Kobe 一句「再見」, 令全世界一同衝垮這網站
經歷過去兩年的嚴重傷患之後，今年再度走入球場的 Kobe 明顯已經不復當年。現時他的投射命中率只有 31.5%，是他進入 NBA 以來最低的記錄。儘管他有多不願接受，種種事實顯示他真的是時候要下這個困難的決定。
今天他在網站 Player's Tribune 貼出一首寫給藍球的詩 "Dear Basketball"。除了表達他由 6 歲到今時今日，對藍球那種瘋狂的熱愛，還表示他已經準備好放下。這首詩公開之後，全世界都一下子湧入這個網站 (http://ift.tt/1NhruXb)，一度令其徹底垮掉。如果你也上不到這個網頁，以下就是這首整個網絡世界都在看的詩：
Dear Basketball,
From the moment
I started rolling my dad's tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
I fell in love with you.
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that's what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you've made me feel.
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I'll always love you for it.
But I can't love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it's time to say goodbye.
And that's OK.
I'm ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I'll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
Love you always,
Kobe
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