Kobe Bryant: 我是湖人的避雷針 騎士的避雷針也許是Kyrie Irving 精選

23vs24的最後一戰結束，意味著一個NBA時代的落幕。在比賽結束後，Kobe Bryant接受了傳媒的採訪，他表示自己是湖人的避雷針，並認為Kyrie Irving也許會是騎士的避雷針。Cleveland.com 報導了Kobe Bryant賽後的採訪，被問到自己一直以來在湖人所扮演的角色時，他指自己是球隊的避雷針(lightning rod)，在內部制造壓力和矛盾，Kobe認為每支球隊都需要這樣的角色。

媒體進一步問Lebron James是不是騎士的避雷針時，Kobe Bryant表示否定。

引用every team needs a "lightning rod" like him, someone who causes internal conflict as Bryant did here in Los Angeles over two decades.

To Bryant, "LeBron's not that person."

「很難在騎士找到一個扮演這種角色的人。」Kobe說「但每個球隊都需要這個角色。」「開開心心上下班不是我的做法。我就是這種強硬的態度，我不在乎別人怎麼評價我。」

引用"From the Cavs perspective, it's hard for me to tell from afar who should be that person," said Bryant


Bryant said "the happy-go-lucky stuff doesn't work, I don't care what anybody says.

「我知道Lebron的個性，他可以把大家團結在一起，他一直以來都這樣做，但你需要有人為球隊製造壓力，我不知道，或許那個人是Kyrie Irving。」Kobe最後做出總結。

引用"(James) brings people together, that's what he does naturally and he's phenomenal at it, but you have to have somebody else that's going to create that tension," Bryant said. "Maybe it's Kyrie?"

(Source: Cleveland.com: Kobe Bryant: Kyrie Irving, not LeBron James, is Cavaliers' 'lightning rod')