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The next Kobe Bryant


Show off one's sharp edge

Phoenix Sun God - Devin Booker

It has long been rumored that once you have the 13th pick in the first round and don't know which draft pick to take, try to find a 1.98 meter shooting guard. This is a joke, just to highlight Kobe's greatness. But somewhere down the line, maybe there is such a thing as the cycle of history.

During the 2015-16 season, Bryant announced that he would retire at the end of the season after dominating the NBA for two decades. And in this year's draft, the 13th pick in the first round is really a 1.98 meters tall shooting guard, his name is Devin Booker.

Twenty years in the cycle, a generation of ball Kings announced their retirement, a generation of new stars into the league, Booker and Bryant coincidence is not just a draft pick and height.

Both of their fathers were NBA players, and Booker and Bryant were the youngest players in their respective drafts when they entered the draft.

Booker was born in 1996 and Bryant entered the league in 1996. Most of all, Booker is a true Cormi.

As Cormi, I will definitely try to imitate Kobe's temperament and style. On the court, Booker is definitely a scoring like a super guard.

In his rookie season, the fledgling Booker began to show his scoring talent.

Excellent shooting feel, good breakthrough speed, let Booker become the new leader in the hearts of Phoenix fans.

He scored 30 points four times as a rookie, becoming only the fourth player in NBA history since 1963-64 to score 30 points in at least four games before turning 20. After the season, he was named to the All-Rookie first team and averaged 13.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

But while Booker played so well in his rookie season, it was in the 2016-17 season that people really began to realize his growth and existence. This season, Booker has played like a young Lakers No. 8, the unstoppable Peter Pan.

On March 24, 2017, at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, a new miracle was born in front of a dozen championship flags and several retired legends of the Green Shirts.

Devin Booker, the 20-year-old, single-handedly scored 70 points under the rotation of Jaylen Brown and Smart, running and shooting tirelessly throughout the game, constantly playing 2+1, and various kinds of singles with the ball, so that the Boston people were amazed.

Even if the sun has lost its combat effectiveness and is behind, Booker seems to never look at the numbers on the scoreboard, punishing opponents with shots in each round, giving opponents pressure and embarrassing opponents.

Until Booker with two free throws to take the personal 70th point of the game, all the people on the scene have already ignored the outcome of the game, holding up a mobile phone began to record this decades of rare personal performance.

It was Bryant's greatest single performance since scoring 81 points, and on that night, no one could stop Booker, no one.

The power of idols is strong, Kobe Bryant gave Booker a pair of signature shoes, which read: achieve greatness. And at this moment, Booker will be in the green shirt home field under the astonishing seventy points.

In addition to his great scoring ability, Booker's killer mentality and toughness in key moments also remind people of the black Mamba who just left the league.

On February 4, 2017, Booker faced the veteran Matt Barnes and scored his first game-winning buzzer with a board jumper.

On March 12, 2017, Booker repeatedly scored in the final moments of the fourth quarter, under the Mavericks' tough defense, Booker still did not slow down the pace of scoring, in the last 5.4 seconds, Booker faced the Mavericks' perimeter defense, Mathews, turning jump shot pressure whistles.

In the new season, can Booker prove himself with more outstanding performance? Kobe's successor is on his way.


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