Three days ago, you lost the game. Lakers lost the game.

I knew that you cried. Because your tear rolled down your cheek when you lost the 6^th game against Spurs three years ago even though you were not the leader of your team.

All of fans of you are crying. All of fans of Lakers are crying. My heart are crying as well.

Goodbye, this Playoffs. Goodbye, this season. It’s hard to say goodbye but we have to say that.

Saying that we can beat all the teams and we can get the champion is unrealistic. Lakers is not strong enough, now.

If you were Michael Jordan, you hadn’t Pippen to help you though Lamar Odom is an excellent player and he want to be him. If you were Shaq, you hadn’t yourself to help him. So, our Lakers are not several years ago, furthermore, not the Bulls last century.

Kwame Brown, Andrew Bynum, Ronny Turiaf, Smush Parker, Sasha Vujacic and Luke Walton are potential players but they’re too young to play well at the important game. These guys will become one of the most important powers in the future. Buss and Kupchak will bring in more and more good teammates for you.

Don’t forget, we also have an outstanding coach, Phil Jackson. He has had nine champion rings on his fingers, and we went back to Playoffs when he came back the first year.

You didn’t gain anything in this year, but actually you gained everything you want this year. The prize of Most Valuable Players is not valuable for you.

When you wanted to score, you got 62 points in three quarters and got 81 points in a game without overtime. Compared with Michael Jordan, he just got 69 points in 53 minutes and compared with Chamberlain, he just scored 100 points in a game, which wasn’t as strong as yours. And when you wanted the team to play basketball together, you stopped shooting and passed the ball to your teammates. Of cause, you trust them absolutely and we almost went into the next round of the Playoffs.

When Nash got the MVP of Seasons, we weren’t sad, but laughed. We laughed at Nash, laughed at the reporters who didn’t think you’re the best. Imagining that 10 years later, 50 years latter, when people mention this season, they will just think of you, think that you did an incredible job in 2006.

Trust me, Kobe, you’re my hero, Lakers’ hero and the NBA’s hero.

Don’t cry, Kobe, in this season, you change my life and you change your own life.

Love your game, your swagger. Love your fade away, your hunger. Love that you’re a veteran, a champion. Love that. Love it with all my heart.

Now, you switch to No. 24 when you wore No. 8 through your first 10 NBA seasons. 24, you said you just felt like it and you believe now it's time to start a new chapter.

YES! A new chapter has begun! Don’t cry, Lakers. Don’t stop, Lakers.

God bless you.