Mortensen honors NBA legend |
HSV star wears Kobe Bryant on the shoe
They are small and hardly noticeable. And yet the adhesive stickers for Casper Ulrich Mortensen (32, HSV Hamburg) are a clear statement!
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The Danish handball Olympic champion has decorated his white shoes with motifs from basketball legend Kobe Bryant (✝︎41).
“Unfortunately, Kobe passed away far too early,” said Mortensen, a fan of Bryant’s former NBA club LA Lakers. “I like his mentality, his way of training, how he lived as a professional. I’m a huge Kobe fan, honor him with that.”
A sticker is stuck to the heel of the right shoe
Always give everything, not only in the game, but also in training! Instead of five weeks of summer vacation, he will also use the phase to keep his body fit. Only two starting points for the HSV left winger. Mortensen: “I found a lot of inspiration.”
Casper U. Mortensen is a Byant and Lakers fan. The Dane has a large selection of stickers
He ordered the stickers online and waited four weeks for delivery from China. Now the “Black Mamba stickers” stick on the white steps and should carry him to success…
He is satisfied with the performance of his team so far. “We lost twice against Flensburg-Handewitt and in Melsungen. Against Flensburg it was extremely annoying, against Melsungen we had everything under control until Andreas Magaard (shinbone fracture, ed.) was injured. D he win against GWD Minden was a must,” said Mortensen. “Everything is okay so far.”
The left winger, whose contract in Hamburg runs until 2024, is not yet satisfied with his personal hit rate (68 percent). “The Minden game was bad, unfortunately,” he says self-critically. “I’m not satisfied with my playing time.” After three missed shots, he had to go to the bench, Tobias Schimmelbauer (35) took over. Mortensen full of energy: “I’m trying to improve my quota quickly.”
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