Personal Narrative: My Time In The NBA

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My time in the NBA was fun because of all the thing I was able to see and do. During my time I was able to influence many people . My time in Philly was definitely the peak in my career not only because of all the success I had but also because of all the support I got.

When I was picked the fans believed in me and from that point I knew I was gonna be great. When I first came into the league I wanted to be different as a player and how I present myself. Most notably as my choice in clothes, the NBA had unwritten rules of clothes, man that pissed me off. Why couldn't I express myself in my choice of clothes. Just because I want to dress different I’ll get fined, man thats stupid.

I hope my choice to dress different and get fined will lead to a change in dress code in the NBA. After this they tried to make me live my life and I had none of that, I can do whatever I want. If i wanna be in a rap video, I'll be in a
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I decided that if I wanted to succeed I had to be a team player not an individual. After that year I won the MVP award and things changed. It was also the year I took my team to the NBA Finals. The Lakers tested me in game one but it made me stronger and I dropped 48 and we won. But the Lakers eventually outlasted us because of star players like Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.But that year I knew I was the greatest player in the world.

From that moment the world just wanted to take me down. After that my wife and I had a conflict and they started making up stories for their own benefit. None of that stuff happened so why they trying to take me down. This didn't stop, during an interview they started talking about practice and I started to talk about why are they wasting time talking about practice and not talking about something else. My message was misunderstood, I meant why talk about practice and why not the game. The media portrayed me as a player who skips practice and is

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