Silent Love

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

From then on, the NBA had become a dominion of Black people, where those who survived could be considered the elite, and even Black people could discriminate against other races within the league. The leap in income, change in mindset, and ascension in class made it feel like they were in a different world.


The direct effect of these prosperous and wonderful things was to significantly weaken the players' fighting spirit in labor disputes.


Chapter 533: A War Destined to Lose_3