People just don't understand, Kobe was sensational at dunking. Lebron just had two or three powerful dunks. Carter was a master, but in terms of variety, Kobe wins hands down. Even Jordan and Dr J didn't though down some of the dunks Kobe did.
Tim Duncan (multiple times). Dirk Nowitzki. Yao Ming (twice). Steve Francis. Dwight Howard. Kevin Garnett. Chris Paul. Steve Nash. Vlade Divac. Two Brooklyn Nets players at once. Andrei Kirilenko. Emeka Okfaor. Even Hakeem Olajuwon. And various other NBA players. And yes ... even LeBron James. Bottom line: it doesn't matter if you're a Hall of Famer or a scrub. Kobe Bryant will just put you on the ugly end of a highlight reel. Aside from Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, and possibly Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant is the best in-game dunker in NBA history. You have doubts? Watch this video.
I agree on that. I've been a vince carter fan since his rookie year, i would say kobe is definitely up there in terms of dunking. He's the most underrated superstar in terms of dunking, hes so great that ppl forget about his dunking ability. Jordan is the most overrated dunker, I would put kobe over him in dunking
Kobe is and will always be THE MAN!!!! You could actually see the maturity in his game from the 17 yr old to the Afro #8 to the older close cut #24.. I love Kobe, man!
No one in nba comes close to Kobe when it comes to talent and skills in basketball today. Kobe is just second to none. Every move from defense, jump shot and dunk are spectacular. He is a one in a million kind of basketball player. I am KOBEs fan forever.
And that is precisely my point. If Kobe had Lebron's massive Body and he could go to the paint as easily and effectively as Lebron does, plus with his amazing Jumpshot, Kobe could average 40 points a game. Easily. But if Lebron had Kobe's "skinny" body, with that mediocre mid-shot of his, he wouldn't even be half as good. Kobe = Pure Skills Lebron = Mostly athleticism And I'm not a Hater, Lebron is indeed a great player but when he's Kobe's age and that Body fades away, He's going to SUCK.
LOL You Lebron fans are the ones that always talk about "the future"... "He WILL win a ring... eventually". "IF" he had a side-kick like Kobe or Jordan. etc etc Blah Blah Blah.. Always coming up with excuses for Lebron xD It's so pathetic. And yeah I'm out too. Have a nice day.
#8 Was a FUCKING BEAST!..... People seem to forget how explosive and athletic Kobe was.. Much better than Lebron is right now.. Afro-Kobe would dunk it right in your fucking face.... and 24 Kobe will shoot a Fade-away right in your face that can't be guarded... He still the best.
Do you have an idea what you're saying..? Although Kobe is a great player, and was a pretty good dunker at the time, he doesn't even compare to Vince. And Blake and Lebron's dunks are overhyped/overrated, but you still can't deny that they are amazing.
ik that but i am saying when kobe is the ball and u dont really expect him to dunk but he does. its like "ohh shit, i didnt know he was gonna dunk. DAMN!" moment. uknowatiamsayin?
kobes dunks always gets me hyped up. it always a surprise when he does it. when lebron does it its not really surprise cuz u know hes gonna dunk. like u have it coming
I hope you're not making that argument on the premise that Kobe is still in his prime.. I mean he wasn't on the NBA All-Defensive Team for 12 years for nothing. and its on-ball defense that makes a defensive player great like Shane Battier on Avery Bradley. he had that 99 feet of onball defense on lebron and stole it after that. in his prime, there was nothing he couldn't do. his defense was top class, he stole alot, and had great blocks on great players. Now he's just really defensively aware
that is true... but...even though Durant isn't and all-round offensive player like kobe and melo. what he is capable of doing, which is driving and shooting, he does extremely well. with his height (6'10") and a 7'5" wingspan. he can get his shot off where ever and whenever he chooses and he's a great shooter at that. also add in the fact he can play positions 2,3,and 4. he's the best offensive player in the league
Charles Barkely, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, nba greats, even Kobe himself have said LeBrons athleticism is could possibly be the best the nba has ever seen. Athleticism does not take much skill other than finishing at the basket, but has far as jumping high, and being acrobatic... not much skill there...just physical capability. If you took LeBrons athleticism and added it to Kobe's all-round basketball skill and vice versa, it would equal the greatest player...a created player on a game
That's what I'm saying those, Kob being a shooting guard can still do everything a Sf, Lebron, or even a center can do. I got the center post up moves dream shake etc. He can shoot in any which way he wants to better than Lebron, Drive in any way better than Lebron(young kobe), Post moves anyway better than Lebron. and he has the ability to do everything lebron already can. it's just he doesn't do it as often. kobe can pass just as well, just not as often. n Lebron rebounds more cuz he's bigger
that's exactly the point, Kobe was skinny 205lbs and he could still do what lebron does! except he literally dunked "on" people, like ming, howard, wallace, etc. and he dunks with such finesse. he would drive baseline and fool the triple team and reverse dunk it on the other side of the rim beautifully AND with less hops than Lebron. Kobe may have less hops than Lebron but he makes his hangtime seem INCREDIBLY long. Kobe could drive and shoot better. more skill in smaller frame
And you showed me video to where only two dunks Kobe hasn't done. I've showed you dunks that not only Jordan hasn't done but doesn't have the ability too do. Because if he could do a reverse windmill, he would have done it, beside doing a reverse lay-up. If he could do a off the backboard between the legs, or a behind the back mid-air dunk, he would have tried. Because MJ can do the between the legs, but not off the backboard....and if he can lets see you find that one "Mr. Jordan archives man"
Plus Jordan is a small 6'6 so it looks like he a 6'4 guy when he does he's dunks so with spectacluar hangtime it makes it look even cooler. But guys duplicate what he does all the time, they just don't look as good. Now the under the basket, putting the arm in the rim....dope indeed. But that's the only dunk done by Jordan, that he made up or that hasn't been done. All the dunks i've posted from Kobe please, find someone who has done this dunk before he did em.....i'm begging you
watch?v=Y772cqXaG7Y: This the video where Kobe does the off the Backboard between the Legs, not mention a behind the back dunk....not mention a 180 Between the legs, something else Jordan hasn't done. I've been watching basketball for a long time and know more about the game than you do. Jordan does dunks anybody with natural jumping abiltiy can do, he just looks good when he does it, plus he has major hangtime. But Kobe dunks are innovative, the first of there kind.
Jordan did regular dunks he just had style, hangtime and flare, but Kobe does dunks that haven't been duplicated: 0:29, 0:44, 01:06, 01:56, 03:03, 04:37 and watch?v=-St4VnDcmUc. Are all dunks that Kobe has done, that Jordan has not done, nor has come close to doing. Now that's 7 to your 4, plus not mention the off the backboard between the legs. Besides, show me a video where Jordan has dunked over a player the calibur of Tim Duncan......10 TIMES. WHAT GAME ARE YOU WATCHING
@Sololobo2112 Depends on what you mean by dunks. Also, MJ and Vince dunked plenty in game. Vince is probably the best open court dunker, I've ever seen. Shawn Kemp is a ridiculous dunker. Griffin's like a modern day Kemp. I'm surprised that DWade isn't considered in your top ten. Even KD deserves to be considered in the top 20 or so for his ridiculous facial in the playoffs on Hayward.
@t82486 T10 Dunkers 10.LBJ 9.Griffin 8.Drexler 7. David Thompson (the original sky walker) 6. Doctor J need i say more 5. MJ(suprising i know) 2B. Kobe Bryant(he was so creative with his in game dunks) 2A. Vince Carter(Like Mj more Contest than in game but both had crazy in game as well) 1B. wilkins(any question)1A. reign man (nobody had the whole package like shawn(oops, facials, etc) get pass the names and just watch the dunks then you understand why but in game kobe n kemp all day
Lebron only attacks hard and straight up. Kobe can literally jump for the left side of the rim to the right while a guys hand is in his face and still manage to get around the rim and dunk it. Lebron is athletic and all but not like Kobe. Lebron attacks straight an up. Kobe can literally turn into an oragami When he dunks hahah
Kobe is the greatest player of all time! Noone has performed the way he has under the harsh judgement he has dealt with his entire career! Jordan never dealt with what Kobe has dealt with! He was embraced by the world and the media! If the lakers would have never got rid of odom they would have returned to finals last year and i think beat the heat!
Need i say that KB24 is a underrated in game dunker of all time can you name 5 guys who's a better in game dunker not dunk contest but in game. please don't open your mouth and say blake or lebron off one foot 2 feet doesn't matter name a dunk that he hasn't done in a game. People can hate if you want this dude is one best in game dunker period
Kobe is the 1st person in the NBA, to do a reverse windmill, he's dunked over more 7 footer than anybody. And he's the first person to throw the ball off the backboard and go between the legs and put his arm in the rim.........sorry but he's innovative and clutch with his dunks......the best not by far but the best
that Lamar Odom dig and toss to Bryant - then Bryant decided that it was appropriate to fly like a bird for a few seconds - that was just down right dirty/ nastiest thing I have seen. Now WTF happened to Odom ?
Thats what IM saying...dude ive been saying this for a long time, but him getting us there those couple of years through the western conf. was a great an accomplishment as making the Finals in the east. imo. No team has ever been singlehandedly willed to win to a playoff berth. EVER until kobe lol.
Like ExilixE said. He's always been more of an on ball defender. Steals and blocks are misleading at times. You could get two steals a game gambling in the passing lanes, but you'd probably give up a lot of layups doing so. So does that necessarily make you a good defender? Tough to know.
lmao ALLLL i can think about when he facializes somebody is that whoever got RAPED on national tv prob has their family watching at the time xD and i cant help but think how awkwardly silence that house is when their kid gets something like that happen to them
Kobe's dunk at 2:22 -- he was raging mad in that game. Pissed at the Utah fans for booing Derek Fisher (first game back in Utah since he left the Jazz for LA to care for his daughter's eye cancer). Kobe was talking smack to the Jazz fans and sticking it to them all night!
This why I say he's the greatest: Michael had the hangtime and flare, Vince had the elevation, DR. J had the style and the clutch dunks, David Thompson and Darryl Dawkins had the power, Jason Richardson had the tricks.......you combine all of these traits in one player? What do you get? Kobe.
I'll put Kobe's dunk package against anyone's. Whatever he lacks in hops (even though those were crazy during the Frobe days and the early #24 days), he makes up for in flair/creativity, and the willingness to dunk on ANYONE. His victims include the best shot blockers of the era (Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Dwight Howard, Ben Wallace, Yao, Kevin Garnett), as well as some other big names (LeBron, Nash, etc.). Great stuff. Great vids despite some of the dunks not having good quality.
The thing is that they play different positions because their bodies work differently in the court. So you can't expect the same things from both of them. LeBron has the ability to do some things better than Kobe and Kobe has the ability to do some things LeBron can't as well. They both have different styles of playing so you can't expect LeBron to do some things that Kobe can do better and vice versa.
Hello is logic home, Hey man what's up (Logic like "Who this) I'm like Lion (Logic like Lion who) I'm like anyways Hey man I watch that Kobe video and just wanted to say we are doing a nation wide search for that that person. I'll keep you posted.
don't forget since Kobe is lighter.. he has less muscle so less strength to carry him up in the air. Lebron is 250lbs+ of muscles and he has much more strength than Kobe becuz of his physical talent which allows his big legs to give him more lift.
no hes not buddy check basketball again were not talking about scoring more points then everybody were talking about the term shoot,post up,drive, durants not a good post player melo and kobe are the best scorers in the league cus then do everything so great
You can't really say he will SUCK. Who knows that he might develop a jumpshot just like MJ did when he was aging or maybe he develops a great postgame so much so that he doesnt need athleticism that much just to get to the rim.
Ive recently gotten into basketball and have never had the opportunity to see KB8( Basketball isnt big in Britain), so in your opinions who is better, the young high flying dunk machine of KB8 or the older, more technically well rounded KB24
@T82486 all I've said is that kobe had never done those dunks I've described. show me a commercial where he did that FT dunk at 40...and tell me how fake it is, because i know a fake advertisement when I see one, so don't argue with me otherwise
This is the best in game dunker in of all time. YES I SAID IT, BETTER THAN JORDAN, DJ J, VINCE CARTER.....all these niggas. He has dunked over everybody in league, done some dunks that have since yet been duplicated and the most creative dunker in history.
The thing I appreciate most about this video (other than the dunks of course) is that you left in the original game audio. So much more fun to hear the actual sound of the dunk plus the crowd and the announcers reacting to it in real time rather than listening to some generic song slapped on top of it. So thank you for that.
Kobe is a better dunker than lebron. Kobe can dunk over big men (ex: Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming,Gerald Wallace, Josh Smith) and lebron dunks on smaller people (ex: John Lucas and Jason Terry)
Kobe was known during High School as being extremely athletic, and not so much for his crossovers or fadeaways. He developed his shot during his first few years in the NBA, but can still get up there at 34 and slam it home.
LOL!!! It's a differance inbetween knowing the game and playing the game. Look at Roy Williams and Coach K....they know the game, but never played it on an NBA-All Star level. Beside I must not know that damn much lol...........
Watch the video "His Airness; Michael Jordans greatest dunks if you don't think he's dunked on anybody, doesn't think he had any power or flare, or if you think the reverse baseline dunk was originated by Kobe.
Well i'd say Vince if any thing. But Kobe has dunks that nobody has done b4. But he also has done these dunks in big game situations, plus he's done them on damn near every body in the game playing in his era...........
Kobe, Michael, Dominique, Dr. J and Vice blew away LeBron James with their dunks. They were so creative and had a lot of versatility. With LeBron, it's the same old boring thing over and over.
Without a doubt at all. Lebron does the exact same dunk 9 out of 10 times. Tomahawk power dunk from the right side of the rim or a fast break dunk. Very rarely will he do anything different.
''He's 34 now so he couldn't jump that high anymore.'' You need to see the dunk he did on this past Sunday against Atlanta. Ask Josh Smith if Kobe can't still occasionally call on the hops.
We have a good shot, but we need utah and houston to lose cause we have a few really tough road games left on the schedule. Today was a flashback game, hopefully past is present is future lol.
kobe bryant is a beast!! lebron is good but he has no creativity all his dunks are the same just power but nothing special for the atheletisicm he has....lebron at 33 will b vince carter now
@T82486 MJ had cradle dunks, kobe's never done that before. MJ has leaner dunks, dunks with one hand and leaning, kobe does not have the hangtime to do this. Since when did you start watching basketball?
kobe is good. but michael jordan during the 93 knicks game smh that is the gr8est performance by any ball player period. MJ then KOBE.... then about 3000 more players. and then u have lebron james
Bigs Kobe has dunked on and height Yao Ming 7'6 Shawn Bradley 7'5 or 7'6 Dwight Howard 7'0 Mehmet Okur 7'0 Ben Wallace 6'11 or 7'0 So tell me again Kobe doesn't dunk on bigs
As far as being an in game dunker Kobe is one of the best ever. When he dunks in games especially outside the staples center the crowd goes nuts whether they hate him or love him.
Luke Walton would be a great player if he had the athletic ability. He has excellent basketball IQ. His dad wasn't really athletic but he was benefited by the times in which he played.
Kobe is even a better alley oop dunker than Lebron. Who else can do a 360 alley oop dunk, NOT MJ, D WADE, VINCE CARTER( In his prime with Raptors) and DOMINIQUE WILKINS.
He won a championship with a broken finger.....if he did that with a broken finger imagine what he could do with a knee injury...shit he maybe could save the world!!!
Its not even hard for him with is wingspan and height his 40 inch vertical is just overkill. His dunks are so effortless they look that way from a fans perspective.
ok honestly i think lebron makes power dunks BUT MAN KOBE GOT SICK SICK SICK SICK DUNKS!!! I don't think lebron james is that flexible to do half of these crazy dunks!!!
BIg winning streak yes...big losing streak...wouldnt hurt our cause but we really only need them Houston to lose six more for a tiny bit of cushion....DAMMNIT lol.
the irony for me is being a Laker fan, living in Utah, and seeing most of his AWESOME dunks he's ever had be on the JAZZ. Extra leverage for me. I LOVE KOBE BRYANT.
4:46 and 6:05 are probably my two favorite dunks, although this year, the dunk kobe had on the nets was pretty damn amazing, especially given he was 34 lol.
kobe DID jump high when he was young. 38 inch vertical in his rookie year and 43 inch when measured in 2000. He's 34 now so he couldn't jump that high anymore.
Luke Walton is actually a really good play maker. I don't know if it was because he was scared to shoot the ball or if he just had a really good basketball IQ.
And when you see MJ catch the ball off the backboard and go between his legs or do a reverse windmill on in between two 7 footers please alert me...........
No one comes close to Kobe's work ethic, competitiveness, and skill. Lebron may be more naturally talented, but I don't think he's ever going to surpass Kobe in all those areas.
Lol after every play "Well I guess that knee/elbow/ankle/finger/foot/esophagus/divorce/tigerwoodsscandal/lebron'shairline isn't bothering him after all"
11:30 double clutched reverse...most beautiful thing i ever saw. That won him the MVP
People just don't understand, Kobe was sensational at dunking. Lebron just had two or three powerful dunks. Carter was a master, but in terms of variety, Kobe wins hands down. Even Jordan and Dr J didn't though down some of the dunks Kobe did.
Kobe Slithers through there.
kobe was great but vince was the best... vince did things that still haven't been done.. dont get me wrong tho kobe was still a phenom at dunking
real talk right there
how can people even compare lebron to him?
I'll pay alot money to see MJ VS KOBE in their prime, other than that everything else is garbage
Itmost like seeing twins playing against each other theirgame is too similar
Ima lebron fan but those we're naaarrrrcccceeee
Tim Duncan (multiple times). Dirk Nowitzki. Yao Ming (twice). Steve Francis. Dwight Howard. Kevin Garnett. Chris Paul. Steve Nash. Vlade Divac. Two Brooklyn Nets players at once. Andrei Kirilenko. Emeka Okfaor. Even Hakeem Olajuwon. And various other NBA players. And yes ... even LeBron James.
Bottom line: it doesn't matter if you're a Hall of Famer or a scrub. Kobe Bryant will just put you on the ugly end of a highlight reel. Aside from Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, and possibly Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant is the best in-game dunker in NBA history.
You have doubts? Watch this video.
I agree on that. I've been a vince carter fan since his rookie year, i would say kobe is definitely up there in terms of dunking. He's the most underrated superstar in terms of dunking, hes so great that ppl forget about his dunking ability. Jordan is the most overrated dunker, I would put kobe over him in dunking
Kobe is and will always be THE MAN!!!! You could actually see the maturity in his game from the 17 yr old to the Afro #8 to the older close cut #24.. I love Kobe, man!
No one in nba comes close to Kobe when it comes to talent and skills in basketball today. Kobe is just second to none. Every move from defense, jump shot and dunk are spectacular. He is a one in a million kind of basketball player. I am KOBEs fan forever.
kobe is one of the best dunker, lebron is not even close ,he only knows alleyoop dunk fastbreak tomahawk dunk.
these dunk videos gives me chills!! ah
Sorry, but if you dislike this, you're not an NBA fan...Just someone who doesn't like Kobe....My opinion.
For perimeter players I'll go with VC or Nique for pure viciousness, Jordan and Kobe for perfect mix of vicious + creative.
amazing dunker... also very smooth and stylish landing, which makes the dunks look that much better.
Most underrated dunker of all time, right next to Jason richardson
Lol at 5:54 that one guy who took the picture picture
Kobe - the skill level more than Jordan
Learn how to put a capital letter when you begin a sentence, "Young one"...
Is it just me or did it look like he kissed his teammate at 8:43
And that is precisely my point. If Kobe had Lebron's massive Body and he could go to the paint as easily and effectively as Lebron does, plus with his amazing Jumpshot, Kobe could average 40 points a game. Easily.
But if Lebron had Kobe's "skinny" body, with that mediocre mid-shot of his, he wouldn't even be half as good.
Kobe = Pure Skills
Lebron = Mostly athleticism
And I'm not a Hater, Lebron is indeed a great player but when he's Kobe's age and that Body fades away, He's going to SUCK.
so good to be young
LOL You Lebron fans are the ones that always talk about "the future"...
"He WILL win a ring... eventually". "IF" he had a side-kick like Kobe or Jordan. etc etc Blah Blah Blah..
Always coming up with excuses for Lebron xD It's so pathetic.
And yeah I'm out too. Have a nice day.
#8 Was a FUCKING BEAST!..... People seem to forget how explosive and athletic Kobe was.. Much better than Lebron is right now..
Afro-Kobe would dunk it right in your fucking face....
and 24 Kobe will shoot a Fade-away right in your face that can't be guarded...
He still the best.
Do you have an idea what you're saying..? Although Kobe is a great player, and was a pretty good dunker at the time, he doesn't even compare to Vince. And Blake and Lebron's dunks are overhyped/overrated, but you still can't deny that they are amazing.
ik that but i am saying when kobe is the ball and u dont really expect him to dunk but he does. its like "ohh shit, i didnt know he was gonna dunk. DAMN!" moment. uknowatiamsayin?
kobes dunks always gets me hyped up. it always a surprise when he does it. when lebron does it its not really surprise cuz u know hes gonna dunk. like u have it coming
11:30 = EPIC
Best "in the game", "in traffic", "weaving through the defense", "ball-handling", "artistic" Dunker except for Jordan...ey okay a tie... I dunno.
Just watched Jordan's 23 best dunks and Kobe athleticism was nowhere near MJ's explosive athleticism. Kobe is still a fantastic player.
um, luke walton and kwame brown were argued as the top 10 worst players....even derek fisher owns them....at scoring...
I hope you're not making that argument on the premise that Kobe is still in his prime.. I mean he wasn't on the NBA All-Defensive Team for 12 years for nothing. and its on-ball defense that makes a defensive player great like Shane Battier on Avery Bradley. he had that 99 feet of onball defense on lebron and stole it after that. in his prime, there was nothing he couldn't do. his defense was top class, he stole alot, and had great blocks on great players. Now he's just really defensively aware
that is true... but...even though Durant isn't and all-round offensive player like kobe and melo. what he is capable of doing, which is driving and shooting, he does extremely well. with his height (6'10") and a 7'5" wingspan. he can get his shot off where ever and whenever he chooses and he's a great shooter at that. also add in the fact he can play positions 2,3,and 4. he's the best offensive player in the league
Charles Barkely, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, nba greats, even Kobe himself have said LeBrons athleticism is could possibly be the best the nba has ever seen. Athleticism does not take much skill other than finishing at the basket, but has far as jumping high, and being acrobatic... not much skill there...just physical capability. If you took LeBrons athleticism and added it to Kobe's all-round basketball skill and vice versa, it would equal the greatest player...a created player on a game
That's what I'm saying those, Kob being a shooting guard can still do everything a Sf, Lebron, or even a center can do. I got the center post up moves dream shake etc. He can shoot in any which way he wants to better than Lebron, Drive in any way better than Lebron(young kobe), Post moves anyway better than Lebron. and he has the ability to do everything lebron already can. it's just he doesn't do it as often. kobe can pass just as well, just not as often. n Lebron rebounds more cuz he's bigger
that's exactly the point, Kobe was skinny 205lbs and he could still do what lebron does! except he literally dunked "on" people, like ming, howard, wallace, etc. and he dunks with such finesse. he would drive baseline and fool the triple team and reverse dunk it on the other side of the rim beautifully AND with less hops than Lebron. Kobe may have less hops than Lebron but he makes his hangtime seem INCREDIBLY long. Kobe could drive and shoot better. more skill in smaller frame
And you showed me video to where only two dunks Kobe hasn't done. I've showed you dunks that not only Jordan hasn't done but doesn't have the ability too do. Because if he could do a reverse windmill, he would have done it, beside doing a reverse lay-up. If he could do a off the backboard between the legs, or a behind the back mid-air dunk, he would have tried. Because MJ can do the between the legs, but not off the backboard....and if he can lets see you find that one "Mr. Jordan archives man"
Plus Jordan is a small 6'6 so it looks like he a 6'4 guy when he does he's dunks so with spectacluar hangtime it makes it look even cooler. But guys duplicate what he does all the time, they just don't look as good. Now the under the basket, putting the arm in the rim....dope indeed. But that's the only dunk done by Jordan, that he made up or that hasn't been done. All the dunks i've posted from Kobe please, find someone who has done this dunk before he did em.....i'm begging you
watch?v=Y772cqXaG7Y:
This the video where Kobe does the off the Backboard between the Legs, not mention a behind the back dunk....not mention a 180 Between the legs, something else Jordan hasn't done. I've been watching basketball for a long time and know more about the game than you do. Jordan does dunks anybody with natural jumping abiltiy can do, he just looks good when he does it, plus he has major hangtime. But Kobe dunks are innovative, the first of there kind.
Jordan did regular dunks he just had style, hangtime and flare, but Kobe does dunks that haven't been duplicated: 0:29, 0:44, 01:06, 01:56, 03:03, 04:37 and watch?v=-St4VnDcmUc. Are all dunks that Kobe has done, that Jordan has not done, nor has come close to doing. Now that's 7 to your 4, plus not mention the off the backboard between the legs. Besides, show me a video where Jordan has dunked over a player the calibur of Tim Duncan......10 TIMES. WHAT GAME ARE YOU WATCHING
@Sololobo2112 Depends on what you mean by dunks. Also, MJ and Vince dunked plenty in game. Vince is probably the best open court dunker, I've ever seen. Shawn Kemp is a ridiculous dunker. Griffin's like a modern day Kemp. I'm surprised that DWade isn't considered in your top ten. Even KD deserves to be considered in the top 20 or so for his ridiculous facial in the playoffs on Hayward.
@t82486 T10 Dunkers 10.LBJ 9.Griffin 8.Drexler 7. David Thompson (the original sky walker) 6. Doctor J need i say more 5. MJ(suprising i know) 2B. Kobe Bryant(he was so creative with his in game dunks) 2A. Vince Carter(Like Mj more Contest than in game but both had crazy in game as well) 1B. wilkins(any question)1A. reign man (nobody had the whole package like shawn(oops, facials, etc) get pass the names and just watch the dunks then you understand why but in game kobe n kemp all day
Lebron only attacks hard and straight up. Kobe can literally jump for the left side of the rim to the right while a guys hand is in his face and still manage to get around the rim and dunk it. Lebron is athletic and all but not like Kobe. Lebron attacks straight an up. Kobe can literally turn into an oragami When he dunks hahah
Kobe is the greatest player of all time! Noone has performed the way he has under the harsh judgement he has dealt with his entire career! Jordan never dealt with what Kobe has dealt with! He was embraced by the world and the media! If the lakers would have never got rid of odom they would have returned to finals last year and i think beat the heat!
Need i say that KB24 is a underrated in game dunker of all time can you name 5 guys who's a better in game dunker not dunk contest but in game. please don't open your mouth and say blake or lebron off one foot 2 feet doesn't matter name a dunk that he hasn't done in a game. People can hate if you want this dude is one best in game dunker period
Kobe is the 1st person in the NBA, to do a reverse windmill, he's dunked over more 7 footer than anybody. And he's the first person to throw the ball off the backboard and go between the legs and put his arm in the rim.........sorry but he's innovative and clutch with his dunks......the best not by far but the best
that Lamar Odom dig and toss to Bryant - then Bryant decided that it was appropriate to fly like a bird for a few seconds - that was just down right dirty/ nastiest thing I have seen. Now WTF happened to Odom ?
Thats what IM saying...dude ive been saying this for a long time, but him getting us there those couple of years through the western conf. was a great an accomplishment as making the Finals in the east. imo. No team has ever been singlehandedly willed to win to a playoff berth. EVER until kobe lol.
Like ExilixE said. He's always been more of an on ball defender. Steals and blocks are misleading at times. You could get two steals a game gambling in the passing lanes, but you'd probably give up a lot of layups doing so. So does that necessarily make you a good defender? Tough to know.
lmao ALLLL i can think about when he facializes somebody is that whoever got RAPED on national tv prob has their family watching at the time xD and i cant help but think how awkwardly silence that house is when their kid gets something like that happen to them
Kobe's dunk at 2:22 -- he was raging mad in that game. Pissed at the Utah fans for booing Derek Fisher (first game back in Utah since he left the Jazz for LA to care for his daughter's eye cancer). Kobe was talking smack to the Jazz fans and sticking it to them all night!
This why I say he's the greatest: Michael had the hangtime and flare, Vince had the elevation, DR. J had the style and the clutch dunks, David Thompson and Darryl Dawkins had the power, Jason Richardson had the tricks.......you combine all of these traits in one player? What do you get? Kobe.
I'll put Kobe's dunk package against anyone's. Whatever he lacks in hops (even though those were crazy during the Frobe days and the early #24 days), he makes up for in flair/creativity, and the willingness to dunk on ANYONE. His victims include the best shot blockers of the era (Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Dwight Howard, Ben Wallace, Yao, Kevin Garnett), as well as some other big names (LeBron, Nash, etc.).
Great stuff. Great vids despite some of the dunks not having good quality.
The thing is that they play different positions because their bodies work differently in the court. So you can't expect the same things from both of them. LeBron has the ability to do some things better than Kobe and Kobe has the ability to do some things LeBron can't as well. They both have different styles of playing so you can't expect LeBron to do some things that Kobe can do better and vice versa.
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don't forget since Kobe is lighter.. he has less muscle so less strength to carry him up in the air. Lebron is 250lbs+ of muscles and he has much more strength than Kobe becuz of his physical talent which allows his big legs to give him more lift.
no hes not buddy check basketball again were not talking about scoring more points then everybody were talking about the term shoot,post up,drive, durants not a good post player melo and kobe are the best scorers in the league cus then do everything so great
You can't really say he will SUCK. Who knows that he might develop a jumpshot just like MJ did when he was aging or maybe he develops a great postgame so much so that he doesnt need athleticism that much just to get to the rim.
Ive recently gotten into basketball and have never had the opportunity to see KB8( Basketball isnt big in Britain), so in your opinions who is better, the young high flying dunk machine of KB8 or the older, more technically well rounded KB24
@T82486 all I've said is that kobe had never done those dunks I've described. show me a commercial where he did that FT dunk at 40...and tell me how fake it is, because i know a fake advertisement when I see one, so don't argue with me otherwise
This is the best in game dunker in of all time. YES I SAID IT, BETTER THAN JORDAN, DJ J, VINCE CARTER.....all these niggas. He has dunked over everybody in league, done some dunks that have since yet been duplicated and the most creative dunker in history.
The thing I appreciate most about this video (other than the dunks of course) is that you left in the original game audio. So much more fun to hear the actual sound of the dunk plus the crowd and the announcers reacting to it in real time rather than listening to some generic song slapped on top of it. So thank you for that.
Kobe is a better dunker than lebron. Kobe can dunk over big men (ex: Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming,Gerald Wallace, Josh Smith) and lebron dunks on smaller people (ex: John Lucas and Jason Terry)
Kobe was known during High School as being extremely athletic, and not so much for his crossovers or fadeaways. He developed his shot during his first few years in the NBA, but can still get up there at 34 and slam it home.
LOL!!! It's a differance inbetween knowing the game and playing the game. Look at Roy Williams and Coach K....they know the game, but never played it on an NBA-All Star level. Beside I must not know that damn much lol...........
Watch the video "His Airness; Michael Jordans greatest dunks if you don't think he's dunked on anybody, doesn't think he had any power or flare, or if you think the reverse baseline dunk was originated by Kobe.
Well i'd say Vince if any thing. But Kobe has dunks that nobody has done b4. But he also has done these dunks in big game situations, plus he's done them on damn near every body in the game playing in his era...........
Kobe, Michael, Dominique, Dr. J and Vice blew away LeBron James with their dunks. They were so creative and had a lot of versatility. With LeBron, it's the same old boring thing over and over.
Without a doubt at all. Lebron does the exact same dunk 9 out of 10 times. Tomahawk power dunk from the right side of the rim or a fast break dunk. Very rarely will he do anything different.
''He's 34 now so he couldn't jump that high anymore.''
You need to see the dunk he did on this past Sunday against Atlanta. Ask Josh Smith if Kobe can't still occasionally call on the hops.
We have a good shot, but we need utah and houston to lose cause we have a few really tough road games left on the schedule. Today was a flashback game, hopefully past is present is future lol.
kobe bryant is a beast!! lebron is good but he has no creativity all his dunks are the same just power but nothing special for the atheletisicm he has....lebron at 33 will b vince carter now
@T82486 MJ had cradle dunks, kobe's never done that before. MJ has leaner dunks, dunks with one hand and leaning, kobe does not have the hangtime to do this. Since when did you start watching basketball?
kobe is good. but michael jordan during the 93 knicks game smh that is the gr8est performance by any ball player period. MJ then KOBE.... then about 3000 more players. and then u have lebron james
Bigs Kobe has dunked on and height
Yao Ming 7'6
Shawn Bradley 7'5 or 7'6
Dwight Howard 7'0
Mehmet Okur 7'0
Ben Wallace 6'11 or 7'0
So tell me again Kobe doesn't dunk on bigs
As far as being an in game dunker Kobe is one of the best ever. When he dunks in games especially outside the staples center the crowd goes nuts whether they hate him or love him.
Luke Walton would be a great player if he had the athletic ability. He has excellent basketball IQ. His dad wasn't really athletic but he was benefited by the times in which he played.
Kobe is even a better alley oop dunker than Lebron. Who else can do a 360 alley oop dunk, NOT MJ, D WADE, VINCE CARTER( In his prime with Raptors) and DOMINIQUE WILKINS.
He won a championship with a broken finger.....if he did that with a broken finger imagine what he could do with a knee injury...shit he maybe could save the world!!!
Its not even hard for him with is wingspan and height his 40 inch vertical is just overkill. His dunks are so effortless they look that way from a fans perspective.
ok honestly i think lebron makes power dunks BUT MAN KOBE GOT SICK SICK SICK SICK DUNKS!!! I don't think lebron james is that flexible to do half of these crazy dunks!!!
BIg winning streak yes...big losing streak...wouldnt hurt our cause but we really only need them Houston to lose six more for a tiny bit of cushion....DAMMNIT lol.
the irony for me is being a Laker fan, living in Utah, and seeing most of his AWESOME dunks he's ever had be on the JAZZ. Extra leverage for me.
I LOVE KOBE BRYANT.
4:46 and 6:05 are probably my two favorite dunks, although this year, the dunk kobe had on the nets was pretty damn amazing, especially given he was 34 lol.
kobe DID jump high when he was young. 38 inch vertical in his rookie year and 43 inch when measured in 2000. He's 34 now so he couldn't jump that high anymore.
Luke Walton is actually a really good play maker. I don't know if it was because he was scared to shoot the ball or if he just had a really good basketball IQ.
And when you see MJ catch the ball off the backboard and go between his legs or do a reverse windmill on in between two 7 footers please alert me...........
No one comes close to Kobe's work ethic, competitiveness, and skill. Lebron may be more naturally talented, but I don't think he's ever going to surpass Kobe in all those areas.
oh i'm sorry i didn't know that was so important on youtube, if i knew i was going to get graded on my youtube essay i would have tried a lot harder!
Lol after every play "Well I guess that knee/elbow/ankle/finger/foot/esophagus/divorce/tigerwoodsscandal/lebron'shairline isn't bothering him after all"
ok im 7 minutes through this video and havent heard the announcers say that once...
Jordan could palm a basketball, Kobe cannot. In my opinion, because of that fact, confirmed by Phil Jackson, kobes dunks are far more impressive.
So silly. I am a huge Kobe fan also, but this is a baseless statement. Lebron has dunked on bigs and Kobe dunks on Steve Nash in one of these!
Lebron doesn't really dunk over people his dunks usually come from wide open lanes and fastbreaks. Which doesn't make sense because he is 6'8" 260
Things to remember though, Kobe weighs like 205, Lebron weighs like 260ish..................... That's alot more weight to get up in the air.
Ppl hate on Kobe now. But he's the most clutch player in the league. And how can u say he sucks. These r just dunks. He can do whatever he has to.
LeBron does the same shit -_-
Lebron has power but Kobe has more hang time, it's like he's gliding in the air. That's why he's able to do all those acrobatic dunks.
I do respect MJ and he is a legend but in his era theres wasn't much good players as Kobe's era thats why Kobe will always be number one
there were maybe a total of 5-6 different dunks in that. he does the under the net reverse like 20 times in this vid. over all title fail
Dwight didn't want to play with Kobe no more because he never forgave him for that assault at 9:37....mama there goes that man again
Does anyone else think that if Kobe changed his name back to #8, he will start beasting like he used to, still my favorite player.
You're right Kobe is a better ALL-ROUND basketball player, but at this point in Kobe's career, Durant is the best SCORER in the nba.