At the crucial moment of chasing points at the end of the finals, there were 4 consecutive three non-sticks in 5 minutes.

One of the most unbearable but legendary shots of Kobe Bryant's career.

is such a rookie who seemed to be no different from a cancer at the time, and has actually reached today's height.

The second-largest scoring guard in history, a spiritual icon emulated by tens of millions, and one of the greatest players in the history of the Purple and Gold Lakers.

Even Magic Johnson thinks that one or two words can be removed.

Kobe Bryant's influence has been much more than basketball in many cases.

It's like now, just a few words have a sense of transparency that makes Deng Hongfei empowered.

In his rookie season, he dared to shoot continuously at the most critical moment on the stage of the finals, and all of them threw embarrassing balloons.

This can be described as a ridiculous and generous thing in the eyes of the outside world, but behind it represents the domineering spirit of a player who is self-confident to the bone!

If it weren't for this paranoid personality, he probably wouldn't have been able to become the Kobe Bryant who surpassed countless great players later, held 5 championship rings, and won countless honors, chasing Jordan later.

As he himself said -

"Love me or hate me, there must be one of the two, it has always been like this. Someone hates my game, my hubris; Hate my backward shots, my desire to win; Hate me for being a veteran, hate me for winning a lot of championships. Hate, hate with all your heart. But there are many people who love me for the same reasons as those who hate me.

So, who cares?

How can the true sparkle of gold lose its brilliance because of the dust of the moment?

What's there to be afraid of?

The scales that Deng Hongfei was pressing in his heart disappeared.

The youthful and frivolous spirit returns again.

He suddenly became more relaxed, and smiled at Kobe Bryant from the bottom of his heart, "Thank you very much, Mr. Bryant, in fact, I am actually your fan." ”

"Wow."

Bryant spread his hand and exclaimed, but there wasn't much surprise on his face.

"You're very discerning, little one, keep training and look forward to our match with you tomorrow."

Kobe patted Deng Hongfei on the shoulder, then said hello to Manu and paced away.

Looking at his back, Deng Hongfei was a little sluggish for a while.

"How about it, little fan brother, it feels good to see an idol."

Ginobili walked over and laughed.

"yes." Deng Hongfei nodded seriously, "I only saw it in front of the screen before, but now I see a real person, and I find that it is more temperamental than what I see on TV." ”

"What temperament?" Ginobili was a little curious.

"Kingly temperament." Deng Hongfei was extremely serious, "You can feel the arrogance of dominating the world and ignoring all powerful enemies in his eyes." ”

"Yes, I think it's more appropriate to use arrogance."

Speaking of this, before Manu Ginobili could speak, Deng Hongfei's words changed again, "Manu, you are old rivals, how does it feel to fight him?" ”

"How ...... feel to play against him"

Hearing this, Ginobili suddenly sighed with a slight melancholy, "He's our nightmare. ”

'It's hard to come up against a player like that, no matter how much you pack it up, no matter how much research you do before the game, you still can't guard against him, he always scores a lot of incredible goals, and you even think it's luck when you first see him, but in him, it's just a succession of regular performances.

Ginobili shrugged his shoulders, "A reasonable team is most afraid of encountering unreasonable players." ”

"A reasonable team is most afraid of encountering unreasonable players......"

Deng Hongfei was thoughtful......

The two continued to train.

But more than ten minutes later, it was found that Kobe Bryant also changed into a training uniform and appeared on another court, holding the ball and shooting at will.

The rumors in Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning are indeed true, you must know that Kobe Bryant has not fully recovered from his injury at this time......

This is another incentive for Deng Hongfei.

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The night is over, and the sun is rising.

When an NBA team is on game day, the away team usually trains in the home team's training hall, but the two teams have separate training times.

Training time for the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant has taken off his training jersey and put on a black Lakers-themed athleisure outfit with his personal brand logo.

Standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, no player dares to be lazy under his nose.

"How's your recovery?"

Head coach Mike D'Antoni asked with a pleasant smile.

"It's okay, I think in a month or so, I'll be able to play." Kobe licked his lips, his eyes locked on the court, "Yesterday around 5 o'clock, I went to the arena to take a look, and if I'm not mistaken, we just lost to the Warriors on October 30th." ”

When D'Antoni heard this, he also looked away, no longer looking at Kobe, but at the court.

The team suffered a heavy defeat, and he, as the head coach, was reluctant to talk about it.

Especially Kobe Bryant is so outspoken, which is even more embarrassing.

For this superstar, who can be called the totem of the whole team, D'Antoni really does not have the confidence to maintain the majesty that he should as a manager as he does with other players.

It can be said that Kobe's status is transcendent.

"I don't mean anything else, Mr. Mack."

Kobe Bryant shook his head and said, "But I'm disappointed, I think there should be players who will be motivated by this loss and practice all night, but no, not one, but I saw the Spurs in the arena." ”

"Spurs?"

"Yes, it's Ginobili and an Asian, that little guy is very nice, at least the attitude makes me appreciate it."

Bryant said.

"It should be Chris Deng."

D'Antoni took a deep breath.

"Oh? Does it seem familiar to you? Kobe Bryant blinked, "I don't know him, but looking at the way he looks, he shouldn't have been a fringe player in the rotation for the Spurs." ”

"That's him." D'Antoni didn't deny it, "He's the undrafted pick this year, and we actually wanted to take him in the draft." ”

"But why not?" Kobe Bryant suddenly frowned and glanced at Ryan Kelly not far away, "You should know that the most important thing for a player is attitude, that Asian named Chris Deng, at least in terms of training attitude, I don't see anyone in our team who can compare with him." ”

"And through positive communication, I think he's in good shape."

Kobe Bryant did not talk about Deng Hongfei's basic skills again, after all, this misunderstanding has been explained clearly.

Shooting inaccurately due to too much strength training is too normal for a rookie player.

D'Antoni listened to this and sighed heavily, "Because of Jim, Jim is killed, he doesn't look down on this player, he thinks Ryan is better." ”

"Jim?"

Kobe Bryant's brows deepened, and finally he shook his head with a sneer, and said no more.