LeBron James 动人致词！观看 Lakers 湖人球团为 Kobe Bryant 打造其致敬影片

回首昨日，那是 Los Angels Lakers 在传奇球星 Kobe Bryant 离世后的首场主场比赛，过去几日洛城球迷纷纷集聚 Staples Center 悼念 Kobe 与其女儿 Gigi。

Lakers 球团官方除了为球迷们准备免费 Kobe Bryant T-Shirt 之外，Lakers 球员们在出场时皆纷纷穿上「8」与「24」的紫金球衣，更在球衣与球场地板上注入「KB」字样，不过最赚人热泪的绝对是球团为 Kobe 准备长达 10 分钟的致敬桥段，影片中 Kobe 讲述他的篮球的热爱与执着，20 年一路走来的心境转折，球场外还有老婆 Vanessa 与四个女儿，作为人父又该如何传承精神给予女儿们⋯⋯。

尔后，换挚友 LeBron James 站上球场作致词，LeBron 表示 Kobe 对他犹如一位兄长，痛心疾首绝对是必然的，小时候的他也是看着 Kobe 打球长大，对他的球员生涯可谓深远，如今他会与队友们一同继承 Mamba Mentality，以下是完整讲稿：

The first thing that comes to mind is all about family. As I look all around this arena, we’re all grieving, we’re all hurting, we’re all heartbroken. But when we’re going through things like this, the best thing you can do is lean on the shoulders of your family and from Sunday morning all the way until the point – I had heard about Laker Nation before I got here last year about how much of a family it is – and that is absolutely what I’ve seen this whole week.

Not only from the players, not only from the coaching staff, not only from the organization but from everybody. Everybody that’s here is, this really, truly, truly a family, and I know Kobe and Gianna and Vanessa and everybody thank you guys from the bottom of their hearts as Kobe said.

Now, I know at some point we will have a memorial for Kobe. I look at this as a celebration tonight.

This is a celebration of the 20 years of the blood, the sweat, the tears, the broken-down body, the getting up, the sitting down, the everything, the countless hours, the determination to be as great as he could be. Tonight we celebrate the kid who came here at 18 years of age, retired at 38 and became probably the best dad we’ve seen over the last three years.

Tonight is a celebration. Before we get to play – love you all man – Kobe’s a brother to me. From the time I was in high school and watching him from afar to getting in this league at 18 watching him up close, all the battles we had throughout my career, the one thing that we always shared is that determination to just want to win and just want to be great, and the fact that I’m here now means so much to me.

I want to continue along with my teammates to continue his legacy not only for this year but for as long as we can play the game of basketball that we love because that’s what Kobe Bryant would want. So in the words of Kobe Bryant, Mamba out. But in the words of us, not forgotten. Live on brother.