This was 1996. Cal was the new coach of the New Jersey Nets, fresh out of the
college ranks at Massachusetts. Bryant was a high schooler from suburban
Philadelphia, the first modern player who was academically qualified for
college to say he was jumping straight to the NBA anyway.
1996年，Cal剛當上籃網隊的教練。而Kobe只不過是費城郊區一所高中的高中生，
而他剛剛宣布自己將跳過大學，直接挑戰NBA。
“If you watched the workouts, you’d say either this kid has been taught to
fool us in the workouts or he’s ridiculous,” Calipari said.
"如果你看過他的試訓內容，你會覺得要嘛他是套好招演給我們看的，
要嘛他就真的是強到誇張，太扯了。"
“I worked him out three times and I thought I was losing my mind. Obviously
I wasn’t. He was really good. I’d brought him in a third time because I
just said, ‘I’ve got to see this kid again because this is ridiculous."
"我讓他試訓了三回，我感覺到自己都要失心瘋了，當然沒有啦。
他真的非常棒。我讓他試訓三次只是因為我自己告訴自己說：
我得再多看看這個孩子，因為他真的太誇張了。"
Then the Lakers stepped in and requested a workout. L.A. was picking 24th,
but Tellem was interested – better franchise, bigger market, more Adidas
flying off the shelves. The Lakers set it up at the old Fabulous Forum in
Inglewood, Kobe matching up with Dontae Jones, a big, physical, 6-foot-8
senior who had just led Mississippi State to the Final Four. It was no
contest; Kobe destroyed Jones from the word “go.”
湖人那時候只有24順位的簽，但是Kobe的經紀人對於大市場和大球隊更有興趣，
他在湖人隊進行了一次試訓。對手是Dontae Jones，剛剛帶領Mississippi洲大，
打進NCAA四強的明星球員，結果Kobe據說壓勝。
“I remember [Lakers general manager] Jerry West coming down from the stands
after just a little while and saying, ‘Shut down the workout,’ ” Vaccaro
said. “He didn’t need to see any more. That was it. Game over.”
"我記得Jerry West後進行沒多久就說：可以不用打了。" Vaccaro。
"他已經看到了該看的，不用再看下去了。"
然後故事大家都知道了，Kobe和他的經紀人表示不會去籃網報到，
然後湖人用先發中鋒向黃蜂隊換來這個當時一場NBA都還沒打的小夥子。
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看到總版在聊十年前，翻到這東西有點懷念。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffo2gtPRKLc (加了字幕)
那天我老爸和我聊天，他在MJ退休後就沒有認真的在看球，
老爸：結果Horry到底拿了幾冠？
我：7冠阿。
老爸：踏馬的，比喬丹還多喔。
名符其實的I Am Legend，我是傳奇。
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