I'm born and raised San Antonio and I grew up hating Kobe and hated having to hear about how he was top 2 (and sometimes top 1) all time. Then I got older and everyone says he isn't even top 10. It's baffling. I began defending the man I hated because it turns out I had massive respect for him. This dude is the greatest player I ever saw live.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Kobe destroyed my Warriors every damn time. Our home games were half full of Lakers fans. I hated him just as you did, maybe even more. And now I do the same as you, defending his legacy because people seem to have forgotten how huge of an impact he had on his team, the league, and the world. Kobe was a worldwide phenom nearly at the same level as MJ. When I traveled aboard, it was crazy to see people sporting Kobe jerseys. And then hearing him analyzing basketball post retirement…. I could no longer hate him and instead had to respect him.
It's the media and Klutch flunkies denigrating Kobe. The simple fact is there is none of this plastic manufactured GOAT debate with Kobe in the picture, so #2 had to be slid under the carpet.
I'm 40 and i will say that MJ is the greatest scorer ever and how he had to adapt to the game but still doing it in a graceful manner, was simply outstanding. Kobe was a great scorer in his own right as well
2006 Kobe 35ppg on 45% 1988 Jordan 35ppg on 54% that's almost 10% better with a baby Pippen before he got even decent. Zero All-Stars too and stats show teams score MORE vs Zone defenses.
I never doubted that Kobe is one of if not the greatest scorer the game has ever seen. But what surprised me the most is that he still averaged 5 assists per game. I mean the teammates he makes those passes are Kwame Brown,Chris Mhim, Smush Parker, Devean George, Rony Turiaf, Brian Cook etc. and Odom being the only one that you can somehow trust lmao. It was mostly a 2v5 on a nightly basis for Kobe that year. I'd rather see Kobe do a tough fade away against 3-4 defenders than see Kwame Brown get a pass.
Kobe also managed to drag that team to the playoffs...that is what is insane. But we also got some great Kobe quotes..."Who am I supposed to pass to...".
Respect on the Mamba. THIS is when I became a Kobe fan. When media and everybody hated him, I resonated with the rage he played with. He literally destroyed everything in his path despite having really no help. I'll never forget when media was saying that one guy can't drag a team into the playoffs. Yep. Kobe was literally a walking middle finger. Especially that season. BTW, subscribed. Keep coming with the content.
Couldn’t agree more. Kobe routinely disproved the media and made them look foolish throughout his career. It’s part of the reason they continue to try to hate on and belittle him to this day… Many thanks for subscribing to the channel and WELCOME aboard 🙏!
Kobe definitely needs to be talked about more in the goat conversation I hate ESPN keeps on talking about LeBron more for that while they hardly even talk about Kobe like that, that just pisses me off 😡
Kobe gave me the greatest years of basketball and my life the most entertaining player I have ever seen into me the most skilled basketball player ever by far my number one favorite
I have been pointing this out for over 10 years, and I am happy to see I'm not alone. The 2001 illegal defense rules change was a HUGE decision that few fans even know about. It is why all the great scorers of the 2000s have a sub 45% FG percentage (except for Kobe's 45.7%). And it is why the league ended up softening foul calls in order to create a higher paced, more offensive heavy game years later, giving rise to the 3-point snooze-fest we have today. Kobe played during the toughest defensive era in history, and no one seems to know about that. I am so happy to see all of it plainly covered in this video. God bless you Skap.
Exactly my friend, i remember this season (as well as Kobe's 81 points night) very well, it has so much merit avg 35 points when you take that into account. I understand why the NBA softened defense afterwards but it like they cant get it right, either its this hardcore defense we had in that Kobe season (the 80s not withstanding, since player could get away with murder, players were being hurt for real)or the 3 point snooze fest of today were nobody even attempts to block for fear of being posterized.
I'm an MJ stan, but I've always respected Kobe. His ferocity, his competitiveness, his drive to win, they were all the components that made MJ the GOAT. He had what the kids call "that dog in him." He was the end of an era before Lebron, of guys who won through grit without a superteam, and wouldn't settle for losing as long as they had good stats.
This is a GOATED video for my favorite player. Thank you so much for all the hard work and research you put in for my guy Kobe. They looked at Kobe missing the playoffs as a total failure without a single thought about the roster he had or the conference that he played in. It was becoming tougher through his career going from 5-6 50+ win teams to 7-8 50+ win teams. He couldn’t afford to load manage because it was a requirement to win damn near 50 games just to make the playoffs. He was the true MVP of that year not Steve Nash. That’s like giving the MVP to John Stockton instead of MJ.
Stockton may have not, but Malone did win the MVP award the year the Jazz had the best record, even though MJ and the Bulls had spanked them in the previous season's finals and would proceed to do it again. As far as I understand, team success has always been a prerequisite and a crucial factor for the MVP, until Westbrook in 2016 with his triple double season as an 8th seed first broke the mold and then Jokic normalized this precedent by winning thanks to analytics as the 6th seed last year. But at the time, Kobe could have averaged 50 and he still wouldn't have been given serious consideration with his team being so bad. Nash, on the other hand, by turning a joke franchise around and leading them to the best regular season record on remarkable efficiency (50-40-90 splits) did have a legitimate case
@sakdavid the Bulls had the best record. Kobe didn't deserve MVP which is why he didn't win it. It's called most valuable player not who you like award
-- I never liked Kobe. But his skill and mindset is 2nd only to MJ. My favorite Kobe moment? When he demanded a trade and the fans began booing him. But Kobe? He's like: "F* y'all. I'm going to play harder." At the end of the game? The fans were legit cheering. So good.
@@skap_attack Video Idea - Have you thought about doing a documentary/commentary on the decline of the Allstar game in the lebron...cough cough I mean the modern Era ?
He sounds insane, look how he glosses over the 04 debacle. The media did hate Kobe, because he thought he was better than Jordan, because he was a ballhog, because of snitching in Shaq and the rape charge its not hard to see why.
@@andrewcook1246 Media, snitching, false accusations...what does that have to do with Kobe being better than Lebron by a mile...? It's okay, you hate Kobe, we get it...
@@dero2430 its the reason no one buys that hes really a killer lol. I don't, he's just not better than Bron. But sure, cheer that 40%fg from all those bad 18 footers and call it the toughest era of defense.
@@doktor3196 I wasn't a big Kobe Bryant fan back then. I was a Tim Duncan fan. I respected him as a player and rooted for him when the Spurs would fall short.
I wish they would show this clip on ESPN or any other news stations. They're so busy trying to push Lebron and people who have seen Kobe play. There's no question hands down. One of the greatest of all time🐍💛💜
@@romanramirez7847 you know, honestly, I really don't like the way they're throwing the word goat around because it's different here is you never hear that with hockey. You don't hear it with golf. Not modern day golf so I just don't like when they do that because different eras different rules change. So it's so difficult it really is
Skap you consistently out do yourself with each video masterfully done, setting the record straight with your comical but insightful uploads. I'm a big Mamba fan, A die hearted Laker fan and supporter of your channel bless up yourself. 🙏
Thanks for bringing this up , he also cares only about winning way more than stats I believe he had 2 other instances where he had 60+ after three quarters , but rested because it was a blow out , he could have been a stats analytics driven star like James , and gotten 3 games with 80 points , but choose not too. He outscored the finalist mavs 62-61 through 3 quarters I saw that game and believed ok this is the closest thing to MJ we have seen , best player of this era .
Fun Fact about Kobe: In 2005/2006 he single-handedly OUTSCORED THE ENTIRE 60 win Dallas Team, with league MVP Dirk, through 3 quarters BY HIMSELF (62 to 60). No player in professional basketball HISTORY has ever done that through 3 quarters, not even Wilt. And Wilt averaged 50 for a whole SEASON. Let that sink in. Unprecedented (before or since, in spite of all the 3 point chucking and stats inflation that's occured post 2010). Prime Kobe was a MONSTER of epic proportions. The only player i would even CONSIDER taking over him is prime MJ. 2005/2006 Kobe is the GOAT imo. IDC about stats. Joel Embid is top 4 ALL TIME in PER. It's nonsense. No name bums have a higher career PER than Jerry West. Stats require a LOT of context that will never be captured by the algorithm used to compute a given stat. PER, for instance, overvalues uncontested defensive rebounds. I could write an entire book on this. WATCH the games don't read box scores in isolation. 2005/2006 Kobe did something no player in professional basketball has ever done (even pre-3 point line). If Lebron, or Curry, OUTSCORED a 60 Win Team BY HIMSELF through 3 quarters (actually less because he rested part of the 2nd quarter), you would NEVER hear the end of it. But ESPN hated Kobe and, unfortunately, this game from the 2005/2006 seasom never gets as much attention than it should. More impressive than Wilts 100 point game (that we don't have much game footage of). Kobe top 2 EVER.
Even though I'm from Mass and I hate Kobe, it's a true shame that he didn't get more respect for his play when he was on the court. The dude was a true killer and never shied away from giving his everything to win.
I so appreciate your Kobe stuff! Its criminal that the Lakers couldn't get anything better for Shaq, couldn't get anything resembling a quality team post Shaq for damn near 3 yrs, and then for some crazy reason they decided to blow up a championship team and ruin the final quality years of Kobe's career! THIS is why LBJ hops from team to team, dude hasnt had to deal with a tenth of what Kobe endured with ineptitude of that front office and the league stopping a trade to get a CP3 and Kobe tandem. Thank you @SkapAttack for doing these! They mean something to people! ❤🙏🏽💪🏽
Idk about that Kobe has more moves but I'm not mad about you picking MJ both the greatest wish they would have played in the same era that would have been must see basketball.
@@skap_attack Skap you are the GOAT. I swear, I forced my entire family to subscribe to your channel - we are all fans of REAL Alphas. Thank you so much for all the effort and INTELLIGENCE you put into all your videos. Best channel I found in RU-vid in many, many years. I would love for you to do a video on how LeBron choked with a stacked team in 06 FIBA world championships & after Kobe came in 07 because USA needed to qualify for the Olympics(because of poor performances in 04 Olympics & 06 FIBA) & since joining team USA they went undefeated in 07 qualifying tournament,08 Olympics & 2012 Olympics. Also Kobe was set to be the youngest ever to play for Team USA(a record LeBron captured 4 years later) in 2000 but declined to heal his ankle after the season + he got married. But I think it's important to show people who think Lebron could've won a ring with Shaq (if he was hypothetically on that 2000 - 2003 Laker team) are mistaken. Tim Duncan, who was a paint clogger but not as bad as Shaq, crunched the spacing so much for Lebron that he couldn't get to the rim at will and because of his poor outside shot, he was ineffective. This routinely got exposed for several years (and really until this day - you beat Lebron by forcing him to shoot jumpers and keep him out of the paint). Appreciate your work Skap!
This is a very interesting take on that season. This kills any notion Kobe was simply a volume scorer or shot jacker as his haters love to refer to him as. Another great vid Skap!😎👍
He definitely wasn't a volume shooter/scorer...that distinction goes to Iverson, but in his defense, he WAS the offense. I got Kobe #2 after Jordan in my top 5. LeBron is at 6 he ain't even in my tip 5.
if you're only looking at that one season, maybe. but for his career he was the brick champion 6x and the scoring champion only twice. when a player led the league in bricks 3x as often as scoring, the chucker label definitely applies.
@@uberneanderthaldepends on fg% and efg%. If you take more shots you’ll have more misses. But if you’re shooting 45%+ then you’re not really that bad of a shooter. Context is king
@@TH-cq7bj sure, MJ led the league in misses 7x...but he also led the league in scoring every single time. that's the difference. and yeah, 45% ain't bad, especially in the early 2000s. but we're not comparing Kobe to the average, are we? We're comparing him to Wilt, Jordan, Mikan, Kareem, etc.
I’ve loved this page since the first video I watched. I watch these repeatedly trying to remember points for the next time I need some ammo. Kobe Bryant has always been the best thing I’ve ever seen and will always be my Goat
What an excellent convincing argument made here. Life kinda got in the way fir me during much of Kobe’s prime so I didn’t see a whole lot. When I first started the video and saw that it was going to say that his season was better than Jordans best I had my doubts. Your case on the adversity Kobe faced that year really has me thinking. Keep up the great videos.
Direct tv was a godsend back then, i didn't miss a kobe game❤ you're right the media hated him and barkley was part of the hate. Thanks skap we appreciate the work you do. 🙂
@Skap Attack please make a video about the greatest individual season an nba player ever had: MJ's 1987-1988 season. What this man accomplished that season was simply ridiculous.
Even though I disagree with your view and video on Kobe having the best scoring season ever…I still hit the like button and enjoy your opinions and perspective of the nba .
I agree Kobe deserved the MVP, without him, the Lakers were absolute trash. I still think the better individual season was Michael's MVP + Defensive of the year, but Kobe's season was criminally underrated
@@joel8692 They had the leagues #1 Offensive Rating in the ENTIRE NBA with Kobe on the floor and BY FAR the worst Offensive Rating in the ENTIRE NBA with Kobe on the bench. The widest margin by a single player of the past 23 years. And he did this with Smush Parker, Kwame Brown, Chris Mihm, and Crackhead Odom (yes, he's admitted to doing crack BEFORE games when he came to Los Angeles and developed a substance abuse issue). And they did this in a western conference so LOADED 6 or 7, sometimes ALL 8 teams were 50+ win teams. Try again.
For a few seasons because of the sexual assault trial, Shaq leaving LA, the Shaq vs Kobe feud getting so public, rumors about his frosty relations with Phil Jackson and other teammates, Kobe was the most hated player in the NBA for a couple seasons. It wasn't until around the 81-point game that Kobe started gaining some respect from sports media.
@@tylerm993 Literally had his teammates call him showboat(name given by Shaq bc of Kobe’s flashy play) & his coach played him sparingly except in a gm4 vs the Jazz where a rookie who averaged 7.8 points took clutch shots in a series the Lakers got swept. Then Bryant averages the most points off the bench in the NBA heading into the all star break & is named an all star starter over his own teammate Eddie Jones & his coach Del Harris denounces Kobe’s selection as an all star because he didn’t want it to have a positive effect on Kobe, who started 0 out of 82 games that season & his points dropped significantly from over 18 before the all-star break to 15.4 to end the season because of Harris & Shaq hating. It’s really crazy once you put it into perspective that Shaq was always jealous of Kobe yet they somehow made it to 4 finals & the only modern NBA team to 3 peat other than the Jordan led Bulls.
This is why I laughed when LeBron went to Miami and said he was the “villain” of the league and felt like the most hated. It didn’t even come close to what Kobe had to deal with when it came to the Colorado trial, Shaq beef, Karl Malone’s dumb ass, Phil Jackson and the media.
I never really thought about the Shaq trade… Damn that’s crazy. They got back no proven talent or first round picks. Compare the Shaq trade to the Gobert trade lol wtf
Scapp attack Thank you for another masterpiece I'm already a Subscriber, I just want to say this about kobe and mike They were both earthquakes. And we are still feeling the aftershocks even till this day.👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥💯🎯
@@bobbyd1632 most likely u gna say jordan is the goat but my question is who was really his competition? Last I checked closest to Jordan was Clyde Drexler and that was a long stretch at distance at talent. His realistic competition was during the early 2000's (Washington Wizards) with people just as fast, strong, smart (IQ) etc. but the excuse is "he was old" or "he was injured" Kobe had faced people all around his level and some was even better than kobe. Its much easier styling on trash people vs styling on people at or even better than you
@@jackcityy718 { closest to Jordan was Clyde Drexler and that was a long stretch at distance at talent } So you only consider the same position as 'competition' - just so I'm clear? For me era dominance itself matters more than comparing players who players faced from different eras. Aside from that, if you want to say Wade, TMac (more a SF), AI, Ray Allen, Vince, Houston are better than Drexler, Miller, Mitch, Spreewell, Dumars... well firstly you'd be wrong they are very comparable. And secondly a lot of those players crossed over and faced both Mike and Kobe. { early 2000's (Washington Wizards) with people just as fast, strong, smart (IQ) etc. } You do know Clyde ran faster and jumped higher than every SG Kobe faced right? Tell me the SG who ran a 4.2 and jumped 43" that Kobe faced? { but the excuse is "he was old" or "he was injured" } I don't make excuses for MJ man, I feel his Wizards years were not bad at all. But yeah the 39-40 year old who had knee surgery and extreme wrist issues was in fact "old and injured". It is a FACT not an excuse, as I will never use it as an excuse.
@@jackcityy718 { Its much easier styling on trash people vs styling on people at or even better than you } Like I said man, tell who was trash against MJ... compared to who Kobe faced. Then we can discuss the matter And how's Kobe your GOAT if you yourself say he faced players better than himself?
@@bobbyd1632 Miller, spree, Houston are not even close to kobe competition 😂😂 stop telling jokes and be serious 😂 🤣 Yes, like I said Clyde is the closest thing to jordan level and that was a very far and yes what about vince Carter, Gerald Green, Jason Richardson and there are many more that soar thru the air cmon now let's be serious
Do you have a solid explanation on why the media disliked Kobe while pushing Lebum since the beginning of his career? That would be a very interesting video too.
It's about being compliant with their agenda and promoting it. Kobe couldn't care less, he just wanted to win not play politician and a slave to the media like LeBum.
1) He imitated Jordan 2) Summer 2003 Colorado 3) He "ran off shaq" even though he wanted more money 4) He was perceived as "Selfish" 5) His legacy was a threat to the media driven legacy propaganda of Lebron James Why else do you think the league had lebron go to the lakers and "coincidently" pass kobe in points in Philadelphia.......and then coincidently kobe "dies" the next day and lakers "coincidently win" the nba championship on a holiday FATHER DAUGHTER DAY October 11th 2020 as in Kobe Bryant (father) Gigi (daughter) before you guys cry. "CONSPIRACY" ask yourself a simple question....where is the lie in my list ?
It starts making sense over time, but it's upsetting. It's what I realized I hated about lebron. He's like the media's spokesperson and special little child who could never do wrong. His hype was used to not only sell sh*t, but also use his influence to speak on politics and other topics. So rather than be a good basketball player to be the best and win, it feels like he's in it for the clout. Like he talks about China, BLM, and a bunch of other stuff on twitter especially that has nothing to do with basketball, and parades about being the King. And it is followed making excuses and making him a victim, which is becoming very marketable nowadays. Kobe and Jordan were the opposite, and had an obsession with nothing but basketball and winning, and made no excuses. They diminished their friendships to an extent because the game came first, and they played through injuries and the like. It's as if they didn't care about the noise and were fixated on one goal. Aside from the other angles the media had to attack Kobe, they just aren't the archetype the media like. I still wonder though, because I know its a lot more than just that, but it's just a pattern that the media follows as a whole, and it goes way beyond just basketball.
True fans and I'm sure everyone that played with or against him know that Kobe is one of the top players all time. Let the media keep overlooking him, since they're not exactly good at being correct.
Fun Fact about Kobe: In 2005/2006 he single-handedly OUTSCORED THE ENTIRE 60 win Dallas Team, with league MVP Dirk, through 3 quarters BY HIMSELF (62 to 60). No player in professional basketball HISTORY has ever done that through 3 quarters, not even Wilt. And Wilt averaged 50 for a whole SEASON. Let that sink in. Unprecedented (before or since, in spite of all the 3 point chucking and stats inflation that's occured post 2010). Prime Kobe was a MONSTER of epic proportions. The only player i would even CONSIDER taking over him is prime MJ. 2005/2006 Kobe is the GOAT imo. IDC about stats. Joel Embid is top 4 ALL TIME in PER. It's nonsense. No name bums have a higher career PER than Jerry West. Stats require a LOT of context that will never be captured by the algorithm used to compute a given stat. PER, for instance, overvalues uncontested defensive rebounds. I could write an entire book on this. WATCH the games don't read box scores in isolation. 2005/2006 Kobe did something no player in professional basketball has ever done (even pre-3 point line). If Lebron, or Curry, OUTSCORED a 60 Win Team BY HIMSELF through 3 quarters (actually less because he rested part of the 2nd quarter), you would NEVER hear the end of it. But ESPN hated Kobe and, unfortunately, this game from the 2005/2006 seasom never gets as much attention than it should. More impressive than Wilts 100 point game (that we don't have much game footage of). Kobe top 2 EVER. As for greatest scorers ever: 1a. MJ 1b. Kobe 3. Wilt 🐐
Yes. I think they are think they’re both the greatest and best scorers ever. Best being Talent and skill combined or talent converted into skill. We have enough footage now see exactly how Wilt played and dominated. Kobe, Durant, Allen Iverson, Curry, and Kyrie imo. Also West, Dirk, and Kareem.
I would put Wilt #1 because he DELIBERATELY cut his scoring to concentrate more on defense and assists for half or a bit more of his career. MJ is the only one that can argue the point though.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 No he didn't...he was instructed to do it by his coach in exchange for wins. And Wilt had to cut it significantly to have team success. Jordan did as well, not nearly to that degree and 6-0 in the Finals, with 2nd highest ppg in Finals ever. Wilt can't sniff MJs jockstrap
Kobe at 27 basically got what he should have at the beginning of his career so it evens out to be quite honest because most draft picks that come in the league that high and that heralded are walking on to crappy teams. Him and Tim Duncan lucked out. We're going to be quite honest with how the beginning of their careers started
Kobe lucked out but Duncan didn’t. By the time Duncan was drafted, Robinson was a shell of himself and the team was just ok. Duncan was just so good that it didn’t matter. Shaq was in his prime and would continue to be in his prime until 2005. That allowed Kobe to develop without the pressure of being the franchise guy.
@@THE_BEAR_JEW what? robinson was a shell of himself? i wouldnt go that far. he almost averaged 20/10 for the season and played 80 games with an all star appearance
@@ForEducationalPurposesOnly I watched him play healthy and after his injury. He was an MVP and he could carry the team to 60 wins back then. After his injury he was not any good in the playoffs. We’re talking 42% shooting which is horrible for a center of his caliber. Besides, after Duncan’s rookie season, it was over. Robinson had that last hoorah you talked about and that’s it. The prime years were over, and fast.
Love the videos. So glad i found this channel. I think its fair to say kobe was the best tough to damn near impossible shot maker we have ever seen. People will say what about MJ. MJ was the greatest creator of shots. MJs creativity and athleticism opened up opportunities that werent there. Kobe had a gift of making something out of nothing.
Glad you’re enjoying the videos 🙏. And I completely agree with your premise about Kobe being the greatest difficult shot maker. He could manufacture a shot out of nothing.
Imagine, there are still people out there who refuse to put Kobe over Lebron. Absolute no brainer. And i didnt even witnessed Kobes Prime. With your help skap. At the end, Lebron will not even be a Top 5 alltime great. Keep up the excellent work
@@QuestionEverything562 I witnessed Lebron: choking vs Spurs in 2007 getting swept choking in 2004 in the Olympics on a STACKED team with Duncan choking in 2006 again on a stacked team with Duncan choking in 2009 vs Orlando (which Kobe beat) choking in 2010 vs Boston (which Kobe beat) choking in 2011 with 8 points in the Finals (worst choke job by a superstar in nba history)' choking in 2014 with the worst margin of loss average in NBA HISTORY choking in 2017 and 2018 by going 1-8 vs the Warriors despite Kyrie, Love and Jr Smith OUTSCORING Curry, Klay and Draymond in 2017 choking twice since he arrived in Los Angeles by missing the playoffs TWICE while still in his prime until Anthony Davis saved him Shall i continue? Kobe WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than Lebron.
@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 lol I'm not a LeBron fan, so cool. I hate LeBron, he's a pos, but I just keep it real about your idol Kobe. Kobe is #10 on my all-time list, great scorer, overrated defender, and not as impactful as the guys before him. Kobe completely choked in the 2004 Finals, like selfishly choked. Kobe is the worst G7 superstar performer in NBA history perhaps, always puts up shit*y numbers.
@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270and yet with all that Lebron accolades is still better than Kobe’s career, funny how u add missing the playoffs as choking because Kobe did in his prime and stop lying Lebron ain’t been in prime in LA😂. played with shaq and wasn’t even the best player, the same AD y’all sayid soft. Is like saying Pau Gasol saving Kobe.
@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 19 year old lebron in the olympics getting called a "choker" literally averaged 40 against orlando 2016 curry was worse lebron outscored kyrie, love, jr, curry, klay, AND draymond we all know how kobe: - was massively outperformed by shaq in 3 straight finals - was the biggest favorite to ever lose a finals series, and did it in 5 games - blew a 3-1 lead to a stoudemire-less suns team - missed the playoffs in 2005 because HE decided he didnt want shaq around - tried to leave the lakers, failed, and said he would refuse to even try winning anything until pau gasol arrived
When my friends were playing our first poker game after Kobe's passing, we played a hand of poker where we were betting betting in multiples of Kobe numbers. One of my poker buddies bets 81 dollars, my other poker buddies did not get it, then I told them that I'm from Toronto and Kobe scored 81 on the Raptors. The rest of guys were laughing their asses off and I lost that hand.
2006 Kobe 35 ppg on 45% shooting 1988 Jordan 35 ppg on 54% shooting!! 1987 Jordan 37ppg he shot 48% Jordan did it vs Hand Checking while Kobe did after 2004's NBA Hand Check Ban. Kobe's 35ppg season would have been Jordan's WORST shooting full season as a Bull, he only shot under 45% on the Wizards
@@heirrose1606 But you ain’t saying nothing we don’t already know. We all know mj was a more efficient scorer. But look at the defenders who defended Kobe and the ones who defended mj. Gots to give context big dawg
Wilt's 50 point season his fg% was 50.6 and he also averaged 25 rebounds. Wilts 44 ppg season his FG% 52.8 and he averaged 24 rebounds. Wilt had a higher career FG% than both Kobe and MJ... Wilt's was 54.0 to Kobe's 44.8 and MJ's 48.7.
@@VonKappallot Context: Jordan's defenders could put hands on him and he faced more legit 7ft Shotblockers, which there were fewer of every season since the early 2000's. Choosing Kobe over Jordan is arguing vs the literal Laws of Physics. Even though Kobe got the closest to looking Like Mike, he was a lower IQ bootleg over-emotional version of MJ. As hot as he could get he was still a selfish ballhog who put up a ton of bricks while getting his points. That same season when he was called out for being selfish, Kobe QUIT vs the Suns in the playoffs by only taking 3 shots in the 2nd half of Game 7, including only 1 in the 4th. That alone should disqualify him for best scoring season if you include playoffs. You know Kobe QUIT that game because he asked to be traded to the Bulls or Clippers after that. I respect wanting the challenge of going to Jordan's house more than LeBron's weakshit buddy system moves, but Kobe wanted to play w/ Luol Deng and killed the trade when the Lakers would only do it if Deng was in the deal. Jordan NEVER quit on games and always went down firing like the best scorer ever that he was.
TBH looking at Kobe's career stats I get why some don't view him as top 5 all time. His first few years and final few years did him no favors. The thing, though, is that from 2000 to 2010 Kobe was the GOAT. Watching him play live you realize he was facing defenses that were some of the best ever. He was constantly double, sometimes triple covered. A legend.
And when you realize too that he played during the dead ball era, which was by far the lowest scoring era, you realize how impressive his scoring actually was. Scoring 25 points then would be like scoring 32 this latest season.
It's really when you get into some advanced team and player analytics that you get to really see how phenomenal of a player Bryant was. LeBron deliberately crafted his play-style like a kid who plays myPlayer on NBA 2k - just trying to stat stuff the basic stats as much as possible.
I’ve seen his teammates move out of the way so he could grab the rebound. Even bigs. And if you notice they always shoot off his passes even if it’s a bad shot. There’s more to stats than just numbers and most people don’t realize it.
@@forsaken7976 THANK YOU!!!! Hes the BIGGEST stat padder ive ever seen in my life. He REFUSES to shoot full court heaves to preserve his FG % it's MADDEINING. Dude is the biggest fraud ive ever seen and he takes steroids too (EPO and HGH).
@@forsaken7976 Also assists dont even tell you how many passes were GREAT but blew by inept teamamtes bricking or whether it was a bad pass, late in the shot clock, forcing a teammate to heave a bad shot lest they incur a Turnover (LeExcuses is first in turnovers in NBA history as well).
@@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 yes agree. And Kobe used to take so many tough shots to bail out the offense deep in the shot clock. When the teammates couldn’t make a move to get a good shot, they would pass to Kobe with like 4 seconds left in the clock and then he had no choice but to try to make something happen. That affected his fg % a lot.
Awesome season, but don't forget it is the first season after the 2004 rule changes that actually brought increased perimeter players scoring and/or efficiently between 12-35% 🤷♂️ across the entire league, which was the intended purpose of the change.
@@jasonhearn5818not quite, with zoning now allowed, it allowed defenses to switch from man to zone to offset a team’s/player’s skill set. The new rules opened up the opportunities for shooters.
@Mrgyonex Only changed that is rrlevant is removal of handcheck, but came to the rescue is the 3ple or quad team of defensive players againts opposing teams stars. And I know the Pistons, Spurs and other great defensive teams used this againts all star guards and forwards. So your discrediting failed. That's simply because in reality you never watched 90% of the games from 2000s in the NBa. That right there exposed your not credible at all. Just like what I alwaus say, Nerds go back to your mommas basement and stay away from Basketball.
@jasonhe Exactly wrong. It transitioned to lowest NBa scoring games hahahaha! Remember how the score from 2004-2010 were in the finals the teams that are great defensively beats theur opponent. In 2005 game 7 81-74 2010 finals game 7 83-79 dors that looks like easier to score? Yep! Exposed your lies again and an accomplice of Mrgyonex
@kaksmirknight5318 2004 NBA got rid of hand checking so that made it easier to score ...86-87 was much more physicality in the league and flagrant style defensive play was legal...where are the lies?
YESSS! We have to keep Kobe’s legacy alive. The lying media and kid fanbase out there are trying to wash him away. Not on my watch! THANK YOU for tuning in, I appreciate you 🙏❤️
@skap_attack No, dude. Thank you. Every vid I've seen so far is spot on and expertly argued. It's the most uncut truth about basketball I've ever seen on screen. Cheers to your work.
I’ve been hoping someone with a brain would come along and expose this New NBA & also a channel that actually rates Kobe Bryant properly. I would love for you to do a video on how LeBron choked with a stacked team in 06 FIBA world championships & after Kobe came in 07 because USA needed to qualify for the Olympics(because of poor performances in 04 Olympics & 06 FIBA) & since joining team USA they went undefeated in 07 qualifying tournament,08 Olympics & 2012 Olympics. Also Kobe was set to be the youngest ever to play for Team USA(a record LeBron captured 4 years later) in 2000 but declined to heal his ankle after the season + he got married. Appreciate your work Skap!
@@skap_attackKobe is the wannabe knock off MJ kid. Have you even watched basketball. Probably some 20 or 30 year old that barely got to see Kobe play. You know he came off the bench behind Eddie Jones.
Why are you making an argument for pace of play without just stating the pace of play number per decade? That would be a very direct way of making your point (and then maybe after you can index the amount 25ppg scorers to each decade). This is a very solipsistic way of arguing your point because an east country argument is: sample size and outliers. There aren't ENOUGH 25ppg scorers (and why 25ppg+, seems like an arbitrary delineator) to really drive home your point without a pretty significant error margin. One could just as easily post the amount of TIMES a player this past season (2022/2023) score over 40 points or over 50 points in a given (it's a record high). Just state the average number of possessions per decade. Boom. And THEN we can make a proper argument. This is a very lateral way of making your point and not entirely convincing. I suspect the number of expansion teams in the 70s and 90s also warps the data in ways you haven't corrected for. My 2 cents.
Pace is not irrelevant, but can be overrated to a degree. Where a team gets 85 shots or 100 shots in a game, the star player is gonna get as many shots as he wants.
MJ averaged 35 and 37 ppg two seasons in a much more physically defensive era..he was primarily driving to basketball and shooting mid range jumpers not reliant on 3s...by 2005-2006 was a much different NBA due to the new rules it was easier to score
The 80s defense was pretty much everything goes, it was almost murder lol, it doesnt mean it was a better defense. Also video just told you that on MJ's 37 ppg '87 season (which i consider his best individual season ever) the avg points per game was 110 and the avg possession was 101. On this 06 season the avg points was 97 points per game and 90 avg possessions per game, those are BIG significant difference numbers that tell you how hard was it.
@fungus_am0nguz644 thats my point exactly is the physicality of the era ...teams like the bad boy pistons and the commonly flagrant style of play and the fact that MJ was dominating like that was unreal...by mid 2000s is when the rules started to change and they got rid of hand checking and started the transition to a more offensive less defensive NBA
@@antonioperez5949 for me that 87 MJ season was his best individually, monster of a season. And the defense played in that era, a flagrant then would mos def get u a big suspension and maybe involuntary manslaughter. However as this video just showed us, that 87 season 110 avg ppg 101 avg possessions, 06 season 97 ppg 90 avg possessions, numbers aint everything but they also dont lie.
@@fungus_am0nguz644 The players were not necessarily better individual defenders but defense was tougher to score on. Do you think its harder to score when you arent touched or when someone is giving you an elbow? Its just common sense dude
Kobe didn’t have the greatest team that year but I actually liked those players. I rooted for them because on a stacked team, they’re bench players and now they have a chance to do something. Not many players get such an opportunity. I have a bunch of Kobe action figures all over my game room. Just got another earlier this week.
