My Name is Kobe Bryant

"GIGI! Give Uncle Nash a smile!"

In a villa on the beach in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, countless famous figures in the basketball world gathered together.

This is the second birthday of Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, Kobe’s second daughter. GIGI, who was born on May 2, 2006, is already a black elf who loves to run around.

"Sweetie!" GIGI quickly ran into Nash's arms with her short legs. She knows this uncle named Nash!

"Little princess, slow down." Yao Ming had a loving look on his face and bent down to one side, fearing that GIGI would fall to the ground.

"With this kid's pace, he will definitely be an outstanding basketball player in the future." Manu's hair became thinner, he scratched the back of his head and sighed.

"I envy you, boss, my daughters are so cute." Bowen said sourly.

"It's decided, I want to have a bunch of little girls with LALA!" Melon secretly made up his mind.

It was two years ago that the run-and-gun dynasty won the championship.

That time to win the championship, all the Lakers players almost burned everything. Especially Nash, playing in a closed court directly caused him to completely lose the speed he was proud of in the following season.

Although Nash is still a first-line defender in the league with his shooting and organization, and easily scored excellent statistics such as 14+12 with the Lakers, it must be admitted that this veteran guard in his 30s has begun to decline.

Coupled with the overwhelming trend of teaming up in the league, the Lakers have not played in the Western Conference for two consecutive years.

old.

Bowen, the team's main player, is 37 years old, Ben is 34 years old, and Nash is 34 years old.

Several core members of the run-and-gun dynasty have declined compared to their peak state.

In addition, after three consecutive championships, players will have ups and downs both physically and in their desire to survive. The Lakers' performance in the past two years has not been great.

The Heat won the championship in the 06-07 season. The addition of Grant Hill helped O'Neal win his sixth championship, erasing the shame of those who said he was a waste after leaving Kobe.

The championship in the 2007-08 season was won by the Celtics, who introduced Garnett in the summer.

McGrady, Garnett, and Pence cooperated with Rajon Rondo, Perkins, and Tony Allen on the bench to roar players like Tianzun.

These two years did not belong to the Lakers.

The great era has produced the largest number of stars in basketball history.

Teaming up has allowed countless super teams to qualify, and these teams are fully worthy of any championship in the past.

This is the great era of basketball!

In 2008, Kobe was 30 years old.

After this gathering, he will lead a large number of the league's top players to the Beijing Olympics to wash away the shame of the U.S. team being bloodbathed by Argentina at the Athens Olympics.

This time, it will be a real dream team!

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"Congratulations to Team USA for winning the Olympic championship!"

Kobe throws the ball into the sky!

James, Wade, Anthony, Paul, Durant and others flocked to their big brother Kobe.

"Win! Finally wiped away the shame that damn Larry Brown brought to us!"

"The Chinese team, the runner-up, is proud of its defeat."

"This Dream Team! It's the strongest dream team in history!"

"No! A team with Kobe is the strongest team in history!"

Howard looked at Kobe with stars in his eyes.

too strong.

Is this the strongest defender in the world?

If I join forces with him, we will definitely create a team greater than the OK Dynasty.

Kobe Bryant, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu and others hugged and greeted each other.

These players have all entered the NBA and achieved far greater achievements than in their previous lives.

This is all inseparable from the help and planning of the increasingly large Mamba Academy.

Mamba Academy has become the largest sports training organization in the world. In this Olympic Games, a large number of talented players from various countries have appeared, all of which have been trained by Mamba Academy.

The most outstanding among them are the golden boy Rubio, Gasol, Milicic, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and others.

The Mamba Academy has even unearthed some players who did not take the path of professional basketball in their previous lives and have become the backbone of the world basketball world.

"Old man, it's time to retire." Silver Fox Harris said with a smile on his lips.

"You are still the strongest coach in the world." Kobe gave his old coach a hug.

Silver Fox Harris led the Chinese team for five years, from a team that failed to qualify in the Olympic group stage to becoming the second best team in the world.

Although this time the Chinese team has gained great convenience in the draw and penalty due to its home field advantage.

But in competitive sports, what is always about is the result.

This Chinese team broke the world's harsh prejudice against China and demonstrated the spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team on the Chinese Olympic stage!

And Harris also felt that it was time to retire.

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The contracts of Nash, Ben, Ginobili, Bowen, Yao Ming, Anthony and others expired in 2008 and 2009.

Jimmy Buss plans to rebuild the team, facing unanimous opposition from Kobe Bryant and Magic.

These players deserve the best treatment, but the Lakers obviously have no way to re-sign them all.

In the end, the Lakers renewed Nash's contract with a three-year maximum salary, giving this veteran who had burned everything for the championship a maximum contract.

Money buys bones, and the players expressed their admiration for the Lakers' willingness to extend Nash's maximum salary during Kobe's last few years at his peak.

But the Lakers unanimously feel that since the three championships of the running and gun dynasty are inseparable from Nash's low-price contract and his dedication, then giving a pension contract at this time is what the Lakers, a team full of humaneness, should do.

The Lakers will never be the Celtics, and Magic will never be Danny Ainge.

The 37-year-old Bowen and the 34-year-old Ben signed minimum salary contracts with the Lakers, which greatly eased the pressure on the Lakers.

But the team still has no way to have five maximum salaries of Kobe, Nash, Yao Ming, Anthony, and Ginobili at the same time.

Ginobili agreed to take a salary cut and renew his contract, but Anthony, who was in his prime, was obviously unwilling to accept it. He wanted to go to other teams to be the boss and compete with his destined enemy James.

The Lakers had to trade Anthony to the Thunder in exchange for first-year pick Durant.

This was obviously a loss-making business in 2008.

Anthony can consistently contribute 23+9 when the Lakers play as the four-man team, while Durant, a rookie with unlimited firepower in the SuperSonics, only has 20+4+2, and his shooting rate is less than 43%.

In another situation, Anthony must be a quasi-super giant. Many people even think that Anthony is already an offensive super giant. What he lacks is a tactical tilt.

After all, every time he and James faced off, he never fell behind, and James has become the strongest small forward super giant in the league.

And Durant is not even a star now. How long will it take for him to help Kobe?

Could it be that the peak of Kobe's career was consumed by Nash and Durant?

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