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Kobe Bryant has long idolized Michael Jordan, the player to whom
he has been compared throughout his career. Years ago, he had
plans to play alongside his mentor.
Kobe崇拜MJ早已不是新聞，兩者也常被拿來作比較 。
許多年前他曾經計劃要去抱MJ的大腿。
According to a Washington Post report on Monday, Bryant more than
a decade ago wanted to leave the Los Angeles Lakers and play for
Washington Wizards, where Jordan was winding down his career.
華盛頓郵報今天爆料說Kobe將近十多年前想要離開湖人，加入
當時在巫師的喬丹。
"That's true," Bryant told the Post. "A long time ago? Yeah."
Kobe直言不諱「那傳言是真的，很久以前嗎？那是的。」
Said Bryant, "I've always been very big on having mentors, on
having muses, and I've been really, really big on that, being
around guys who have done it before and done it at a high level
and always tried to pick their brains and always tried to absorb
knowledge. Obviously, being in that situation [with the Wizards],
it would've helped having to be around him every day and so on."
「我從來都認為有一個好的導師是很重要的，我真的認為這是一件
重要的事情。我從我身旁的人學習，並且在高峰處持續學習，
從他們的腦袋中吸取知識。顯然的，去當時在MJ打球的巫師處，
我可以每天都在他身邊學習他傳授的知識。」
A Bryant-Jordan scenario as teammates all fell apart when
then-Wizards owner Abe Pollin parted ways with Jordan in 2003, a
year before Bryant became a free agent.
Kobe-MJ合體的計劃告吹主要是因為當時的巫師老闆Abe Pollin決定
在2003年跟MJ分道揚鑣，在Kobe成為自由球員之前。
"We would've put together a great team and we would've won
championships," Bryant told The Post.
Kobe說「我們會組成一支偉大的隊伍，並且贏得數個冠軍。」
Bryant also said a key reason he wanted to leave L.A. was his
well-known feud with then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal, a three-time
Finals MVP from 2000-02.
Kobe並且再次說明他當時想離開湖人的原因是因為歐肥,2000-02三屆
的總冠軍賽MVP。
"The challenge had been thrown down upon me, of not being able to
win without Shaq," Bryant said. "A public challenge never really
bothered me too much, but he made a couple of comments as well. I
think he called me Penny Hardaway Part 2 or something like that.
So that's what [ticked] me off," Bryant said.
「這個挑戰不斷的被丟在我頭上，說我沒辦法在沒有Shaq的情況下贏球，
公眾的質疑並不會讓我煩惱，但是Shaq自己也常說一些有的沒的。
我記得他好像曾經說我是什麼Penny Hardaway(註1) Part 2之類的。
這樣說讓我整個火上來。」Kobe說。
"Then it was like, 'Listen, you know the step back that I took to
help us win championships. Let's not get [expletive] confused. I
can dominate on my own. I decided to stay here and win
championships and sacrifice MVPs and scoring titles and all that
stuff.' So once that was said, it was like a line in the sand
now."
「然後我就爆炸啦「聽著，你知道我是隱藏實力才讓我們贏得冠軍。
我們不要他媽的搞混了。我自己也可以成為一個霸者。我決定留在這，
贏得冠軍，犧牲掉我的MVP和得分王寶座(註2)這些東西。」嗯，所以是曾經
這樣說過的，當然現在這些都早已被沖刷掉了。」
註1: Penny Hardaway整個躺著也中鎗，變成Shaq揶揄的對象和Kobe爆發的
點之一。而且說的Penny自己帶隊很悲劇一樣，看看數據：
Season Team W-L
92-93 ORL 41-41 Shaq alone
93-94 ORL 50-32 Shaq + Penny
94-95 ORL 57-25 Shaq + Penny
95-96 ORL 60-22 Shaq* + Penny
(Shaq季初缺陣23場，Penny拿下10-11月mvp(打敗公牛MJ), 戰績18-5)
96-97 ORL 45-37* Penny alone
(Penny第一次大傷，只打59場，戰績38-21)
97-98 Penny因傷打打停停只打19場
98-99 ORL 33-17 Penny alone （東區平第一戰績）
99-00 PHX 53-29* Penny + Kidd
(Penny只打60場，戰績42-18, 季後賽第一輪幹掉冠軍馬刺，
馬刺少了Duncan,但是Kidd第一輪也沒打，Penny季後賽膝蓋
第二次大傷，從此不復返)
先發Kobe + Shaq
Season Team W-L
98-99 LAL 31-19 Shaq + Kobe (Penny自己在東區是33-17)
99-00 LAL 67-15 Shaq + Kobe*
(Kobe因傷只打66場, 55-11
其中Shaq only的比賽11-2, Kobe only的比賽1-2）
00-01 LAL 56-26 Shaq + Kobe
01-02 LAL 58-24 Shaq* + Kobe
(Shaq因傷只打67場，51-16, Shaq only 2-0, Kobe only 6-8)
02-03 LAL 50-32 Shaq* + Kobe
(Shaq因傷只打67場, 45-22, Kobe only 5-10, Shaq only 0-0)
03-04 LAL 56-26 F4
看完你只會想問這哥倆好是哪隻眼睛覺得Kobe是Penny Hardaway Part 2??
以球隊戰績來看根本是過褒。
註2:
MVP x1 CP3被搶
得分王 x1 0.67輪？
心得：
Kobe的NBA生涯真的又長又屌，但是他也是個自大狂無誤。
個人成績優秀但是也從來不是一個團隊球員，
沒有人carry，冠軍就拿不到，所以這幾年一直靠腰當初自己「犧牲」
MVP和得分王頭銜來成全冠軍，實在是一個很昧於事實的說法