This is the time a young Kobe Bryant played Scottie Pippen with Michael Jordan in the stands watching. Twitter: / handlesup NBA video clips used in content on this channel are licensed through partnership with NBA Playmakers.
Brother, you verbatim typed out my thoughts exactly. Listen, I’m from Olympia, WA--I miss having a basketball team to rally behind so much. I appreciate the Portland Trail Blazers, but it doesn’t fill the void of Seattle’s Sonics being gone. I watched The Last Dance documentary about 57 times just to make sure I didn’t like it. 😂 Even back during this era, I was proud of being a Washingtonian because of ALL the big name athletes who came out of Seattle during this timeframe. I SPECIFICALLY loved the 90’s Mariners, and the 90’s Sonics
Kobe was all time great...but incase you didn't know...that was older, and oft injured Scottie who had not long before that had surgery. U wanna see Scottie at his best defensively, watch 91 through 93 Finals. Especially what he did against Magic
Young Kobe with the mini fro going! What a sight to watch he was, dude has that look and focus that just made you brelieve he was going to be something special and his skillset was unbelievable. I am glad to have witnessed it all.... RIP.
As a life long Bulls fan I hated on how cold Kobe was. He played every game with ice in his veins. Not to mention he was a real sniper from behind the arc in clutch moments 💯 Bulls fans loved you, rest up Kobe 🙏🏾
I’m blessed to have lived through and witnessed MJ’s, Kobe’s, and LeBron’s careers. Being a Laker fan, Kobe’s my all time fave tho. I was a freshman in HS when Kobe was a rookie. I remember this game like it was yesterday, it aired on a Sunday during the second semester of my Junior Year of HS. RIP Mamba.
What class did you have Monday morning when you got there? Did you have home room? Were you dating anyone and met them outside of home room before? More details about where you were in high school when this game was on
Man stop dude leads the Lakers in nothing and shot 44 percent for his career. Wasn't efficient at all, plus gasol and artest saved yll game 7 against Celtics. When shoot em up shot 6/24 😆😂😆
@@joedavidson6556 Bro if we’re talking about Centers, I’ll never forget the day I saw Shaq break a backboard when I was in 5th grade. Instantly became my favorite center over Patrick Ewing. Shaq was from another planet when it comes to centers.
Closest we might ever get to seeing another jordan play, kawhi was close til the injuries...his style of play mirrors jordan and kobe whether he admits it or not
@@jasonreyna7615 one of the most mj like performance I have seen from kawhi was when he was dominating against superteam warriors in 2017 wcf in game 1, that game told me mj would obliterate todays league
Nah. At that point MJ was relishing the novelty of finally being retired. Personally, I think he decided to come back once he realized how garbage the Wizards and the Eastern Conference was in general.
And that's part of the why all the Legends (current and former) all seem to love Kobe. Kobe gave Pippen what he felt (wrongly IMHO) Jordan never did, and what the "sidekick" label took; real respect. Kobe said ""If I'm a young player coming to the league today, I would really focus on the defensive end of the floor and look at Scottie Pippen. I mean, he was a genius." Pippen waited a long, long time to feel that kind of love, and it just happened to come from the closest thing we'll ever see to MJ again. He did similar things for Paul Pierce, Tracy McGrady, and more. Highlighting his respect for them in a way they felt others never had.
@@theonlygoodonehere2259 In his book. You can find on RU-vid where Paul Pierce was on the old NBA today show on ESPN with Rachel Nichols, and they were talking about what Kobe said in the book, and Paul Pierce was absolutely thrilled. LIKE HE WAS FINALLY GETTING RESPECT. 😀
That was one of the best years of my life, and to have shared those years while watching Kobe doing his thing is part of the reason why I feel like he’s my brother. You were an inspiration Kobe🙏
Yeah, Rodman played for the Lakers and Mavericks and could have played longer. He basically got blacklisted from playing (same with Rasheed Wallace for getting ejected so often) but Rodman was still a solid player. He could have played a few more seasons in the NBA, what got him in trouble was his history in San Antonio when he had a feud with David Robinson. My neighbor's dad was his limo driver (no saying much, because he had several), but Rodman lived in Newport Beach (California) at the time. I remember he told me Rodman got paid way better when he played overseas.
Rodman wanted the lakers to let him go to Vegas to get right, after he took a week to sign with them partying in LA lol. He always hustled but dude was a head case.
I really think if had had Rodman to play against Detroit when we had Malone and Payton on our team, it would have made the difference despite all the injury problems the Lakers had throughout that one year and all the way through the post season, where just btw they still made the NBA Finals in a very competitive western conf.
I became a JORDANS fan in the 90s when I saw JORDAN played for the first time before it was Magic Johnson , Sam Perkins , Byron Scott ,Karen Abdul, big James, cooper, etc but I knew Jordan’s era would come to sn end like other players but when I was working doing a move I couldn’t believe Kobe had lost his life in a chopper accident 😭😭😭😭 tears came out in front of customer cause he was so young and even I wasn’t a fan of him it hurted cause I saw him played and he was good and I think he was as close to Jordan of being the Goat and one thing I couldn’t believe was that Jordan would help Kobe in training couple of times and that he would call Jordan for advice. That happen like when Magic said that Jordan told him that there was a new sheriff in town, Jordan has never said that but I imagine it was told between a game . Basketball will never be the same as it was back then . Let the guys play as bsck in the day lakers vs pistons. Chicago vs Utah, lakers vs Celtics . Chicago vs pistons. Portland vs lakers etc…… now those were super exciting games
@@wmmitchell3494 Yeah really. People act like they miss him so much 🙄 Like they ever thought about him 1/2 second after posting their boo-hoo comment. 🤮
Lived every moment of Magic and Showtime and then Kobe and Shaq. What really throws me off is watching videos like this and recalling that the Shaq/Kobe Lakers played a couple of seasons in the Forum. Looks so odd seeing them there rather than Staples, it's like they went back in time.
I remember that game I was 18yrs old...me and my teammates were bunched up in front of the T.V. like vultures. 😂 MJ over smiling in his Empreror Palpatine voice "Good, Good...my apprentice!"😅
At this very exact moment is when MJ realized he wasn’t done with the game of basketball, and came back as a Wizard just to be able to play against Kobe
@@dfudge1449lol Kobe was an All Star in 98. He was actually the best looking player in that all star game. He was dominating and talking trash but coach benched him for entire 4th and East came back and won which is why Kobe didn't get that AG MVP. You didn't watch basketball in 98 if you think Kobe was a benchrider.
scottie came in the league in 1987. he was 14 years in the leauge. and still lead portland trail blazers to a number 1 in the west. and game 7 against a 3peat la lakers in 2001. so lets not act like kobe was so much better. not only did he have shaq,rick fox,derker fisher. he had dennis rodman,ron harper, horace grant,john stalley. micheal jordan 1996 to 1998 roster. 3 peat roster.
Gm edagdwg God bless them all love seeing basketball players taking over to win the game Kobe Bryant didn't care I'm here to win love and miss him a forever loving fan Linda j. Peace
In that game, Kobe barely guarded Pippen. R. Fox was on Pippen all night and did a great job defensively on him. On the other hand, Pippen guarded Kobe half of the basically every time that a switch occurred between Kobe and Fox due to screens. Also, by 1999, Olajuwon was 37 year old, Barkley was 36 years old, Pippen was 33-34 years old, and Rodman was 38 years old. In this particular game Kobe ended with 18pts and 40% from FG.
Yeah…Scottie’s back at that point was a problem. He looked a shell of himself driving to the bucket. Didn’t have any explosion left. I would have liked to see them both battle in their prime.
@ante Because the clip didn't showed how many times kobe blocked or steal the ball from pip in this game. Clearly you didn't watched this whole game. Hahahaha!
Funny how yall mentioned pippin being old but wasn't mj old when he played against kobe while still being on the bulls when kobe had 33 off the bench and mj had 36?? My point is pippen being older shouldn't be an argument because Jordan was in his 30s during the 2 3 peat and still got busy against kobe...but I'm not knocking pippen because he was still a good player on Houston and blazers while being older
I'll have to double check the stats, but I think Kobe only had 18 in that game (and Pippen had 16), so I don't know if that's really enough points to qualify as bulling someone. Especially if all 18 weren't on Pippen.
In the nba, scorers score. Pippens’ objective was to keep Kobe from driving to the basket, which he did pretty effectively. Pick your poison. You accept Kobe taking jumpers, if he makes them, oh well. There’s no shutting down a skilled scorer.
Young Koke bested Old Pippen didn’t diminish Pippen’s greatness nor Kobe’s brilliance. It would be awesome to see all the greats playing in the same era when they all peak at the same time assume they were all have same age but that scenario only exists in video game.
You can't stop a guy like Kobe or Jordan with one defender. I remember a young Rodman getting destroyed by Larry Bird and badly. Bird was talking all kinds of trash. Rodman was all over him like a blanket but Bird was calling for the ball saying nobody was guarding him. As great a defender as Dennis was he had no chance to stop Bird 1v1.
MJ is my goat,better defender than Kobe ever could be,MJ played both ends of the court.Phil Jackson called Hobe uncoachable in his auto-book,that tells you alot about Kobe ( thought he knew it all after winning a couple rings )
No surprise, Lakers also won their playoff match that yeear againts 4th seeded Houston 3-1. Kobe handled Pip in 99, 00, 01 and 02. He even repeated that cross over againts pip in 2000 4th qtr wcf when he lob to shaq for the elephant slam.
Bro they Rob Portland that yr in 2000portland would handle the Lakers every time by 10 + the Lakers only could win 2 or 4 point they couldn't handle Portland
Lakers won the regular season series when they to Portland and won 90-87. In WCF, Lakers won by a big margin, game 2 was 106-77, game 3&4 Lakers one of those games was won by a block by Kobe againts Sabonis 93-91, game 5&6 Lakers loss and in game 6 Kobe was the one really fought till the end. Game 7 Lakers again sank in the 3rd quarter but Kobe and Shaw lead the charge to comeback and won the game for Shaq. You see Pjax teams has a habbit of winning by a couple of points but still winning the series. In 93, Bulls team defeated Suns in a couple of points but won the series. And pjax teams also has a habbit of they lose double digits they don't care how large it is. And that gave Pjax 11 titles as a coach, Mike 6 of 6, Pip 6 of 6 and Kob 5 of 7.
@@danzieltaylor6394 The Portland trailblazers and Sacramento Kings got robbed in the playoffs to the Lakers. The NBA didn’t want small teams during this period.
Pippen was only 33. He was still much older (with a lot more miles on his body) but not by 20yrs and Kobe only outscored Pippen by 2pts in this game. Kobe finished with 18pts.
@@levardotts9026 ONLY 33 ?? FUNNY CAUSE MOST OF NBA PLAYER AT AGE 33 RETIRED OR IN DOWNGRADE PHASE. PIPPEN HAD 3 SPINAL SURGERY HERE AND KOBE SHOOTING BRICKS VS HIM SCORED ONLY 18 PTS. IF THIS WAS PRIME PIPPEN 94 , KOBE WOULD NOT TOUCH BALL.
Dennis looked at the reporter like "shut up fool, I know her name, it just takes a second" haha.. I'm surprised she is passed the nickname stage to avoid confusion haha
Pippen was actually 1 win away from possibly facing the Pacers in the finals and winning his 7th ring and most importantly, a ring without Jordan. Pippen was also a win away from the ECF in '94 without Jordan. Jordan cant laugh at Pippen because Jordan has never seen past round 1 without Pippen. Pippen has without him though. Also Pippen accumulated more rebounds, assists, blocks & steals than Jordan in their 6 finals together. Pippen also took the more difficult defensive assignments. Magic put a triple double on Jordan's head. Pippen got on Magic and Lakers didnt win another game that series. Can't be out here disrespecting Pippen.
jordan can be compared only with players who lead teams.cant compare jordan with pippen.its like comparing a prime minister to a dustman.just because dustman collects more garbage doesnt mean that he contributes more than the prime minister.pippen was a sidekick in bulls,he was the 3rd best player in rockets and was the 4th best player in portland.portland was a team that had better overall roster than the bulls but failed to win.this just speaks volumes to how much carry jordan did.anyway,pippen didnt lead any team.he was a better robert horry.its an insult comparing him with jordan.
If Jordan have to do the defensive work and rebounding then who is there to fill his Void of scoring more than 30 points? Not Pippen cause his averige is 17 a game, so ofcourse the Bulls would loose in such a game but if you Let Jordan do the scoring and Pippen the defending, that's when the winning begins.
@@hensali78 Jordan also did the defending up to 1993.It was during the second 3 peat when jordan didnt went full on defense but he picked his moments and that was because he wasnt young anymore and because bulls had more defensive players than before.But in crucial moments it was jordan who always took the assignment of stopping opponents best perimeter player.pippen wasnt great 1 on 1 defender and perimeter players gave him the blues many times.he was great team/help defender.
I didn't forget Dennis played for the Lakers bc I remembered he got a little wilder and overplayed himself he forgot that he needed the platform of the NBA and especially the Lakers to continue his show. He made it almost undependable to the Lakers, thus they had to let him go, so they went on to win 3 in a row.
Jordan used pettiness and real, or sometimes fabricated slights, to fuel his game! I loved watching him play and dismantle other players that had no idea the level of competitor they were dealing with! 😅❤
They did know! A lot of those players talk about it in interviews. The memories is almost like they are still having nightmares of playing against MJ. He was their Boogieman. 🤣🤣
Scottie pippen was the most physically gifted player I have ever seen to date his size Arm length and fluidity for that size was unbelievable. If he worked as hard as MJ he would have been in that conversation with Lebrun MJ Kobe etc.
here´s the thing. kOBE was maybe the only player who could truly understand michael jordan´s techniques. AND WAS OBSESSED WITH IT. in other words, the world never saw the true kobe, but only another version of michael,,just like the street fighter versions RYU/KEN .
Come on though. If that was a younger Scottie around Kobe's age. It would have been much different. Kobe just came into the league, Scottie been a work horse for over a decade. You can't really go off of this. It would have been a real battle had Kobe met a young lockdown defender Scottie.
People forget Shaq created alot of room for people out there. Kobe shot alot, made alot but missed alot as well. Pippen to me in his prime sacrificed alot of offense for his team to win.
Yeah,Kobe was a black-hole,you give him the ball and won't give it back. LOL.Even Gary Payton knew the deal when he played for the Lakers and he said so in an interview.
Kobe took a starting five that has Smush, Luke and Kwame to playoffs twice in a tough western conference. Even without Shaq, Kobe would have done this against Pippen
