Kobe Bryant Defense vs. Kyrie Irving 2013
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- A compilation video where Kobe, during a short stretch of time, upped his defense against one of the better point guards in the league, Kyrie Irving.
There are mixed opinions on whether Kobe "shut down" Kyrie Irving or not. Some point out that Kyrie Irving still had an efficient 7/16 shooting, which is good for a perimeter player, while others make the notion that Bryant himself disrupted the offense by denying the ball to Irving. Personally, I don't mind which side of the fence people take on, two great players at their respective positions going at it, the young point guard taking on the legendary shooting guard. It shouldn't be used to fuel debate over who is better or not but rather as an appreciation for respective players.
“You gone need a screen to get me off you.” - Kobe to Kyrie at the USA Olympic camp. RIP the Mamba and the rest of the helicopter tragedy victims.
The main thing I learned from this video is how bad Cleavland's big men are.
Yup
Also they talk about what kyrie doin before bron this what he had to work with 😂
Kyrie only got away when he got a pick. Or kobe forced him to help defense. No other superstar plays both ends as hard as kobe does.
coz no one can like kobe.
TBE
Huh? Kyrie was just straight up beating Kobe off the dribble a lot in this game.
RealRapYaKnow We must have been watching different games
***** no they weren't they were half court plays what are you talking about? I don't remember seeing any fast breaks in this video alone.
***** what is a semi fast break? You mean the times that the Lakers tried a full court press and it was broken?
Kyrie is a beast off them screens tho.. Giving Kobe Fits off the screen.. But Kobe wasn't letting him pass in straight up play..Impressive for the old Goat
He's not the Goat, but he did a great job on Kyrie this game.
He is GOAT and it wasn't just this game. Kobes defense is underrated
tsuneo ando sorry, i don't understand, what's the GOAT mean?
Ann Alice GOAT = Greatest Of All Time
Germaine Pasamonte thx
Kobe is such a great defensive player I mean at this age and you still guarding these young talented point guards and forcing them to pass the ball...and notice that they had to set a pick almost everytime Kyrie had the ball..and I been noticing that for every team Kobe plays against they always set a pick to free their point guards
#BlackMambaforever
So true my guy Ibrahim #goat
Kobe's defense is under rated
Hell no...
It's one of the main factor he is renowned as a FIERCE competitor and the closest to to MJ! #GreatTwoWayPlayers!
It's hard to play defense around those picks all night.
its called basketball? and second of all he got plenty of looks on thr mamba considering he was only 21 years old here bruh give Kyrie some credit.
Great defense from Kobe..
Kyrie would have done anything he wanted if another player was guarding him but he was completely slow when Kobe was on him. This kid is great but not in front of Kobe or beyond and he cannot guard Kobe
Yea lmao 5 years later and he’s know. For being the most unguardable player inna league
This aged poorly
Kyrie now is the most skillful player ever
I would love to hear what Kobe was saying when they were talking for that short time .. It look like Kobe was talking shit lol
true haha
LOOK AT KOBE GUARDINGG YOUNG BLOODS AT THE AGE OF 34 WHAT A LEGEND!! HARDWORK PAYS OFF!!
6:43 Kobe: I told you not to challenge me boy...
I've never seen lebron
Play d like this especially with kobe in his age he still killing in d
this is a 34-35 year old Bryant. imagine if this was Kobe in 2005-2006.
This is a 20-21 year old Kyrie. Imagine if this was a prime Kyrie. Oh wait thats right even now, Kyrie still hasn't hit his prime.
Your argument is invalid.
John Smith that's your opinion sir. I agree Kyrie hasn't hit his prime but idc prime Kobe would stomp him.
Superman Dat How can you say prime Kobe would stomp him when we've yet to see a prime Kyrie? For all we know Uncle Drew could go down as one of the best PG's in history.
Lets be honest now, in the first few years of Kobe's career, how many thought he was gonna be an all-time great? Comparing Kyrie & Kobe first few years in the league, Kyrie is quite reasonably ahead of him. Just wait till he hits his prime, then we can talk.
John Smith okay bro I see your point so JUDGING by what you said, it seems like you did not watch basketball in the early 2000's or late 90's. If I'm wrong, correct me on it. But I've watched bball since 2000 glued to the screen. People have compared a young Kobe to Jordan and the reason why people are hushed up about Kobe's first few years is because he had to get benched his first two seasons. He HAD to take a back seat to Shaq. Watch any documentary on Kobe. People say they witnessed him beating veterans in one on one matches during practices during his rookie years. Go back and watch the Lakers threepeat, a young Kobe took over when Shaq fouled out and was of no use. and NO he did not ride shaq into the finals. they both put in effort because the western conferences were even harder competition back then. By the time Kobe reached Kyrie's current age, he was a three time champion. I'm not taking anything away from Kyrie, he's an amazing PG will go down in history as one of the greatest probably. But by the time Kobe was Kryie's age, he was the best player in the NBA. Not knocking on Kyrie, but hes no where close to that right now. He has much to prove as a player and as a PG, he's top 5 for sure. Chris Paul in my opinion is the greatest PG in the game today. But back to my point, if a 24yo Kobe were to play against a 24yo Kyrie, Kobe would TOAST him offensively and defensively. no question. people in the league feared him like people feared jordan in the 90s. AND yes we can still discuss when Kyrie enters his prime and compare him to a prime Kobe. because in my opinion Kobe reached the pinnacle of his abilities from years 2004-2008 (age of 26-30).
Superman Dat He was 3x champion but not from his own accord am I right? Shaq carried him.
2000 Finals:
Shaq: 38 PPG, 17 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.7 BPG, 61% FG
Kobe: 16 PPG, 5 RPG, 4 APG, 1.4 BPG, 36% FG%
2001 NBA Finals
Shaq: 33 PPG, 16 RPG, 5 APG, 3.5 BPG, 57% FG
Kobe: 24 PPG, 8 RPG, 6 APG, 1.4 BPG, 41% FG
2002 NBA Finals
Shaq: 37 PPG, 12.25 RPG, 4 APG, 2.75 BPG, 60% FG
Kobe: 26 PPG, 5.75 RPG, 5 APG, .75 BPG, 51% FG
OVERALL AVERAGE STATS:
Shaq=36 PPG, 15.4 RPG, 3.7 APG, 3 BPG, 60% FG,
Kobe=20 PPG, 6 RPG, 4.6 APG, 1 BPG, 42% FG
And regarding that foul out from Shaq you do know it happened in OT with 2 minutes left right? Not hating on what Kobe did but don't make it look like Shaq fouled out in the 3rd quarter or something, it was literally 2 minutes without him.
Dude Kyrie is only 24. His prime will be in 2-3 years time.
One of the few games where Kobe, Nash and Dwight all 3 got to play at once.
Did an excellent job forcing kyrie to make plays for his teammates...his weakness
Shut the fuck up female
Eli Clutch 🧂
You a hating bitch I see
🤣
Big kyrie ran and watching some film on kobe this the best I’ve ever seen somebody guard kyrie love love kobe man RIP
A nice chunk of Kyrie's points came from screens/picks.
Kyrie needed a pic everytime lol
Kobe made him SOOO uncomfortable..
The sheer stamina required to be playing defense against the superstar on the other team from the first quarter, especially against someone shorter and faster than you, is something today's stars don't do anymore
Not sure about Artest, or World Peace at that time, but I think Bryant was their best perimeter defender at 2013, which means problems, because it shouldn't be a 34 year old guy your best perimeter defender, that's why Lakers had defensive problems the whole season. The Lakers teams from 2009 and 2010, even 2011 were way better build compared, and with more depth when compared with that 2013 Lakers team. Still way more defense played in this clip than this year all star winner, winner, chicken dinner game.
3.57 Irving was like "Oh man im tired..you guys go you guys go" lmao
Lebron needs to watch this video to see what real defense looks like
upload more of this, love them
When Kobe retired the league died. Look at this man playing full court D on a young star! Not afraid to get crossed just being competitive taking a challenge!
The NBA needs a real leader to follow and look up to like they did with Kobe. The leader now is 👎
I’d have to agree, or maybe it died when he league made an example out of him calling the ref a f-got a couple seasons before he retired.
LeRoid has no cunning about him, the level of intelligence and speaking ability of a MJ or Kobe def is missin
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I see your points...
I just want to see these great players compete and go at each other to prove who's the best.
Bron still has the power to lead the NBA in the right direction his last few years.
Make more videos of defense please !!
LOCK D!! only time he got open was on picks and that dont count.. id pay to hear that convo they had 2
damn and Kobe still managed to scored 26 pts after playing this active D..smh no wonder he's the goat
+Chen Liu He's unreal. He was like 34 that season. AND all of his buckets are super tough, insane shots too
Kobe the god.kyrie needed those picks to get kobe off his ass
C'mon . Kobe totally killed it . Irving managed to pass by only by using screens
Even though the lakers were up double digits his defense was still the same through out the whole game! Definition of hard work! #RipMamba
Kyrie is one of the beast pg in the league top 15 in history. He can out score any pg and be efficient, consistence every night when healthy. There are only 2 players can slow him down or lockup his offense is Kobe and Drose when everyone on a healthy table. Kyrie is an all around pg. It's required a few ability talents in a player to be able to guard Kyrie. Even the MVP Curry can't guard Kyrie, I can tell you that much.
This comment just oozes basketball knowledge.
Every time kyrie scored it was off a screen and he wasn't picked up. I would say kobe locked him down
Kyrie had a nasty crossover at 5:36
Yeaa he missed
Nice to see the old man trying so hard even at this stage of his career.
If only LeBron put effort in defense like this
Tombe Tombe lmao exactly, here after watching lebron put 0 effort on defense, cant compare the two
I see a lot of typical Kobe fans in the comments. Kobe got burned on every single play in this video. He had 1 decent encounter when he poked the ball away, but Kyrie recovered it anyways. Literally every single other play in this entire video was either Kyrie hitting wide open teammates, Kyrie coming off picks and going wherever he wanted, or Kyrie completely blowing past Kobe. Are you people blind? This is why Kobe's defensive rating is always so bad. He is so overrated, it's pathetic.
You do realize how difficult it is to get around a scree , going around a screen dosent depend on how good Kyrie is it depends on the person setting the screen, like how effective they are sooooo with at said it shows how good kobe bryant is because unlike you I ball in real life and if I need a screen to get open or make something Happen it's because the person guarding me is too good
Rashad Powell And does that somehow account for the fact that Kobe couldn't stay in front of him for a single play and Kobe got burned badly every single time Kyrie went in on an ISO? You are an idiot.
Please show me this because the I saw his shit got pent backwards and I only saw two occasions where he efficiently scored and both he did not beat kobe he either settled for a jumper or had to show off balance I will admit his one handed layup was impressive but he never completely be kobe effectively .. Except toward the end where he tripped and fell.. What ISO did he get by kobe please tell me the mark on the video so I can look at it -- cause I dinately
Dude Kobe was fucking 34, I don't know why he's the one that guarding Kyrie instead of Metta but he was fucking 34.
If Kyries team could finish layups.
Are you kidding? I've watched 5 min now, and whenever Kyrie actually tries to dribble past Kobe he does so without any problem what soever. The Lakers are pretty good at getting around the screens, but that has nothing to do with the one-on-one match? The misses you're actually are showing is Kyrie shooting uncontested shots, which he is then blowing. If you want to take about good defence in this game, look at Howard beasting and Nash deflecting Kyrie's passes.
Wait, I'll give Kobe one 'thumb' up on a good double team. That was however blown when Kyrie got loose of it, adjusted his mask, got some speed going, and got tripped. Well done on the fouls Kobe.
That man denied kyrie the ball from opening tip lol 😆
Kyrie as a young man~ performance well against kobe~ anyway kyrie needs some good teammate as well
Kyrie needed screens to get outta mambas JAIL, eye test. Kobe moves great laterally
Sometimes kobe let him cut him it seems to force him to make reckless passes for more turn overs.
This possession is so funny 4:43 kyrie is screaming for them to swing the ball back to him because Nash got switched on to him, when he finally gets it back kobe back on that ass 😂
What's the verdict?
Beautiful defense and crazy man
Put a younger Kobe on this kid and wipe that smile off his face.
Kobe played some good D. What struck me was Kyrie missing 5 assists due to missed dunks and layups--in the first half. Poor shooting night for the Cavs, but they also turned the ball over a lot.
ain’t no one gonna talk ab that dunk at 1:28?😭😭😭
now i understand why kyrie is mostly going for the buckets rather than passing...
Damn, they essentially said to the Cavs, "We're not letting Kyrie beat us" I mean they doubled him pretty much every play with Kobe and said make someone else beat us
Never seen kyrie pass the ball so much everytime he gets it. Or is it just when he facing kobe?🤔
Luke Walton is one of the biggest headaches in NBA history, he has a high IQ but his reaction/decision time is so slow that he ruins great plays overthinking, would've had a decent career if he had just shot open 3's
This whole video kobe only got scored on once in the open court the other points were from picks n screens #lockdown #kobeback
This shows that kobe would own kyrie 1v1
Great D by Kobe but don't make it seem it was just shutting him down when his teammates gave great help defense yet everytime Kyrie scores off a screen y'all swear it don't count 😭😭 laker fans
so according to these brilliant broadcasters, Kyrie went to the University of Alabama....
God damn I'm surprised kobe didn't just fucking truck that guy after his 50000000th screen god damn
Kobe did beast. Kyrie got em couple times up and up tho I must say. But still Kobe won that match up easy. If the guys did not keep screening him there would not even be arguments in the comments. Kobe won hands down.
such intensive defence
which team won eventually?
5 baskets of kyrie, 4 screens ( the only way to score was using a teammate to pass bryant ) and only 1 lucky left handed play 1 on 1. He got shitted on by old kobe.
+Stefan Kovacevic im so calm thx. And i was just commenting the facts since this is a public video on kobe vs irving 1 on 1.
+Stefan Kovacevic im a kyrie fan, and he got shit on pretty hard by old man bryant
Most of these have nothing to do with kobe's defense and are just kyrie running sets that don't involve him....
OMG how is this lockdown defense..... Kobe did okay but Kyrie made plays after plays with ease and scored over Kobe with tough shoots.
Kevin Fei agreed
stupid Zipperhead , you Dont Know what Defense is..
He had the handle god kyrie standing out at half court and past the three point line for many plays and if you don’t call that defense idk what to say to y’all. Defense isn’t about steals and blocks all the time. It’s denying the ball, forcing your man to take tough shots and contesting him every play.
Almost all of kyrie shots were off the screen he beat Kobe a few times off the dribble but Kobe still played good defense on him. Kobe defense is underrated
4:50 he want guard kyrie
3:09 cussed too when he scored lol ultimate competitor right there
Kyrie is the best ball handler of all time
wow kyrie irving 5:34
That was because he was flailing around the zone for the ball. Kobe had to come off the screen. Rest of the whole video Kyrie was pathetic
Kyrie is soooo skillful
Kyrie can get past anybody! And this is a YOUNG Kyrie
Exactly, which is why it’s almost hilariously and hysterically ludicrous that certain people made these asinine assertions. Kobe, even at his PEAK defensively, wouldn’t lock down Kyrie.
So this is the old Kobe that people (haters) call a defensive liability. Hmmm...
Kyrie & kobe & Pau 14/15 championship team
and they say Curry needs screens
why did they let go of luke Walton man smh.
damn, before getting kevin love, timofey mozgov, matthew delavedova, and LeBron they got destroyed..
Damn a prime Kobe would eat these cats alive lmao
U guys keep talking about how great Kobe is,but I think kyrie is the best around here,he play pg but it didn't work cuz his teammate shooting accuracy was bad,but he trusted them still passes to them but it was all in vain,second half,he tried playin pg,sg and made some score,then he had no choice but to play pg,sg,sf. XD and his accuracy was the best,la lakers won only because they have better teamwork(not the very best but very good teamwork)but kyrie team was an 1 man army,plus kyrie manage to get 50+ to laker 70+ despite bad teammate(to be honest)basketball is not played alone,it is by team
Bro that Cavs team was so ass 😂😂
Kobe is the best dahil sya may na patunayan na
galing ni kobe
Even though Kyrie burned Kobe on almost every play all night, Kobe hounded him all game, he didn't lock him down but he made it extremely difficult for Kyrie to get comfortable.
It was sad watching Kobe play defense like this after watching him lock down players like Mark Jackson, Jason Kidd, and Allen Iverson (even though nobody could lock down AI, Kobe did make it tough)
how the fuck does cleveland mess up with power shots, putbacks and easy dunks?!
I see more playmaking from Kyrie.
lucky ones, considering how streaky Irving is on those
Don't listen to him,luck don't come,u have to make ur own opportunities.luck?he made so many assist he did his job all the time and even have to cover his team performance.the last part where Kobe is talking to him was probably how great he his and his team bringing him down(to be honest that's what it looks like)
Gotta dmit he gave kobe some issues but this is an old ass kobe a young kobe wouldve kept up more easily agiants kyrie. He still did a decent job though
Good defense, but too handsy.
Rim defense on Tristan Thompson
kobe definitely made it tough on kyrie
5:38 where them ankles kobe
All i saw was kyrie getting past kobe with ease.
Exactly
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2:26, lol that dunk fail!
Lol 1:47 too 🤣🤣🤣
lmaooo this video is hilarious
6:44
0:31-0:32 Wat a travel can't believe they didn't call it
damn too many picks....... 4:11 bow wow should be taking notes lmao..."where u going bow!!, where u going bow!!"
Lol it was nothin kobe does way worse to people like than he did it to him. As long as u don't finish ur lay ups. It's nothin
Kyrie got lock down
Cavs were garbage before lebron, blowing layups
Eh.. Kyrie owned Kobe in this video.
Mostly I noticed how bad the Cavs are at finishing at the net, Zellers retire because u suck man. Irving look to setup in this game, he finished 7/15, not bad should of jacked up a couple more shots though even with the Black Mamba on him.