{"id":517,"date":"2015-11-30T06:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2015-12-01T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T09:23:45","slug":"early-draft-of-kobes-dear-basketball-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Early Draft of Kobe&#8217;s &#8220;Dear Basketball&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/-u8y4nhhSS\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by @totallygerarded<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-01T03:09:45+00:00\">Nov 30, 2015 at 7:09pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0the\u00a0moment<br \/>\nI realized I was better than my Dad<br \/>\nAt basketball and poetry,<br \/>\nI knew one thing was real:<\/p>\n<p>I fell in love with me.<\/p>\n<p>When I looked into a mirror,<br \/>\nI never saw a reflection.<br \/>\nI only saw the Greatest of All Time.<br \/>\nI only saw Kobe.<\/p>\n<p>I watched me sweat and hustle,<br \/>\nGlisten with intensity<br \/>\nAs the game went to commercial,<br \/>\nAnd then watched me in that commercial.<br \/>\nNot because the Challenge called me,<br \/>\nBut because I called me.<br \/>\nI did everything for ME.<\/p>\n<p>My dreams of watching me be a Laker came true,<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll never stop loving me for winning<br \/>\nAll those championships.<br \/>\nBut lately, I don&#8217;t like what I&#8217;m seeing.<\/p>\n<p>The non-game-winning shots,<br \/>\nThe refs\u2019 whistles silent<br \/>\nAs I flail down the lane.<br \/>\nMy fade away that seems to be<br \/>\nFading away.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not the me I fell in love with.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s OK.<br \/>\nThe show is over,<br \/>\nBut the credits are rolling<br \/>\nAnd every name that rolls by is mine.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to savor every moment I have with me<br \/>\nAnd just remember how great I was.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what I do next,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll always be that kid<br \/>\nWatching me with reverence.<br \/>\nWanting nothing more<br \/>\nThan to be<br \/>\nJust like me.<\/p>\n<p>-KB 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo posted by @totallygerarded on Nov 30, 2015 at 7:09pm PST From\u00a0the\u00a0moment I realized I was better than my Dad At basketball and poetry, I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with me. 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