Although 2012 Kobe was still a killer. And 2012-13 was one of his better seasons. Being 34 years old still dominating and being the 3rd highest scorer. But yea everything post achilles isn't even Kobe
@@emjay1249 Ngl 2013 had the same look in his eyes like 06 and 07. He was playing pg a lot or else he would have averaged 30+ easy. 3pt shot looked the best since 06 too. Imagine what Kobe could have done in the playoffs. Once Nash stayed healthy I think they could have beaten the Spurs in the first round.
@@GJG_3Lakers are definitely eliminating the Spurs in 2013 if Kobe was there. The Lakers were missing lots of players and those games were still decently close. Plus, the Spurs never figured out how to defend Kobe.
Man my heart is broken we will never forget you Bean you will live on 4ever in my house hold 💔💔Gigi💔7...help us lord kobe drafted to the highest court of them all my goat my Heavens MVP💔💔💔
You know what's crazy is that 07 and 06 Kobe was him at his absolute peak and a better player compared to 09 and 10 Kobe who was still great but really coming towards the end of his prime. Imagine this or 06 Kobe on those 2 championship teams??
See this? This is what greatness is. Kobe didn’t give AF about who his opponent was. He grined on both sides of the court and fought back for the lead. He had literally no help that season. It was already impressive enough they made the playoffs and in the west too. This is what separates Kobe and Lebron. Kobe never gave up on his team. We miss you king mamba. Us laker fans ain’t doing so good rn. RIP 😔
@@Maxjuliannso any game bron didn’t score 30 he gave up meanwhile we seen Kobe not only give up a 3-1 lead but give up in game 7 after having a 3-1 lead
When he said in the end why is shawn merion looking like hes going to help defensively but isnt. Answer is bc there was no stopping kobe Bryant even if they tried their hardest defensively
You could make a case this was Kobe’s best season right in between MVP 08 & 81pts 06. His shooting was the best it ever was and defense. His shooting from 2pt range was incredible 49.5%! & 50% EFG. and my favorite 58% true shooting %
@@avoiceup3222 Bleacher report top 50 NBA best players all time 1. Michael Jordan 2. LeBron James 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6. Shaquille O'Neal 7. Tim Duncan 14. Kobe Bryant Kobe vs LeBron PPG: LeBron RPG: LeBron APG: LeBron SPG: LeBron BPG: LeBron FG%: LeBron 3pt%: LeBron FT%: Kobe TS%: LeBron PER: LeBron MVP's: LeBron FMVP's: LeBron Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2) LeBron a better player then Kobe Field goal% LeBron 50.4%✔️ Kobe 44.7% Points scored career LeBron 35,189✔️ Kobe 33,643 Most missed shots in NBA history 1. Kobe Bryant 14,481 2. John Havlicek 13,417 3. Elvin Hayes 13,296 LeBron more points then Kobe Kobe more missed shots then LeBron Total 3pointers made LeBron 1962✔️ Kobe 1827 Total Steals career LeBron 2,057✔️ Kobe 1,944 Total Blocks career LeBron 979✔️ Kobe 640 Defensive win shares LeBron 73.00✔️ Kobe 50.66 Assists Leader LeBron 1✔️ Kobe 0 Career highs Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record Career highs LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5✔️ Kobe 1 2010 NBA finals Game 7 Lakers 83 Celtics 79 Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points 2013 NBA finals Game 7 Heat 95 Spurs 88 LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points Pippen 6 rings > Kobe 5 rings so having more team awards rings dont mean better player Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and carried Kobe Bryant to 3 sidekick rings Mavericks 4-0 swept Kobe in 2011 NBA playoffs LeBron 16-6 owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
@@avoiceup3222 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ Playoff game winning buzzer beaters LeBron 5 Kobe 1 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ Kobe missed game winning buzzer beaters 😂 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ 2002 NBA playoffs game 5 Kings 92 Lakers 91 Kobe Bryant missed game winning buzzer beater to win the game and Kings 3 Lakers 2 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ 2006 NBA playoffs game 6 Lakers 105 Kings 105 Kobe Bryant missed game winning buzzer beater to win series and overtime Suns 126 Lakers 118 and Suns 3 Lakers 3 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ Kobe blew a 3-1 lead and Lost 4-3 to Suns by the way after Reja Bell closelined and smack his face 😂😂 ▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️▫️ 2011 NBA playoffs game 1 Mavericks 96 Lakers 94 Kobe Bryant missed a game winning 3point buzzer beater to win game 1 and rest of series he got swept 😂🤦♂️ LeBron more clutch then Kobe on game winning buzzer beaters
After 3+ subpar years, it was understandable why he wanted to leave... dude literally had nobody on his team, glad we got the pieces the following year & kept Kobe a Laker.
I like how Lebron fans claim that he didnt have a good supporting cast to win a chip during his cleveland days , but seem to forget that Kobe literally had the worse supporting cast from 2005-2007 and dragged a G-league team to the playoffs during the 2000s western conference.
There was no reason for Steve Nash to have 2 MVP’s while Kobe was clearly the best player in the league... during that time, the Lakers were only RELEVANT because of Kobe and he was in his prime having to go up against a superior Suns team with no substantial help, besides Lamar.
The 2006-07 Lakers had a 24th ranked team defense and the Phoenix Suns in the same season were ranked #1 in ppg and total offense. When you have a weak defense and underachievers like Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, and Jordan Farmar in your starting lineup, you won't get far in the playoffs, let alone beat a team with the best offense like the Suns had that year. If you look at the numbers in the 2007 playoffs, Lamar Odom was the only player besides Kobe (let alone starter) to average double digit points per game (Walton was averaging 7 points in 26 minutes per game, Farmar was averaging 6 points in 22 minutes per game, and Kwame Brown was averaging 9 points in 27 minutes per game.).
@@McStrokeAvision The biggest problem was the teams defense. At least give the guy a defense to go against that loaded offensive juggernaut that was the Phoenix Suns. A defense would’ve kept them close every game
This is real Kobe. Too many young kids think 2012-2016 is a accurate depiction of Kobe lmao
Although 2012 Kobe was still a killer. And 2012-13 was one of his better seasons. Being 34 years old still dominating and being the 3rd highest scorer. But yea everything post achilles isn't even Kobe
agree with this completely. this is how i remember him. all that post achillies stuff really jaded peoples perception of him
@@emjay1249 Ngl 2013 had the same look in his eyes like 06 and 07. He was playing pg a lot or else he would have averaged 30+ easy. 3pt shot looked the best since 06 too. Imagine what Kobe could have done in the playoffs. Once Nash stayed healthy I think they could have beaten the Spurs in the first round.
@@GJG_3Lakers are definitely eliminating the Spurs in 2013 if Kobe was there. The Lakers were missing lots of players and those games were still decently close. Plus, the Spurs never figured out how to defend Kobe.
Kobe was so agile at that age, absolutely unstoppable.
amazing video. 2007 was the long forgotten year.
Agreed & 11-12
Big facts. I'm old enough to remember!!!
I remember watching this game. Raja was the biggest kobe hater on the court
Prime Kobe is the best basketball player I’ve ever seen
Every move in the book here no shot was too hard for Bean
Man my heart is broken we will never forget you Bean you will live on 4ever in my house hold 💔💔Gigi💔7...help us lord kobe drafted to the highest court of them all my goat my Heavens MVP💔💔💔
2:31 All 5 Suns surround Kobe, he still scores.
You know what's crazy is that 07 and 06 Kobe was him at his absolute peak and a better player compared to 09 and 10 Kobe who was still great but really coming towards the end of his prime. Imagine this or 06 Kobe on those 2 championship teams??
much better defender at those 05-07 years and still had some serious hops..shame he didnt have a good supporting cast
@@axilleas0114 dude averaged 35.4 ppg in the slowest paced era 👍
He was just hurt, you saw a resurgence in 2013 because he healed his injuries finally
05-07 Kobe was much better than the 08-10 Kobe that kept making the Finals. All Kobe needed from 05-07 was a decent team.
@@rchamp247 if he had ron artest those years they win the championship
where did you get such great quality from such an old game? great video more kobe pls
This is how it looked on TV back then. HD has been around since the mid 2000s.
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@@williamking595 yeah but there’s still some horrific poor quality footage of games from those times. How? I don’t know.
@@williamking595 some TVs didn’t have HD so they got the crappy quality
@@williamking595 or HD wasn’t as cheap as it is now
Damn shame they hate and act like this man ain’t top 5 ever they crazy as fuck downplaying a legend career
Kobe had no help outside of Luke and Lamar smh
MrAVGNdude luke was irrelevant. Lamar was inconsistent
MrAVGNdude so fcking true mab
Luke was trash. Lamar was his pippen at the time though
You forgot Sasha Vujacic and Jordan Farmar.
This Suns team was a finals team, Lakers had no chance with that roster.
Amazing Quality!
That last turn around fade away jumper. I bet no one in the fucking world can do that right now because I see no one in the NBA who can do that now.
Beautiful quality. Thx for these uploads!
This series is what got me into basketball. I’ll never forget it. I was like 10 at the time lol
See this? This is what greatness is. Kobe didn’t give AF about who his opponent was. He grined on both sides of the court and fought back for the lead. He had literally no help that season. It was already impressive enough they made the playoffs and in the west too. This is what separates Kobe and Lebron. Kobe never gave up on his team. We miss you king mamba. Us laker fans ain’t doing so good rn. RIP 😔
When did bron give up?
@@jasonmoukala8909 2014 finals , 2018 finals after game 1
I love Kobe but y’all gotta stop man he quit in game 7 in 2006 no player is perfect
Say no to drugs clown....they lost this series and if I'm not mistaken Bryant refused to shoot in the 2nd half of the elimination game
@@Maxjuliannso any game bron didn’t score 30 he gave up meanwhile we seen Kobe not only give up a 3-1 lead but give up in game 7 after having a 3-1 lead
What's the plan tonight guys? Get it to Kobe.
RIP KOBE 💜💛💜
When he said in the end why is shawn merion looking like hes going to help defensively but isnt. Answer is bc there was no stopping kobe Bryant even if they tried their hardest defensively
The best!!!!
You could make a case this was Kobe’s best season right in between MVP 08 & 81pts 06. His shooting was the best it ever was and defense. His shooting from 2pt range was incredible 49.5%! & 50% EFG. and my favorite 58% true shooting %
Superteam vs one man
The suns were not a super team
I feel Kobe’s offensive skill is the best of all time, given Jordan jumps higher. I still don’t like him
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RIP
Nobody messin with KB in his prime man. He is top 3 offensive player all time in his prime imo. Only ones in his league are Mike and LeBron to me.
Ok cool though Lebron can’t close...or make free throws.
A Voice the only one is atleast Micheal
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Bleacher report top 50 NBA best players all time
1. Michael Jordan
2. LeBron James
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6. Shaquille O'Neal
7. Tim Duncan
14. Kobe Bryant
Kobe vs LeBron
PPG: LeBron
RPG: LeBron
APG: LeBron
SPG: LeBron
BPG: LeBron
FG%: LeBron
3pt%: LeBron
FT%: Kobe
TS%: LeBron
PER: LeBron
MVP's: LeBron
FMVP's: LeBron
Rings: Kobe (Best player on 2)
LeBron a better player then Kobe
Field goal%
LeBron 50.4%✔️
Kobe 44.7%
Points scored career
LeBron 35,189✔️
Kobe 33,643
Most missed shots in NBA history
1. Kobe Bryant 14,481
2. John Havlicek 13,417
3. Elvin Hayes 13,296
LeBron more points then Kobe
Kobe more missed shots then LeBron
Total 3pointers made
LeBron 1962✔️
Kobe 1827
Total Steals career
LeBron 2,057✔️
Kobe 1,944
Total Blocks career
LeBron 979✔️
Kobe 640
Defensive win shares
LeBron 73.00✔️
Kobe 50.66
Assists Leader
LeBron 1✔️
Kobe 0
Career highs
Kobe Bryant 28-46 fg and 7-13 3pt for 81 points vs Raptors 27-55 record
Career highs
LeBron James 22-33 fg and 8-10 3pt for 61 points vs Bobcats 43-39 record
Playoffs game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5✔️
Kobe 1
2010 NBA finals
Game 7
Lakers 83 Celtics 79
Kobe Bryant 6-24 fg and 0-6 3pt for 23 points
2013 NBA finals
Game 7
Heat 95 Spurs 88
LeBron James 12-23 fg and 5-10 3pt for 37 points
Pippen 6 rings > Kobe 5 rings so having more team awards rings dont mean better player
Shaquille O'Neal 3 finals mvps best player on Lakers 3peat and carried Kobe Bryant to 3 sidekick rings
Mavericks 4-0 swept Kobe in 2011 NBA playoffs
LeBron 16-6 owns Kobe in 22 career meetings
@@malone1207 nice joke
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Playoff game winning buzzer beaters
LeBron 5
Kobe 1
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Kobe missed game winning buzzer beaters 😂
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2002 NBA playoffs
game 5
Kings 92 Lakers 91
Kobe Bryant missed game winning buzzer beater to win the game
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Kings 3 Lakers 2
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2006 NBA playoffs
game 6
Lakers 105 Kings 105
Kobe Bryant missed game winning buzzer beater to win series
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overtime
Suns 126 Lakers 118
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Suns 3 Lakers 3
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Kobe blew a 3-1 lead and Lost 4-3 to Suns by the way after Reja Bell closelined and smack his face
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2011 NBA playoffs
game 1
Mavericks 96 Lakers 94
Kobe Bryant missed a game winning 3point buzzer beater to win game 1 and rest of series he got swept 😂🤦♂️
LeBron more clutch then Kobe on game winning buzzer beaters
i love the western conference playoffs of the 2000s
Damn kobe really gone :/
man the only person i can recognize from that lakers team is kobe and lamar.
Didn't need stars to make the playoffs
Long live kobe
Goat no help just a killa destroying prey .... 1 mvp? Straight bullshit
Goat
After 3+ subpar years, it was understandable why he wanted to leave... dude literally had nobody on his team, glad we got the pieces the following year & kept Kobe a Laker.
It didn't really took that much. Unlike Lebron who teams up with two hall of famers
I like how Lebron fans claim that he didnt have a good supporting cast to win a chip during his cleveland days , but seem to forget that Kobe literally had the worse supporting cast from 2005-2007 and dragged a G-league team to the playoffs during the 2000s western conference.
First off there teams were both awful also LeBron went farther with his team while Kobe blew a 3-1 lead one of those years
There was no reason for Steve Nash to have 2 MVP’s while Kobe was clearly the best player in the league... during that time, the Lakers were only RELEVANT because of Kobe and he was in his prime having to go up against a superior Suns team with no substantial help, besides Lamar.
Kobe just needed pau to be a championship caliber team. To note, Pau joined midway the season.
In one play Kobe passes Raja bell an elite defender then the help come from Shawn i mean Kb just put them to school at the rim
That building was filled up every night bc of him
I think kobe had shorter shorts in 07 than his next years in the league.
1:29 thats my brother pissing me off!
Folks will studying this well into 3030 AD... and beyond!
Rip
Back when 40 was a regular game for my nigga
0:51 COOKED👋🔥
1:16 what’s this organ for
How did they lose this series 😡🤬
The 2006-07 Lakers had a 24th ranked team defense and the Phoenix Suns in the same season were ranked #1 in ppg and total offense.
When you have a weak defense and underachievers like Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, and Jordan Farmar in your starting lineup, you won't get far in the playoffs, let alone beat a team with the best offense like the Suns had that year. If you look at the numbers in the 2007 playoffs, Lamar Odom was the only player besides Kobe (let alone starter) to average double digit points per game (Walton was averaging 7 points in 26 minutes per game, Farmar was averaging 6 points in 22 minutes per game, and Kwame Brown was averaging 9 points in 27 minutes per game.).
Raja bell cant Guard mah boi Kobe
At LA
Suns had beaten them 5 times in a row in a1 year ...its about time Kobe stepped up
what does this mean? 1 man beats the team? lol
Clown when he got a squad what the suns do nothing but get slaughtered
@@McStrokeAvision The biggest problem was the teams defense. At least give the guy a defense to go against that loaded offensive juggernaut that was the Phoenix Suns. A defense would’ve kept them close every game
HE IS ROTTEN
one mvp in 20 years
sumit bharti Damn shame. Fuck those dumbass sports writers. Kobe is the real 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009 MVP
MrAVGNdude facts
MrAVGNdude he didnt even deserve his 2008 one
sumit bharti lol what's a joke
Jobe 2003 duncan got well deserved
2006 lebron deserved
2008 cp3 deserved kobe robbed him
2009 lebron got lebron deserved
Lol Donald Trump sitting front row.
is that him on the bottom of the screen?
Where?