[閒聊] Kuz成為湖人那年整天都祈求能跟Kobe見面

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“From the day I became a Laker, I had one thing on my mind.
自從我成為湖人的第一天起，我就一直在想一件事。

I had to have a sit down with Kobe.
我必須要跟kobe坐下來聊天才行。

That whole summer I was banging down Rob Pelinka’s phone every damn day trying to get hold of Mamba.
整個夏天，我每天都在打電話請求Rob Pelinka，讓我可以見上曼巴一面。

I’m hitting Rob all the time like, ‘Come on, help me out. I’m trying to tal
k to him.’ And this goes on for like a minute.
我始終在電話中向Rob說「拜託，幫幫我吧。我想要跟他聊聊」。這大約持續了一分鐘（這句不太理解）

Then finally one night, we’re in Minnesota for a game the next day. It’s alm
ost 11, I’m stretching in my hotel room, and I get a random text, just out the blue.
終於，在隔天即將對上迷尼蘇達的晚上，將近十一點時，我正在房間裡伸展，我毫無預警收到了一條簡訊。

‘Yo, this is Bean. Let’s do dinner. Sunday when you guys get back.’
「喲，這是Bean。等星期天你們回來之後，我們吃頓晚餐吧。」

I’m like, This is Kobe….. texting my phone. What the fuck is going on right
now?
我整個人就像「這是Kobe......正在傳訊息給我」。到底發生了什麼事情？

So I show up at the restaurant that Sunday.
我理所當然在星期天出現在餐廳裡面。

I’m always on time for dinner, but tonight I’m 15 minutes early. I’m just s
itting there for a while, until his security shows up. They walk in, and they’re like, ‘Hey, we’re gonna take you back to the table. Kobe’s almost here
. Driving in right now.’...
晚餐我總是準時出現，但今晚我提早了15分鐘抵達。我就是坐在那邊，等到他的隨身保鏢出現。他們（保鑣）走進來說「我們要帶你到座位上，Kobe正在開車進來，馬上就要到了」。

All of a sudden Kobe walks in, and it’s literally like Moses spreading the ocean. Everybody in the restaurant is just looking at him. And he comes to the table, and he’s like, ‘Kuz, what up man?’ Just completely chill. But I’m li
ke, Oh shit, Kobe knows my name.
突然間，Kobe出現了，而這簡直就像摩西分開了紅海一樣。餐廳裡的每個人只是盯顧著他看。然後他來到桌子幫，非常愜意的說「怎麼了，Kuz？」 。 但我整個腦袋只有「該死，Kobe竟然知道我的名字。」

We’re at that table for about two hours. And we’re just talking about life,
basketball, how I grew up, how he grew up. The ups and downs of his career. We talked about his business life. Things that really influenced him.
這頓晚餐持續大約兩個小時。我們就是在聊生活、籃球，我是如何成長，以及他是如何長大的。他生涯的起落，也談到了他的商業。那些真正影響他的事物。

The cool thing with Kobe — he was always trying to get smart. He was always trying to gain knowledge, and he’d find that from anything. So he’s not just
sitting there answering questions. He’s asking me all this stuff, too. Man, just like, ‘How has your upbringing shaped you? How do you think it’s helping
you in your pro career right now?’ Things like that. And he didn't have to do those things, but he did.
關於Kobe很酷的事情是，他總是任何事情中試圖變得更聰明、嘗試獲得新知。所以他不僅僅坐在那邊回拿我的問題，他同時在向我詢問所有事情。像是「你的成長經歷如何塑造你的人生？」「你覺得這對你的現在職業生涯會有什麼幫助？」他不需要做這些事情，但他仍然做了。

That was a really cool night for me. It’s a memory that just gets more important and more special to me as time goes by.”
對我來說那是非常酷的夜晚。隨著時間流逝，這對回憶對我來說越加重要與特別。
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