"I don't understand why Kobe Bryant has 480,000 votes, Eddie Jones has 180,000 votes, and I'm obviously better than them but I only have 120,000 votes." After the game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Golden State Warriors, Glen Rice was indignant in the face of the post-game interview.

In this game, the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Golden State Warriors 109-101, and Glen Les scored 39 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist on 13-of-25 shooting after learning the All-Star vote.

As the third-highest scorer in the league, Glen Les couldn't figure out who was not only Kobe and Eddie Jones.

In the East, Juwan Howard, Tony Cook, Weinbeck all had more votes than him! You must know that he is an outside small forward, and the number of fans who play should be much higher than those big forwards, not to mention that some of them are role players.

"Kobe Bryant is a cancer!" On the other side, the Warriors' Latrill Sprewell immediately began to black Kobe Bryant after Glen Les mentioned Kobe. He's just recovering from an ankle injury and he's sure to miss out on an All-Star this year, and he's blaming Kobe Bryant for it all.

"Next game! See you in Los Angeles! Glen Les said that in the next game at the Great West Forum in Los Angeles, the home of the Lakers, he is ready to prove to the fans that he is far better than Kobe!

"At the end of the month! See you in Los Angeles! Sprewell parroted, and said tightly. The last game of the Lakers' seven-game winning streak was against the Warriors.

Glen Les glanced at the madman Sprewell, thinking that this guy is not a repeater, right?

The reason for Glen Les' surprisingly low vote is because the Hornets are now in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.

Fans in other cities mostly vote for the Earth Star, but in North Carolina, Glen Les rarely gets a ticket.

While North Carolina is a hot state for basketball, it's home to the NCAA. All basketball fans basically don't pay attention to MLS, they prefer the youth storm of the college league, and dedicate their passion to local schools and local players.

Maybe they'll vote for Jordan, who was born at the University of North Carolina, but who is Glen Rice? None of them have heard of this star.

The Charlotte Hornets are part of a league that expanded in 1987, along with the Heat, Magic, and Timberwolves. The league chose Charlotte, of course, not because of the hurricanes here, but because it wanted to plant a nail in the NCAA's henchmen.

10 years on, although the Hornets have produced a large number of All-Star players, such as Big Mom Larry Johnson, tough guy Alonzo Mourning, Tinny Boggs the Bug, and Queen Bee Glen Rice. But they never lived up to Stern's expectations, the market was tepid, not to mention souvenirs, and even tickets often didn't sell. That's why the Charlotte Hornets had no choice but to move to New Orleans a few years later.

Whenever Glen Les looked at the team's empty stadium, he envied the stars of the big ball. If I were in the Lakers, I am afraid that I would have been touted as a superstar by now, but I am in the Hornets, and it is difficult for me to even get an All-Star.

It's too hard, it's really hard.

Equally struggling is his team-mate, Verratti Divac.

From the core of the Lakers' 53-win interior playmaking to playing for Glen Rice. From the warm and charming Los Angeles to the small place of Charlotte, from the super popular All-Star level inside line to the team's blue collar.

These transformations have dealt Verratti Divac a very hard blow.

But these are not big deals, the most important thing is that when Kobe Bryant played, Verratti Divac's deal for Kobe Bryant alone has been considered by the media to be a 10-year deal of the century!

You must know that when this deal first happened, all the media thought that the Lakers had suffered a big loss! An All-Star level interior line, the most scarce all-round inside line in the era when the interior line is king, was actually used to exchange for a rookie with the No. 13 pick?

But the fact is that Jerry West deserves to be the LOGO of American professional basketball, and his vision is beyond this era.

When Kobe Bryant played a superstar performance, Divac's name was mentioned every day along with the team's leadership, and the media mocked them every day. Without Divac, Kobe would have been the Hornets, so Verratti Divac is also very unpopular with fans in Charlotte.

After the contract, let's leave. Divac thought that he didn't want to stay with the Hornets and be scolded with the leadership. If he continues to scold, he will be as famous as Sam Bowe, the No. 2 pick in '84.

Sam Bowe is the man who beats Jordan.

Verratti Divac is the man who traded Bryant alone.

It's outrageous.

...

At this time, Kobe Bryant had already driven to the headquarters of Mamba Sports, San Jose, the third largest city in California.

Meg Whitman has set up a corporate office area here, close to eBay's headquarters.

Sneaker designers are in place. Today, Bryant came over to complete the entry of foot parameters and the communication of sneaker design.

"What??? Low-top basketball shoes, you say??? "A couple of sneaker designers hired by Meg Whitman thought he was crazy as soon as they heard Kobe's request!

Basketball shoes are to protect the ankle, especially the guard shoes need to withstand a lot of changes, now the accepted design concept is the high top, fix the ankle, and even lock the ankle, which can effectively avoid injury, high top is also the most significant difference between basketball sneakers and other sneakers.

"That's right, since football boots that run as intensely as basketball can be low-top, giving players protection and more freedom to the ankles, why can't basketball shoes?"

Designers look at each other, this concept is too advanced for them to understand.

"Bryant, I know you play basketball well and you've played football in Italy. But designing sneakers is different. Meg Whitman smiled wryly, she thought that Kobe Bryant's proposal to participate in the design was just to do some beautification work and take a face project, but she didn't expect Kobe to change the root of basketball shoes.

Kobe Bryant took out a design drawing from his arms and placed it in front of everyone.

The ghostly drawings made Meg Whitman regret agreeing to Kobe's request to participate in the design.

At first glance, the designers secretly wondered what this painting was.

Looking at it again, it seems to be a little interesting.

Keep thinking, this is a genius!

"It's going to be the lightest and most flexible sneaker ever! Do you see this arc? I dare say it's the greatest golden section! ”

"We still need to study the selection of several materials, but the general direction is to follow this! No problem! ”

"Incredible upper height, it's not reckless, it's not risky, it's not unconventional. This is the perfect embodiment of ergonomics. ”

The designers changed their disdain for Kobe Bryant and began to ask questions about the sneakers and the design philosophy.

Meg Whitman held her forehead on the side, the world is too crazy, a basketball player actually knows how to design. You must know that this time she invited either a top designer poached from other sneaker companies, or a master's degree in sports product design from the top 10 universities in the United States, these big bulls were actually attracted by the design of the 18-year-old Kobe, it was unbelievable.

Yes, I don't understand the romance of men, let them design it.