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

Before the Christmas showdown, the most anticipated game in the NBA was undoubtedly the first encounter of the new season between the Seattle Supersonics and the Los Angeles Lakers.


After a hiatus of more than a year, the battle of the empire seemed like a distant memory to fans, but when you really think about it, it was just last year's news.


Kobe grew a year older, James looked even more mature, but the Lakers seemed unable to move past their Western Conference finals defeat in 2010.


Kobe, James, and Richard Hamilton were all entering the last year of their contracts.


If they failed again, the disintegration of the Evil Empire was something foreseeable.


The problem was, there appeared to be no light at the end of the tunnel for the internal affairs of the Lakers.


Chapter 548: Never Understand