"In 1996, they told me I wasn't going to Charlotte because they had already made a deal with Los Angeles before that.

And they told me that LA traded me for an All-Star center.

It was an exciting start because I felt valued for the first time.

And, I'm going to Los Angeles, the bustling metropolis that all the players aspire to!

Los Angeles, what a beautiful city.

I was hooked on the first day I came here.

There is a lot of traffic, row upon row.

The lights are bright and the neon is noisy.

I'm obsessed with it, enjoying a lot of things I didn't have the opportunity to enjoy before.

Until......

I still remember that start very clearly, 6 minutes, 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 block.

I only got a chance to play in my second game and I didn't score.

It was like I had been punched hard by a fighter who wasn't wearing gloves.

That woke me up, too.

I told myself that this must never happen again!

I started locking myself up in a small, enclosed space.

Everything in Los Angeles is wonderful, but first, I have to survive here.

I quickly scored 10 points in Game 4 against the Toronto Raptors, a team they had formed the year before.

I remember that the player I was playing against was Rejay Slater.

Maybe a lot of people don't know who he is, but I'll always remember his name.

He's taller than me, stronger than me, and more experienced than me.

But I also have my strengths, I'm faster than him, my explosiveness is better.

He didn't stop me.

You can never put into words the feeling you feel when you win against an opponent who is stronger than you.

It was also after that game that I told myself again, I want to win, keep winning!!

Phil told me I would be the best scorer in the league.

I was steadfast in that moment because he had coached Michael Jordan.

In my second season in Los Angeles, I was stronger than Slater, and 10 points didn't suffice me, and I started scoring 20 points, 30 points.

I also vividly remember the day on December 17, 1997, when I was facing Michael.

He scored 36 points and I scored 33 points.

You see, I'm just as good as he is.

But I knew I could get better.

Every summer I locked myself in the training room and then by the time I came out, I was a little bit stronger again.

And so it goes on and on, alternating between spring and summer.

I'm getting stronger and stronger, and the team is getting closer and closer to the goal.

Los Angeles, that's where the dream began!

No one had ever imagined before that, including myself, that I would be able to complete three consecutive championships there!

According to others, we finished the dynasty!

That's something that only George McCann, Bill Russell, and Michael Jordan have done!

That's really beautiful, so beautiful.

I also had my beloved Vanessa and my first child.

Everything is on the right track.

I think I'll stay in LA until I retire.

Yes, Los Angeles has become my second home.

Until today you ask me where I'm from, I'll tell you I'm from Philadelphia.

But beyond that, I'll tell you that I'm from Los Angeles.

It's just that the most frustrating part of life is that you can't control what will happen tomorrow.

I was traded.

They told me it was time for the team to make a change!

They also told me that I would do what I had done in another city.

And the difference is that I'm going to get a better chance there.

I said, 'Okay, it's time to say goodbye to Los Angeles.'" ’

The only regret is that I haven't had time to get a good look at the true beauty of the city because of the long hours of training.

Dallas is a completely different place from Los Angeles.

There aren't so many spotlights here, so I can train with peace of mind.

But there's just as passionate fans here as Los Angeles, you know, Dallas Cowboys!

To their cheers, I got my first 60+ in my career.

I really, really enjoyed this time.

But the biggest regret is that I didn't bring another trophy to the city.

Dirk and I met at the prime of our age, but we didn't get a good result.

I thought it was God's injustice.

It wasn't until recently, after I chatted with a friend, that I realized that a large part of it was my problem.

I've always been a better scorer, but I've never learned how to be a leader.

So Dirk, I think I'll owe you a word of sorry forever.

What's more interesting about life, though, is that something you expect to happen tomorrow beyond your control.

The moment I got a call from Downey and knew the final result, I was excited like I had just joined the league.

The place where my dream began, and the place I have always missed.

Los Angeles! Kobe Bryant is back!!

To this day, I still have the same excitement as I did at that moment.

Forgive me for not being able to describe the feeling.

But when you have the opportunity to make amends, I'm sure you'll feel what I felt.

I just want to get to Los Angeles sooner, like a wanderer desperate to set foot on the land of my hometown again. ”

……

A day after being traded, Bryant tweeted a long post in the early hours of the morning.

To be honest, before seeing this long article, Sun Hao really didn't expect Kobe to be so ...... Literate!

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this article was ghostwritten.

But it doesn't matter if it's or not, the content in this must be Kobe Bryant's own meaning.

And what can be seen from this article is that the conversation between Sun Hao and Kobe Bryant has indeed changed Kobe's mentality a lot.

It's not about the change in emotional intelligence, but the mentality, he seems to have finally figured it out and finally matured!

Otherwise, with the way Kobe Bryant did before, say sorry to Nowitzki? This can't happen!

Some people may say, how can maturity be so fast?

But perhaps those who have experienced it understand that a man's maturity often happens overnight.

……

The day after Kobe Bryant posted his long post, he flew to Los Angeles to prepare for the final medical examination of the trade.

The airport in Los Angeles went to a considerable number of fans.

And they were holding up signs like "Welcome back, Kobe."

Although the Clippers are not the Lakers in the trade this time, it is not really that important to Los Angeles fans.

Importantly, Kobe Bryant is back!

Even for fans in Los Angeles, they will enjoy a kind of joy that they have never enjoyed before for a long time to come.

Because of the duel between Sun Hao and Kobe, it became a derby in the same city!

It's exciting to think about!

Of course, the more exciting is still to come!

At his first press conference back in Los Angeles, Bryant made a big announcement.

He will change his jersey number!

It was also at this press conference that he explained for the first time why he chose the number 8 when he first entered the league.

Before that, most people thought it was because he had crossed the number 8 in Italy.

But this time Bryant said: No, that's not!

The reason why he chose the number 8 is because when he first participated in the Adi training camp in high school, the organizers assigned the number according to the strength of the players at that time.

He was assigned number 143.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with the organizers, but for him personally, it was a kind of contempt.

In order to remember that feeling forever, he chose the number 8 because those three numbers add up to exactly 8.

"Kobe Bryant at No. 8 is like why he chose it in the first place, to prove himself."

Bryant also made a summary of his No. 8 career.

"But this time, No. 24 Kobe Bryant will not be like that again, there are 24 hours a day, an offense and 24 seconds, he will grasp every minute and every second, to learn how to be a good team leader."

Kobe Bryant's new jersey number will be No. 24!

Sun Hao has always had doubts before, because of his appearance, will Kobe Bryant change his personality and will change his jersey number.

Now everything has the answer: Yes!

Moreover, after communicating with him!!

After this press conference, fans' expectations for the Clippers also skyrocketed.

Although it is not yet known what kind of chemistry Gasol and Kobe Bryant will have.

I don't know if the team's new star Bynum can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the team's interior line.

But Kobe's transformation is enough to be expected by fans in Los Angeles.

Because no one will ever question Kobe's personal ability, only his style of play.

Moreover, the Clippers' reinforcements this season will definitely not stop there.

The next day, the All-Star Game was played in Las Vegas.

The league announced an important change ahead of the All-Star break:

Starting next season, the trade deadline will be brought forward before the All-Star break!

Because the All-Star Game is different from season to season, this deadline will vary, but in principle, it will be the week before it starts.

The reason for this adjustment is related to the previous four-party transaction.

It's easy to explain that if Kidd is an All-Star this year, it means that the department will suddenly have an extra spot.

Then will Kidd continue to play for the East, or will the East 11 play the West 13, or the East will select two more people to enter the All-Star Game to make up the situation of 13 to 13.

Either way, it's not fair to the other players.

The good luck was that Kidd didn't make it this year, and Kobe Bryant was sent to the West, so the trade didn't really affect the All-Star Game.

But it has already sounded alarm bells for the league.

If you don't change it, the next time an All-Star player is traded during the All-Star Game, and is traded from one division to another, then there is really no way for the gods to come.

Don't say that you are not allowed to talk about trades during the All-Star break, that is simply not realistic.

So the best solution is to bring the trading deadline forward.

This would eliminate this possibility entirely.

In addition, the league also announced another adjustment in passing:

Starting next season, the league will no longer allow high school players to participate directly!

This is also not a small piece of news.

As for the context in which it happened, there are many things.

There are high school players who have a low overall success rate, and there is also the pressure that the NCAA has been exerting.

It may even be related to the previous Barkley hype, but the donkey butt incident that was a "laughing stock" in the eyes of the league officials.

In any case, the entry of high school students into the NBA stopped there.

Durant thus became the last high school student champion in NBA history!

The first and last things are remembered.

Durant brought 10,000 and eighty-six trumpets to like this news!

……

This year was the first time in NBA history that All-Star Weekend was held in Las Vegas.

This also makes this year's All-Star Game full of gimmicks and highlights.

Not to mention anything else, there are many stars in the casino, and if you take two steps on the street in the past two days, you may be able to meet a big star.

This situation has doubled the security of the arena compared to the previous All-Star Game.

At such a moment, it is natural that the two major sneaker giants Adi and Nike are indispensable.

Nike has set up a nearly 1,000-square-meter exhibition hall at the Palm Hotel where the all-star players stayed.

Adi launched the eighth generation of Sun Hao's sneakers, the SUN8 series, in a-for-tat manner.

Like KOBE8, SUN8 is also a generation of technological innovation.

In addition to the technological innovations, the shoes are also specially embedded with special cowhide, which makes the sneakers much more comfortable than before.

In terms of exterior design, the design of the black upper and red body is also quite eye-catching.

Of course, these are not the most interesting aspects of sun8.

The most striking thing about this shoe is the sentence on the side of the shoe:

"Become a dynasty!"

You can interpret this sentence as just Adi's sneaker slogan: to build a sneaker dynasty in the Sun series.

Or more people will understand him as, Lakers dynasty!

A mouthful of poisoned milk sticks directly on your face!

However, back in the day, sneaker designs were only required to be black and white, but Nike would rather pay for the AJ1 to add red tones.

That kind of design that stands out from the crowd also made the AJ1 an instant hit.

Adi is doing the same thing this time.

Because one of the following two scenarios will inevitably appear:

The Lakers dynasty was successful, and this is a sneaker with a lot of luck;

The Lakers dynasty failed because Sun Hao had introduced the concept of poisoned milk in this era in advance, and this pair of sneakers became synonymous with epic poisoned milk;

Either way, this sneaker is bound to become a classic.

In addition to the-for-tat confrontation between the two major sneaker manufacturers, there is another very conspicuous place in this All-Star Game.

Because the first day of the All-Star Weekend happened to be the Chinese New Year's Eve in China, and Sun Hao, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian were all selected as All-Star starters, the "Spring Festival" atmosphere of this year's All-Star can be said to be the strongest ever.

At the door of the hotel where the players stayed, couplets were pasted and lanterns hung.

For Sun Hao and others who can't go home for the New Year, this is definitely the most meaningful all-star game.

Sun Hao didn't know this kind of scene before, and when he saw it, he called Su Feng to his side and asked the latter to prepare a Spring Festival gift for himself.

Who is Su Feng?

The one who followed the camera behind Zhang Weiping back then!

Because people are more clever, they were pulled by Gu Yi to Sun Hao's team as an assistant.

Gu Yi is now in charge of a large company under Sun Hao, and he will definitely not be able to saddle up all the time like before.

So it can also be understood that this is Gu Yi's "doppelganger".

Well......

……

The All-Star Weekend has just started here, and the trading market is making waves again.

And this time it was none other than the Wizards, the victim of the previous four-way deal.

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