Tracy McGrady-Qiaodan Series-Kobe Bryant Series Kobe is a genius. Before this year, some people might think that such a conclusion was just random praise for him, because what was in front of Kobe was like stars. Legendary NBA stars include Chamberlain who forced the NBA to change its rules. Recently, there are NBA basketball greats Jordan. There are also James, Tracy McGrady and others who are also talented high school students in the league. He has opponents that need to be defeated one by one, and peak data that he needs to surpass in turn. But in an ordinary regular season this year, Kobe's 81 points defeated all previous challenges. The only peak left may be Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game, or Jordan's 6 championships. A genius does not grow up randomly. This has a lot to do with Kobe's family environment. His father, a frustrated former NBA star, told him not to leave any chance to his opponents on the court. More importantly, don't leave the light to your teammates. It is this kind of family education that allows Kobe to constantly hone his skills. This allowed him to start from a higher starting point when he first entered the NBA and become a future general. The championship challenge also made Kobe bury "individualism" deeply in his mind. If there was one word to represent it all, it would be "desire." It cannot be denied that Kobe has unparalleled performance on the court, and he also has extraordinary greed. He is eager to gain pleasure from the opponent's failure, to grab the pleasure of numbers from the personal data of his teammates, and of course to build a sneaker dynasty of his own with the help of sponsors. The 1990s was a period of accelerating progress in sneaker technology. All sneaker manufacturers were trying to get a share of the NBA market, and technology was naturally the most important factor that dominated sneaker sales. After Kobe entered the NBA, he signed a contract with Adidas and immediately endorsed Adidas' latest concept at the time, the "Feet your wear" Tianzu series. This series is a bionic system that imitates human feet. Because humans have not worn shoes during tens of millions of years of evolution, no matter how good the shoes are, they are not as flexible as human feet. It is more scientific to create human feet and humans who have only worn shoes for thousands of years. New concepts require new people to endorse them. The fledgling Kobe became the darling of God. It was a perfect thing for a player who was not yet well-known to endorse the latest sneakers of an established sneaker manufacturer. From then on, Kobe and Tianzu formed a bond. Due to the indissoluble bond, even if Kobe later left Adidas and switched to Nike, the name Kobe would still have to be mentioned when the Tianzu series is mentioned again. Kobe is lucky. After endorsing several sneakers that do not belong to him, Adidas created the first pair of exclusive sneakers for the newcomer, adidas KB8, which can be regarded as Kobe's first-generation signature sneaker. Wearing this pair of shoes, Kobe completed his duel with Jordan in the All-Star Game. Although Kobe, wearing the natural footwear, lost to Jordan wearing the Air Jordan 13, the weapon that can finally fulfill the desire to duel with the idol in his heart is worthy of being praised by people. Remember. I remember that in the movie "See You or Be Parted", the all-star color KB8 was very brightly worn on the feet of an "ABC" kid. If adidas hadn't finally given up on the Tianzu series, perhaps Kobe could have had a longer journey with adidas. When the KB8 series reached the third generation, Kobe asked adidas to make a pair of sneakers with his personal characteristics. Since it has his personal characteristics, this pair of shoes must abandon the Tianzu technology, because at that time, Tianzu technology was not used. Those who are full of it include Walker and future superstar McGrady. McGrady even wore KB8 III many times in a season and appeared in the NBA. In order to let the sneakers have their own characteristics, Kobe began to have trouble with adidas. Among them, he wore KB8 III with Different from the KB8 III on the market, I simply gave up the KB8 III and switched to the adidas classic series of retro basketball shoes TopTen Supreme. Everything portends a bad outcome. In the finals of that year, Kobe wore a brand new pair of sneakers. This pair of sneakers did not use Tianzu technology and gave up the previous design features of Adidas. A pair of sneakers derived from the German tourist car brand Audi was worn by Kobe. on feet. One desire is fulfilled, and another desire surfaces. The Kobe series only lasted for two generations before quietly dying, because Kobe had a new requirement. His sneakers must be the best in the market. If the previous desire can be easily realized by adidas, then the second requirement It's really beyond adidas' control. Indeed, it is not a glorious thing in any case for the sneakers of the core players of a championship team to be sold at a discount.

In the end, Kobe gave up adidas. After playing in the finals wearing The Kobe, Kobe began a new pursuit. In order not to violate the contract, Kobe began a long journey of sneakers, from Nike to and1, from and1 to Converse, and from Converse. To Jordan, from Jordan to Reebok's Question 1, Answer 4, Kobe has worn almost all brands that can appear in the NBA, and finally he chose Nike. But just when his desire could be realized, he discovered that misfortune could not be avoided as his greed was satisfied one by one. The lack of a championship aside, the scandal in the small Colorado town completely silenced Kobe. Contracts with many merchants were terminated, and the Air Zoom Huarache series that should have belonged to Kobe became a sneaker that everyone could use. From 2k4 to 2k5, Kobe could even wear the same sneaker with a third-rate NBA star. This is a huge insult to the arrogant Kobe. After this, Phil Jackson and O'Neal's counterattack made things worse. During this time, Kobe became silent. In the American TV series "Lost", there is such a line: When the chrysalis begins to turn into a butterfly, you must not touch it because it is struggling. Only in the struggle can the butterfly learn to fly, so struggling is the process of growth. . Kobe also struggled on the court, because he had to face the boos and disdain of thousands of people, including fans, stars, and even coaches. In the process, his father's rebellion pushed this struggle to the extreme. In the struggle, Kobe seems to be gradually maturing. He may be experiencing the sentence at the beginning: having less desire and doing nothing, and being at ease physically and mentally. In the 2005-2006 season, Kobe's sneakers finally found their way out. The Zoom Kobe 1 was launched on Christmas Day 2005 amid much demand, nearly 10 years after he entered the NBA. It is undeniable that Kobe spent time, but one more thing to say is that when Jordan entered the NBA for 10 years, his sneakers had already reached the 10th generation. Kobe had just had a start with Nike. Kobe, who was dedicated to endorsing Nike, took out The highest score in his career and the second-highest score in a single game in NBA history. All this shows that he is maturing. At least the Lakers are still on the playoff list, even if the ranking is still lower. Things will never go so smoothly. Just when Kobe was taking it apart, adidas quietly launched the first pair of KB8 sneakers. However, on this pair of sneakers, due to some patent reasons, it was not stated that it was a Tianzu system. , so the name was changed to Crazy 8. Kobe's greed was crazy in his adidas era. A crazy kid did many things that he would never expect in the future. Crazy 8 has an original Tianzu flavor. Although it is not an endorsement by Kobe, Kobe is strong. The limelight has inadvertently brought super good sales to a pair of ordinary sneakers from Adidas, Nike's biggest rival. Before the launch of Zoom Kobe 1, the launch of Crazy 8 gave shoe fans who like Kobe a feast. For them, Zoom Kobe 1 can only be used as a dessert to accompany the meal. For Kobe, it is an extremely rich dish. Adidas is the past life of Kobe's sneakers, while Nike is the present life. From the fatigue of life and death, starting from greed, Kobe is like Ximen Nao in Mo Yan's novel "Fatigue of Life and Death". Meng Po soup is just a cup of plain water, which changes this life but will never be forgotten. Without the past life, no matter life or death, we will be tired forever. Kobe is a successful player and a talented player, but he is always tired. Crazy 8 reminded him of his previous marriage, and made us sigh for his experience.