第二年我們輸了,但是我們獲得了另一個(gè)英雄般的成員帕特·賴?yán)?。他的到來使湖人?duì)獲得四次冠軍。多么輝煌的職業(yè)生涯!多么光榮!湖人擁有你這位守護(hù)天使是多么令人高興的事啊!杰里·韋斯特決定了另一個(gè)名人堂成員的命運(yùn)。他招進(jìn)了詹姆斯·沃西,這個(gè)相當(dāng)和善的人。有好幾次,在更衣室里,聚集在我周圍的是五個(gè)名人堂的巨星。我這個(gè)粉絲的興奮之情難以想象。
Still, it couldn't last. We had a few rough years. We missed the playoffs one year -- somethingunheard of in Lakerland -- and then the chapter two begins. Jerry West comes to me and sayshe has an eye on a 17-year-old phenomenon, Kobe Bryant.
這種狀態(tài)沒有持續(xù)多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。球隊(duì)過了幾年艱難的曰子。我們有一年競(jìng)?cè)诲e(cuò)過了季后賽,這是湖人隊(duì)有史以來從未聽說過的!之后,我籃球職業(yè)生涯的第二章掀開了。有一次,杰里·韋斯特到我這里來,說看上了一個(gè)17歲的叫科比·布萊恩的孩子。
I said, "Great, in three or four years, he'll be good."
我說:“好啊!三四年之后,他應(yīng)該會(huì)很棒的。”
He said, "No. Now."
他說:“不是!他現(xiàn)在就很棒。”
I said, "What?"
我說:“什么?”
"Well, not only that, Jerry," he was telling me, "also Shaq has said he wants to come to LosAngeles. This could be the greatest one-two punch in the history of basketball."
“呃,不僅這樣,杰里,”他告訴我說,“沙奎爾·奧尼爾也表示想到湖人來打球。這將是籃球歷史上最棒的組合了! ”