10 NBA Players Sharing This RUTHLESS Kobe Bryant Story.
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• Robert Sacre on being ... Robert Sacre on being a Laker and playing with Kobe Bryant - Power 106 Los Angeles
• The Power of Obsession... Diamond Strong Podcast #40 Carlos Boozer | NBA Legend | Willie Abreu - Diamond Strong
• Phil Handy Shares His ... Phil Handy Shares His Favorite Kobe Bryant Stories | ALL THE SMOKE - Showtime Basketball
• Kobe Bryant at USC | M... Kobe Bryant at USC | Mamba Mentality | With David Belasco - TheLeapTV
• Jeremy Lin | Ep 85 | A... Jeremy Lin | Ep 85 | ALL THE SMOKE Full Episode | SHOWTIME Basketball
• Nick Young reminisces ... Nick Young reminisces about Kobe Bryant | Certified Buckets - UNINTERRUPTED
• Nick Young On Playing ... Nick Young On Playing With Kobe Bryant | FUNNY STORIES & MOMENTS - HouseOfHighlights
• Byron Scott Shares Sto... Byron Scott Shares Stories Of His Friend Kobe Bryant - AM 570 LA Sports
• Nick Young talks about... Nick Young talks about the future of the NBA and why he's not a Luka fan | Outta Pocket - Buckets
• Tarik Black on Kobe Br... (Tarik Black) Tarik Black on Kobe Bryant: He taught us things bigger than basketball (Greek subs) - EuropHoopsTV
• Kobe Bryant Stories w/... Kobe Bryant Stories w/Wesley Johnson | Scorer's Table | Field of 68
• Mitch Kupchak (PT. I):... Mitch Kupchak (PT. I): Kobe Bryant Restrictions/Expectations? - Lakers Nation
• Lakers Practice Report... Lakers Practice Report: Kobe Bryant Impressed With Ronnie Price, Jordan Clarkson - Lakers Nation
• Kobe Bryant Trashtalki... Kobe Bryant Trashtalking At Lakers Practice (EXPLICIT, Unedited) - Lakers Nation
• Lakers 5-On-5 Scrimmag... Lakers 5-On-5 Scrimmage Footage: Kobe, Nash, Nick Young Trash Talk - Lakers Nation
• 'Insecure' star Jay El...
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• Kobe Bryant in Los Ang... Rare Look at Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles Lakers Practice (2014 - 2015 Season - James
• NBA Rooks: Julius Rand... NBA Rooks: Julius Randle’s Road to Recovery - NBA
• Swaggy P Post game int... Swaggy P Post game interview - Game winning shot | Lakers vs Spurs - Hidden Agenda
• Kobe Bryant post game ... Kobe Bryant post game interview | Lakers vs Spurs - Hidden Agenda
• Jeremy Lin Post Game I... - Jeremy Lin Post Game Interview - Lakers vs Spurs 12/12/14 - Back2BackLakers2010
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"Lucky I’m not from this world" is one of the coldest lines of ALL TIME
😂
Jeremy Lin repeating “that was a dark year” 😂 bro has ptsd 😂😂😂
Proves how soft he really was. Btw where is he right now?? Oh yeah, out of the NBA. Kobe was right for saying he only had 1 good year. The rest he was a journeyman 😅
dude had a good year and was ass the rest of his career, who cares what he thinks
@@michaelmejorada12 people are different and respond differently to certain situations, not everyone is built to talk shit and get talked down into the dirt by a teammate and an idol, tim duncan ain't talking shit and he is one of the best ever, maybe approaching different individuals by assessing their personality is better than being a douchebag to a sensitive guy, just saying.
@@michaelmejorada12Kobe was just mad cause he got cooked by Lin in that NY game lol.
@@Myhaayexactlt maybe im not soft just don't want a grown man who he looked up to doing him like that
Nick: “Nobody in this world can guard me”. Kobe: “Lucky I’m not from this world”. One of the coldest lines ever!!!
coldest wittiest comeback of all-time
😂😂😂😂 kobe 💯
Shouldn’t have added the word “lucky” otherwise the quote would’ve made sense
Kobe wanted to know who had a backbone on that team. Nick Young was the only one to pass the test.
Ronnie Price too. And I read that he also took Wesley Johnson under his wing.
Ronnie Price too.
Jordan Clarkson as well he developed well too
Love how Kobe did this in practice. He knows he's elite so getting his team mate from offense to the defense of him makes them better. What a case study.
Definition of a great teammate is someone who will be your harshist critic but also your biggest fan. That's who Kobe was.
nope
@@user-nv1gm2zj7y Yep
@@user-nv1gm2zj7yshut up
Man I remember all this as it was happening. All the pre-LeBron Lakers fans know how vital Nick Young was to keeping our games and team fun during those rough years. Amazing video as always Nick, keep up the excellent work!
True that. But man that was a tough year 😔
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To add to that, it was also fun seeing us tearing down Golden State annually even for just one game per season. Steve Kerr even acknowledged the fact that the post-achilles injury Kobe/pre-LeBron Lakers would just bust the reigning champs ass every year lol. And even better, the pre-LeBron Lakers were trending upwards-like in increments of 10 wins per season. This was the JC, Randle, Nance, young DLo, BI Lakers
Shannon brown was fun to watch too and before that Caron butler and so on so on Laker fan for life
@@NewSunGambit Shannon Brown is responsible for my favorite Kobe gif of all time.
The genius of kobe is beyond anyone other than MJ. They dont even realize what Kobe was doing at the time. He knew what he needed to do to fire his teammates up. I mean when he says hes not from this world....he really meant it.
If possible I would love a Kobe series like you did for Jordan
Would honestly love for this to happen
Given that Kobe was always trying to be Jordan, him getting something similar after Jordan is kinda funny
That’s a tough one because that documentary was knowingly filmed and then they vaulted the footage for 20 years. There will never be another Last Dance
@@stalwartzero7001it wasn’t much that was vaulted. Because I seen most of the videos and heard majority of stories from the Last Dance before it came out… it wasn’t that fresh to me when it came out 😂
@@atrax58 O, definitely.. it’s not like 80 percent of the documentary was A. literally in climate controlled storage and B. the interviews were filmed recently. So explain to me again how to saw footage that Micheal Jordan never even saw and now you saw interviews in the 90s that weren’t filmed until 2019? So sad, bro is out here lying on KZhead, for what? I can only imagine how “real” you are to people around you… clown.
Nick Young always funny AF
I didn’t appreciate Kobe like I should have. I was a Sixers fan, growing up. The Sixers and college basketball was all I really watched. Dr. J was my favorite player. All I really cared about was NCAA hoops,the Sixers winning and the Celtics losing. I despised Larry Bird. Then I started watching this kid on UNC. I remember Jordan’s shot against Georgetown like it was yesterday. Once he was in the NBA, I watched him whenever he was on TV and I went to the game every time he played in Philly. He was the greatest player I had even seen. By far. I followed his entire career. So, when MJ retired for the final time, I kind of went back to just watching the Sixers and college basketball. To me, Kobe was just a poor man’s Jordan. He just reminded me of something I missed watching. That was my bad. After he died, I went down a Kobe rabbit hole. I watched all of his highlights, interviews, and as many old games as I could. I didn’t realize the passion, drive, and love he had for the game. There really wasn’t social media back then, so if you weren’t paying attention, you could miss it. I did and I regret it. Kobe was a killer and I wish I would have appreciated it while he was doing it.
@@shama-llamading-dong5370Lakers fan here. I have to tell you that I obviously hated your teams guts. I couldn’t stand them from Webber to Funderburke. Having said that, the only one I hated for the right reasons was Bibby. I hated that he was on your team because he was that good. He was a leader and he was a killer. Is that the way you hated Kobe, or was it just blind hate that you shared for the Lakers team in general?
Kobe a Philly guy
I'm not as old as you but old enough to say I got to watch MJ Kobe and LeBron play. Sorry you missed it
I don't blame you for missing how incredible Kobe was. The media lied about who he was and definitely downplayed his greatness. Being on the East Coast you had no chance to watch his games most of which happened after bedtime. Then I'm sure you woke up to or catched the next evening of ESPN criticizing Kobe. I was very lucky to be a Laker fan living in the West and watch Kobe with zero filter. The media was so harsh to Kobe they even had me making it a life mission to defend what I was witnessing. It never lined up. There was no voice of the fans until social media and especially after Kobe death to set the record straight.
Kobe is one of those players that respects hard work ethic, he wants the best out of you whether you're a team mate or opponent, go hard or go home
Lin apparently thought it just required asking nicely
one thing i learned from this video is that Kobe don’t respect Jeremy Lin 😂😂
I remember when they were trying to compare Lin to Kobe during that linsanity hype 😂
@@doranroberts4895absolutely disrespectful
@@marcedmonson I’m telling you man I was like y’all bugging 😂
@@doranroberts4895 bro I forgot he was even on the Lakers. Him and Carlos Boozer. I just remembered them being on the Knicks and Bulls
I think he was just salty about that game he gave him 30😂
I do agree that in basketball you can motivate people through moral support and leadership. To win, you have to be ruthless. Not sure if that makes everyone happy
Being ruthless,I understand,no,it doesn't make everyone happy.But,Kobe and Jordan wanted to win-CHIPS. Not be good friends with their team-mates.Both wanted to be their-BEST-versions of themselves and succeeded.
Kobe came from the previous generation of players. All these other guys are from the current generation. Like he said soft compared to the previous.
When he said"lucky im not from this world"i yelled out BARS!😅
To me 99/00 is the season I consider the beginning of Kobe prime also his real rookie season as a starter.. If u remove Kobe first 3 years (he wasn’t starting didn’t get minutes) and last 3 years (due to all the injuries) and count the 14 between 99-13 I wonder what his career numbers would look like.. Those 6 years hurt his career numbers.. This man went to 7 finals in 10 years 99/00 ~ 09/10 winning 5.. The 3 years he didn’t go he was the leading scorer and flat out best player in world 03,06,07..Plus help lead Team USA to 2 Gold Medals in that time..Ppl don’t really realize how great of a prime The Great Kobe Bryant had.. The 14 years he played full time 99-13 he was a top 5 player every year during that stretch.. How quickly they forget..
My guess is 28 5 5
Kobe did that coming out of the insanely stacked West
“Yea they makin u worst” julius randle happy he wasnt apart of that 😭
Kobe didn’t talk to Lin after because he saw that Lin didn’t get it. Nick Young understood it was about basketball and getting the best out. Lin felt like he was being disrespected personally when that wasn’t then case.
nah its just cause hes not like that. people are different
Thing is, I understand BOTH sides. But JL could have benefitted SO MUCH, had he so chosen. Kobe was giving NY & JL the opportunity to show him that they were really on his team, REALLY going to be right there with him side by side. Instead he took it all personally. I played 3 yrs of college ball, for an ex-NBA player--John Block, 1-time All-Star. Coach Block intimidated everyone on that team. I was a new transfer, but he just reminded me of boot camp. That was where I learned to separate the instructions from the tone of voice. Guys would shrink up when Coach yelled at them. All I did was just take him literally, do EXACTLY what he said. It worked: One game, we were losing & shooting poorly. So he calls time out & tells us to pass the ball 5 times before taking a shot-- especially a three. Very next possession I got it on the 2nd pass, so I passed up a shot in favor of pass #3. Coach immediately called another T.O. As everyone was headed to the bench, all of us really confused, Coach pulled me aside. "Paul, I wasn't talking about you. If you get a good look at a three, you'd better take it, you understand? I appreciate that you want to do exactly what I told all of you, but you're specifically out there because I want you shooting threes." Honestly, it made me feel pretty good...but that was when I realized that he rode guys and yelled out in his CRAZY DEEP VOICE at guys not putting in max effort...and those guys would just CRUMBLE. Me, i just absorbed the instructions, not the tone, volume, or pitch. I also outworked everyone. I wasn't supposed to be that good...was supposed to come off the bench, but I was on 100% hustle/energy, never wore out, and destroyed everyone they put in front of me. So I won the starting SG spit, and once I got healthy that year, I averaged 22 a game for the last 13 games of the year, shooting over 60% from three, & WE won 12 straight before losing the last. I feel like Kobe was the same, like Coach Block. Just wanted guys willing to hit the floor with him, put in extra work, and work hard TOGETHER to create something that was greater than the sum of the parts. Sort of like Kobe's whole career, and the performance of the team. Even with Shaq there... they only had a talent surplus in Kobe's first 4 years, till they let Glen Rice go. Then it was Kobe, Shaq, and the over-the-hill gang. Ron Harper used used to be really good... Shaw was decent but never spectacular, just a good shooter & decent defender. DFisher was a good defender & a pretty clutch shooter. Horry same, but neither would ever be mistaken for anyone's stars, EVER. It was Shaq's deal to patrol the inside, Kobe's to be on the perimeter, & guys like Fish, Horry, Shaw etc. jobs to play solid D & hit a shot from time to time. They were never able to CREATE shots (for themselves or others), but all 4 hit their share of big ones here & there, & they were part of a bigger, better whole. I saif all that to suggest that Jeremy Lin could have been like thst, a good-shooting, steady contributor on a winning team. The smartest Lakers went all-in WITH KOBE (and BOY do I wish we could've held on to Caron Butler...THAT guy was all-in from day ONE with KB, ready to lay it all on the line, right alongside Kobe, but was more talented than the Horrys, Fishers, etc. In his one year in LA he scored 16 a game (I know, "I thought Kobe was a big fat ballhog" makes you wonder about THAT claim about Kobe from his haters) & played pretty tough D. He would have improved a TON with KB, & would've taken some OFFENSIVE pressure off Kobe as well. He eventually became a 2-time 20 ppg scorer & all-star. Kobe would've had him doing more than that. I think Jeremy Lin would have been benefited similarly, and he would've toughened up a LOT, picked up some of Kobe's toughness, instead of becoming another version of Smush Parker--pretty talented but trying too hard to be defiant to Kobe.
@user-nv1gm2zj7y yes people are different but a champions mindset is very similar. You can't name a champion who responded to trash talk or adversity like Jeremy did. He got his ring don't get me wrong but he was on the bench.
No he didn’t talk because he knew Lin was right. Lin didn’t make it that far for an asshole to yell at him and berate him all day. End of day respect is all we have. I’m firing on Kobe if I’m any of them. I’m not doing what he wants me to do because I’m not a sheep. Be your own man beta male
JLin asian so he prob already got dem verbal abusive parents when he was young, ptsd 🤣
Kobe was on the phone with MJ before that practice getting some tips
Truly one of the greatest rip kobe
They were pissed at him…. But, Kobe put a fire under their feet…. THAT MADE THEM STEP UP TO THE PLATE 💯
Great job my man! Thank you for the service, you deserve all the rewards for this one!
Imagine beating Kobe during Linsanity then joining Kobe and getting smoked in practice 🤦🏽♂️
I'll never forget when he ran through his teammate in the first play in Beijing. Brutal and epic!
That wasn't just any player, it was Pau Gasol, his brother and championship teammate. Pau is like Kobe's freaking family, and mentor to his daughters in his passing. That's how tight they are, and he still did that to him to set the tone that winning was everything.
Kobe really motivated these guys to do better. That's wild
"These mfs gonna make me worse " is what got me😂😂😂😂😂😂. MAMBA MENTALITY FOREVER 💛💜💛💜💛💜
Great compilation bro, I needed this.
I think what Kobe was looking for is the same thing Bird and Jordan demanded, on the court it’s everything.
In high school, I played with a scholarship bound player. Yelling like Kobe at everybody during a practice. Once we left practice, he told me,"You did alright. You missed 6 shots and an inbound pass, but you're trying. I'm tough because I'm the OPPONENT practice like it's the game, so when the game happens, it's just practice." That stuck with me, and that's why I see the difference in legends like Bird, Kobe, and MJ to the others it's working harder, so the person next to you has to rise up to your level. Some people thrive in that environment, and some don't.
Jeremy Lin you had a good year . Or great few weeks in NY You were blessed and you achieved your dream to be relevant in basketball around the world for that time . What an inspiration you are and what a great success story But the way you played for that month is the way Kobe played for 20 years .. imagine that
nah kobe remembere4d that 40 lin gave him
@@user-nv1gm2zj7ythe only highlight of his entire career
Lin's best year was in Charlotte, not NYC.
Amazing work
That was some great editing..great video
I love Kobe's gesture after nailing that 3pt time-bomb, looks like he's petting a little animal, lol. He's having so much fun taking the last shot.
6:30 man look at the goddamn roster on that floor.. the Lakers let Kobe down BIG TIME.
Nobody in the world could guard me….It’s a good thing I’m not from this WORLD….Priceless !!!!!
The intro is GOATED 😂😂😂😂
I mean Kobe was just being honest and gave them the best teaching ever lol
Kobe was just showing tough love them cat's were too sensitive but ironically brought out the best game of Nick Young career 😂
great video, dude. Thanks
That moment when you realize Kobe was right. The entire team, after the fact, never did go on to be a great... Soft Like Charmin. What I mean by that is. They didn't put in that work to lead a team, or elevate their own skills to a level where they were above some role player instead of being absolute playmaker with that Mamba Mentality. RIP Kobe the GOAT.
Excellent video
Incredible compilation/edit from different perspectives including the actual footage! More like this with Kobe stories!
@Nick Smith Nba. The goat
Great edit🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏽
Kobe is the type of dude to kick down the NBA CEO office door 🚪 and say, “This is my office and league now.”
GREAT,GREAT video!!!
Leadership is not one size fits all. Different people respond differently and have different needs. Look at Dennis Rodman under Coach Pop vs Coach Phil. Both legendary coaches with very different styles. Rodman drowned under Pop then flourished under Phil. No one would turn around and say that means Phil is a better leader than Pop or a better coach, but he was for Dennis Rodman. Nick Young got pushed to another level by Kobe's style, while Jeremy Lin suffered. Lin's confidence was already shaken when he joined the Lakers that season and really needed to be lifted up. Kobe was a bad fit for him at that point in his career.
nick young answered him on the court, while lin went and cried about his feelings...nick = someone he can count on
Yes but that video clip of Lin was about the game when Lin made the game winning 3 point shot that showed up kobe
Jeremy Lin acting like he deserved respect just cause he had 10 good games and graduated from Harvard.😂
Thanks for the entertainment dear Nick.....let me get a beer and start enjoying!!!
Haha thanks, hope you enjoy!
One of the reason i liked this guys video is because he said " if by the end of this cideo, please like the video if you liked it" most videos people tell you to like the video before it starts. And it was a good piece
Learning lessons full on
“These mf’s making me worse”💀
He showed them the drive to prove others wrong and to be better.
What a awesome story Kobe was just like MJ they both gave their teammates the work either you're play up to my level or be torture in practice and games of me not trusting to come through to wim
Nick the 🐐
Kobe just want to put in their mind that they need to get better and push their limit to be the ultimate player in this league.. thats how great leader kobe win a chips in 09 and 10.
Kobe’s mindset is what we call the mamba mentality.. he gave y’all a piece of that and y’all see how y’all played the next game . Kobe would say Your welcome lol
Kobe 🙏🏽💪🏽
Nick- Nobody can guard me in the world!! Kobe- Luckily I'm not from this world!! Scottie- Hey Karl mail doesn't run on Sundays (Told to Karl Malone in the NBA finals). Two of the coldest lines lol
i got a charmin ad in the middle of the video💀
Kobe was making them actually put effort in the practice so that they would all get better!!
Post more often man
These videos take a long time to edit but I can try hardest to get more out for the end of the year
@@NickSmithNBAthanks bro you do a great job appreciate the great videos
Kobe made everyone around him be better. So did Jordan. And that's why the conversation is between the two of them. It's about excellence. It's not just what they did It's what they brought out of the people they played with. They made the people around them better and that's why they're great.
Kobe didn't talk shit because he didnt like you. He talked shit because he knew you could do better.
Mamba mentality 🙌🏾
“I thought we played pretty hard for a team full of toilet paper” 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
you not a baller if this doesn't bring you joy. I'm watching this shit with the biggest smile lol. Kobe was colder than cold. Lucky i'm not from this world...sheesh
To me I think that in the sport world that. KOBE BYRANT and. TOM BRADY are two mens who up early working out before the rest if their player R not up yet on the Courts R the football fields. They were 2 of a kind when it came to winning games
As Byron said.... Kobe puts hard work and toughness above talent. Nuff said.
Jeremy Len failed the test 😂😂😂😂😂
Awesome video. In fairness to Kobe Bryant, Jeremy Lin was outta the league within 3yrs of this, he had a great short run in NY but he wasn't an NBA starter.
No he was not? He went to brooklyn to be the starting PG and got hurt, and played till 2019.
@@sexbuffet People forget how Lin played in Charlotte. He was a nominee for 6th man of the year. Lin wasn't soft. He just culturally wasn't a good mix with Kobe.
Just wished Lin had trained as hard as kobe he still be in the NBA
Kobe is the 🐐 man
Kobe was a real G he didn’t care about about teammates who didn’t want to win 😂💯 Kobe bean was a mamba when it came down In the last minutes
Did this practice happen before or after that LAL-LAC game where Lin waved off Kobe? Edit: Lin waved off Kobe Nov 1, 2014 Kobe vs LAL practice was Dec 11, 2014
Explains a whole lot lol
@@ibrahimusman6943 tbf to Lin that was actually a right decision by him that game
That boy swaggy p goated
It wasn't just that he didn't respect Jeremy Lin. There was something about him, that Kobe didn't trust. I'm sure the Linsanity hype had something to do with it. And probably his lack of defensive intensity.
Kobe knew that Jeremy was just a player and was comfortable being just a player but Kobe trained and played harder each and every day and Jeremy Lin didn’t have that in him
@@rufinacaldwell3024 Nailed it. Kobe hated dudes that were comfortable and satisfied.
Kobe wasn't disrespecting Lin, it was just Lin who can't earn respect from Kobe
@@rufinacaldwell3024 Lin had the talent but didn't have the work ethic that kobe had. I wish he did he would still be in the NBA Instead of overseas
He did it for a reason! They responded
Nick Young became my second favorite player after that game 😂
“We play this game to win championships, and I have 5 of em.” 🥶
Shoutout to Aaron Rodgers watching this about Kobe’s intensity coming off the Achilles injury.
Kobe test your mentality Physically and emotionally
I got a charmin ad in the middle of the video
😔 I miss this man. The whole world became soft like Charming since he died. RIP Kobe Bean Bryan 🙏
R.I.P. Black Mamba
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Real recognize real.
“Then the next day we won the game”😂😂
Kobe was Kareem Nick was Magic Kobe and Kareem needed that guy who had fun
14:28 he knows its aggressive, he knows its not exactly "okay" .... but he also knows what the results are
I feel like Jeremy Lin Cap .. bro Kobe was tryna push your buttons Kobe was mentored by MJ Y’all gotta know what psychology he was coming from
Ngl I forgot nick young had some nice highlights
I truly think that was the greatest finals in NBA history. I know this is a popular opinion, but it’s worth repeating
Kobe was like a father figure he pushed those guys to be the best.
Growing up, I constantly hear the phrase “made it to the NBA” uttered by players… usually newer ones. Now, I’m no psychologist but that phrase just sounds like something you say when you reach the end of a journey. But, the NBA or any national sports league is supposed to be the highest level of competition so getting there just means that you now have to work harder than you ever have before to accomplish anything. I think guys like Kobe and MJ were also noticing this constantly throughout their careers and them being who they are, it just made them perpetually angry and produces stories like this one or the famous MJ-Steve Kerr incident.
You gotta earn respect
You can’t just get it by asking nicely like Lin
soft like charmin is too funny
Kobe personified greatness at all times! It's too bad there are not more guys like Kobe who feels second place is no place. If there were more NBA players like Kobe there wouldn't be almost 400 points scored in an all-star game. NBA players always say they miss Kobe, but no one wants to emulate him. For these NBA players greatness is too difficult to achieve so they settle for mediocracy. Sad, but true.....
Damn
Forever Mamba...