2009 NBA明星賽 傳奇之戰| Kobe, O'Neal, James, Iverson, 姚明, Wade, Garnett, Howard, Paul, Stoudemire, Duncan.

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  • @mrwbjones
    @mrwbjones 2 роки тому +291

    This is a real hoopers all-star game right here. So nostalgic. If you know, you know.

    • @kylec.8350
      @kylec.8350 Рік тому +7

      Yep garnett pierce Allen rondo that's my favorite Celtics team ever 2008 to 2013 golden days.

    • @taochen2952
      @taochen2952 Рік тому

      james don't like kobe ,he killed kobe ,and he didnt go to the memorial service of kobe

    • @imagine1st381
      @imagine1st381 Рік тому +7

      I don't even watch the current all star games anymore

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 Рік тому +1

      Laughing at the fact Harris is in this game.

    • @randyrichardson4671
      @randyrichardson4671 Рік тому +1

      1:03:43 1:03:45 1:03:45

  • @roderickspringer7755
    @roderickspringer7755 Рік тому +116

    Never had to worry about games like this being competitive because Kobe always brought the energy!

  • @610collectionsDossCarlXain
    @610collectionsDossCarlXain 2 роки тому +87

    I Miss You Kobe. 💜💛🖤

    • @x--LeethaL--x
      @x--LeethaL--x Рік тому +7

      This is precisely why he's the goat.

  • @mugiwaratrii4545
    @mugiwaratrii4545 Рік тому +43

    Just like Jordan, Kobe always came with the energy and competitiveness. The pregame moment with him and Shaq made me smile and brought me joy. I miss my favorite player man, I cannot believe he and his daughter are gone. A celeb death never affected me until he passed. Smh RIP KOBE AND GIGI

    • @jesseray9526
      @jesseray9526 10 місяців тому +3

      Bro, same! Kobe is soooo underrated and disrespected! I shed a tear when I found out about the crash! RIP Kobe "Bean" Bryant!

  • @zekefreak6082
    @zekefreak6082 2 роки тому +68

    this all star is special. it combined the GOATs of the 90s-00s era in their prime.

  • @legacym24
    @legacym24 Рік тому +105

    they're actually playing ball...good defense, ball movement, not letting players just fire from half court or opening up the lane for a 360 windmill...good stuff 💯

    • @legacym24
      @legacym24 Рік тому +11

      13:05 r.i.p craig sager and his suits

  • @mikem4481
    @mikem4481 11 місяців тому +27

    when the all star game meant something. damn the good ol days

  • @ILoveRealityTV6
    @ILoveRealityTV6 11 місяців тому +9

    Loved this entire broadcast. It’s fun seeing the 2009 flashbacks. Shoutout to CP3, Kobe, SHAQ, and Lisa Leslie 😌

  • @TheGovenor021
    @TheGovenor021 Рік тому +21

    Now this is an All Star game , never will be the same again

  • @hollissherfieldjr.5974
    @hollissherfieldjr.5974 Рік тому +43

    Great all star game, I remember watching this one live like it was yesterday. Kobe won his third All Star MVP this game, sharing it with Shaq was amazing too. The good old days and timeless memories.

    • @LifeGoals-j7v
      @LifeGoals-j7v Рік тому +4

      I almost liked this but you have 24 likes

  • @tedmaudlin5074
    @tedmaudlin5074 Рік тому +12

    Kobe Bryant is my favorite, loved seeing him play in this

  • @francescoruperti5389
    @francescoruperti5389 Рік тому +19

    Man i miss this guys so much.. nba was so good back then

  • @BigOnBass
    @BigOnBass 2 роки тому +45

    2009 was a very memorable year for me

  • @statone2647
    @statone2647 Рік тому +15

    This game had everybody we love in it. Absolutely one of the best games played.

  • @moebazzi340
    @moebazzi340 Рік тому +11

    Kobe is Amazing. RIP We love you. You and Your daughter are an Angels.

  • @glasshous3
    @glasshous3 Рік тому +19

    In the starting lineups for both teams easily every last player is a certified first ballot hall of famer. Then having hofs dirk nowitzki and paul pierce as bench players. Level of competition was on another level back then, unmatched. Take me back. golden age of bball

  • @josephchestang9942
    @josephchestang9942 Рік тому +18

    No easy buckets! No easy fastbreak points! Multiple fouls! I miss this!

  • @trevmeister3872
    @trevmeister3872 Рік тому +11

    THIS IS ALLSTAR!!!!!! THANKS KOBE!

  • @sharefrowell4284
    @sharefrowell4284 Рік тому +44

    If David stern didn’t intervene on that trade with cp3 going to the lakers in 2011, Kobe would have gotten that 6th ring

    • @yaomitch
      @yaomitch Рік тому +6

      💯💯💯

    • @vivaan669
      @vivaan669 Рік тому +8

      @@yaomitch And he might not have torn that achilles

    • @lioninthesun
      @lioninthesun Рік тому +9

      And 7th, the heat wouldn’t have won at all

  • @kylec.8350
    @kylec.8350 Рік тому +13

    Back when the NBA still had grit and grind and when the big man was still around. Yao Ming, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, amari stadimire, Dwight howard, and slot more.

    • @ldeez4375
      @ldeez4375 Рік тому +4

      Dirk and pau also

    • @sportsgamer2342
      @sportsgamer2342 Рік тому +3

      Big man? Jokic MVP, Embiid, Davis, Allen, Adams, Claxton, Banchero, Bam and more. All guys playing elite and some the young guys will grow even more into elite.
      Just cause these big man can do more on the floor than 10 years ago doesn’t mean big men aren’t around

  • @montlee1990
    @montlee1990 Рік тому +19

    I was 19 when this allstar game was played I’m 33 now . 14years ago came fast

    • @KamikOzzy_
      @KamikOzzy_ Місяць тому

      Wow time flies so fast

    • @holidayarmadillo8653
      @holidayarmadillo8653 27 днів тому

      I was 16 then and 30 now and I completely disagree. I see comments like this all the time. For me, It feels like 16 years passed cuz that’s what happened. A whole lotta days, times, memories, ups and downs. I think really people just wish they had even more time but they don’t say that, they instead pretend like they didn’t actually get any time (“it flew by in a blink!”). My problem with that is I think it is sort of ungrateful in a way to the time you’ve had to be alive already and witness things like this fantastic game and era of the NBA...some people die young getting hit by a drunk driver or get some rare form of cancer or get killed in a school shooting. You should be grateful to be alive so long and to still be young enough that you have many years left in your life! That’s my two cents. I’m not trying to hate just trying to show you a different perspective, one where you can just have an appreciation for life rather than just counting the days past or days we have left.
      The last thing I would say to you, about getting older-that you can always remember-it beats the alternative, brother!! 😅👍

  • @AD3Basketball
    @AD3Basketball Рік тому +34

    They actually played defense, 2023 sh*t show of an Allstar game

    • @pudingass
      @pudingass Рік тому +12

      Agreed, damn the past few year's all-star weekends were a joke

    • @俞忆甲
      @俞忆甲 Рік тому +4

      cant agree more

    • @E208
      @E208 11 місяців тому +1

      8:38 good defense

  • @James-op3vx
    @James-op3vx Рік тому +12

    It's 2023 and 2009 seems like yesterday to me

  • @stink7877
    @stink7877 2 роки тому +10

    the good ole days ❤

  • @melfox215
    @melfox215 Рік тому +18

    Hard to imagine young guys like Danny Granger and Brandon Roy where not having a great career ahead of them in 2009. Not every gifted player has a body that is built for professional sports. :(

    • @sakeporo
      @sakeporo Рік тому +4

      Definitely a grind.

  • @CBETdobra
    @CBETdobra Рік тому +9

    Ушедшая эпоха героев. Даже в матче всех звёзд боролись до конца!

  • @Dane_1988
    @Dane_1988 2 роки тому +16

    這場先發幾乎都是名人堂成員

  • @3rdworld-witch527
    @3rdworld-witch527 Рік тому +9

    Its crazy how stacked every team was in this era.

  • @Vasco224
    @Vasco224 2 роки тому +288

    I miss these old heads, now it’s only Paul and Lebron left

    • @averageasmrfan8428
      @averageasmrfan8428 2 роки тому +29

      To think that bron still playing until maybe 1-2 more years is absurd.

    • @tamaskovacs1273
      @tamaskovacs1273 2 роки тому +13

      Its so fkin sad

    • @kctc9973
      @kctc9973 2 роки тому +8

      Cp3?

    • @mgw2745
      @mgw2745 2 роки тому +8

      那时因为你老了,还停留在过去😂

    • @PIP...33
      @PIP...33 2 роки тому +15

      @@averageasmrfan8428 CAUSE HE PLAY IN SOFT DECADE . IF HE PLAYED IN 90'S HIS HEALTH WILL BE RUINED HE PLAY IN LOAD MANAGE ERA WHERE REFS CALL TECH IF ANYONE YELL ''AND1''

  • @HoodBatman
    @HoodBatman Рік тому +5

    Ah man, miss the old heads 🥹

  • @Jingartstory
    @Jingartstory 2 роки тому +70

    現在回看十多年前的明星賽 感覺他們好認真,當年KD才正要冒出頭呢!而且很明顯那時代大家還是習慣以內線跟中距離得分為主,然後TD跟KG的對位真的很經典現在就是純粹的投籃或灌籃秀而已

  • @anxietyman1771
    @anxietyman1771 2 роки тому +15

    What a group of athletes. Wow.

  • @mainman1086
    @mainman1086 Рік тому +4

    I like how there actually playing some type of defense

  • @3rdworld-witch527
    @3rdworld-witch527 Рік тому +4

    If you watch closely you can see how curry modeled his movement and spacing on brandon roys style...and this is coming from a GSW native/fan...curry used a shooting guard model as a point guard which has made him way more lethal in the game today.

  • @morgancrabtree6380
    @morgancrabtree6380 11 місяців тому +9

    this is the perfect balance of intensity & fun. now they dont even make an effort to be competitive

  • @root0062
    @root0062 Рік тому +7

    Basketball was actually entertaining this era. Now its just pull ups from the arc

  • @Vani_VforVillain
    @Vani_VforVillain Місяць тому +1

    Crazy to think I was only 11 years old when I first watched this live. They don't compete like this no more

  • @mikhailalian7416
    @mikhailalian7416 Рік тому +2

    at halftime east with 20 3point atempts to the west with only 6. the game has truly changed

  • @SPZ909
    @SPZ909 14 днів тому +1

    We took these days for granted, so badly.

  • @ayporos6049
    @ayporos6049 Рік тому +5

    West conference way strong than East during that era, this is the proof, Kobe brought the intensity to that team, cause we love to watch the real competition.

    • @youngloc5239
      @youngloc5239 9 місяців тому

      No they were not. The West TEAMS was better than the East TEAMS but this all star game is evenly matched. The West was superior because they played a halfcourt game instead of relying on fastbreaks and pushing the ball up the floor for an easy basketball. Kobe literally said that in a interview the year prior

    • @ayporos6049
      @ayporos6049 9 місяців тому

      @@youngloc5239 I said already Kobe can single handedly influence on court dynamic, he brought out the competitive spirit ion everyone on the court, same as he played the Olympics in Beijing 2008. In 2000s era, West conference are way stronger than East, East second seed only rank 5/6 seed in the west if you do consider their match-up win rate against each team, there is no debate in this .

    • @youngloc5239
      @youngloc5239 9 місяців тому

      @@ayporos6049 You 1000% correct on both posts but what bothered me when you said this is the proof. What I was saying was although the West conference was stronger but individually the East vs West Allstar game was even. Same as the Olympics. Its literally the same players who won bronze. They just added Kobe and Kidd. So what Im really saying is Kobe was a special guy. Alot of ppl dnt understand that. They'll say Kobe was the 3rd leading scorer under Bron n Wade who avg. 2 steals. But what the documentary left out was Kobe coaching Wade to gamble for the steals while Lebron going to trail Wade for the fastbreak. So even though everything is clicking. You got 1 player who always ready to seize the moment and you have the media GOAT on the bench in the championship game. Where it ALL MATTERS

    • @ayporos6049
      @ayporos6049 9 місяців тому

      @@youngloc5239 yeah, all you say about the 08 Olympics is true and I know thoses info, what I'm saying is Kobe is the guy that brings out competitive dynamics wherever he went. I'm not saying east/west team are'nt even ,ofc they are even in terms of power.but what makes the difference is the mind set, which is why Kobe are so special. That's the sole reason why past all star games with Kobe are so awesome to watch.

    • @youngloc5239
      @youngloc5239 9 місяців тому

      @@ayporos6049 bro Kobe was my favorite but the allstar game in particular has ALWAYS been competitive. In 2010 Kobe didn't play and it went down with both teams playing smothering defense and running plays from the start. Yes it's the mindset. Players like KG, Duncan, Nash, Stoudamire etc didn't horse around. They have an old school mindset. Even Kobe first allstar game was competitive.

  • @AngelinaBagalihog
    @AngelinaBagalihog Місяць тому

    The Time that they are young Wild & free 😊❤🎉

  • @TobyandChewy
    @TobyandChewy Рік тому +4

    The match up between two respected power forwards Duncan and Garnett

  • @DivannyVoiska
    @DivannyVoiska 11 місяців тому +2

    I miss that era🥹 old jerseys old hairstyle, the arena is not as cosmic as it is now… old school🔥

  • @MalaFama4
    @MalaFama4 Рік тому +1

    Estos si eran los mejores de los oros jugadores en esos años verdad que si👍 plebada

  • @jerms9694
    @jerms9694 10 місяців тому

    Dwight Howards imitation of Lebrons Chalk toss @ 2:05 is hilarious 😂

  • @CaliMathew23
    @CaliMathew23 Рік тому +2

    Best all star game ever

  • @RachelNottelling
    @RachelNottelling 8 місяців тому

    is a real hoopers all-star game right here. So nostalgic. If you know, you know.

  • @janicknorman8778
    @janicknorman8778 2 роки тому +3

    my favorite all star week

  • @holidayarmadillo8653
    @holidayarmadillo8653 27 днів тому

    Shaq w the mask in the pregame doing the dance was hilariously entertaining also this year. Adam silver just bring back these players and people will watch the league again lol. Love these guys and this era so much! Kobe will be my favorite player till I drop yall!

  • @jacobsworld9253
    @jacobsworld9253 2 роки тому +48

    People always say what LeBron could or couldn't do in this era or that era but if you say that about LeBron, you say that about Kobe. LeBron and Kobe are the same era. They've won scoring titles back to back off each other, won MVPs back to back off each other. There was a finals streak where from 2007-2018, the finals either had LeBron or Kobe in them. LeBron and Kobe won 2 gold medals together. At the end of the 04-05 season, Kobe was 28ppg. LeBron was 27ppg. Both missed the playoffs due to having no help. Same era! People like to act like LeBron is a new generation player when the man's been in the league since Kobe & Shaq were together.

    • @3ferns555
      @3ferns555 2 роки тому +3

      1996 vs 2008 is a era changing gap but I agree they're part of the same era but now lebron is in a new era still

    • @jacobsworld9253
      @jacobsworld9253 2 роки тому +2

      @3 ferns Kobe wasn't KOBE until the 2000s though. LeBron is still around with this new generation but he's not from this generation.

    • @shezzozuka
      @shezzozuka 2 роки тому +4

      who are you arguing with

    • @jacobsworld9253
      @jacobsworld9253 2 роки тому +1

      @shezzozuka Not an argument. Just an elaborate comment.

    • @shezzozuka
      @shezzozuka 2 роки тому +1

      @@jacobsworld9253 gotcha

  • @ulyssesvitugjr.1485
    @ulyssesvitugjr.1485 Рік тому +2

    Watching 2023

  • @holidayarmadillo8653
    @holidayarmadillo8653 27 днів тому

    19:55 Shaq got me rolling w the no-look full court outlet pass 😂😂😂

  • @hyperbolicathletes
    @hyperbolicathletes 28 днів тому

    The allstar game never recovered after Kobe retired. He brought the competitive spirt out of everyone

  • @puertorico4718
    @puertorico4718 Рік тому +4

    It’s supposed to be an entertainment exhibition but Kobe doesn’t give a shit he doesn’t lose at all lol GREATNESS

  • @bryantstephen347
    @bryantstephen347 Рік тому +14

    There were two dunks that impressed me a lot. The first was the assist from Paul to Shaq. What was excellent was that the ball was just coming between Howard's legs, making James guffaw. The second is LeBron James threw the ball to the rim and dunked it in.

  • @mithshi7498
    @mithshi7498 Рік тому +7

    That's the real All-Star, now, that's a walk on the street

  • @TheUchadbro
    @TheUchadbro Рік тому +1

    Man The Stuff Dwight was doing so young is insane... still a great career just so much was expected of him

  • @micsfretz4508
    @micsfretz4508 Рік тому +2

    Prime Danny Granger and Prime Brandon Roy is lit

  • @ajrivera0804
    @ajrivera0804 Рік тому +5

    Back when players don't usually wear knee pads or knee sleeves, good old days.

  • @a01990
    @a01990 Рік тому +2

    現在還在打的就剩下James跟Paul了 真懷念

  • @rasheedvasquez5189
    @rasheedvasquez5189 Місяць тому

    daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn vintage souvenir

  • @howardke2879
    @howardke2879 11 місяців тому +3

    Better than 2024

  • @x--LeethaL--x
    @x--LeethaL--x Рік тому +2

    This is exactly why Kobe Bean Bryant is the GOAT..
    Look at who he had to face season after season.. 😮😅.
    TMac.. Nash... Kidd.. Dirk... SHAQ
    Kidding me?

  • @KhiWicks
    @KhiWicks Місяць тому

    Everyone played their own game too I miss it

  • @kobe20038691
    @kobe20038691 2 роки тому +15

    以前的NBA每個球隊都有戰將,1995~2016最旺盛,可惜現在變調了,目前剩下James和Curry比較有看頭

    • @mgw2745
      @mgw2745 2 роки тому +6

      那是因为你老了,渐渐和篮球脱节,你还停留在过去😂

    • @kobe20038691
      @kobe20038691 2 роки тому +4

      @@mgw2745 這樣叫脫節?實話實說而已,以前的球星本來就比現在強很多,不敢面對事實嗎🙄

    • @mgw2745
      @mgw2745 2 роки тому +2

      @@kobe20038691 强在哪里?我没看出来。另外专业媒体经常排名NBA All Time,过去现在的明星都包括。我是相信专业媒体还是相信你胡说八道😂

    • @kobe20038691
      @kobe20038691 2 роки тому +3

      @@mgw2745 你是在嘴砲什麼 ⋯
      我肯定以前的球星有錯嗎?還是我有否定整個NBA,你喜歡誰也是你的自由啊🙄

    • @mgw2745
      @mgw2745 2 роки тому +3

      @@kobe20038691 你肯定以前的球星没错,问题是你贬低现在的球星。看来你逻辑混乱,不知所云😂

  • @Jlee-pk4og
    @Jlee-pk4og 2 роки тому +2

    神仙打架

  • @pilszdoe
    @pilszdoe Рік тому +2

    Miss KG blocking the opponent warm up jump shots so they don’t catch a rhythm after the timeout

  • @freysjostrom6696
    @freysjostrom6696 Рік тому +2

    Kobe 😢😢😢

  • @王嘿嘿-x3s
    @王嘿嘿-x3s 3 роки тому +2

    今年2021的會剪嗎

  • @kthanking
    @kthanking Рік тому +4

    back in days when players still take it seriously for the ASG

  • @ItzMeBiddies
    @ItzMeBiddies 27 днів тому

    6:43 Dwight Howard shifted gears in mid air on that dunk 😂😂

  • @kevinwang4398
    @kevinwang4398 4 роки тому +21

    名人堂級的明星賽

    • @travel_studio
      @travel_studio 4 роки тому +2

      K K 真的 橫跨幾代的超級明星

  • @soulass
    @soulass Рік тому +2

    They should revert back to this format.. EAST VS WEST

  • @ajodbeats
    @ajodbeats Рік тому +17

    That's sad we gotta go back in time to actually see a competitive game between the best players in the world. Smh 2023 all star game was nothing short of an embarrassment and disgrace of the NBA. Damn I miss the good old days!
    Long live Kobe! And crazy lebron and Chris Paul only players still playing.

    • @sportsguy0518
      @sportsguy0518 Рік тому +5

      Couldn’t have said it better myself. This is the NBA I remember and love. And the 2023 NBA All Star game shows how much the game has changed…but for the worse.

    • @mikem4481
      @mikem4481 11 місяців тому

      adam silver ruined the nba

  • @ElizerApondar
    @ElizerApondar 6 місяців тому

    😮my GOAT Kobe Bryant

  • @bearbrand4288
    @bearbrand4288 2 роки тому +1

    good content

  • @Jeazzy24
    @Jeazzy24 Рік тому +2

    Notice how mo willams is a all star on the Cavs with Lebron but Lebron fans will say Williams was trash

  • @Pon-farrLovin3
    @Pon-farrLovin3 Рік тому +2

    17:55 mark: Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh being fruity with each other

    • @hoye4334
      @hoye4334 9 місяців тому

      I just said that when I see him touching that man’s chest

  • @BeaMode1990
    @BeaMode1990 8 місяців тому

    Kobe. 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @zaaj11
    @zaaj11 Рік тому +1

    miss those day when shooting 3pts not the only way to play basketball

  • @fyntootall
    @fyntootall Рік тому +4

    actually plaayed some type of defence

  • @valentinejules8672
    @valentinejules8672 8 днів тому +1

    It work for stoltman I am millions percent sure

  • @h236981
    @h236981 6 місяців тому

    3:31 Wade, the first uncall travel in the 2009 NBA All-Start game

  • @scootscootriot1020
    @scootscootriot1020 2 роки тому +5

    Craig Sager wearing the famous “Burn it” outfit.

    • @brandonknight7486
      @brandonknight7486 2 роки тому +1

      Kevin Garnett used to always talk junk to Craig Sager about his outfit choices.
      R.I.P. Craig Sager

  • @pooh-m2w
    @pooh-m2w 2 роки тому +3

    這時候的魔獸超強

  • @ZephyrDTV
    @ZephyrDTV Рік тому +1

    This is the all-star game that doesn't rely on 3s

    • @wym348
      @wym348 Рік тому

      Was great to watch it back then. Once the baton of leadership passed to Lebron it became horrible.

  • @timeless8536
    @timeless8536 Рік тому +2

    Back when they played like they cared.

    • @SKTV1991
      @SKTV1991 Рік тому

      Yeah cause they didn’t have you idiots always running your mouths like you can do their job better

  • @Json-nn6qk
    @Json-nn6qk 10 місяців тому

    Poor Yao , you can’t tell by his face , but by the movement of his body he doesn’t seem to want to have any thing to do with this game lol

  • @hyperbolicathletes
    @hyperbolicathletes 26 днів тому

    52:10 the fact that they didn’t get AI to do this part was criminal

  • @hung-Lii
    @hung-Lii 2 роки тому +3

    怀念

  • @sone-xaiogamingchannel
    @sone-xaiogamingchannel Рік тому +8

    看完2023明星賽後 還是覺得以前的還是特別好~ 記得這年才國中 超商都有出集點活動來換NBA的東西 那時還有思樂冰呢
    現在感覺明星賽花招很多 東西區打散/隊長組隊/選秀之夜/不分位置等... 但每年的收視率卻逐年下滑 聯盟真搞不懂球迷要得是什麼
    也許再也回不到當年了
    下次有這盛況是也許老詹 咖哩宣布退休那年吧~

  • @joeyswoosh5
    @joeyswoosh5 10 місяців тому

    dwight howard's career is so crazy bro

  • @donnyrahman1
    @donnyrahman1 11 місяців тому +3

    I watched this video and realized allstar 2024 really sucks

  • @joshuachan8964
    @joshuachan8964 2 роки тому +2

    13 year passed

  • @earlfloyd2633
    @earlfloyd2633 10 місяців тому

    Had to come back to watch a real all star game

  • @user-joychay
    @user-joychay Рік тому +3

    这比赛,是我关注NBA的开始。皇帝如果退役,应该就是结束了。

  • @user-SUKIYAKI0292
    @user-SUKIYAKI0292 8 днів тому

    3:544:506:398:369:2510:3415:59

  • @兔爺-u8f
    @兔爺-u8f 3 роки тому +6

    現今明星賽 僅存老詹還在場上奮鬥 魔獸是否能入選...還是未知數

    • @黃封封
      @黃封封 2 роки тому +2

      沒喔 還有CP3

  • @NathanielPettis
    @NathanielPettis 5 місяців тому

    They actually played the right way

  • @zay7808
    @zay7808 2 місяці тому

    Back when the Great Kobe Bryant was the face of the league with young up and coming guys like LeBron Cp3 Wade and Dwight battling to become new faces