Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
RIP Jerry west. When deciding on getting Kobe in 96, he scheduled a 1 on 1. Kobe vs a still in shape Michael Cooper, one of the all time great defenders. Kobe lit Michael Cooper up and that was it. West said yeah I'm gonna make the move to get this kid 💯🔥
@@MichaelDuignan-p2c Still, Kobe would have been 17 and Michael Cooper is an 8 time all defensive selection and a defensive player of the year while coming off the bench, that is still pretty impressive.
@@T-H-E-WORLD Funny . I watched every game he played in all his early years .And, you are right he Turned OUT to be Kobe . He was not That as a rookie . Jerry West saw what he COULD Be .
The dunk, the footwork and ultimately being so competitive that you make a shot left handed after a left handed missed the shot just to get that edge over them…how could the Clippers not take this guy? Thankfully they didn’t but what more could he have done?
People forget that at the time, it was almost unheard of to jump from high school to the pros. Kobe was a generational talent. Even then it took him a few years to really find his feet in the league. But he was talented to the point where it was impossible to ignore.
Bc Del Harris didn't wanna put him ahead of nick van exel and eddie jones and other guys but he was better than them, so finally he had to put Kobe out there. He was ready made from high school to start.
The clippers were too small of a market, thats why they didn't draft Kobe. Same reason Portland passed on Michael Jordan. The mega stars don't go to small market teams. That is not by accident, it's by design.
At 17 Shawn Kemp was running the floor coast to coast slamming 360s. And at 17 Max Verstappen entered F1 and was passing veterans left and right in an inferior car. Age is just a number, for some exceptional people.
If "age was JUST a number" than, we would be seeing 8 or 9yr old kids making the NBA! There are always going to be those who are precocious outliers who develop more quickly but, it's ridiculous to portray age as somehow some "meaningless barrier" that can be overcome at will. A certain level of physical, psychological, and emotional development has to take place for examples like Kobe, KG, or Carlos Alcaraz to take place. Even then, there's a reason the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement has an age limit and doesn't allow players from high school to be drafted- because age is a RELEVANT factor!
@@edkiely2712 Your entire comment, even though correct, is based on a misunderstanding of the phrase "age is just a number". It does NOT mean that age is irrelevant. That should be obvious to anyone with a couple of braincells. It simply means that age is a number that does not wholely define a person's abilities or potential. It's just a number in the sense that that number can have different meanings for different people. For example, a 60 year old could be fitter or stronger than a 40 year old. A 17 year old could be smarter than a 50 year old. A 20 year old could have more life experience than a 35 year old, etc... That's all there is to it.
@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f Sorry partner! You can equivocate after-the-fact but, your comment precisely implied that age was somehow just some incidental or inconsequential variable because it was so terse. I guarantee that almost everyone interprets that way. Only after I came in and revealed just how inane and featherbrained your initial comment was, did you then come in afterwards with your prevaricative "but this is what I actually meant, and it's your fault for not understanding that!"🤣 Next time, learn to articulate more efficiently and not expect others, most of whom who aren't very smart to begin with, to read your mind!
Some people (New Jersey Nets in particular) apparently didn't want to wait. What's impossible to predict is that a teenager could be the hardest worker of all time. So he got up to speed fast and surpassed damn near everyone.
@@silewis9396 Was it a wrong decision though? They made back to back Finals just 5 years later. Winning the NBA Finals is not easy. You need all sorts of things to gel, all at the same time. The window to do so is very narrow. Plus, there's never a guarantee a player would actually stay at the same team by the time they finally develop.
@jaes8173 Unfortunately you are delusional. I like Kyrie Irving but swap Kobe for Kyrie same age, tell me if the Celtics beat the Mavs... 🤡 stop the cap
@@jaes8173 what are you talking about? beside regular casual lefthanded shots Kobe did lefthanded finishes with spinning crossovers or behind the back hand switches in games, he did lefthanded three pointer buzzer beater from corner trap, Kyrie is amazing ball handler and very skilled player but Kobe is just on legendary level.
Clippers management after this work out "That 17 year old kid who was hitting left handed threes was amazing, I have a feeling he is going to be an all time legend in this city...But you only get one chance at taking a player like Lorenzen Wright". Donald, you happy with Wright at 7?"
@@louiedoestuf I agree saying a guy wit only 1 mvp and only 2 finals mvps is better than jordan is just stupid in my opinion jordan,kareem,wilt,magic,shaq,lebron and larry bird are better than kobe
@@lamart3857 MVP is subjective award while winning is objective achievement, in his prime 10 years he got to 7 finals and won 5 of them. Great defender, unguardable scorer, pure mental winner, the most skilled player ever who converted his skills in 5 rings against the toughest competition in NBA history, only Jordan can be considered close to him and fairly can be ahead of him in someone's opinion.
The Clippers instead drafted Lorenzen Wright. They also passed on Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, and Jermaine O’Neal who along with Kobe, were all drafted after their pick at #7. Was a great draft as the 6 picks before theirs were Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby, Shareef Abdur Raheem, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, and Antoine Walker. Derek Fisher was also drafted later in the round at #24.
Left handed 3??? Anyone who has ever touched a basketball will have to agree that this is just ridiculous. So Kobe had this amazing talent that showed at a young age and combined it with the toughest work ethics ever. Absolute legend
If Clippers can't see the greatness in a 17 year old kid with those amazing skills that turns into Kobe's career then what the point of ever doing any pre-draft workout again?! Never mention age as the reason...... Messi joined Barcelona at 13
I remember them days. Crazy how times change. Videotape especially these kinds that carry footage were treated like jewelry compare to now you just upload them online
How you know "folks forget that"? You talk to everyone in the world? You conducted a survey with at least 500,000 participants and concluded that "Yup folks forget kpbe made it to NBA at 17"?
John Calipari who had just been hired to coach the then New Jersey Nets, was contemplating drafting Kobe, but ultimately backed out. It's possible that Kobe and his team discouraged Cal from drafting him. But the Clippers passing up on a kid who would eventually become one of the undisputed all-time great players in the history of the NBA, because "he was 17", is about the most Clipper thing you could imagine smh
Jerry West after Lakers work-out: I've seen enough, this is the most talented player we've ever worked out in Laker history. Clippers after work-out: We've seen enough, and we still like Lorenzen Wright better. 🤣🤣🤣
For an oddly brief period of time (maybe 2-3 years?) Kobe had a crazy hang time illusion on that one hand dunk, I thought it was even more impressive looking than MJ's hang time because it almost looked like Kobe had a ledge he was standing on before throwing it down. But that "effect" went away pretty quickly although he maintained his athleticism well into the 2000s obviously. I think it was aided by how skinny he was in the mid 90s.
I’m so glad the clippers passed him up, because then the legend Jerry West, took over and the rest is history!!! Don’t worry laker nation we will rise once more to greatness!!!
Dude was big as a guard. Imagine being a guard and gotta hold a 6'6" guard that can shoot 3's left-handed at 17. I don't think it was the age, he was young mentally and thats why the clippers aint take him
For everyone’s info, that last shot was shot left handed too. Clippers passed him up because they said he was too young at 17.
Clippers a serious organization if they didn't people wouldn't take them seriously.
@@openworld6337 literally no one does take them serious.
For everyone info we read left to right...
Kobe 2 peat is better than entire clippers franchise
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Such a Legendary Player and person, he will never be forgotten and he will be missed.
Great player. POS person and human being. Jordan will never be forgotten, Kobe will be remembered only by that generation. Certainly won't be missed.
RIP Jerry west. When deciding on getting Kobe in 96, he scheduled a 1 on 1. Kobe vs a still in shape Michael Cooper, one of the all time great defenders. Kobe lit Michael Cooper up and that was it. West said yeah I'm gonna make the move to get this kid 💯🔥
A 6 Years retired Michael Cooper .
@@MichaelDuignan-p2c Still, Kobe would have been 17 and Michael Cooper is an 8 time all defensive selection and a defensive player of the year while coming off the bench, that is still pretty impressive.
Ppl act like 17 is 21/22 man just got his drivers license
@@MichaelDuignan-p2cBro you act like Kobe didn’t turn out to be Kobe!
@@T-H-E-WORLD Funny . I watched every game he played in all his early years .And, you are right he Turned OUT to be Kobe . He was not That as a rookie . Jerry West saw what he COULD Be .
Yup just look like the NBA Legend he became . It's still hard for me to watch Kobe anything and I'm a Die hard Bulls MJ fan . Miss that Guy
No wasted motion. Signs of a true pro
@linkercasas1004 you gotta check out Julian Newman for wasted motion
The dunk, the footwork and ultimately being so competitive that you make a shot left handed after a left handed missed the shot just to get that edge over them…how could the Clippers not take this guy? Thankfully they didn’t but what more could he have done?
Not be 17 I’m guessing
Ain’t it refreshing seeing a player not travel or carry while dribbling the ball
Agreed bro
Kobe would have been more lethal in today's era NBA because he would have definetely took advantage of the rules.
To me it's refreshing to see a player bring the ball up right on a jump shot and not shoot it from his chest like he's in junior high.
This man made himself a legend and IMmortal in basketball world 🌎
I still remember him as a rapist.
That nigga Kobe had Hella swagger on the court as a kid insane lol
What do you mean swagger? And how one can develop it?
@@vadimberserk5652 Confidence. You develop that by putting in the work everyday and believing in yourself.
@@RainSupreme thank you
he is making some fking free throws right here, and you calling him insane for that. Only you are insane.
You said a bad word
RIP Kobe the best to ever do it! 💍 💍 💍 💍 💍 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 #8 #24
🧢
One of the best
Best to ever do what smh. Kobe isnt in that conversation. Wake up
28 years ago today in 3 hours. Enjoy life and live it to the fullest, folks. Time slows down for no one and is up for everyone at some point.
Clippers will always be cursed for passing on him
a lot of teams passed which is how Charlotte got him and traded him
People forget that at the time, it was almost unheard of to jump from high school to the pros. Kobe was a generational talent. Even then it took him a few years to really find his feet in the league. But he was talented to the point where it was impossible to ignore.
Bc Del Harris didn't wanna put him ahead of nick van exel and eddie jones and other guys but he was better than them, so finally he had to put Kobe out there. He was ready made from high school to start.
wow 0:30, shooting 3s with left hand, what a baller.
Gone but Never Forgotten, R.I.P Black Mamba (Kobe Bryant) 🐍🏀👼
After that monster dunk, Clips said no thanks. That is crazy.
The clippers were too small of a market, thats why they didn't draft Kobe.
Same reason Portland passed on Michael Jordan.
The mega stars don't go to small market teams. That is not by accident, it's by design.
@@AnHebrewChild I hope this is a joke as the Clippers, although not as big of a name as the Lakers, were in Los Angeles.
Starting 2 guard on my all-time NBA team....Kobe Bryant.
ever heard of Michael Jordan?
So you got MJ on the bench of your all time team. Nuff said😂
Clueless
Loser
@@TomDelayBeats Yep, heard of him...everybody's not on his jock, slurping or glazing him.
At 17 Shawn Kemp was running the floor coast to coast slamming 360s. And at 17 Max Verstappen entered F1 and was passing veterans left and right in an inferior car. Age is just a number, for some exceptional people.
i like the Max Verstappen reference there 😉
donk, cs2.... best cs2 playeri n the world at 17
If "age was JUST a number" than, we would be seeing 8 or 9yr old kids making the NBA! There are always going to be those who are precocious outliers who develop more quickly but, it's ridiculous to portray age as somehow some "meaningless barrier" that can be overcome at will. A certain level of physical, psychological, and emotional development has to take place for examples like Kobe, KG, or Carlos Alcaraz to take place. Even then, there's a reason the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement has an age limit and doesn't allow players from high school to be drafted- because age is a RELEVANT factor!
@@edkiely2712 Your entire comment, even though correct, is based on a misunderstanding of the phrase "age is just a number". It does NOT mean that age is irrelevant. That should be obvious to anyone with a couple of braincells. It simply means that age is a number that does not wholely define a person's abilities or potential. It's just a number in the sense that that number can have different meanings for different people. For example, a 60 year old could be fitter or stronger than a 40 year old. A 17 year old could be smarter than a 50 year old. A 20 year old could have more life experience than a 35 year old, etc... That's all there is to it.
@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f Sorry partner! You can equivocate after-the-fact but, your comment precisely implied that age was somehow just some incidental or inconsequential variable because it was so terse. I guarantee that almost everyone interprets that way. Only after I came in and revealed just how inane and featherbrained your initial comment was, did you then come in afterwards with your prevaricative "but this is what I actually meant, and it's your fault for not understanding that!"🤣 Next time, learn to articulate more efficiently and not expect others, most of whom who aren't very smart to begin with, to read your mind!
kobe shooting lefty
Kobe is asking if the other guys alright because he missed 😭 R.I.P my GOAT
They failed to realize that a kid this young is this talented already.
At 17 Kobe won’t hit his prime til 9 years later……POTENTIAL!
Some people (New Jersey Nets in particular) apparently didn't want to wait.
What's impossible to predict is that a teenager could be the hardest worker of all time. So he got up to speed fast and surpassed damn near everyone.
@@silewis9396 Was it a wrong decision though? They made back to back Finals just 5 years later.
Winning the NBA Finals is not easy. You need all sorts of things to gel, all at the same time. The window to do so is very narrow. Plus, there's never a guarantee a player would actually stay at the same team by the time they finally develop.
@@jyashin...6 & then 7 years later to be exact
His first chip was in 4 years
He was breaking down top tier NBA defences in the playoffs at 21. What a talent.
Most skilled player ever, shooting left hand 3's with such form and precision at 18 is just mind-blowing
Sorry the most skilled player ever is Kyrie hands down! Kyrie makes left handed shots in the game son
I agree with Kyrie but Kobe was probably the hardest working player. He really worked hard to be who he was.@@jaes8173
@jaes8173
Unfortunately you are delusional. I like Kyrie Irving but swap Kobe for Kyrie same age, tell me if the Celtics beat the Mavs... 🤡 stop the cap
@@jaes8173 what are you talking about? beside regular casual lefthanded shots Kobe did lefthanded finishes with spinning crossovers or behind the back hand switches in games, he did lefthanded three pointer buzzer beater from corner trap, Kyrie is amazing ball handler and very skilled player but Kobe is just on legendary level.
@@Jay-u5k5fwhy wouldn’t Kobe take that one on one game against kyrie when he called him out than 🤔
Dude was doing that at 18!
17 actually!! Watch soon ima be in his shoes
Clippers management after this work out "That 17 year old kid who was hitting left handed threes was amazing, I have a feeling he is going to be an all time legend in this city...But you only get one chance at taking a player like Lorenzen Wright". Donald, you happy with Wright at 7?"
Wright had a solid career tho
Lol 😂
Rip Lorenzen
King Kobe, the greatest basketball player of all time, Rest In Peace Kobe!
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He’s not even top 5 all time 😂
delulu
@@louiedoestuf I agree saying a guy wit only 1 mvp and only 2 finals mvps is better than jordan is just stupid in my opinion jordan,kareem,wilt,magic,shaq,lebron and larry bird are better than kobe
@@lamart3857 MVP is subjective award while winning is objective achievement, in his prime 10 years he got to 7 finals and won 5 of them. Great defender, unguardable scorer, pure mental winner, the most skilled player ever who converted his skills in 5 rings against the toughest competition in NBA history, only Jordan can be considered close to him and fairly can be ahead of him in someone's opinion.
dam, you can tell Kobe has been watching Mj footage 24/7. Look at the way he dunk and landed, identical to Jordan. lol
A lot of people watched him. To emulate him so well at 17 is something different. Also shooting the ball with his left is extra.
The Clippers instead drafted Lorenzen Wright. They also passed on Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, and Jermaine O’Neal who along with Kobe, were all drafted after their pick at #7.
Was a great draft as the 6 picks before theirs were Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby, Shareef Abdur Raheem, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, and Antoine Walker.
Derek Fisher was also drafted later in the round at #24.
Pure talent before he blossoms
still I can't believe that he is gone, rip mamba, u will be missed:(
My GOAT.
Goat...
Nope. He maybe your GOAT, but he’s not THE Goat
Pure class
I missed kobe
Left handed 3??? Anyone who has ever touched a basketball will have to agree that this is just ridiculous. So Kobe had this amazing talent that showed at a young age and combined it with the toughest work ethics ever.
Absolute legend
Miss you, Kobe.
Can't wait to see the 2996 Pre-Draft Workouts!
They passed on him but then he Would Go on to be one of the top 3 greatest players of all time. 🐐🔥
Kobe ❤
If Clippers can't see the greatness in a 17 year old kid with those amazing skills that turns into Kobe's career then what the point of ever doing any pre-draft workout again?!
Never mention age as the reason...... Messi joined Barcelona at 13
Rest in love 😊
I want to be like Kobe one day :(
@30 seconds in... LEFT HANDED!!!
Que elegancia de jugador. El estilo de juego tan fluido, hasta para lanzar el balón.
How could u not draft this guy? Jeez Ray Charles could see the potential smh
VHS recording was the way to record them in 1996.
I remember them days. Crazy how times change. Videotape especially these kinds that carry footage were treated like jewelry compare to now you just upload them online
Is there a full video of the workout?
There is but the NBA hides this shit... probably to find ways to make money in documentaries later.
Miss u idol ❤
Only Jerry West saw the potential and that’s history.
The fact that he went 13th is crazy
Folks forget that Kobe made it to the NBA at 17
How you know "folks forget that"? You talk to everyone in the world? You conducted a survey with at least 500,000 participants and concluded that "Yup folks forget kpbe made it to NBA at 17"?
Thats why they are the clippers !
12 other teams passed on him
💜💛
clippers saw that and was like naw
John Calipari who had just been hired to coach the then New Jersey Nets, was contemplating drafting Kobe, but ultimately backed out. It's possible that Kobe and his team discouraged Cal from drafting him. But the Clippers passing up on a kid who would eventually become one of the undisputed all-time great players in the history of the NBA, because "he was 17", is about the most Clipper thing you could imagine smh
Nah making the decision to pass up on Kobe is a decision that would keep me up at night. What could of been?
It legit disqualified you as a Gm
nobody knew back then that this kid would be such an inefficient shooter who needed a miracle to make over 45% of his shots. amazing.
Did this just show up on my feed as a means of trolling Bronny 😂
I miss him more than my dad 😭
superstar!!
left hand shot was smooth. Could have passed as a leftie
Jerry West after Lakers work-out: I've seen enough, this is the most talented player we've ever worked out in Laker history.
Clippers after work-out: We've seen enough, and we still like Lorenzen Wright better.
🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha left hand hahaha amazing my favorite player..the goat
I think we'll take Lorenzen Wright, we'll show them.
Yeah boss, i agree. U cannot teach size. This Kobe boy will be in european games in two years, boss!
Would’ve been the only time clippers had a chance to win a ring
For an oddly brief period of time (maybe 2-3 years?) Kobe had a crazy hang time illusion on that one hand dunk, I thought it was even more impressive looking than MJ's hang time because it almost looked like Kobe had a ledge he was standing on before throwing it down. But that "effect" went away pretty quickly although he maintained his athleticism well into the 2000s obviously. I think it was aided by how skinny he was in the mid 90s.
Smoothe
Baby J!
DEAR GOD GIVE US BACK KOBE BRYANT AND WILL GIVE U INDY SANTOS !!!
Kobe literally looks like MJ and clippers said no thank you? So who got fired??
Clippers gonna clip...... imagine watching this workout and going "L. Wright is our guy!" (RIP)
this guy seems pretty good, hope he makes in to the nba someday
I’m so glad the clippers passed him up, because then the legend Jerry West, took over and the rest is history!!! Don’t worry laker nation we will rise once more to greatness!!!
That pull up three.. was that Pennys step back?
It wasn’t fair he was playing against people his age
This kid looks pretty good
Didn’t Charlotte trade his pick to the Lakers???
smooth
Is it me or did Kobe shoot that last shot with his left hand?😮
Clippers GM: _"Nawww... it's our destiny to suck. You can't get in the way of destiny"_
Jerry West said Bryant would have been his choice even if the Lakers had the #1 pick in that draft.
It's perfect. He didn't have to pass to anyone
Shot that last J with his left and if u didn't know he was right handed u would think he was left handed
Clippers to this day still trying to win a championship
you was best player...
Clippers didnt see it but the lakers did they saw the pontential but he was 17 and they knew they were not getting iverson or ray allen
Oh that guy shows promise
He shows promise as an entitled criminal who got what he deserved. He’s burning in hell with Jeffrey Epstein.
that man has HOPS
I never seen this before
I don't know why the Los Angeles is still keeping the Clippers until now. They are ruining the Los Angeles' winning tradition in NBA.
Leave it to Jerry West to steal a winner
Dude was big as a guard. Imagine being a guard and gotta hold a 6'6" guard that can shoot 3's left-handed at 17. I don't think it was the age, he was young mentally and thats why the clippers aint take him
I feel like every young black man in 90s who can dunk has ever dunk like that, the 90s style slam dunk
Penny and Georgetown AI definitely dunked like that
That ball sounds like it has entirely too much air. Clips tried to do him dirty.
They past on Kobe and proceeded to pick up bums like D. Miles, Quentin Richardson, etc….😭😭😭😭😭💀🤦♂️
LOL, the Clippers took Lorenzen Wright. And 12 other teams passed although the Sixers got AI.
Donald Sterling : "no thanks I'll take Lorenzen Wright"
Another infamous mistake by the Clippers. When you see a kid with this skill, and work ethic, you jump on it quickly.
and they said “im good”
He fired. Whoever was in charge of passing on Kobe is still a manager at Burger King.
ha ha ha we got the good one... good lotery pick :)