable. I don't have to bother with those nonsense anymore." Bryant said.
Think about it, whose names were put together with Kobe?Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Ray Allen... Now, will anyone compare them to Kobe?And Kobe himself, on June 2009, 6, did what the whole world thought he could not do.
At this point, it has been seven years since his last championship, five years since he and Shaq officially broke up, and 7 days since the 5-point humiliation he tasted in Boston.
Whether you like Kobe or not, you should admit that this is indeed an extraordinary achievement.
Kobe said that he can live without basketball, but there must be competition and the hope of winning.Racing driver Han Han said, "I think victory is the best medicine to eliminate depression." Over the past 30 years, victory has had the same effect on Kobe. "I have been playing since I was 3 years old", and then he used this to dispel the nostalgia of childhood, the loneliness of teenagers, and fight against the rules of the adult world, so that he can stand up when he is deeply involved in scandals and blame.
If Allen Iverson's bottom line is to insist on himself, Kobe Bryant's bottom line is to win.
In this regard, if it is really a weightlifting or track and field, swimming, tennis, golf or any individual sports player, teamwork, locker room politics and other factors do not play a role in group sports, Kobe's sports career may be a perfect mess.
However, it was basketball, a team project with distinct collective, cultural, commercial and communicative colors, that allowed Kobe to avoid Ding Junhui's tragedy and also achieved his magnificent growth legend.
The basketball world is like a vat of dyeing. There is no such thing as a master outside the world. No one can become a blockbuster by being locked in the training hall by his father. In the past 14 years, Kobe had to fight with his teammates, coaches, bosses and managers every day. His leadership and the way he viewed the world were constantly changing and improving.
People were surprised to find that the rebellious and lonely hero suddenly disappeared, replaced by the good old Kobe who laughed heartily in front of the media and kept accompanying his wife and children to participate in various activities...
"Slowly, I learned how to mobilize various emotions, including anger, because I know that the right amount of anger can motivate teammates," Kobe said with a smile.
In fact, since the disintegration of F4 and the deep chill in the locker room, Kobe began to intentionally repair his contacts.
As a member of the 70s, Kobe challenged and offended Jordan, Malone, Payton and other post-60s generation all over the place, and was alienated from Iverson, Garnett, Ray Allen, Carter and other peers due to years of fighting and media noise.
This coincides with his most important fan group—the post-80s generation, just like the post-70s generation adores MJ. As time goes by, there are gradually star fans who “watched Kobe playing and grew up”. Arenas’ bedroom walls in high school were covered with No. 8 posters. Ariza said that Kobe made him completely addicted to basketball.As the most successful high school student and trapeze player in the 70s, Kobe's role model for LeBron, Anthony, Wade, and Paul has also begun to show.
Once upon a time, how many boys fell in love with the basketball court because of MJ, and Kukoc traveled all over the world just to "play side by side with Michael", but Jordan will always be that incomparable master style to the younger generation-don't be obsessed with brother, brother is just a legend.
For that matter, Penny, Hill, Kobe, and Carter never really got close to "God."
This prestige was passed on to Kevin Garnett, MJ's favorite junior. When the 20-year-old Dwight Howard said infatuatedly how much he admired KG, the response he got was that the old wolf king made a rough technical foul on the field and taunted reporters that Dwight was not promising.
And Kobe, who was so lonely and autistic when he was a teenager, became a pretender in his thirties. He completely put away his reserve, let go of his airs, and mingled with the little kids born in the 80s.
Enlisting in the U.S. men's basketball team can be interpreted as a diplomatic victory for the younger generation.
In the training hall and on the bench of the Dream Team, you can often see Comrade Lao Ke disregarding his seniority, calling brothers and sisters, laughing and playing with young people, and even making a big friendship advertisement for Melon's personal website.
In the Lakers team, Kobe also showed a slightly deliberate closeness to his young teammates. After learning that Caron Butler was traded, he yelled at the management, distributed gifts during the celebration, set the team party at home, let Sun Yue sit next to him on the team plane, and sent encouraging text messages when Ariza left the team.
And now, the future before Bryant is much more dangerous than that of Jordan at the age of 31.
As the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles, a pan-entertainment metropolis known as the City of Angels, accompanied by the sunny beaches of California, makes you the focus of every gesture. It is not a star and a half better than Chicago...
Hollywood is not far away from Staples, and the people here are pampered and have become accustomed to the natural superiority of the nobility, which has long attracted the dissatisfaction of the common people from all walks of life...
Looking at the strength of the commoner princes from all walks of life.
The luck of the Flying Man is that after he killed Bird, Magician, Thomas and other elders and ascended the throne, he spent the entire dynasty discussing swords with his peers such as Barkley, Ewing, Drexler, Malone, Stockton, etc. Shark, his younger opponent, was too young, and the heavyweights of Payton and Miller were far outside the TOP 20 in history.
In the mid-to-late 90s, the serious fault of superstars in the peak age group allowed Michael Jordan to largely avoid the disadvantages of age and physical fitness when talking with powerful opponents in the post-three consecutive championships.
After the age of 31, almost all those who blocked Kobe's dominance were young people who were in the golden age of sports.
He can call LeBron, Anthony, and Howard brothers and fight fiercely, but how to bridge the growing time gap between them?
In 1998, the 35-year-old Jordan only needed to defeat the 35-year-old Malone to retire; it is hard to imagine how much thick bandages Kobe had to wrap his fingers at the age of 35, and how many incredible hand-change breakthroughs and emergency stop jumpers he had to use to retreat from the 29-year-old LeBron and 28-year-old Dwight.
Therefore, don't expect Kobe's legend and dynasty to have a bull-like happy ending.
Although winning always meant everything to Kobe, he knew that one day, he would be defeated by a younger king like the old magician and Bird.
He is ready.
After losing in the 2008 Finals, Magic asked him: "The torch passed from Jordan to you, just as Bird passed it to him, so when are you going to pass it to LeBron?"
"It's fine when I retire." Kobe laughed loudly as he said, and then put away his smile, "Take it again, let me win the championship again, and then I can (give it to him)."
The only thing that matters next is that this 32-year-old man will never talk about Buffett as pretentiously as LeBron, and talk about the great ambition of becoming the first billionaire athlete in human history, "I just want to do what I really love."
At the end of the story, let the time fast forward to 40 years later.
President LeBron James and general manager Kevin Durant are wearing suspenders and standing in their Manhattan offices, biting cigars (or fingernails) and staring out the window, taking a bird's-eye view of their business empires.
At this time, the old Bryant was still hale and hearty, playing marbles with his grandchildren on the pasture in the backyard.
Yes, he just wants to win.
Yes, he will try his best to keep the day of failure as far away as possible...
...
Has this day finally come?Kobe thought to himself.
With a cold towel draped behind his head, he gasped and looked at the passionate Houston bench...
Chandler is full of passion, Mayo and Dragic are full of youthful and invincible light, Ariza is brave and fearless, and everyone else is surrounded by each other like family, celebrating their eternal life...
The wind is blowing, the water is cold, the strong man is gone, and he will never return...
Kobe looked blankly at the land that raised him and watched him grow up...
From an immature boy to a rebellious and unruly darling of heaven, and then from a darling of heaven to an accomplished leader...
All the memories of the past are like a kind of nostalgia for the end of the dynasty...
But why am I so unwilling to fail this time?
Every professional player will say "I want to win" or "I hate losing" to reporters 10000 times in his life, but when he returns home from work, far away from the noisy arena, the whistle of defeat still lingers in his ears all the time. No matter whether he is at a party or in the dead of night, there will always be very few patients who are still tortured by this sound...
Because I'm Kobe...
Because people can't forget the glory I brought them, the cheering of me as "MVP" at Staples Center has never stopped. In the early days of my career, this was a distant dream, and in the past few years, this is the sincere gratitude of the Los Angeles fans to me...
"Kobe...Kobe!" The little fan wearing the No. 24 jersey had tears in his eyes...
"We need Kobe!~" Another old man stood up excitedly and shouted...
"Don't worry, we will definitely win, because I have Kobe!"
"Kobe! MVP!"
When Staples rang "MVP", I believe that everyone who likes Kobe's heart was full of excitement. The cry of "MVP" shook everyone's heart, everyone's soul...
The people at Staples stood up spontaneously, waving their light sticks with determined expressions.
No matter who it is, they always firmly believe that that person will turn on the invincible mode and destroy the opponent when the whole world needs him the most.
Yes, just like before...
Koke's scoring is not as good as before, but more and more people who really understand basketball start to like him. Kobe's slam dunk is far less gorgeous than before, but more and more fans expect to see it.
Because he is the soul of Staples, he is the symbol of Staples, and he is the trusted leader of his teammates.
He is the eternal "MVP" in the hearts of Los Angeles people in the City of Angels...
"Yeah, I know we've reached a point where we have to stop and fix it, but... I don't think losing is the only way to fix things... I don't want to lose, that's all..."
"What I have done now is far better than anything I have ever done... the glory I will achieve is far greater than anything I have ever known."
Human heroism is more dangerous than terrorism, and it is easier to destroy society...
If the Lakers are abandoned by the whole world, I will lead us to heaven...
If the choice of fate must make us die, then I want to tell you that we accept the fate of death, but... definitely not today...
Our failure, my death, must be decided by ourselves!
- Choose another day to die!
In front of the boiling Houston bench, everyone could feel the fierce killing intent, like hailstones, hitting their hearts, making them restless forever...
It was only at this moment that Ron realized that he was actually still far away from victory and the new era of heroes...
When Kobe, who didn't want to lose the most, buried his head deeply, gave up all self-esteem and pride and walked towards the Zen master, the Zijin Dynasty, which was fading away, would usher in their last glorious years...
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(End of this chapter)