My Name is Kobe Bryant

"I don't understand why Kobe has 480,000 votes, Eddie Jones has 180,000 votes, and I, who is obviously better than them, only has 120,000 votes." After the game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Golden State Warriors, Glenn Lai Si was aggrieved in the post-match interview.

In this game, the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Golden State Warriors 109:101. After learning the number of All-Star votes, Glen Rice scored 39 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist on 13 of 25 shots.

As the third player in the league's scoring list, the people who Glenn Rice can't understand are not only Kobe and Eddie Jones.

In the East, Juwan Howard, Tony Kukchi, and Wen Baker all have higher votes than him! You must know that he is an outside small forward, and the number of fans playing should be much higher than those of those power forwards, not to mention some of them are role players.

"Kobe is a cancer!" On the other side, Latrell Sprewell of the Warriors immediately began to blackmail Kobe after Glen Rice mentioned Kobe. He just recovered from an ankle injury and will definitely miss the All-Star Game this year, and he blamed it all on Kobe.

"Next game! See you in Los Angeles!" Glenn Rice said from the air. In the next game at the Los Angeles Great Western Forum, home of the Lakers, he is going to prove to the fans that he is far better than Kobe!

"At the end of the month! See you in Los Angeles!" Sprewell said parrot-like, Yi Yizheng said. The last game of the Lakers' seven-game winning streak is against the Warriors.

Glenn Rice glanced at the madman Sprewell, thinking that this guy might not be a repeater, right?

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

Most fans in other cities will vote for the local stars, but in North Carolina, Glen Rice basically does not get votes.

Although the basketball atmosphere in North Carolina is very hot, it is the base camp of the NCAA. All basketball fans basically don't pay attention to the NBA. They prefer the youth storm of the college league and dedicate their enthusiasm to local schools and local players.

Maybe they'll vote for Jordan from UNC, but who is Glen Rice? They may not have heard of this star.

The Charlotte Hornets entered the league with expansion in 1987, and the Heat and Magic Timberwolves also entered the league at the same time. The league chose Charlotte, of course, not because of the hurricane here, but because it wanted to put a nail in the heart of the NCAA.

In the past 10 years, although the Hornets have produced a large number of All-Star players, such as the aunt Larry Johnson, the tough guy Alonzo Mourning, the bug Tiny Boggs, and the queen bee Glen Rice. But they still failed to meet Stern's expectations. The football market was tepid, not to mention souvenirs, and even the tickets were often unsold. That's why the Charlotte Hornets had no choice but to move to New Orleans a few years later.

Whenever Glenn Rice looks at the team's empty arena, he envies the stars of those big ball games. If I was in the Lakers, I am afraid that I would be touted as a superstar by now, but if I am in the Hornets, it would be difficult to even become an All-Star.

It was too difficult, really too difficult.

Also feeling tough was his teammate, Verratti Divac.

From the Lakers' 53-win inside playmaker to Glen Rice. From the warm and charming Los Angeles to the small place of Charlotte, from a super popular All-Star insider to a blue-collar team.

These changes have given Verratti Divac a very heavy blow.

But these are not big things. The most important thing is that after Kobe came out, Verati Divac's trade for Kobe has been considered by the media to be the deal of the century once every 10 years!

You must know that when this deal just happened, all the media thought that the Lakers had suffered a big loss! An all-star insider, the most scarce all-around insider in this era when insiders are king, was actually used to exchange for a rookie with the 13th overall pick?

But the fact is that Jerry West is worthy of being the LOGO of the NBA, and his vision is beyond this era.

When Kobe played like a superstar, Divac's name was mentioned with the team leadership every day, and the media mocked them every day in different ways. Without Divac, Kobe would belong to the Hornets, so Verratti Divac is also very unpopular with fans in Charlotte.

After finishing the contract, let's leave. Divac thinks this way, he doesn't want to stay with the Hornets and be scolded by the leadership. If you continue to curse, he will be as famous as Sam Bowie, the second pick in 1984.

Sam Bowie was the man who beat Jordan.

Verratti Divac is the man who traded for Kobe alone.

It's just outrageous.

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

Meg Whitman has set up the company's office area here, near the eBay headquarters.

Sneaker designers are already in place. Kobe came here today to complete the entry of foot parameters and the exchange of sneaker design.

"What??? You mean low-top basketball shoes???" Several sneaker designers hired by Meg Whitman thought Kobe was crazy when they heard Kobe's request!

Basketball shoes are designed to protect the ankles, especially defender sneakers that need to withstand a lot of changes in direction. Now the recognized design concept is high tops, fixed ankles, or even locked ankles, which can effectively avoid injuries. High tops are also basketball sneakers and other sports shoes. The most notable difference in sneakers.

"That's right, since football shoes that run as intensely as basketball can be low-top, which can protect players and give the ankle more freedom, why can't basketball shoes?"

The designers looked at each other in blank dismay. This idea was too advanced and they couldn't understand it.

"Kobe, I know you play basketball very well, and you also played football in Italy. But the design of sneakers is different." Meg Whitman smiled wryly. She thought that Kobe's proposal to participate in the design was just to do some beautification work, to save face Engineering, did not expect Kobe to change the fundamentals of basketball shoes.

Kobe 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 wondered what the painting was about.

Look again, eh, it seems interesting.

Keep thinking about it, damn it is a genius!

"This will be the lightest and most flexible sneaker in history! Do you see the arc? I dare say this is the greatest golden section line!"

"We still need to conduct research on the selection of several materials, but the general direction will follow this! No problem!"

"The unbelievable upper height, this is not reckless, not risky, not unconventional. This is the most perfect embodiment of ergonomics."

The designers changed their disdainful attitude towards Kobe, and began to ask questions about this pair of sneakers and design concepts.

Meg Whitman supported her forehead. The world is so crazy that a basketball player knows how to design. You must know that this time she invited either top designers from other sneaker companies, or TOP10 sports product design masters and Ph. I can't believe it.

Well, I don't understand men's romance, let them design it.