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

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

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.

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

How do people glorify this disrespect to teammates ?

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

If Lebron behaved like Kobe yall would go crazy lol

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

That helicopter story didnt aged well..

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

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

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

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

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

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

We wouldve been throwing hands 😂😂💯💪🏾

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

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

MJ would’ve told smush the same thing too

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

Wow... this is the first time I heard Sebastian Telfair's story. The helicopter line is crazy.

3:11 This explains the entire NBA right now…

Kobe was different rip mamba💜💛🐍

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

Flying in a helicopter is not a flex anymore.

Listen to his name

Helicopter flexing turned into helicopter karma is craaazy

Kobe trying provoke Smush into a better player.

co worker : "you cant talk to me until you get some more accolades under your belt!" me : "nigga this mc donalds!"

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.

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

Live by the chopper dye by the chopper 😂

3:03 thats a wild way to start a conversation

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

You reap What you sow.....

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! 😂

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.

The Kobe & ShaQ beef was HALARIOUS YO!

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.

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

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?

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

🤔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?

This is what I call crazy basketball is just a job

Kobe was a beast!!

Michael Jordan - ‘Kwame Brown Kobe Bryant - Smush Parker

Vlad is the Police 👮‍♀️ !!!

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

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.

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

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

Kobe was arrogant . He got it from Jordan

Basically Kobe thought chu was a lame azz ninja simple 😂😂😂

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

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

Kobe was right ! Mentally of a winner 💪

Kobe should not have disrespected Parker has a Human.

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

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??

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

I would hate someone named smush too. 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

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

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

GOAT working out at 3am, obsessed!

That helicopter line ain’t hittin like that today

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.

Cause he was soft and not a winner

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

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.

I support smush I’m a New Yorker f kobe

MaMbA mEnTaLiTy.

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

Yes

Ninjas can't handle a joke. Me and Kobe would have been roasted by me after he dropped 59 for us

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

Gil just made up a story about Smush lol

Sounded like Kobe was trying to push him, if the star player in my team told me that, I'd hit the gym everyday

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

I loved it when Gilbert played for the Warriors.

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.

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

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

That helicopter line is crazy

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.

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

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

Kobe woulda respected Smush, had Smush responded aggressively.

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.

So many bars in this interview

Smush definitely ain’t tell the whole story lol

The delay in his answer says it all

Kobe the G.O.A.T.. WHO IS THIS GUY SMUSH PARKER?

I mean if Kobe were apart of the new nba where superstars are the GMs also, he would’ve just traded smush and not even said a word like Lebron does to every teammate he doesn’t approve of

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