
Well guys, yesterday (January 26th) was a sad day for the basketball world. It was the day that we remember the death of one of the most dedicated athletes on the court, a man who loved basketball more than himself and gave many congratulations and many sad moments to others. A year ago we were devastated by the news of Kobe Bryant's early death and I wanted to do something about it.
I've tried the idea of reliving Kobe Bryant's story through the NBA2K a few times, but always playing for myself and sharing the information with a circle of friends. Walking through the forum I discovered a very cool story called Take Two: Unbroken: A Kobe Bryant Reinterpretation. A story that made a reinterpretation of Kobe's career playing for 76ers, his hometown. I really liked it and read all the content, but unfortunately the story ended very early. So I decided to do something similar, but telling the story in a particular way.
Of course, the story of Kobe Bryant wearing purple and gold is incredible and legendary, I think everyone agrees with that. But giving voice to curiosity and exercising the imagination is something I have always liked, so we are going to tell you here one or a few alternative stories for Kobe's life.
The story centers on Kobe Bryant and his various alternative realities. For ingame purposes, we will use MyLeague with the 1997 roster of ThunderShaq with some personal changes to overall, player changes and cyberfaces. I will stop the gameplay in Kobe, but we will have control over the team and make some specific interventions in the league to help the narrative. I will keep the 82 games per season, but I will play a random number of games as needed by the narrative.
The story will be told by chapters in first person, bringing some stats from the games and the league, but always cherishing the narrative as the main point. Unfortunately, the lack of mastery of English hinders the fluidity of the texts. I apologize in advance. I will use Google Translate to do the dirty work of translating from Portuguese to English.
Without further ado, I hope you like the story and help me form those unlived memories of our eternal Kobe Bryant.
Kobe is back!