what a waste of a prime Kobe season, they had him out there running around with Smush Parker, Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Sasha Vujacic....what a disgrace
just disrespectful to question whether if he was the best player in the league at the time. Of course he was. From 2006 to 2010 he was the best play in the league
+MrBrenman21 No, the Spurs had a very good team. Tim Duncan, Manu, and TP. LeBron had who? Larry Hughes and Big Z? It was an average team at best without LeBron.
+Tupac Shakur certainly in the top 3 and or 1a and 1b. Im still so mad about never seeing Kobe in the playoffs back in 2013 because we all know Kobe steps it up during the playoffs and giving how great he played late that season and the fact that Kobe was in better physical shape then the last 4 or so season. Oh almost forgot playing against the Spurs.classic bound to happen. even if we would've gone home in game 7.
sumit bharti I don’t know when Kobe started becoming known as the best but I know he held that title until 2010. From that point on until 2013, Kobe was known as a top 5 player. Of course after his final devastating injury of many injuries which was rupturing his achilles in 2013, his true decline in the league started.
@@Ace_etereo uhh just shaq? They gave him moe williams(all star) they gave him antawn jamison (2× all star) who just came off averaging 22.2ppg 8.9rpg 1.9apg 1.2spg on 47%fg and 35% 3fg the season prior. He had a team good enough to go to the NBA finals. Smh
just look at the team Kobe had around him that year. nothing but scrubs and still tool them to the playoffs in a hard western conference as a 8 seed and almost defeated the number 1 seed suns that year ..
Landon chong dude I know Lakers were the 7 seed both years, I said nothing about the seeds in my comment. I was referring to the amount of games the series went. The comment I replied to must have been removed, this is 3 years old lol.
I seen this game. They called 3 petty fouls on Kobe causing him to foul out. It had to been some money on that game. Kobe was so hot that night, the only way the Bobcats we're going to beat the Lakers was to make sure they got Kobe out the game and that was exactly what happened. This was Over time # 3 and he was still lighting them boys up. Kobe scored 58 points that night, and would've had more with the win in his pocket had the refs not called them bs fouls.
big fan of Kobe's especially since I'm a Lakers fan as well. I just wish he would have passed a little bit more. Not that he needed to but when you see him do it, you see that he was/is very good at it. If he would have average a little bit more assists it probably would have got him a few more MVP awards. Only thing I dislike about him is all the $$$ he accounts for on the cap. I mean I know he says its a business and he's right but he wants those rings just as much... sometimes some sacrifice is needed to bring in the talent to get those rings. His ego and demand for massive dollars has probably cost him quite a few rings
imo its hard to pin point a "best player". i seperate it between best big man and best guard. kobe was the best guard in the league from 2000-2011. shaq and tim duncan were the best big men. and lebron was the best "big man guard" lol
Cameron Parker which guard was better then him in 2012, a PG right, I can't think of an SG for that spot In terms of SG I can say with confidence that between 03 and 2013 it was Kobe Bryant. Pre 03 my knowledge of the league is not as strong. He was a beast since 2000 tho.
in 2011 2012 and 2013 there was still no other shooting guard better than kobe. he was not quite himself or up to par in 2011 or 2012 with what we had gotten used to seeing for the past 10-11 years. but then he had one of his better years in 2013 even though the lakers played like crap. as far as pre 2003, i believe he was the best guard since 1999-2000 no question. some people argue that mcgrady was better but i dont think so.
Cameron Parker Oh yeah T-Mac, well he was Kobe just put the work in relentlessly, T-Mac was a natural and a better shooter with a better body frame and size. That does not mean he punked Kobe, by no means actually quite the opposite according to experts Kobe was overarching. Yeah 2010-11 to the 2011-12 we did see him dip, I remeber that it was due to knee and shin tendentious, Kobe took all those German producers, and then lost wight for the 2012-13 season. Then we saw Kobe play like it was 09 (physically speaking) such a complex season tho, but he put up great number and before he went down he played some of his best basketball. And that was Kobe still holding back so he could have some juice for he playoffs. So sad. Defiantly 03 Kobe was most likely the best player in the league period, even Shaq called him his ''idol and the best player in the league by far''.
Cameron Parker I don't know, I feel like Iverson was the best guard from about '98 to '03-ish, then Kobe entered his prime and became not only the best guard but the best player in the league from '03 until around 2010. And it's been Lebron's time ever since, along with a slew of amazing point guards.
He scores 58. And they lose. And it seems this has happened often. Can someone explain the dynamics of this team in a lot more detail? Was Kobe playing better than Jordan?
+Da Ga yeah it's a tough call I mean MJ won a defensive player of the year award but man Kobe can defend. Kobe is a 9 time all NBA Defensive first team. Kobe is also the youngest player in NBA history to win that award
Kobes last year of wearing #8 and first year of #24 was his absolute peak years
people forget too easily how good kobe was
+TehValor It's a shame especially since social media wasn't like it is now.
he was the ultimate player that was great at everything 2006 first team all nba and first team all defense
Because ESPN and lebum fans
And to think he dropped 60 his final game is just legendary and got the win no overtimes
I was at this game. Man! RIP Kobe!!!!
Watching august 2015!
Prime kobe could get in zones like no other player!
I was at this game!!! Floor seats, great game..♥️♥️
Bonafide best player in the league from 2002-03 to 2012-13
The greatest most skilled prolific scorer
Kobe is the literal goat player
I miss this guy
I was at this game. It was awesome to see him play in person
Thanks for these. More Kobe classics would be great!
what a waste of a prime Kobe season, they had him out there running around with Smush Parker, Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Sasha Vujacic....what a disgrace
Sasha and Luke are dope dude
Jonny Blaze I liked them a lot too, as people, but as players...they were marginal NBA players
luke walton had a bigger role than sasha lol
He got Gasoline when he was still in he prime.
Arturo Luna don’t diss the machine!
Rip kobe❤️
just disrespectful to question whether if he was the best player in the league at the time. Of course he was. From 2006 to 2010 he was the best play in the league
+MrBrenman21 No, the Spurs had a very good team. Tim Duncan, Manu, and TP. LeBron had who? Larry Hughes and Big Z? It was an average team at best without LeBron.
in 2009 I was Dwyane Wade and in 2010 it was LeBron.
+Bryan Hernandez from 2003 to 2013 the best player ever in the league
+Tupac Shakur certainly in the top 3 and or 1a and 1b. Im still so mad about never seeing Kobe in the playoffs back in 2013 because we all know Kobe steps it up during the playoffs and giving how great he played late that season and the fact that Kobe was in better physical shape then the last 4 or so season. Oh almost forgot playing against the Spurs.classic bound to happen. even if we would've gone home in game 7.
+Bryan Hernandez He was the best since MJ retired. He's been the most complete player of all time, next to MJ.
The world called him best from 2003 to 2013 and yet we fail to agree
sumit bharti yeah I disagree with that theory, kobe bryant been the best basketball player since, 2000" all the way up 2016.
sumit bharti I don’t know when Kobe started becoming known as the best but I know he held that title until 2010. From that point on until 2013, Kobe was known as a top 5 player. Of course after his final devastating injury of many injuries which was rupturing his achilles in 2013, his true decline in the league started.
Drake he was
IMO '03-'08 in '09 and '10 Wade was the best player in the world IMO. Than LeBron from '11-'16 KD '16-Present.
@@AHMAD-2324 in 09 and 10 Kobe clapped Wade in every match up 🤷🏻♂️. Lebron was better from 09-18
they should make a mix video of this, especially when lakers on the road games.
lovin' it..kobe fadeaway damn, i'm addicted..nyahaha
awesome. kobe in his prime. thanks!
Kobe makes that many shots and his team still loses proves how bad his team was atleast he doesnt leave like Lebron.
+Redwan Chowdhury Thats really true
He was about to go the Bulls until they got gasol. I was mad at lebron to but all they gave him was shaq in his final days.
Well he did *try* to leave. Lakers just didn't trade him
@@Ace_etereo uhh just shaq? They gave him moe williams(all star) they gave him antawn jamison (2× all star) who just came off averaging 22.2ppg 8.9rpg 1.9apg 1.2spg on 47%fg and 35% 3fg the season prior. He had a team good enough to go to the NBA finals. Smh
The mamba mentality. Kobeeeee Bryant.
Kobe is the Basketball GOD. That guy was not from this planet. Where he is now, nobody really knows.
The fact that he took this team to the playoffs and nearly eliminated the 2nd seed is just ridiculous
+CaliKiid3 Imagine the kind of damage he would of done had the Lakers been in the East and not the west.
CaliKiid3 man Kobe would've at least made it out of the first round every year post Shaq if he played in the east.
Easily the best player on the planet at that time 💯💯💯💯💯💯
just look at the team Kobe had around him that year. nothing but scrubs and still tool them to the playoffs in a hard western conference as a 8 seed and almost defeated the number 1 seed suns that year ..
They were 7th seeded. The Suns were 2nd
+Kuss Die no that was the year before in 05-06 season. In 06-07 Suns beat em in 5.
@@JaySirPrince both years lakers were 7th seed suns were 2nd
Landon chong dude I know Lakers were the 7 seed both years, I said nothing about the seeds in my comment. I was referring to the amount of games the series went. The comment I replied to must have been removed, this is 3 years old lol.
I seen this game. They called 3 petty fouls on Kobe causing him to foul out. It had to been some money on that game. Kobe was so hot that night, the only way the Bobcats we're going to beat the Lakers was to make sure they got Kobe out the game and that was exactly what happened. This was Over time # 3 and he was still lighting them boys up. Kobe scored 58 points that night, and would've had more with the win in his pocket had the refs not called them bs fouls.
Damn that looked like a fun game to watch.
King of the court
6:10
Kwame Brown finishing!!
It's funny, the Lakers always had trouble with the Charlotte Bobcat teams
Lol right?
thebobcats became the 96 bulls from existence when they faced the lakers it use to piss me off but they play like trash vs everyone else
dont forget that later on Adam Morison signed with the Lakers and won 2 rings
Amazing moment kwame brown scored
big fan of Kobe's especially since I'm a Lakers fan as well. I just wish he would have passed a little bit more. Not that he needed to but when you see him do it, you see that he was/is very good at it. If he would have average a little bit more assists it probably would have got him a few more MVP awards. Only thing I dislike about him is all the $$$ he accounts for on the cap. I mean I know he says its a business and he's right but he wants those rings just as much... sometimes some sacrifice is needed to bring in the talent to get those rings. His ego and demand for massive dollars has probably cost him quite a few rings
imo its hard to pin point a "best player". i seperate it between best big man and best guard. kobe was the best guard in the league from 2000-2011. shaq and tim duncan were the best big men. and lebron was the best "big man guard" lol
Cameron Parker which guard was better then him in 2012, a PG right, I can't think of an SG for that spot In terms of SG I can say with confidence that between 03 and 2013 it was Kobe Bryant. Pre 03 my knowledge of the league is not as strong. He was a beast since 2000 tho.
in 2011 2012 and 2013 there was still no other shooting guard better than kobe. he was not quite himself or up to par in 2011 or 2012 with what we had gotten used to seeing for the past 10-11 years. but then he had one of his better years in 2013 even though the lakers played like crap. as far as pre 2003, i believe he was the best guard since 1999-2000 no question. some people argue that mcgrady was better but i dont think so.
Cameron Parker Oh yeah T-Mac, well he was Kobe just put the work in relentlessly, T-Mac was a natural and a better shooter with a better body frame and size. That does not mean he punked Kobe, by no means actually quite the opposite according to experts Kobe was overarching.
Yeah 2010-11 to the 2011-12 we did see him dip, I remeber that it was due to knee and shin tendentious, Kobe took all those German producers, and then lost wight for the 2012-13 season. Then we saw Kobe play like it was 09 (physically speaking) such a complex season tho, but he put up great number and before he went down he played some of his best basketball. And that was Kobe still holding back so he could have some juice for he playoffs. So sad.
Defiantly 03 Kobe was most likely the best player in the league period, even Shaq called him his ''idol and the best player in the league by far''.
Cameron Parker I don't know, I feel like Iverson was the best guard from about '98 to '03-ish, then Kobe entered his prime and became not only the best guard but the best player in the league from '03 until around 2010. And it's been Lebron's time ever since, along with a slew of amazing point guards.
FG 22/45, 3P 4/11
he wasn't a inefficient scorer he just had moments like that he average 22 shots for his career as the main scorer putting up 30 easy
Yeah it was like CAVS of 2007 and 2017 season. Carrying a bunch of scrub players. It must hard for Kobe and LeBron
Matt Devlin on the call...any Raptors fans here?
did anyone notice the lakers bench looks super dead
But look who won...
He scores 58. And they lose. And it seems this has happened often. Can someone explain the dynamics of this team in a lot more detail? Was Kobe playing better than Jordan?
Well kobe is more offensively more skilled than mj but mj is better than him. Kobe scored 58 and lost because of his team was trash that season.
+Brandon Caron kobe is more skilled than mj•
+Brandon Caron Kobe's defense actually might be better than MJ's.
+Da Ga yeah it's a tough call I mean MJ won a defensive player of the year award but man Kobe can defend. Kobe is a 9 time all NBA Defensive first team. Kobe is also the youngest player in NBA history to win that award
Brandon Caron I watched MJ a lot back then, and I think his defense is overrated because of his steals. He also lacks post defense.
Anyone else miss the bobcats getting their ass handed every night I think they’re better than the hornets
Matt Devlin? Lol
God I feel bad for the Bobcats and Gerald Wallace. They sucked
kobe was never the best player in the league, he was the best scorer for a while though
He was the best player of the league kid,but he was in a very bad team,from 2002 to 2010,he was the most incredible and skilled player in the NBA.
Fucking idiot