"Kobi je mrzeo da ga gledaju kao Majklovog naslednika, ali je gledao milione sati njegovih snimaka"

O tome priča fotograf Endrju Bernstajn koji dok traje prepričavanje događaja iz dokumentarca "Poslednji ples" i dalje živo pamti siluete dvojice velikana jednog pored drugog.

- Znam šta bi Kobi rekao o ovoj fotografiji i zašto je "zaključao" nogu iza Majklove desne. Znam i zašto je naslonio rame ovako i savio se. Znam i zašto je malo izvrnuo desno stopalo jer je bio svestan da Majkl voli da fintira uz osnovnu liniju i bio je sperman na to. Kobi je to isto naučio gledajući ovakve fotografije i milione sati snimaka. Naučio je svaki pokret koji je njegov idol izvodio - kaže Bernstajn.

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“I know what Kobe would say about [this picture]. I know why he has his left leg locked behind Michael’s right leg… I know why he has his shoulder in that position against Michael’s shoulder. I know why he’s crouched that way. I know why his right foot is tweaked just a little bit because he knows Michael loves to do that fake to the baseline and spin so he’d be prepared for that. And that’s because Kobe learned from looking at [these pictures] and millions hours of video. He learned every single move that his idol had.” – (📸/🗣 @adbphotoinc)Објава коју дели #NBATogether (@nba) дана 5. Мај 2020. у 7:45 PDT

Džordan je s tokom devedesetih uzeo šest titula prvaka NBA, bio je dominantna figura u svakom od pohoda, a Kobi je kasnije stvarao svoju dinastiju sa Šakilom O'Nilom, a onda Pau Gasolom i ostalima i stigao do pet titula, pre nego se penzionisao 2016.

- Bilo je to prenošenje štafete realno. Bilo je toliko "hajpa" u vezi sa tim ko će biti sledeći Majkl Džordan. Znam da je Kobi mrzeo to jer je prosto hteo da bude prvi Kobi, ali je to bilo tako važno i veliko. Svi smo znali koliko je Kobi idealizovao Džordana. Kao fotografu, posao iz snova je kad dobijete zadatak da ih slikati lice u lice. Dok čuvaju jedan drugog, bilo je prelepo, fantastično. Za to živim - kaže NBA fotograf.

 

 

 

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“It really was the passing of the torch. There was so much hype about who is going to be the next Michael. I know Kobe hated that because he just wanted to be the first Kobe but it was big and it was important. We all knew how much Kobe idolized Michael. As a photographer, it’s like a dream assignment to get these guys going mano to mano… to get these guys guarding each other. It was beautiful. It was fantastic. I live for that. So many years later this match up and this moment has taken on such incredible significance and sadly significance because we don’t have him here anymore. But I know how much it meant to him… I love looking at these pictures. I could look at them all day.” – (📸/🗣 @adbphotoinc)Објава коју дели #NBATogether (@nba) дана 5. Мај 2020. у 5:45 PDT

(M.LJ)