科比:退役想法最先通知的是喬丹!

This past summer, Kobe Bryant reached out to the player to whom he has long been compared: Michael Jordan.

在剛剛過去的這個夏天，科比·布萊恩特拜訪了自己長期被公衆所比較的對象：邁克爾·喬丹。

Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers star, had something he wanted to tell the legendary former Chicago Bulls guard.

科比，這位湖人隊的當家球星，當時決定要對這位芝加哥公牛隊的傳奇前輩說說心裏話。

The 37-year-old Bryant recounted the story Sunday when he publicly announced he would be retiring at the end of this season, his 20th in the NBA.

在週日，37歲的科比對外正式宣佈，將會在自己的第二十個NBA賽季結束之後正式退役。與此同時，他也重新敘述了這個夏天發生的事情。

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"Jordan is actually one of the first people that I told over the summer," Bryant said Sunday. "We've been in frequent contact."

“喬丹事實上是今年夏天第一個知道我要退役這件事的人，”科比周日表示，“我們倆一直有保持着頻繁的聯繫。”

"We had some laughs, went back and forth about it," Bryant said. "But the important thing for him, he said, 'Just enjoy it. No matter what, just enjoy it. Don't let anybody take that away from you, no matter what happens, good or bad. Enjoy it, man.'"

“我們一直有說有笑，”科比說。“但是他說的最重要的一句話就是‘好好享受籃球吧，無論如何，不要讓任何人剝奪了這份樂趣。無論發生什麼，無論是好事還是壞事，好好享受打球這件事，夥計。’”

Lakers coach Byron Scott said he considers Bryant to be "right there with MJ" in terms of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history.

湖人隊現任主教練斯科特表示，他認爲科比是可以和喬丹平起平坐的NBA歷史上最偉大的得分後衛。