This is the story of when Kobe was stimulated by Iverson and worked hard to defeat Iverson. We all know that basketball player Kobe Bryant can be said to be one of the most influential sports players in China in the past decade. If we translate this "influence" into the level of "belief", then Kobe's die-hard fans are undoubtedly the most among all NBA superstars, and they have even become the spiritual idol of the generation born in the 1990s. For Kobe, the first thing people noticed was not his superb skills, but his obsessive paranoia. He once uttered wild words, saying that I scored 50 points and Iverson could only score 0 points. What's going on?

This starts with the status of Kobe and Iverson. Old fans may know that during the 10 years, there were always legends about the "four major points" in the world, and Kobe Iverson belonged to this group. From the current point of view, Kobe's popularity and achievements have undoubtedly left Iverson behind; but in the early days when they first entered the league, Kobe was a "little transparent" that no one cared about compared to Iverson. The arrogant Kobe also regarded Iverson, who was drafted with him in 1996, as a target to catch up. One day he only scored two points in the game, but found out in the sports news that night that Iverson had scored 35 points: He was so arrogant that he would never allow others to be stronger than himself!

Set the clock to 2000. At this time, Kobe was also emerging in the league, and he also thoroughly studied all the moves and techniques of his old enemy Allen Iverson. Before the game against the Sixers, the confident Kobe made a wild statement to the media, that is, "I scored fifty points, and Iverson could only score zero points." Iverson said he couldn't understand such remarks. In the first half of the game, Kobe did not face off against Iverson, and Iverson scored 16 points. After Kobe defended Iverson, Iverson's scoring data stopped at 16 points. Kobe kept his promise.

If Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson have unparalleled competitiveness on the court; then Kobe Bryant, his competitiveness can also be described as omnipresent?paranoia?, just like This story shows the true nature of Mamba.