Gilbert Arenas on Why Kobe Bryant Hated Smush Parker (Part 15)

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    In this clip, Gilbert Arenas sheds light on why Kobe Bryant had a disdain for Smush Parker. Parker shared a personal anecdote when he attempted to initiate a casual conversation with Bryant, only to be promptly dismissed on the grounds of insufficient accolades. He recalls feeling disrespected and belittled by Bryant, who held his teammates to high standards. This sentiment resonates with an account shared by Sebastian Telfair of Bryant's excessive competitiveness and somewhat harsh dismissal of those without the same level of dedication. Gilbert Arenas suggests this outright hostility towards Smush Parker likely arose when Parker failed to meet Bryant’s extreme work ethic requirements. Unlike some of Bryant’s close friends like Pau Gasol and Matt Barnes, who were readily available for sudden, demanding training sessions, Parker seemingly failed to rise up to Bryant's challenges, leading to the latter's disparaging regard for him. Bryant's obsession with process over results put him at odds with teammates whom he perceived to be relying on their inherited skills rather than building a strong work ethic.
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  • @ganeshramnarine1206
    @ganeshramnarine1206 2 місяці тому +462

    You can't disrespect people no matter how big or great you feel you are.

    • @youngcity4241
      @youngcity4241 2 місяці тому +12

      That was his basketball persona not real life

    • @christianjames92
      @christianjames92 2 місяці тому +14

      @@youngcity4241 What about the chick in Colorado or his parents he abandoned who are now poor after he left his entire estate to his wife who has since given the money to her parents?

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 2 місяці тому +2

      Yes u can

    • @certifiedchaos4643
      @certifiedchaos4643 2 місяці тому +13

      That simple ppl weird tryna defend that crazy toxic behavior

    • @BangBang-kq1kf
      @BangBang-kq1kf 2 місяці тому

      @@ronald8071you a broke boy tho

  • @MaseWindu15
    @MaseWindu15 2 місяці тому +119

    I like Kobe but I can't rock with this. Can you imagine having a co-worker like this... "You don't have the accolades to speak to me." It's just stupid. All of you love Kobe... but if you ever worked with anyone that had his personality... Believe me you wouldn't like them and they wouldn't be cool with you at all.

    • @Carolinagunsmoke
      @Carolinagunsmoke 2 місяці тому

      Go try to talk the ceo of the company you work for and see how you get brushed off after . Stop crying soft azz nxggaz ...

    • @bigt100
      @bigt100 2 місяці тому +6

      Then do something about it best him in a one v one type shii

    • @cbrobinson10
      @cbrobinson10 2 місяці тому +17

      Thats the problem, yall think you gotta be cool to work together. You dont. Do your job and thats it. Im not cool with lazy people at work because I come off condescending to dumb lazy people and idgaf about it. But the people that work with me and work hard love to work with and for me because they respect the work ethic. This is just a generation of entitlement and laziness

    • @realkoolvg
      @realkoolvg 2 місяці тому

      @@cbrobinson10 🎯

    • @MaseWindu15
      @MaseWindu15 2 місяці тому

      ​@@cbrobinson10 What you are failing to understand is being on the other side of it. When you come across someone who is better at doing the job than you are... Hands down they are just better... They get more employee awards and more recognition than you at work from the managers and higher ups. So because of this... When you step to them to say hello, to talk to them to form a bind with them because you both work at the same place... He tell you... Dude you don't have enough accolades to speak to me. It's like dude... We work in the same office... Get over yourself. Yes you won employee of the month, now you won employee of the year, yes the whole yearly bonus went to you... Yes, the company is paying to send you and your family to Hawaii because you are the best employee... That doesn't mean you have to come off to everyone else as a asshole.

  • @johnnyrocket4711
    @johnnyrocket4711 2 місяці тому +313

    How do people glorify this disrespect to teammates ?

    • @user-mk9oy3io9s
      @user-mk9oy3io9s 2 місяці тому +13

      I hate lazy people, kobe was a workaholic, anyone not a workaholic around him will slow him down

    • @JECZ23
      @JECZ23 2 місяці тому +53

      Just shows you the sickness of idolization. Let someone treat/talk to them or their kids like that & see how they feel. As great as Kobe & MJ were on court, they were complete ASSHOLES off of it but even MJ never talked to his teammates like this. Telling your backcourt teammate that's a starter WITH YOU to never talk to you is crazy. The guy that's in charge of giving YOU the ball at your best spots & running the offense. Smh

    • @Grainraiser
      @Grainraiser 2 місяці тому +18

      I don't understand why no one ever put hands on Kobe.

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +5

      But YALL PRAISE MJ FOR PUNCHING KERR AND MJ DISRESPECTED HO GRANT knocked his food down and told him he couldn't eat cuz of his game he played YALL GOTTA STOP PICKING AMD CHOOSEING DUDE

    • @JECZ23
      @JECZ23 2 місяці тому +8

      @@Grainraiser Ask Reggie Miller & especially Chris Childs about that. Lol

  • @RolandBullock-ej8wl
    @RolandBullock-ej8wl 2 місяці тому +249

    treat others the way you want to be treated......God sees everything!

    • @Far7rom
      @Far7rom 2 місяці тому +5

      That's what kobe did!

    • @JohnHausser
      @JohnHausser 2 місяці тому +5

      It’s cute that you still have an imaginary friend 😊

    • @jazz9236
      @jazz9236 2 місяці тому

      Kobe would have challenged him if they told kobe get his accolades up

    • @WallaceScores
      @WallaceScores 2 місяці тому +1

      God 😂

    • @youngcity4241
      @youngcity4241 2 місяці тому +1

      It’s just basketball

  • @J.J.Redick
    @J.J.Redick 2 місяці тому +35

    you can see the hurt in smush parker’s face
    the little chuckle was him trying to laugh it off

  • @moehendrxx7964
    @moehendrxx7964 2 місяці тому +300

    If Lebron behaved like Kobe yall would go crazy lol

    • @Mb-yy7qi
      @Mb-yy7qi 2 місяці тому +7

      we wanted flopping lebum too be like MJ and Kobe in this soft no big in the paint Nba

    • @DPeezy3158
      @DPeezy3158 2 місяці тому +5

      Facts

    • @J.lott97
      @J.lott97 2 місяці тому +1

      But he didn’t. Rest in peace mamba.

    • @MrSlickwilly09
      @MrSlickwilly09 2 місяці тому +18

      If he behaved like Kobe he’d have more rings without team hopping to get them

    • @xionxxx3359
      @xionxxx3359 2 місяці тому +8

      Yeah but Kobe went 5-2 in the finals a winning record. Lebron doesn’t

  • @malikkhalid2941
    @malikkhalid2941 2 місяці тому +509

    Don’t care who Kobe was but u ain’t gone talk to me like that

  • @famouscriminals18
    @famouscriminals18 2 місяці тому +27

    What’s interesting is Kobe respected Adam Morrison when Kimmel was roasting him for never playing. They respected each other in practice. There was something deeper with Smush.

    • @sirgengeneral
      @sirgengeneral Місяць тому +2

      I think by that time Kobe had matured as a leader. Besides adam Morrison was actually a good player. I wish he would have got more playing time

  • @crown3125
    @crown3125 2 місяці тому +69

    I wonder how that conversation went when Kobe called Dwight Howard at 4am😂

    • @YashaKoman
      @YashaKoman 2 місяці тому +22

      Dwight was probably in some gay bar at 4am lol

    • @gregorylagrange
      @gregorylagrange 2 місяці тому +5

      They really did have a conversation before Howard got there where Kobe made up his mind that he wasn't going to work out.
      Kobe said Dwight kept asking about what are the clubs like and all the shine of L.A. instead of asking about how to get to the championship.

    • @Gee_Morty..
      @Gee_Morty.. 2 місяці тому

      ​@@YashaKomanyeah he sat next to you

  • @user-dr5ec3xk6q
    @user-dr5ec3xk6q 2 місяці тому +147

    I don't think that you have to be an asshole to be great!

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому +1

      You don't! Jordan's teammates love him to this day. Well, except for scottie pippen lol

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@jasongibbs3713and kobe was loved by his teammates well except smush

    • @tallmandingo22
      @tallmandingo22 2 місяці тому +4

      No but if a lazy teammate is getting in the way of your mission by not giving his all, it would piss you the hell off tho

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jcchambers7896 negative. Who ever said kobe was their friend?

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому +3

      @tallmandingo22 there's a difference between being lazy and not being obsessed. It's crazy how he looked down on Shaq for "being lazy" and Shaq was better than him!

  • @kendrickbell8525
    @kendrickbell8525 2 місяці тому +112

    Gil putting up 60 at Staples against kobe was granted his respect.💯

    • @snowman495
      @snowman495 2 місяці тому +2

      Blah blah and still means nothing to anyone but Gilbert

    • @BigDic-qz8su
      @BigDic-qz8su 2 місяці тому

      On Lakers Kobe didn't guard him in gil said Kobe gave him 60 the next game with gil guarding him

    • @GuapoSantana
      @GuapoSantana 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@BigDic-qz8su He scored about 17 of it on Kobe, and he made 21 FTs that game.

    • @reachllnx3954
      @reachllnx3954 2 місяці тому +1

      @@BigDic-qz8sunobody ever drops their entire points on 1 person same way they say Kobe gave Jalen rose 81, Gil always got off on kobe

    • @rudimerm7686
      @rudimerm7686 2 місяці тому

      @@BigDic-qz8su Kobe did not want to guard him. Kobe did not give him 60. Fact is AI, Marbury, Allan Houston, Gil, and a few others torched Kobe for 50 or 50+.

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  2 місяці тому

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV UA-cam Member - ua-cam.com/users/vladtvjoin

  • @donaldmcgee6334
    @donaldmcgee6334 2 місяці тому +37

    Wasn't that the same Kobe than ran up and hugged Smush after he stole the inbound pass against Phoenix?

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +36

      Same jordan who punched kerr in the face and passed him the ball for a game winner 🤷🏿‍♂️ can u help me win everything else is irrelevant

    • @albertlatscha
      @albertlatscha 2 місяці тому +8

      Smush hit a 3 the play before also

    • @BiG_Daddy_Hollingsworth_843
      @BiG_Daddy_Hollingsworth_843 2 місяці тому +4

      Effort that's what he wanted

  • @muchkasolo8915
    @muchkasolo8915 2 місяці тому +61

    Flexing helicopters and then going out in one is crazy work 😮

    • @702TifosiGambler
      @702TifosiGambler 2 місяці тому

      you better cut that silly ass Jamaican voodoo shit off your head nigga, fuk is you talking bout Reggie 😂😂

    • @jexcel07
      @jexcel07 2 місяці тому

      Yea he got on a helicopter 🚁 🤐😳

    • @mikee3261
      @mikee3261 Місяць тому

      Everybody dies

  • @JohnSmith-nm4zd
    @JohnSmith-nm4zd 2 місяці тому +16

    Kobe's mentality was that respect was not given, it was earned

    • @BM-du4xo
      @BM-du4xo Місяць тому +3

      Respect for another human being, a team player? I get the respect about the game but human decency is a whole other matter

  • @beshertakin531
    @beshertakin531 2 місяці тому +114

    That helicopter story didnt aged well..

    • @SB-by5ng
      @SB-by5ng 2 місяці тому +14

      Damn but that’s true 💯

    • @eldonmirjah7549
      @eldonmirjah7549 2 місяці тому +11

      I wish Vlad would stop bringing it up. Kinder tasteless smh...Especially since he always speaks about how he lives in that area of the crash site and was there etc etc... straight fuckery SMH.

    • @deliciousfilms
      @deliciousfilms 2 місяці тому +10

      The reality is this: flying by helicopter has its inherent risk. The probability of crashing is not zero. And if you continually commute by helicopter, the more u fly, the probability of crashing becomes bigger n bigger the more u fly. In the end, Murphy's law is never wrong. Given enough repetition, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

    • @eldonmirjah7549
      @eldonmirjah7549 2 місяці тому +3

      @@deliciousfilms We can say the same with ANY form of transportation, it's never zero (the probability of crashing) and the more you use that form of transportation, the probability of crashing increases.

    • @user-de9jd4hb1r
      @user-de9jd4hb1r 2 місяці тому

      The queen doesn't fly in helicopters the risk is to high statistically. Us. President does though.

  • @cedricfontenette9187
    @cedricfontenette9187 2 місяці тому +54

    6:00……that’s a fact most NBA players are just born tall…..if Kendrick Perkins was 6 ft he’d be working at Lowe’s

    • @elitehvm7360
      @elitehvm7360 2 місяці тому

      😂😂

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 2 місяці тому +5

      Dude that don't make sense it's plenty tall guys that can't play basketball at all it's not being tall they got skills

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 2 місяці тому

      He didn't say nothing about them being tall dude u stupid

    • @cedricfontenette9187
      @cedricfontenette9187 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ronald8071 I agree bro but I think we can both agree that if deandre jordan or kendrick Perkins had there current skill set as a 6 footer…they would be high school jv level players

    • @reginaldroundtree1325
      @reginaldroundtree1325 2 місяці тому

      Facts

  • @jonpoon3896
    @jonpoon3896 2 місяці тому +4

    I clicked to hear Gil’s opinion, but got Vlad’s

  • @805oxnardsocal
    @805oxnardsocal 2 місяці тому +9

    Kobe was different rip mamba💜💛🐍

  • @michellee7469
    @michellee7469 2 місяці тому +55

    I love Kobe. He’s the only celebrity death I’ve actually cried for but in this situation he was flat out wrong!!

    • @jeffmiller3499
      @jeffmiller3499 2 місяці тому +3

      Same. Well him and Steve Irwin.

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@jeffmiller3499dang Steve did hurt he was real one bro was down for it all 😂😂😂😂

    • @50000DSI
      @50000DSI 2 місяці тому

      ~LOLOLOLOLOLOL...1LOVE

    • @100spurs
      @100spurs 2 місяці тому +4

      Crying for someone you don’t know? Wild

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 2 місяці тому

      ​@@100spursyea

  • @derrickwilliams936
    @derrickwilliams936 2 місяці тому +45

    Kobe was dumb for acting like that! Ur supposed to be a leader u shouldn’t create that kind of division on your own team. If I was management I definitely would have called Kobe in my office! That’s wack rip Kobe tho

    • @mroctober3583
      @mroctober3583 2 місяці тому +2

      Kobe realized this eventually it just took some growing pains

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +3

      Kobe realized smush was wasting his time and he was pissed off 😂😂😂 get dude outta here he weak lol

    • @805oxnardsocal
      @805oxnardsocal 2 місяці тому +5

      By your comment I can tell you soft

    • @derrickwilliams936
      @derrickwilliams936 2 місяці тому +2

      @@jcchambers7896 that’s not how u lead tho. U gotta work with what u got and figure out how to get the best out of it

    • @derrickwilliams936
      @derrickwilliams936 2 місяці тому +2

      @@805oxnardsocal by yours I can tell your slow

  • @stringer2295
    @stringer2295 2 місяці тому +547

    The amount of people in this comment section agreeing with Kobe is wild, Smush Parker could say the same thing to 96% of the worlds population. That was wack and just because yall are Kobe fans yall can’t glaze everything he did.

    • @hovz-zo8lf
      @hovz-zo8lf 2 місяці тому +56

      Stay mad.

    • @rolio9775
      @rolio9775 2 місяці тому +50

      It's a bunch of kids here who never lived you can't blame them...they don't know no better.

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 2 місяці тому +29

      Stop crying

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 2 місяці тому +4

      @@hovz-zo8lf explain?

    • @marvij200
      @marvij200 2 місяці тому +29

      I agree. I respect what Kobe did, but that doesn't exclude me from commenting on the fd up stuff he did. The internet is wild; they won't let you win this one

  • @rtv2324
    @rtv2324 2 місяці тому +38

    Trevor Ariza didn't have accolades before LA. But when Kobe challenged him . Trevor stepped up to the plate. Before La nobody knew who Trevor was. He worked hard and played 10 more years after the Lakers wow smush Parker play maybe a year or two in the NBA after the Lakers

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +4

      That's a great point 😂😂😂 but smush got In his feels that's why he had to go

    • @brantonsims4636
      @brantonsims4636 2 місяці тому +11

      That’s what I try to tell people bruh. That was clearly a challenge from Kobe. Smush chose to fold. That’s his fault, not Kobe’s. We can name all kinds of teammates Kobe had that may not have been all stars but he respected them. Find me one teammate besides Smush Parker that talks bad about Kobe. Vlad clearly reached out to Kobe when he was still alive and got turned down and he in his feelings. Even that Telfair story don’t mean Kobe was a bad person.

    • @rtv2324
      @rtv2324 2 місяці тому +4

      @@brantonsims4636 You a 💯. Smush should have took the challenge like a man. It's plenty of players that didn't have accolades but they didn't fold like a B*****

    • @kingkobun81
      @kingkobun81 2 місяці тому +4

      Ariza was already a local legend in LA before the Lakers. He balled hard at Westchester High and UCLA

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +5

      @@kingkobun81 I don't think bean cared about none of that what can u do in the league

  • @officialklf5444
    @officialklf5444 2 місяці тому +9

    Vlad: I walked down to Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site 😮

  • @tallmandingo22
    @tallmandingo22 2 місяці тому +11

    Smush was probably out clubbing enjoying that LA life. Kobe had the same beef with Dwight.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 2 місяці тому +8

      Smush is a grown man,what he does off the court is his business,not kobe's.Kobe should've been working out in the gym while in Colorado,instead of cheating with that 18 yr old kid in that hotel room.

    • @calvinm1866
      @calvinm1866 2 місяці тому

      @@user-be7tc2bd6e Yeah, no one wants to talk about that. Great point.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 2 місяці тому

      @@calvinm1866 Thank you,it's appreciated.

    • @Mark-th4sz
      @Mark-th4sz 19 днів тому

      @@user-be7tc2bd6e Bingo. I would never wish anything bad on anybody both Kobe flex about a helicopter and having that to be the cause of his death is ironic.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 19 днів тому

      @@Mark-th4sz Very ironic,unfortunately. RIP : To both Kobe and his daughter-GIANNA.

  • @foreverknowforever6403
    @foreverknowforever6403 2 місяці тому +2

    Yes

  • @idklol4197
    @idklol4197 11 днів тому +1

    3:03 thats a wild way to start a conversation

  • @pvoapparelstore
    @pvoapparelstore 2 місяці тому +4

    We wouldve been throwing hands 😂😂💯💪🏾

  • @danielleshipman9001
    @danielleshipman9001 2 місяці тому +3

    3:11 This explains the entire NBA right now…

  • @princellasmith7562
    @princellasmith7562 2 місяці тому +2

    I just feel the need to remind people that you do not have to make other people feel small in order for you to be big. I am a Kobe Bryant fan. Grew up watching his games, but it is always distressing to hear these types of stories about him.
    I am hyper competitive. Former college athlete. Emmy nominee. Have a decent résumé for the professional tracks that I have chosen. I never understood people who thought they had to bully other folks in the workplace.
    I have been bullied, and I have watched people regret that they did it to me. It’s not just that I am a high achiever, and I’m going to overcome regardless. It’s also that life has a way of bringing that energy back into your life. When you are mean and hateful to folks, it’s just a matter of time before that comes back to you.

  • @Aceboogie2386
    @Aceboogie2386 2 місяці тому +5

    I love how his answer is 100% speculation about a call to work out 😂

    • @calvinm1866
      @calvinm1866 2 місяці тому +1

      Agreed, he pulled that straight from you know what. I find that if someone is successful or famous people make excuses for their prick behavior a lot more often.

  • @rudochase
    @rudochase 2 місяці тому +29

    Kobe tried to be like Jordan too much.. arrogance is not becoming of a human being. Even a dog gets treated with respect, your accolades don’t mean shit. How you treat ppl in this life is all that matters. If you Think you’re better than anyone, the most high will show u, you’re not.

    • @marks5625
      @marks5625 2 місяці тому

      Thank you for saying that👍🏽

    • @MrOneanddone91
      @MrOneanddone91 2 місяці тому

      💯

    • @ArmandoKozomara
      @ArmandoKozomara 2 місяці тому

      It's one story. Kobe was genuinely a good dude and making positive impact

  • @ogralphbeats4035
    @ogralphbeats4035 2 місяці тому +8

    Shout-out to Chris Childs for giving Kobe a two piece extra crispy

  • @754diesel
    @754diesel 2 місяці тому +24

    MJ would’ve told smush the same thing too

    • @hovz-zo8lf
      @hovz-zo8lf 2 місяці тому +14

      MJ would have made him cry

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 2 місяці тому +9

      @@hovz-zo8lfyeah, it would’ve been worse. Kobe spared smush 😂😂😂😂

    • @ishaqmuhammad5095
      @ishaqmuhammad5095 2 місяці тому +3

      Smush would of wanted to steal on Mike 😂😂😂😂 the Brooklyn woulda came out no diddy

    • @lovelygivan1442
      @lovelygivan1442 2 місяці тому +1

      WHY? WHO THE HELL ARE THEY OF THIS WORLD!?

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 2 місяці тому

      ​@ishaqmuhammad5095 why you saying no diddy for damn goofy 😂

  • @JM-fj2ny
    @JM-fj2ny 2 місяці тому

    So many bars in this interview

  • @1FoolieHendrixx
    @1FoolieHendrixx 2 місяці тому +1

    Vlad just Had To Add Dat Helicopter Part In At The End

  • @marshayemanuel4774
    @marshayemanuel4774 2 місяці тому +4

    Listen to his name

  • @jgok5580
    @jgok5580 2 місяці тому +5

    I would have called him out for a fade right there.. if you don’t respect me, then we must need to establish some. Plain & simple. & it wouldn’t have extended into any unnecessary beef.. just a little squabble to get some act right & i love Kobe

    • @Grainraiser
      @Grainraiser 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah he make not respect my work ethic but let's see how he like my hands.

  • @Danny-sd5vm
    @Danny-sd5vm 2 місяці тому

    I was going to Fordham the year Smush Parker was there. I played a bunch of pickup basketball in the fieldhouse and I got to play with Smush a couple of times. The dude was so talented and was clearly a gifted player. Smush was supposed to be the one that would make Fordham a top A-10 program. He disappeared after his freshman year and fast forward 3 or 4 years later and I see him running point on the Lakers with. I wish Smush would have been given an opportunity to shine in the League.

  • @IsmailAbdulMusic
    @IsmailAbdulMusic 2 місяці тому +1

    I have a song about it. Song is called "Don't Even Matter" and it features Hollywood Street Savage

  • @Juniorgong11
    @Juniorgong11 2 місяці тому +10

    Gill is wrong again. Results is what matters. Nobody cares if u work hard. Did u win is the question. How hard u work only comes into play when u lose. Many people work hard everyday but we don’t hear about them unless they win.

    • @JustinByron
      @JustinByron 2 місяці тому

      A.I: "Pratice?!"

    • @jamalusvarnado41
      @jamalusvarnado41 2 місяці тому +1

      He’s not wrong. It’s an opinion, 2 things can be true at the same time. If you win but you cheated or cut every corner possible, anybody with a moral compass wouldn’t respect the win….. Of course results matter but if we found out how you got those results and we find out you got to those results the most underhanded way possible, the results now have an asterisk.

    • @Juniorgong11
      @Juniorgong11 2 місяці тому

      So let me ask this question. One guy grinds his ass off and becomes a millionaire. Next guy wins the lottery and becomes a millionaire Or better yet the millions was handed down from inheritance. Is that persons money not respected? Is that money any less valuable ? Results is what matters winners determine history.

    • @Juniorgong11
      @Juniorgong11 2 місяці тому +1

      Better yet go to your job everyday and never complete a task ur job requires you to complete and tell your boss u worked really hard every day just can’t get it done and see what happens

    • @jamalusvarnado41
      @jamalusvarnado41 2 місяці тому

      @@Juniorgong11 first of all the overall premise is success/winning so that work comparison with no results doesn’t apply. And in regards to the earned millions vs lottery/inheritance, duh the money isn’t less valuable but no one cares about a lottery winner, they usually go broke fast because they don’t know the value of the money because they didn’t work for it and have to manage it. The inheritance millionaire is sometimes the same with money management and no one respects a person with daddy’s money unless they flip it and do something even better with it.
      Everyone loves an underdog who bust their ass and came from nothing to a millionaire. They’re always more respected..

  • @jorge157
    @jorge157 2 місяці тому +29

    RIP Kobe but he was lucky he didn’t get his ass kicked. Hell of a player but damn did he do some disrespectful stuff. Jordan said shit to Robert Parish and he turn around and told him, if he disrespected him again, he was going to kick his ass! 😂

    • @deebrown9263
      @deebrown9263 2 місяці тому

      Yall not realizing fighting Kobe gets u put off the team

    • @jorge157
      @jorge157 2 місяці тому

      @@deebrown9263 He didn’t own the team and there is a ring called respect. If he had keys guys kicked off the team, he wouldn’t have won shit! Plain and simple.

    • @deebrown9263
      @deebrown9263 2 місяці тому

      @@jorge157 he didn't own the team but he was the most important piece , he wouldn't have won without the other good players, Smush wasn't important enough to fight n stay on the team, what u think would happen to any lakers player if Kobe said either trade him or I want to be traded ,. Hey smush let me see u in my office

    • @jorge157
      @jorge157 2 місяці тому

      @@deebrown9263 agree but smush would have gotten himself kicked out for not producing. I liked Kobe and the way he approached the game but there also has to be respect.

    • @PandasRViolent
      @PandasRViolent 2 місяці тому

      MJ did that same disrespectful stuff to Mark Henry during the Olympics and he had to check him too. If you check these bullies when they get out of pocket they may not like you but they will respect you

  • @702TifosiGambler
    @702TifosiGambler 2 місяці тому

    GOAT working out at 3am, obsessed!

  • @Muzzlecrowe-li9kt
    @Muzzlecrowe-li9kt 2 місяці тому

    I would love to know these former players thoughts as soon as they heard he died n that chopper

  • @slipnorris5882
    @slipnorris5882 2 місяці тому +10

    Kobe trying provoke Smush into a better player.

  • @quairan2099
    @quairan2099 2 місяці тому +16

    Flying in a helicopter is not a flex anymore.

    • @moballardful
      @moballardful 2 місяці тому +3

      Oh okay so where yours at?

    • @maximus3294
      @maximus3294 2 місяці тому +1

      @@moballardful nowhere to be seen, just like a live kobe

    • @jasonreyes5767
      @jasonreyes5767 2 місяці тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣​@@moballardful

  • @lupodemayo7243
    @lupodemayo7243 2 місяці тому

    Hearing this story and hearing how he treated his parents, that’s Kobe.

  • @five_seven_
    @five_seven_ 2 місяці тому +28

    He came in a helicopter. He left in one too.

    • @VAswang
      @VAswang 2 місяці тому +4

      Damn! That’s something Kobe would say!

    • @marcussims1615
      @marcussims1615 2 місяці тому

      "you left in a car" Kobe to someone who died in a car accident

  • @Mo1683
    @Mo1683 2 місяці тому +3

    🤔Y’all know what the irony is? How’d Kobe always get away with talkin’ tuff when we all saw Chris Childs bless him w/a Popeyes special?

  • @alex1vid
    @alex1vid 2 місяці тому +2

    You can CHALLENGE a teammate. Take another example - Steve Kerr. Everyone knows the Jordan story when Kerr was punched. But look at the type of teammate Kerr was and how he had Jordan's trust 100%. Kerr didn't back down - that guy was one of the biggest fighters in the game I'd seen. I think that's what it's about. Jordan saw guys get there that weren't part of the huge FIGHTS in Chicago Stadium but were there for the cushy United Center. And he thought Kerr was just one of those guys. Kerr proved he wasn't and had a backbone.
    But other guys on the team struggled at times. Rodney McCray rings a bell, as does Dennis Hopson. But Burrell kind of captures it best - Jordan was trying to get a response or a FIGHT but that just wasn't his personality. With Scott Burrell Jordan was genuinely interested because he saw something in the (then) kid - he was a guy that excelled at BOTH Baseball and Basketball, baseball a level. Guy was a talent and gifted. Could be similar with Smush Parker - he's just not that kind of guy.
    Just the way it is though, we're all different. Bryant, Jordan, etc. - they're just different. They think (thought) different. Intense. But the odd, funny thing sometimes is how they are with their own kids. I tip my hat to Jordan in a way there because he seemed acutely aware of the pressure his own kids might have just because they had his name & how to make sure they could carve their own lives and futures with his support. He toned stuff WAY down for them. Just like Bryant did, etc. And I'll say this - I've seen Gil Arena's kid play basketball and what I really like... is I see a kid that genuinely enjoys the game, a testament to how Arenas is with him.

  • @CJ-vh2hf
    @CJ-vh2hf 2 місяці тому +2

    Why is Vlad painting Kobe as a horrible person just because he had a way of handling his teammates who didn’t put in the hard work?

  • @george._sir._gemini.175
    @george._sir._gemini.175 2 місяці тому +11

    You reap What you sow.....

  • @zulufader9313
    @zulufader9313 2 місяці тому +9

    Kobe was a real POS, many players in the league didn't wanna play with the Lakers because he rarely passed the ball.

  • @ceenote6364
    @ceenote6364 2 місяці тому

    That’s the way of life at Kobe level. You don’t approach or call people when you’re majorly successful. It’s taught and accepted in all genres of success.

  • @Kingkong-qu8eh
    @Kingkong-qu8eh 2 місяці тому

    This guy is extremely intelligent probably one of the smartest guests in a very long time

  • @AyooGrim
    @AyooGrim 2 місяці тому +16

    Helicopter flexing turned into helicopter karma is craaazy

  • @AlonzoDejean-ll8hb
    @AlonzoDejean-ll8hb 2 місяці тому +6

    This is what I call crazy basketball is just a job

  • @jaycruz4113
    @jaycruz4113 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m with Kobe on this one. I would have no respect if my co-worker was lazy or didn’t put in the work

  • @e.c.3844
    @e.c.3844 2 місяці тому +1

    Please take care Stay Safe And Have a Great Day.

  • @hishers9779
    @hishers9779 2 місяці тому +17

    It is what it is at the end of the day. Some people respect you and some don’t.

  • @mdpatterson1996
    @mdpatterson1996 Місяць тому +3

    Vlad is the Police 👮‍♀️ !!!

  • @goldwold
    @goldwold 2 місяці тому

    I loved it when Gilbert played for the Warriors.

  • @BirdFromYakiVegas
    @BirdFromYakiVegas 2 місяці тому +1

    The Kobe & ShaQ beef was HALARIOUS YO!

  • @ryankellz
    @ryankellz 2 місяці тому +6

    Kobe was basically letting smush know he was in the nba but still wasting talent.
    I'm sure smush didn't put in all the work kobe expects his teammates to do because he never disrespected the game and expected his teammates to do the same.
    Derek fisher perfect example.
    What other teams did smush play for? Did he thrive??

    • @exterminator_1986
      @exterminator_1986 2 місяці тому

      Thats such a lame take

    • @ryankellz
      @ryankellz 2 місяці тому +1

      @exterminator_1986 HOW DO YOU FIGURE? IF your notnwilling to put in the work to be a champion within 1st why play, 2nd why try to communicate with someone who is only focused on winning?? Sorry but you must not get it. WINNERS WANNA WIN AND ONLY WANNA DEAL WITH WINNERS,. SMUSH was nit waking up at 4am or 5am to put in the work.. did u see smush Parker after the lakers??? Didn't think so.. at the time Kobe was left stranded with mediocre talent around him such as smush Parker, Luke walton, Chris mihm, smh yall just don't get it.

    • @frankcarter3002
      @frankcarter3002 2 місяці тому

      How can you be so sure?🤔….you wasn’t in the locker room, you wasn’t at practice, you was never playing in the game itself. To say that your sure smush didn’t put in the work without proof is crazy and just straight up dick riding lol.

  • @JohnHausser
    @JohnHausser 2 місяці тому +4

    Kobe was right ! Mentally of a winner 💪

    • @williammitchell5066
      @williammitchell5066 2 місяці тому +1

      He wasn’t in Colorado telling on Shaq

    • @stevenjp911
      @stevenjp911 2 місяці тому

      Yea treat people like shit that's the way to be you a clown

  • @a.n.t.podcast9320
    @a.n.t.podcast9320 2 місяці тому +1

    A person can feel disrespected by someone saying “get off my car you ain’t got enough money to be by that car” and no matter how you feel about it it’s THE TRUTH so yo problem

  • @citronialandmark476
    @citronialandmark476 2 місяці тому +1

    Kobe was a beast!!

  • @mopar_keys
    @mopar_keys 2 місяці тому +3

    That was a asshole move Kobe or not you got me fucked up 😤

  • @user-vw3cd9xf3m
    @user-vw3cd9xf3m 2 місяці тому +15

    2:44-2:48 He came in on a helicopter and he went out on one. 😁

  • @ProphetPreaches
    @ProphetPreaches Місяць тому

    Crazy he flexed the helicopter and that pride came before the fall crazyyyyyy

  • @WallStBully
    @WallStBully 2 місяці тому

    What’s funny is that i played with Smush growing up…he had that same energy with other ball players as Kobe had with him.

    • @Zilla-15
      @Zilla-15 2 місяці тому

      sure he did buddy

  • @GTH357
    @GTH357 2 місяці тому +9

    Kobe was arrogant . He got it from Jordan

    • @MCFrutek
      @MCFrutek 2 місяці тому +1

      He could be, because he was at that time the best guard in NBA ! Just lIke MJ in 90es.

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому

      ​@@MCFrutekI thought Iverson was better

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому +4

      Jordan was arrogant, but ppl still liked him. I've never heard anyone say they liked Kobe

    • @JoeNeely
      @JoeNeely 2 місяці тому

      ​@@jasongibbs3713exactly

  • @Johndale29
    @Johndale29 2 місяці тому +38

    So basically Kobe didn't like anyone that didn't agree with him & kiss his butt. Got it!

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 2 місяці тому +3

      Just like jordan

    • @blacgoat8916
      @blacgoat8916 2 місяці тому +4

      Sounds like something a hater would say

    • @Crimson23Tide
      @Crimson23Tide 2 місяці тому +3

      No, if you wasn’t good or giving your all he didn’t fuck with you. That’s it

    • @tonycoleman21
      @tonycoleman21 2 місяці тому +2

      He's the boss. You show up to work if you care about this job. I'm sure it wasn't every night. It was a test. He FAILED

    • @arizonaFIREent
      @arizonaFIREent 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@tonycoleman21he wasn't the boss when Shaq won the finals mvp every year

  • @KwameFadhiliWilliams
    @KwameFadhiliWilliams 2 місяці тому

    I agree with what gilbert said at the end

  • @tl7538
    @tl7538 2 місяці тому

    That’s wild

  • @754diesel
    @754diesel 2 місяці тому +11

    Smush didn’t sacrifice to be great, so Kobe didn’t respect him. Simple as that

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 2 місяці тому +4

      How do you know, he was a starter in the nba lol

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 2 місяці тому

      ​@@stringer2295jordan would have done the same thing yall some hoes 😂

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому

      ​@@stringer2295exactly. I'm sure he sacrificed a lot to even get to that point

  • @dripcheck5293
    @dripcheck5293 2 місяці тому +3

    It’s 2 type of people winners and losers you choose 1!!!!! RIP KOBE! 🙏🏽

  • @illhaveanother8173
    @illhaveanother8173 2 місяці тому

    He should have kept trying to make polite small talk just to bother Kobe.

  • @joshnaround_9463
    @joshnaround_9463 Місяць тому

    Gil’s good at making his opinions sound like facts that actually happened

  • @WeGetItOutTheMudTv
    @WeGetItOutTheMudTv 2 місяці тому +4

    I don’t know if people give love a pass because he was so
    “great at basketball “, but let’s be honest, Kobe had serious issues. No way you can justify treating another human being like shit based on your expectations in basketball. Look how he turned his back on his fkn family, the people that made him who he was, smmfh. It’s obvious he didn’t have real friends in his life. Like how your wife don’t fix the problem he had with his mother and father.

  • @rogvannoy1729
    @rogvannoy1729 2 місяці тому +6

    I support smush I’m a New Yorker f kobe

    • @bobcam7256
      @bobcam7256 2 місяці тому +1

      So😂

    • @karletonmcbride8083
      @karletonmcbride8083 2 місяці тому

      Wah wah

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 2 місяці тому +1

      You got some Issues boy

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 2 місяці тому

      Me too, and I'm not from New York. Kobe was just never likeable. I can't recall ever hearing one single person say that kobe was their friend. No one. From his entire life! That's crazy

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 2 місяці тому +3

      @@jasongibbs3713 kobe gave two fucks about being liked in having friends lol

  • @russ5896
    @russ5896 2 місяці тому +1

    Kobe should not have disrespected Parker has a Human.

  • @tavinwallack24
    @tavinwallack24 2 місяці тому +1

    What kobe said to parker was a challenge to get better. He should have said ok we will see about that. Not get in his feelings

  • @CensorTube84
    @CensorTube84 2 місяці тому +6

    Cause he was soft and not a winner

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 2 місяці тому

      Facts

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 2 місяці тому +5

      You clearly have never played sports before and/or don’t watch sports

    • @oneshot1824
      @oneshot1824 2 місяці тому +1

      Smush is a tether . Kobe knew the future 😂

  • @Bigedub101
    @Bigedub101 2 місяці тому +3

    MaMbA mEnTaLiTy.

  • @ctrl-shift-run8681
    @ctrl-shift-run8681 2 місяці тому +1

    Wonder what Shaq's reply to the 3 a.m. phone call was.

    • @Grainraiser
      @Grainraiser 2 місяці тому +1

      Get off my phone robin.

    • @Levi-1992
      @Levi-1992 Місяць тому

      He didn’t respond lol

  • @kingtufff263
    @kingtufff263 2 місяці тому

    Shoutout to Gilbert you really understand why the comments are so negative

  • @RonJP-pm7jp
    @RonJP-pm7jp Місяць тому

    It’s a way to say anything and people should treat people with respect but this is similar to someone at work that’s just focus on work and not interested in small talk.

  • @louisxiii3765
    @louisxiii3765 2 місяці тому +1

    Vlad couldnt help but bring up the helicopter incident!! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @trenaelam7
    @trenaelam7 2 місяці тому +2

    Kobe was Kobe him and Shaq brought Lakers back he was a kid when he started Kobe had LA hearts him & shaq

  • @fudgematthew33
    @fudgematthew33 2 місяці тому

    "Your greatness is God-given, not work ethic." I can respect Kobe's mentality.

  • @DanE72321
    @DanE72321 2 місяці тому +2

    Woulda told him “fuck you and your accolades” and I bet that woulda garnered his respect if not fuck it I’m coming at you. Everyone saying that’s not nice or how dare they, doesn’t understand this dynamic

  • @dixiebrick
    @dixiebrick 2 місяці тому

    The delay in his answer says it all

  • @noomade
    @noomade 2 місяці тому +1

    "I came here in a helicopter ..." .... sigh!

  • @adedayopeters7227
    @adedayopeters7227 2 місяці тому

    I miss Kobe, I wasn’t a Kobe fan but his presence is truly missed, but hell fucking no. Can’t treat me that way no matter who you are…

  • @russ5896
    @russ5896 2 місяці тому +2

    Kobe was calling Dudes at 3am to come practice and if they didn’t do it He would disrespect them. Kobe was not the Head Coach.

    • @PandasRViolent
      @PandasRViolent 2 місяці тому +1

      Doing all that work just to be a cheap imitation of the GOAT

  • @saintkartier5211
    @saintkartier5211 2 місяці тому

    Kobe respected ppl with work ethic & like Gil when he drop 60 earned his respect

  • @tjnew2260
    @tjnew2260 Місяць тому

    That helicopter line is crazy

  • @bsanders113
    @bsanders113 2 місяці тому

    You get back what you give out in life. Beware how you treat people.

  • @RJParker-fn5yv
    @RJParker-fn5yv 2 місяці тому +1

    Live by the chopper dye by the chopper 😂