The Game Kobe Bryant Showed LeBron James WHO'S MVP! EPIC Duel Highlights 2009.01.19 - MUST SEE 

That ain’t no mentality yo that man jus different 💯💯💯

@@amorodioamor4388 ok

@@amorodioamor4388 stop bitching, he had a dislocated pinkie on his shooting hand and still showed up a healthy lebron, stop crying just accept it

Amor odio Amor you obviously don’t know what you are talking about. The guy eventually had surgery on that hand and played through countless injuries some of which you never heard about, you are talking about the ultimate warrior on the basketball court. Think before you spew some garbage tryna compare yor bum friend to KB. GTFOH

@UCRSIeuSTbvf3ir_LSYHJ1kg kobe missed almost 2 seasons worth of games, stop watching basketball, you obviously cant comprehend the sport, you know a casual lebron stan when only thing they can bring up are stats, it's not black and white, theres more to basketball then final statistics, you obviously dont understand it though, if kobe and lebron are on a team together you and I both know who the captain of that team is, if you disagree you dont understand basketball

GOAT 🐐

LeBron won MVP that year

@@JVictorSilva1 no Kobe did, what a dumb ass

@@matthewgabbana5021 kobe won his mvp in 08. get ur facts straight. dumbass.

@@KollegahDerBub that’s what I said 08 you dumb ass

I have been watching the NBA since 1980.. and Kobe Bryant is the only player I have seen that is close to what Jordan was.. amazing player gone way to soon.

Kobes shot and dunks are better than mj though...

Facts, he is not given correct credit

Then listen to some of the best defenders talk about guarding him and still doesn’t get the credit he deserves.

It’s crazy man. I feel like most ppl who old enough and watched basketball knew. Most of my peers all have Kobe in high regard (mid 20s) but a lot of ppl online seem to not like him. Seems strange, growing up, everyone at school, even kids who didn’t hoop would yell “Kobeee” when shooting or throwing something in the trash. I think a lot of younger ppl are looking back his stats and weighing them by todays standards of efficiency. It’s sad to see. Also the media never really gave him his due credit.

just a casual but he looks like such a good shooter. seems to be outplaying bron here. hmm

@@Mma-Guy a better shooter, defender and reader of the game. Bron has gotten better at all of those things later in his career especially after the Heat team so going into the Cavs win and you can see how much he developed to be able to compete later in his career but Kobe is the embodiment of what MJ was reborn. Both of them had just mentality that cannot be replicated. You saw when Kobe and Lebron stood next to each other on the court Kobe was zeroed in, It wouldve have matter who was guarding him in that situation he was going to out play them.

Bom Trady who's next? L

With David stern making the first all heavens team. Kobe picked first 😭... N Stuart Scott calling it on espn heaven ✊

😭😭😭💜💛

@@charliemartinez4786 thank you for this one

@@charliemartinez4786 Cooler than the other side of the pillow

He was eating pain for breakfast and lunch every day ...That was KOBE and the MAMBA MENTALITY...How dare they are comparing someone so irrelevant to THE BLACK MAMBA....I don’t like CABRON,he just uses his power and physics,That’s it...he is not not an artist like Jordan or Kobe ,plus whoever is bragging that he is the Goat,is nothing to me ,,,If you are not HUMBLE ,you are a WOAT to me...

#MAMBA

Mamba Mentality 💜💛 KB #8 #24 🐍💜💛💙

Something LeBron could never do... #Kobe

@@emiltoutou1 Bruh Kobe was great but chill out. How you complaining about something that was born with? Lol. But then praise Kobe natural born talents? Lol. Makes no sense fam.

O give me a break. You didn't cry watching this. You're comment is a try at "don't forget about poor little me." Pathetic on every level.

LMAO. Too funny.

cringe

Exactly give him the ball with seconds on the clock he'll make it just like MJ they're not scared of missing the shot especially when they're on 🔥🔥🔥🔥

A+++ man

I beg to differ. As a play maker I'm fully entertained looking at the king play ball. At the end of the day it's all opinions... RIP Kobe

Well said

I've got kobe as well

This is why MJ is the GOAT..and then Kobe..bron not even close..Bron has nice stat padding stats tho

@Raul Salazar Why are you so mad bitch?

😥

I was thinking the same as I watched these two greats going at each other.

Ice Logan doesn’t matter

@Ice Logan no

LeBron will.never be a legend. Find out what legend means first. He ain't it.

@@oddessy2g Why must people hate and discriminate instead of appreciate greatness when they see it? For God's sake.

@@afro_kage8958 That's kobe fans for you

7:13 Legends don´t need to flop like this! only mo***ns do

@@marwiesiyou censored morons + LeBron got hit in the head? 😭 Not a flop it’s selling a call but the old head dementia got to you

He won’t be forgotten by any basketball fan

He won‘t be forgotten by anyone

@@fred_wr153 Only thing is you guys fake remember Kobe

@Raul Salazar You're a clown

I'm not a Lakers fan, I pulled 4 the 02 Kings, McGrady and A.i. anybody but KOBE but 2014 I couldnt help but say OK he left it all on the floor

Cut from a different cloth 4real

Dry different

Very*

Boy won it all that year

Not true. He didn't play through the pain, he walked away from lebron almost immediately

i think that was like Messi, he doesn't need the physical skin of Ronaldo to be the number 1

Facts

He should , Kobe patterned his entire game after the goat . Didn't come close to MJ , but hey , who better to copy

Lol, Kobe was 6’7”. Don’t act like he was Iverson.

greed beats all

Kawhi is the only one left

Vince Carter still hits a fade-away once or twice a month

@Tom Ta Ever heard of Steph Curry?

"Extinct"?? So we're just going to ignore Kawhi, KD, Kyrie, Booker, Ingram??? Sure none of them do it as well as Kobe, but for fucks sakes how many players in the history of the NBA have shot that shot like Jordan and Kobe did??

KD is still the best in fadeaways

Jake H if they played one-on-one Kobe wood come out ahead for sure

Kobe was trying harder psychically no slight to him. While catching LeBron off guard, used his finesse and wit. LeBron assumed Kobe was just going to out wit him and it backfired alot this game.

RIP Kobe but come on guys. Basketball is a team sport, Kobe had Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Fisher, a blossoming Andrew Bynum. LeBron had a couple of hand-me-down veterans way past their prime and a few guys he elevated to look like decent players. Those Laker teams won back-to-back titles, they had way more talent and way better team defense. It's amazing to see LeBron look as confounded as he does in these clips, it's a testament to how good Kobe's team was. But obviously, Kobe is amazing, it just helps to have a way better team, it makes everything easier. It lets Kobe expend more energy on defense among many other things.

LOL. he wasnt and he didnt. thats just you ridin it.

You're absolutely right I've been trying to tell others that exact same thing, people think cause lebron may be bigger he's stronger and would win a tussle match which isn't always the point Kobe could move anyone and this video is one of them.

Elysian562 I heard I think it's Anthony a say that Kobe is more skilled then Michael Jordan

Amazing

RIP #LegendKobeThankyou

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED 🤔😏👌🙏🙋‍♂️

Lusi Mo😒😏

Lebron is more like karl malobe 😂

Sean Kerrigan Kobe and Jordan would never average 25 and 11 I'm sorry its true and brim can't do what they did what score?

Sean Kerrigan lebron is far more superior when it comes to passing

Sean Kerrigan he is

@Sean Kerrigan Lebron's court vision is better than Kobe and Lebron. That can't be taught. And Lebron is just athletic as both of them. So I don't agree that Lebron can't do what they do.

i'd take it almost accurate, Kobe is second, before MJ

Yes that's true But he did get 80% of his moves from Jordan.. which is not a bad place to start..The other 20% was pure Mamba..Rip kobe24

not hattin on kobe , but imagine kobe bryant without mj influences.

I love kobe but he was a just student of mj...

Guessing you don't know the politics..."as far as overall dominance of the game, you gotta say LeBron. But as far as rings.....thats Kobe" ---Michael Jeffrey Jordan *( that last part there, is the "politics of the game" from one player's perspective.

This one right here was the one

ahahah yes

for real!!

Wish I could go with

hhahahhaha i was looking for this comment

Hahaha

Cry baby

😂. Lebron my dude. But damn 😂

He got head bump what you blind 😂

Lebron that dunk is ridiculous and that rip on Kobe is just strong too bad he was fouls but they didn’t see that

@@theguardianofthelight9292 yeah he just remembered to react to the bump when he saw that he lost the ball. Cmon man. This is some soccer bs

Why do we even debate if Lebron is better than MJ? Lebron wasn't even better than Kobe.

Lebron >>> Kobe not close mj better than both

@@moonwvlf6919 Ik... LBJ fans have to celebrate his losses along with his wins and make pathetic excuses to propel him in a debate he never belonged in

​@@moonwvlf6919 lebron is way better than kobe tf

​@@FrokuBabayy yea can't believe he only won 4 mvps and 4 rings man. What a bust definitely not a top 3 player all time. Not like he's the all time leading scorer or the fact that he outplayed kobe every time they matched up or anything..

He's the closest we will ever see, no one else has even come close so far, all around player with the drive those two had to win.

Bailey James because they're the best at that "sport"...

Nah. Kobe is still behind MJ and Lebron in terms of skills. MJ was better defensively and was more creative, especially during his 1st 9 years. Kobe matched up well with Jordan after Jordan returned from baseball. Lebron's all-around game was better. than Kobe's. I think Kobe was slightly better defensively. I got Kobe as the 8th best player ever.

@@RatedRex1 lolllllll

Rex is the kind of moron to take the vaccine because he thought it was Biden who made it not trump

Hell no. Lebron should’ve been unanimous if anything

@@majormarketing6552 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

He'd be bitching at calls if he played back in the 80's and early 90's where defense WAS actually played.

Exactly haha

SINCE DAY ONE LEBRON ALWAYS FLOP 😂

😂 yes.

He's the only superstar to ever flop that many times

Some kids will nvr know all they’ll have as proof is video an recap

Its common sense

Kobe isnt on either one of their level

Kobe has better slightly footwork/shooting than both of them but I get slammed cause I'd still take bron 1v1 over both mj and 🐍

@@deonybarra6377 lebron lost to micheal beasely in one on ine in lebrons prime in miami. Numerous times. Learn basketball. Lebron cant even beat kd one on one let alone mj or kobe. Learn tf gm. Micheal beasley torched him

Deon ybarra everybody’s entitled to their own opinion at the end of the day 💪🏾💯

Not over Jordan...not a chance.

Cant not over mj

Ricquee el silencia kobe is good but mirrored his game behind jordan. Cant beat someone with his skills just cant ask the raiders how it went when they face the old coach in the superbowl just cant.

@Ricquee el silencia You clearly are not very basketball-savvy. Everyone with half a basketball brain knows MJ was the greatest scorer that has ever laced them up...Kobe even studied and copied Jordan's moves and still was not the player Jordan was....stop drinking the Kobe Kool-aid.

@Ricquee el silencia You're full of Sh**t...show me the clip where Jordan said that...No player would ever admit that another player can beat them...especially Jordan. Kobe did score 81 however Jordan has more 50+ point games in an era where they actually didn't call touch fouls. Give me another excuse for Kobe.

Kobe passed the ball a lot more after they got Pau. But before that he was ball hogging for sure. Even most of these assists in this game happened after kobe was in the air about to take a jumper, then seeing hes being guarded tightly he dumps it out

you have to know the whole story behind his passing/lack of passing , one game doesn't tell it all.... as a Kobe fan, I know that in this phase of his career as #24 with Gasol, odom, and Bynum, Kobe bought into the team strengthening thing and did a much better job balancing being the go to guy and 1st option on offense with being a facilitator and a team 1st player. BUT... he wasn't always like that, and he didn't always beleive in the teammates around him.... So as #8 when he felt like the team wasn't strong enough overall, and he didn't trust his team mates work ethics, he would put it all on his own shoulders and try to dominate the ball and score big points every night to win. when that was the case, his assists lowered in numbers, points went up, and he took more shots a game and played heavy minutes..... You just have to understand the different phases he went through as a player, the growth and maturity with age and experience, and the team situation he was in at each parts of his career.

YoungBoy32 Shaq just commented on Kobe’s lack of passing today! Seems like Kobe passed to me.

thePaperDinosaur hard to lead all SG’s all time in Assists being a ball hog.

sorry, idgaf. Wow! Is that true?

sorry, idgaf. He ran point guard earlier in lakers 3 peat

MVP

Yet he always was incredibly worse than both, both in skills and attitude...

@@DesroQcstill bron is better than kobe all time lmfao

Rorschach 0007 can’t forget Kobe’s ability to close games out and work in the post

TheSCIOnce efficiency don’t matter?

Waniel Womar it does but it works both ways. The guy with higher efficiency let’s games slip away and the one with the lower efficiency does more in crunch time to secure the victory. Pick your poison

Rorschach 0007 they won their finals though lol

Rorschach 0007 what are you 12? He left his team and had the option to choose where and who he got to play with. You made the argument for more game winners but they won more games where it counted. The goal is always championship

Why he a goat

Complaining to the refs is literally a strategy

@@gggyy7104 and something both Kobe and Jordan did 😶

@@edwarddavid-bermudez4553 exactly

@@edwarddavid-bermudez4553 Lobe fans

@Desmond Hackney Better for Bronsexuals, yes. Better skillwise? Greater? No.

@Danny Green Is A BRICK No, it's Jordan, Kobe, Kareem, Lebron

@Danny Green Is A BRICK Selective Stats eh? How about 5-2 vs 4-6 lol

dumb ass didn,t you see the video? kobe dominated lebron and your asking why kobe's better? lol

@@winteriscoming5081 b4 Lebron joining Miami. Bron had a 9-5 record on prime kobe

I love you kobe

as a celtics fan to see that was gutting

You did anyone notice how phaded kobe was during the interview? Look at his mouth. They must if given him a pain killer. It was the late 2000s oxys were candy.

Crazy...

Miss Craig suits lol

Len Bias Kobe was 6 and 16 against him and LeBron out did him across the board.

@@amorodioamor4388 team record , kobe drstroys him is you saw the stats when they are guarding each other , but it doesnt matter , you wouldnt want to see it regardless

I have seen them they are in favor of LeBron. Kobe fans always try to minimize a 20 year career to a single game or a 3 minute stretch in all star game. You can make a video of any 2 famous players who went against each other more than 20 times and hand pick games or moments to make a guy look like he dominated. 90% of videos on you tube are Kobe fans hand picking. Literally trying to change history. LeBron isn't even my top player. I been watching Basketball since 70. No other fans are obsessed with this. Do you see Duncan fans trying to do this?If

@@amorodioamor4388 nope you did not 😂😂 stop lying , duncan ? He is boring what are you talking about

@@amorodioamor4388 its just that there isnt a lot of clips where you see lebron scoring,defending kobe 😂 as much as kobe does on lebron , accept it .

Donald Trump right

Lol Kobe just better

juan swopes no one asked for your opinion take yo ass to bed

Yeah

Im hurting right now bruh

Kobe did play in this area and didn’t even touch 30 and if mj played today with real competition he would be another zack lavine type of player. Lebron>

I’m not sure if you forgot about this but Kobe did play on this era , he was more of a ball hog as MJ and since Kobe didn’t average 50 MJ was gonna do it right ? 😏🤔🙄 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😭

@@michaelrodriguez177 kobe is a precious gem like a diamond while lebron is a rock

Nope. Jordan designed it and Hakeem refined it. LOL. get your fax straight kid.

@@OvaChicken right or wrong. it’s an opinion. Chill bro.

James worthy is good too

@@menglongzzz im chill. dont stress kid.

@@OvaChicken Hakeem is a legend I’m a rockets fan but Kobe moves are better than Hakeem

He is way better than LB

You do understand that after his first few years he played defense sparingly. When he was winning 1st team all defense later on Phil Jackson didn't get it. He said Kobe was a defensive liability. He would do a half hearted reach out as people passed by. He stated he was getting rewarded for his athleticism on the steals he got that resulted in slams. He pointed this out when Kobe had 12 blocks and made all D.

Kobe doesnt even rank in top 250 defensive ratings all time. He was winning awards through popularity. Like he made all star team in 2nd season when others were better or how he was on all star team his last 3 years that were really bad. Lots of guys like Lilard off team who deserved to be. When someone gets something that really wasn't deserved then someone who deserved it gets cheated. Kind of like admission scandal. When the rich pay to get in someone who deserved to gets bumped.

I grew up with a guy like Kobe who conveniently got a so called injury at beginning of big games. I call it a built in. That way you are hero regardless. If you lose then it's well did best I could under circumstance. And if you win then it makes it bigger. I once again call it a Built in.

Politics as usual,.. Lets be honest the kid would've passed jordan in EVERY STAT CATEGORY KNOWN TO THE NBA, AND WOULD'VE HAD MORE RINGS,. IF YOU JUST LET KOBE PLAY BASKETBALL,. I truly believe he's better then anybody.. Jordan is the greatest NBA player ever,. But imo Kobe is the best basketball player. Look how upper management ruined the lakers and sabotaged him winning more titles. The man was beat tf up playing seasons on injuries at a elite level, and did not cry.Truthfully the only black eye they put on kobe was the bullshit rape charge, thats why the REAL kobe fans gotta argue for him on forums like this because the league was never gonna let him surpass jordan, or be the focal point of the league THEY SKIP OVER HIM IN EVERY CONVERSATION LIKE WE ALL DIDNT THIS WATCH THE MUTHAFCUKA DO THE IMPOSSIBLE NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. David Stearn vetoed the Chris Paul trade.Why? That most likely would've been 6 Rings for kobe, Then they get rid of phil jackson ,cmon. HE WAS TOO GOOD. Jordan brought a TREMENDOUS amount of revenue to the league and excitement and he was pure genius but actual hooping kb824. HIS PEERS WILL TELL YOU KOBE WAS A MONSTER. sorry for all the curses bro.

Nothing changed wit lbj. He calls 4 switches on offense and D

@@dominiquejones3805 switching on defense is a coach’s system to play well, Sherlock.

Thats what you called using your brain haha

@@aominedaiki8314 nah

@@iceman6748 yeah they loves kobe the ball hog bryant

Look closely they headbutted

@@Goblynn223x They barely made any contact, and it clearly didn't affect him until after he lost the ball, then "oMG i'M in sO muCH paiN!1"

Jesse Bourbeau He deserved Finals MVP one year

Thanks you for this comment !!!! I’ve always said pau gasol deserves more credit & he so under appreciated

I have it in my 20000 pages of notes, but until his last few years Gasol actually had some numbers that no one else ever had. Kobe no Shaq or Gasol 194-275. Between Shaq and Gasol 156-145. Once Gasol arrived made it to finals that year. Kobe no Fisher 249-352. Fisher was there 5 rings. Kobe no Phil 185-271.

Pau, Shaq, Bynum, Odom and others have always been downgraded in order to bring up Kobe. One year I visited a friend in Los Angeles. His mother said did you hear Kobe got 30 points last night. And I said yeah but Gasol had 28 pts on 12-14 FG, 4-5 FT, 12 Boards and 4 assists. And she said I never heard of him. I said really? She said I don't follow basketball. She said all I know is what i hear on the news. She said every night she hears Kobe but no one else. She said that's what we get here in LA.

Amor odio Amor Nice story. This imaginary mom of your imaginary friend gave your comment some flair. Thank you, son.

Me too. Today is a big 3pt tournament every night.