CLEVELAND (AP) – Nagbigay ng kanyang pagkilala si NBA four-time MVP Lebron James sa kapwa superstar na sina Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant at Tim Duncan.
Sa kanyang mensahe sa Instagram nitong Sabado (Linggo sa Manila), inilagay ni James ang madamdaming pahayag kasama ang larawan ng tatlong hall-of-famer.
“Three of the greatest to ever pick up a basketball all hung ‘em up in the same summer! What an honor to be apart of their legacies by just simply competing against them throughout my career. (I’m going to) miss you boys out there!,” pahayag ni James.
Ayon sa three-time NBA champion at future Hall of Famer, ipinamalas ng tatlo ang “the example on what championship level play, mindset, excellence, professionalism and dominance. Five years from now that will be one heck of a night at the Basketball Hall of Fame when all 3 of them will enter for life!”
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Iginiit din ni James na malaki ang nitulong ni Garnett sa kanyang desisyon na maglaro sa NBA mula high school.
“(You) were drafted straight out of high school to the pros so I felt like man whoever get him is a lucky team. And I surely wasn’t wrong! The ‘KID’ nickname was fly, swagged out and made a 10-year-old kid from Akron believe he could run with the big boys himself!”
Matapos makuha si Garnett ng Minnesota Timberwolves bilang fifth overall noong 1995, pumasok si James sa NBA noong 2003 bilang No.1 pick sa Cleveland Cavaliers.
“Eight years later that kid you inspired entered the draft fresh out of high school as well. Thank you! Competing versus you in whatever uniform you were in at the time meant the world to me because of two distinctive traits you had: passion and commitment to just compete every single possession,” aniya.
