The cruelty of the world is always unpredictable and unacceptable.
Kobe Bryant has passed away.
How incredible, it doesn't look like news that happened in reality at all. How can it be true?
it is true.
The most influential NBA legend in the post-Jordan era, from now on, we can only see him in images.
After retiring, Kobe tried to create his own image, but he didn't expect to get a golden man after a try. Through the Oscar best animated short "Dear Basketball" , he expressed his boundless love for basketball.
Perhaps, many years from now, a biographical film about him will ignite global theater chains, and he will live on in the film.
After all, in movies, helicopter crashes often don't kill people.
①Choose basketball
If there is such a Kobe Bryant biopic in the future, the story should start in 1984.
In "Dear Basketball" , Kobe started when he was 6 years old.
In 1984, 6-year-old Kobe moved with his parents from the United States to Italy.
Kobe's father was a basketball player, and Kobe also played basketball a lot. However, in Italy, the most popular sport is football, and Kobe was inevitably attracted by the excitement of the football field.
Because of his ability to play basketball and his long arms, Kobe Bryant started out as a goalie on the football field, but he couldn't find it.
He still pictured himself hitting the game-winning shot at the Great Western Forum when he put on his father's straight socks. He already knew that his heart was more yearning for basketball.
In 1991, Bryant moved back to the United States, a catalyst for the plot.
In a report in the Chicago Tribune, Bryant said that if he had been in Italy, he would probably choose to play football and dream of playing for AC Milan.
But it was different back in the United States, where few people played with him, and basketball became his only one.
He was dominant on the basketball court in high school, and he got the chance to go straight to the NBA.
Despite opposition to giving up college, his choice was resolute.
The sixth rookie in NBA history to enter the draft as a high school student was eventually selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th overall pick.
Then the Hornets made a decision they would regret for a century by trading Kobe to the Lakers.
②OK combination
The Los Angeles Lakers are Kobe's favorite NBA team, and he naturally has a strong desire to fight.
In addition to being the youngest player to play, the youngest starter, and the youngest Slam Dunk Contest winner in NBA history at the time, he also made the playoffs with the team.
After the Lakers successfully won the Blazers in the first round, what stood in front of them was the Jazz, the No. 1 team in the Western Division.
After four games, the Lakers are down 1-3, and they will be eliminated after one more loss.
In the fifth game of life and death, the Lakers and the Jazz were inseparable. At this time, Kobe got a chance to become famous in World War I, but the cruelty of the world is always unacceptable.
For the three key balls, he chose to shoot by himself.
Even if a rookie steals the limelight like this, he still fails in this way. The young Kobe has definitely been criticized by the media and fans.
Presumably only people on the team approved of his approach, and one of them was Shaquille O'Neal. A few years later, O'Neal talked about Bryant's three no-sticks and said that he was the only guy who dared to take that shot at that moment.
With the arrival of Phil Jackson, the coach who created the Bulls dynasty with Jordan, the Lakers' strength has been greatly improved. Shaquille O'Neal has grown into the league's first center, Kobe Bryant was selected as an All-Star, and the "OK combination" began to take the stage of history.
From 2000 to 2003, the Lakers completed three consecutive NBA championships and established a new dynasty in the post-Jordan era.
At 23, Kobe became the youngest player to win three championships.
③81 points
The story must be full of twists and turns to look good, and Kobe's legendary story is naturally full of twists and turns.
The three consecutive championships are won, but the Lakers are disintegrating inside. This must be one of the most disturbing parts of the plot.
Although the team recruited two legendary veterans, Payton and Malone, and the OK combination was upgraded to the "F4 combination", the contradiction between Kobe and O'Neal has reached an irreconcilable point. During the season, Kobe was also involved in a sexual assault case. The relationship with coach Phil Jackson also reached a freezing point.
In the end, the Lakers lost to the Pistons in the finals and failed to hit the fourth consecutive championship.
This defeat completely destroyed the entire Lakers team, Phil Jackson chose to leave, and between O'Neal and Kobe, the Lakers chose the younger Kobe.
The 26-year-old Kobe is under unprecedented pressure.
The sexual assault scandal, Phil Jackson's public accusations and other things have made him a lot of criticism. His only way out is to lead the broken Lakers to good results.
But the cruelty of the world is always unacceptable.
Under Bryant, the Lakers failed to make the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.
Difficulties can destroy a person, or they can temper a person.
Kobe Bryant, who had no way out, broke out with amazing energy. In the 05-06 season, he first scored 62 points against the Mavericks, and then against the Raptors, he scored 81 points alone.
81 points in a single game, second only to the 100 points in a single game of the ancient god Chamberlain, which is enough to make his name in the history of human basketball.
④No. 24
Thanks to Phil Jackson's return to coaching, the Lakers as a whole have regained their competitiveness.
After returning to the playoffs, Bryant made a decision to replace his original No. 8 with No. 24.
Some people say that this means one size bigger than Jordan 23?
Bryant said that 24 represents 24 hours, and he hopes to put all his energy into basketball every day. So he also said the famous Internet saying, "Have you seen Los Angeles at 4 in the morning?"
With the arrival of All-Star center Gasol, the Lakers have regained their ability to compete for the championship.
Between 2008 and 2010, the Lakers and their old foe, the Celtics, staged two finals battles.
In 2008, the Celtics, who had matured with the Big Three, defeated the Lakers to win the championship;
In 2009, the Celtics failed to make it to the finals, and Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to win the championship again;
In 2010, the Lakers and Celtics met again in the finals.
This is the second turning point of the plot. The two sides fought hard to the seventh game. Kobe used all his life to complete his revenge, won the fifth championship of his career, and reached his true personal peak.
As one of the most exciting finals in the new century, this must be the key part of Kobe's biographical film.
⑤ Mamba Mentality
As long as you are an athlete, when you reach a certain age, you will inevitably go downhill, and Kobe is no exception.
But his downhill journey is the climax of the story, because this period best reflects his personal spirit.
Mamba Mentality.
With five championship rings in hand, Kobe's next goal is to get the sixth, tying Jordan's record, and he will undoubtedly become the man closest to Jordan.
However, Phil Jackson's retirement and a spate of injuries have left him powerless.
In 2013, he suffered a severe torn Achilles tendon and was directly reimbursed for the season.
A torn Achilles tendon is an athlete's nightmare, and Chinese sprint legend Liu Xiang was knocked down by the injury and never recovered.
By the time Kobe returned to the game in 2014, before he knew it, he was already 36 years old.
Age has slowed him down, he can no longer support the weight of a team, and the Lakers have struggled to make the playoffs.
In early 2015, Kobe suffered a torn injury to the rotator cuff tendon of his right shoulder, which made things worse.
By the time he returns, it will be his 20th season in the NBA. At this time, he also became the first NBA player in history to play for the same team for 20 years.
No matter how terrible the time, no matter how serious the injury, could not knock him down, he could still fight.
He will use the Mamba spirit of never retreating, never giving up, never escaping, enduring humiliation, and creating miracles in difficulties to finish his last season.
In the last NBA game on April 14, 2016, he scored 60 points and led the Lakers to a 15-point comeback victory.
No matter how cruel the world is, it does not mean that we cannot fight back.
After retiring, Kobe did not stop his life. He began to set foot in various industries, published his autobiography, and inspired more people to love what he loves, to win persistently, to strictly supervise himself, to fearlessly. Face your fears and fight back against setbacks positively.
As long as there is still someone practicing the Mamba Mentality, his soul will never die.
The end of the play.
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