Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving talked on Kobe Bryant blocking his shot. I sized Kobe up,
布魯克林網隊的控球后衛凱里·歐文談到科比·布萊恩特那記蓋帽。我和科比對位了,
But it was the crowd, it was the crowd, the crowd got me. "At this point, I'm gonna see him," he said.
但球館里的球迷們都在起哄,是球迷們讓我頭腦發熱。他說:“此時此刻(我的心態),我(以后是)要去見他。”
"I'm going to play him one-on-one in heaven. We good! I'm gonna get him back."
“我要在天堂和他單挑,我們很好!這個場子我會找回來的。”
"Kobe was the essence of seeing somebody there who you couldn't believe was so smooth and so sharp and sound and fundamental,"
歐文說:“科比是那種你無法相信他是如此的流暢、犀利、穩健和基本功如此深厚的球員。”
said Irving. "My dad used to pause the games and he used to have me sit there and rewatch Kobe's footwork
“我的父親過去常常暫停比賽,讓我坐在那里重新觀察科比的腳步,
and I used to sit back time after time in my computer room and watch Youtube highlights of Kobe and just
我經常在我的電腦室里一遍又一遍地坐著看科比在Youtube上的精彩片段,
highlights of him for hours." Of all the Mamba pupils, Irving was the closest to Bryant.
一看就是好幾個小時。”在曼巴所有的學生當中,歐文是和科比走得最近的球員。
The connection is easy to understand for two sons of professional basketball players.
對于職業籃球運動員的兩個兒子來說是很容易理解這種關系的。
They both spent parts of their childhoods overseas.
因為他們都在海外度過了部分童年時光。
Irving and Bryant were also teammates on the U.S. National team but the relationship was much deeper.
歐文和布萊恩特也是美國國家隊的隊友,但是他們的交情要深得多。
Irving studied Bryant's game, his mentality, his aura.
歐文研究科比的比賽,學習他的心態,他的氣場。
He reached out to Bryant for advice on how to handle being involved in trade talks.
他向科比請教如何處理陷入交易談判的問題。
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