The 2018 finals symbolize the rise and establishment of a new era.

Wei Xia became the unquestionable FMVP, the fifth championship in his career and the fourth in his Philadelphia 76ers' career. From the perspective of great honors, only Michael Jordan, who is admired by thousands of people, is left in front of him.

That night, Pennsylvania was both surprised and lost.

The Sixers brought the championship back again, and the great legend Kobe Bryant announced his retirement after the game.

"My career should have ended two years ago. It was wish that I could hold on for two more years. He promised to take me to win a championship, so I played for two more years. Fortunately, what he said was true." Kobe said a cold joke, "Otherwise I would have lost a lot."

There was no retirement tour, no fans' blessings, and the league did not prepare a ceremony for him because it was an emergency.

Kobe said goodbye to the stage without regrets and made his name a part of NBA history.

In the following days, 76 people held a grand celebration.

On the day of the championship celebration, Philadelphia closed down in the entire city except for the service industry.

The fans watching the ceremony lined up in a long queue.

When Kobe came on stage to speak, people in Philadelphia shouted his name, which was a cry that hit the soul, completely different from what he got in Los Angeles.

Angel City has reached its peak in his commercial value, but his five championship experiences with the Lakers have not always made him feel as emotional as this time.

Even if the difficulty of winning this time is in his career, he can only rank second to third.

“It is incredible to me to be able to represent my hometown team, and I’m glad we have succeeded and while my journey has ended here, I believe the city still has a brilliant future because it has a great leader.”

Kobe's speech was the perfect finale.

As the axial figure, Wei Xia was the last to go on stage to give a speech.

"I guess, maybe... someone might say that I can win the championship because Kobe is a teammate..." Boos from all directions surged.

"You always need to prove your wish" has become a meme.

When he didn't win the 76ers in the early years, the championship he won in 2008 was also said to have won the championship with Kobe's thigh. This kind of remark became a joke after Wei Xia's three consecutive championships.

Wei Xia took the initiative to mention this matter, and everyone present could understand it. They laughed and shrewd.

"It seems that I have to prove myself again, what do you think?"

Wei Xia's strong defense suggests that the atmosphere on the scene has risen to the top.

At the end of his speech, he turned around and kissed his wife, and then saw Kobe smirking.

"What's so funny?" Wei Xia asked.

Kobe said happily: "I didn't expect that I tortured you for so many years, and I didn't know until today."

"There are so many things you don't know." Wei Xia was speechless about this guy who had no empathy.

After the championship celebration, the 76ers set out to prepare for the summer league in July.

In previous drafts, the 76ers used the draft picks with the back position on their hands to select two uncensored pieces of jade.

They took Mitchell Robinson with the 30th pick in the first round.

As a seven-foot insider, this person has the ability to play like a beast, and is also considered a stable lottery show in high school. But he did not follow the ordinary path. When his peers all entered NCAA to train themselves step by step, he did not go to college, but chose to work behind closed doors and practice by himself.

This greatly hurt his draft prospects. Since he had not played for more than a year, the scouts were not sure about his current strength, so no team was willing to choose him in the draft with a higher position, and the 76ers were able to find a gap.

For the 76ers, Robinson's best prospect is to grow into DeAndrew Jordan, and if it doesn't work, it's OK.

All they want is to supplement the talent of the inside.

The other draw was the 30th pick in the second round, and the last pick, they won the Greek monster's younger brother, Kestas Antetokounmpo.

Like his brother, Brother Yi is a spider-man with unlimited potential, but his skills are too rough, 99.9%% impossible to grow into a monster that breaks the dimension wall like his brother.

The 76ers are also called to scrape the lottery, and it is the last sign anyway.

Scratch out the lottery and make a profit, and you don’t need to be sad if you don’t scratch it.

In summer, Wei Xia was not idle.

He joined the training camp for the Chinese team and participated in the Asian Games with Zhou Qi.

It is already outrageous for players of his level to appear in the Asian Games, and what is even more outrageous is that he has a lot of playing time per game.

Head coach Li Ran couldn't control his excitement of holding the king's bomb, and played Wei Xia for 26 minutes in each game.

Wei Xia was the world's number one basketball player in the Asian Games that should have performed at the Asian Games level.

With a shooting percentage of more than 70%, averaging 27 minutes of playing time, scoring 32 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

His presence has crushed the Chinese team all the way.

When South Korean journalists asked him indignantly why he had to demote himself to the Asian Games, he naturally replied: "I haven't played in the national team for several years. Of course I can rest, but I don't want to make rest a habit."

After the Asian Games ended, Wei Xia, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin returned to the United States together.

After the Asian Games, the new season is about to begin.

The consequence of participating in the national team is that there is no time to rest, and Wei Xia has already prepared her mentally.

Before participating in the preseason training camp, he went to help Kobe support the field.

After retiring, Kobe was not idle. He wrote novels, documentaries, short films, and founded the Mamba Academy. His college was founded in his hometown of Philadelphia.

On the day the Mamba College opened, Wei Xia came to gain popularity.

He met Kobe's second daughter, Gianna. This girl looks so similar to Kobe. When Wei Xia played with her, she often couldn't help but say a few yin and yang words - she treated her as Kobe - of course, the child was still young and couldn't understand.

Once when Kobe heard Wei Xia squirting trash at her daughter, he couldn't help but say, "Prevent yourself, she's just a child!"

Wei Xia was unaware of her.

Pascal Siakam showed his progress in the preseason training camp.

Zhou Qi became a qualified space-type No. 5 position. Not long ago, at the Asian Games, he shot 53% from the fiba standard three-point line.

Kobe's retirement means that the 76ers have lost a star player who can average 20 points per game.

This summer, the 76ers did not sign a 5-year maximum salary renewal with Cousins.

Then, in July, Wei Xia jumped out of the contract and also renewed a three-year, $140 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Some people say that Wei Xia did this to imitate James to put pressure on the team.

Some people also say that he wants to jump out in two years and sign a 5-year, $230 million super maximum salary with 76ers at the age of 35.

Wei Xia’s ideas are not that complicated. He just wants to leave the flexibility to move forward and backward.

He was almost impossible for him to join another team, either playing for the 76ers or retire. He was not sure whether he still had the motivation to move forward in three years, so he signed a short contract.

It has nothing to do with money.

Last year, in 2017, when the price of Bitcoin rose to $20,000 per coin, money became Wei Xia’s external object.

It's just a number, he doesn't care.

He can completely say that he looks down on a five-year, $230 million contract.

But the world's long and endless mouths cannot be blocked.

Before the new season begins, Wei Xia's wife Elaine announces that she is pregnant with her third child.

Then, in the 2018-19 season, the Philadelphia 76ers set out in a low-key manner.

This season, their regular starters are Teodosic, Weisha, Gallinari, Siakam, and Cousins.

Although Kobe retired, their strength has not declined.

Because of Siakam's unexpected rise, the 76ers brought the most perfect number four position in the 41 system.

One can sweep, shoot three points, have organizational attributes, inappropriate rhythm, have both height and width, and has outstanding athletic ability... This is the number four position that Jay Wright has been looking for for five years!

In the first month, they won a complete victory.

He lost the game in early December, and then immediately cut the Lakers 32 points to vent his anger.

Kobe often goes to the Wells Fargo Center to watch football. Every time he comes to the scene, Wei Xia’s score will not be less than 40 points.

This phenomenon is nicknamed by fans as the "Bryant Bryant Effect".

In the Christmas battle between the 76ers and the Celtics, Wei Xia "has only got" 42 points when Kobe was present.

Kobe was very disappointed: "Stop talking about the violent effect, do you think he is 'fury'? It's only 42 points!"

The Celtics later admitted that Kobe's words hit them hard.

But Wei Xia was even more upset, and he invited Kobe to watch the game on site again.

Therefore, the 76ers' first home court in 2019, the unfortunate Los Angeles Clippers became the victim of Weisha's 70th-minute night.

To stimulate Wei Xia, Kobe used everything he could. This time he changed his words: "There is no defense in the game now. I am definitely not talking nonsense. At the age of 40, I averaged 20 points per game last season. What if I was at the age of 20? Do you dare to imagine it? It's no big deal to look at 70 points like this."

This man's problem of opening his mouth can't be changed until he's old. Wei Xia is too lazy to compete with him. After scoring 70 points, he becomes low-key again.

In the entire regular season, the performance of the 76ers can be described as riding the wind and waves.

They won 70 wins in an unfavorable way, allowing Wei Xia to steal Giannis Antetokounmpo's mvp with a slight advantage

In the first round of the Eastern Conference, they easily swept, and encountered the Toronto Raptors who got Leonard through a trade in the semi-finals. The two sides experienced six fierce battles, and the 76ers narrowly won and advanced.
To be continued...