第三十章 （特别篇）致敬科比退役两周年

字数，谢谢。

man!guys， you know， i can''t believe how fast 20 years went by. this is

crazy. this is absolutely crazy. and to be standing here at center court with

you guys， my teammates behind me and appreciating all this， the journey that

we''ve been on -- we''ve been through our ups and been through our downs， and i

think the most important part is that we all stayed together throughout.

i grew up a die-hard， i mean a die-hard laker fan. die-hard. i mean， i knew

everything about every pyer that''s ever pyed here. so to be drafted and then

traded to this organization and to spend 20 years here， i mean， you can''t write

sething better than this.

i''m more proud not about the championships， but about the down years. because

we didn''t run. we didn''t run. we pyed through all that stuff. we got our

championships， and we did it the right way. all i can do here is just thank you

guys. thank you guys for all the years of support. thank you guys for all the

motivation.thank you for all the inspiration.

you know， what''s funny， the thing that had me cracking up all night long that

the fact that i go through 20 years of everybody screaming to pass the ball and

on the st night， they''re like，''don''t pass it.'' this has been absolutely

beautiful， you guys. i can''t believe it''s ce to an end. you guys will always

be in my heart and i sincerely， sincerely appreciate it. no words can describe

how i feel about you guys. thank you， thank you fr the bott of my heart. i

love you guys. i love you guys.

to my family -- my wife vanessa， my daughters natalia and gianna -- thank you

guys for all your sacrifices. for all the hours i spent in the gym working and

training， and vanessa， you holding down the family the way that you have， i

can''t，?there''s no way that i can thank you enough. so， fr t