Izinsuku Zokukhishwa Kwezicathulo ze-Kobe AD Derozan Compton Basketball
Ugqozi ngemuvaKobe AD Derozan Comptonngempela njengoba kucatshangwa yiwo wonke amaqembu ukuthi ihlobene ne-DeMar DeRozan.Le ndaba iqala ekubukeni igeyimu ye-Kobe Bryant ngesikhathi esemncane.Ngo-1997, iLakers yadlala umdlalo wesihlanu womzuliswano wesibili wama-playoffs bebhekene neJazz.Ngaleso sikhathi, wayeneminyaka engu-18 kuphela ubudala futhi eyi-rookie.U-Kobe uphuthelwe uchungechunge lwamaphutha ekupheleni komdlalo.Ngaphandle, akazange awuthinte ngisho ubhasikidi.Lo mcimbi odlule ubuye wabizwa ngokuthi "Air Ball Game" abalandeli.Nokho, uKobe akazange enze lokhu kwehluleka okuyihlazo kube isithiyo sangaphakathi, kodwa kunalokho wamkhuthaza ukuba asebenze kanzima ukuze azithuthukise.U-Kobe naye wathi lapho ekhuluma ngalokhu eminyakeni eminingi kamuva: "Kwaba yinkathi yami yoshintsho.
Njengomdlali osemusha, izikhathi eziningi imiphumela ingase ingabi yilokho okufunayo, kodwa uma ingasetshenziswa njengesisusa Ziphushele, uzokwazi ukufinyelela ukuphakama kwami kwamanje."Futhi manje uDeMar DeRozan, ohola iRaptors phambili, usebonile umoya wokukhulela ebunzimeni esithombeni sakhe uKobe kusukela esemncane. Ithoni yeKobe Logo olimini kanye nemininingwane yesithende sesicathulo. zifanekisela Umdlalo Webhola Lomoya ngalowo nyaka, ohlanganisa iLakers kanye nombala omele i-Jazz, futhi isikhulu siphinde saveza ukuthi intambo yezicathulo iphrintiwe nosuku lokufanisa (1997/05/12); futhi iphethini ku-insole imele Idolobha lakubo kaDeMar DeRozan iCOMPTON, futhi imininingwane isendaweni.