\nJuc\u0103torul de baschet Kobe Bryant, care lupt\u0103 din 1996 pentru Los Angeles Lakers, cel mai valoros juc\u0103tor al echipei dup\u0103 plecarea lui Shaquille O’Neal \u015fi-a anun\u0163at retragerea prin intermediul unei poezii, pe care o prezent\u0103m mai jos.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n“Dear Basketball,<\/p>\n
\nFrom the moment<\/p>\n
\nI started rolling my dad\u2019s tube socks<\/p>\n
\nAnd shooting imaginary<\/p>\n
\nGame-winning shots<\/p>\n
\nIn the Great Western Forum<\/p>\n
\nI knew one thing was real:<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nI fell in love with you.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nA love so deep I gave you my all \u2014<\/p>\n
\nFrom my mind & body<\/p>\n
\nTo my spirit & soul.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nAs a six-year-old boy<\/p>\n
\nDeeply in love with you<\/p>\n
\nI never saw the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n
\nI only saw myself<\/p>\n
\nRunning out of one.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nAnd so I ran.<\/p>\n
\nI ran up and down every court<\/p>\n
\nAfter every loose ball for you.<\/p>\n
\nYou asked for my hustle<\/p>\n
\nI gave you my heart<\/p>\n
\nBecause it came with so much more.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nI played through the sweat and hurt<\/p>\n
\nNot because challenge called me<\/p>\n
\nBut because YOU called me.<\/p>\n
\nI did everything for YOU<\/p>\n
\nBecause that\u2019s what you do<\/p>\n
\nWhen someone makes you feel as<\/p>\n
\nAlive as you\u2019ve made me feel.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nYou gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream<\/p>\n
\nAnd I\u2019ll always love you for it.<\/p>\n
\nBut I can\u2019t love you obsessively for much longer.<\/p>\n
\nThis season is all I have left to give.<\/p>\n
\nMy heart can take the pounding<\/p>\n
\nMy mind can handle the grind<\/p>\n
\nBut my body knows it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nAnd that\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m ready to let you go.<\/p>\n
\nI want you to know now<\/p>\n
\nSo we both can savor every moment we have left together.<\/p>\n
\nThe good and the bad.<\/p>\n
\nWe have given each other<\/p>\n
\nAll that we have.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nAnd we both know, no matter what I do next<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ll always be that kid<\/p>\n
\nWith the rolled up socks<\/p>\n
\nGarbage can in the corner<\/p>\n
\n:05 seconds on the clock<\/p>\n
\nBall in my hands.<\/p>\n
\n5 \u2026 4 \u2026 3 \u2026 2 \u2026 1<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
\nLove you always,<\/p>\n
\nKobe”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Juc\u0103torul de baschet Kobe Bryant, care lupt\u0103 din 1996 pentru Los Angeles Lakers, cel mai valoros juc\u0103tor al echipei dup\u0103 plecarea lui Shaquille O’Neal \u015fi-a anun\u0163at retragerea prin intermediul unei poezii, pe care o prezent\u0103m mai jos. “Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad\u2019s tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[16199,12146,16792,15578,6281,10343,5591,10222,9251],"class_list":["post-129808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-anunt","tag-baschet","tag-forum","tag-los-angeles","tag-lupta","tag-plecare","tag-real","tag-retragere","tag-soul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}