Kobe Bryant wins 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest as a rookie | NBA Highlights
2019 ж. 27 Қаң.
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After scoring 31 points in the Rookie Challenge, 18-year-old Lakers rookie Kobe Bryant claims the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest title.
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Rest in peace Kobe, a great sportsman who left way to early.
Rest
He wanted to die young but not this way :( we miss him.
Too* Early
He died doing what he loved doing - spending time with his family - and I respect him more for his dedication and love for his family, maybe something he considered more important and valuable than what he achieved as a player on the court.
I actually made a *TRIBUTE* song toward KOBE.. I bet you guys can relate if you check it out. 🙏🌹
Some years later he did those dunks in regular games like its nothing
Dennis Müller the first dunk is his signature in he did it frequently
Dennis Müller fr
I'm guessing maybe just because he was so young here. This was definitely not his athletic peak.
His game dunks were way better than these.
The greatest always win dunk contests.
Not gonna lie, dunking has changed.. respect to Kobe but kids be flying
Style has changed a bit. Kids are good. But they been flying since way back. Jordan had a 46-48” vert, Kobe was a 38” I believe. James is a 40”, best vertical today in the game of active players is 44. I’m gonna go back and see what Jordan dunk contest looked like versus 2019.
Jordan dunk contest had the most basic dunks ever. They would be getting scores of 30-35 with those dunks today
You don't see nice dunks anymore, what are you talking about. The game has changed.
Ruth Norman Jordans was no way 48"..... it was 44" ...& u'll say whats 4" ...4" is a huge when vertical jumping
@@ruthnorman1922 nah, 45 now. Zion has a record of 45
A weak dunk contest, but Kobe winning a dunk contest is another achievement.
HulkVahkiin nowadays they feed different food to kids 😅😅😅 every HS guy can do between the leg dunk
Now is steroids dunk contest man
@HUB GOBLIN Why are you acting offended? It's a known fact that the current average NBA player is more athletic now compared to the past. Who cares whether they "started" it? That is literally not the point.
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Honestly Kobe was never some major dunker, back then Vince Carter dominated dunks and rims.
"Guys arms so long he can stand straight and scratch his kneecaps" 😂😂😂im fkn dyin hahahha
Kris D 😂😂😂
I couldn't deal with that 😂
Kris D 💀💀💀
First comment not about Kobe
I ain’t gonna lie. I tried to do it
I’m a simple man if I see Kobe I click 🤷🏽♂️
TheButler DidIT you and Kobe both have that in common... your both SIMPLE
Bro 😭😭😭
You must’ve got a lot of clicks this whole week
Hater
HIS DUNKS ARE NOTHING TO THE DUNKING SKILL OF ROBERFT "JAWO" JAWORSKI OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE IS YOUNG AND VERY PROMISING AND DUBBED AS THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL. REALTALK. WATCH HIS AMAZING DUNKS ON KZhead.
He knew he was a beast ! He knew he had it ! He had the whole league in his hands ! God bless Kobe Legend ! Hero ! Mamba ! Thanks kobe
Jordan-Kobe-Lebro who will be the next basketball God after lebron?
@@angelrivera.-.4866 no one has won more than 3 rings yet
@@angelrivera.-.4866 after lebron giannis is coming
Legend
Riding it hard lol
I've seen him get higher in in game dunks, I reckon he was in his athletic peak around 22-26
I say he was his best from 41-100
@@Maxmartin12355 disrespectful
@@Maxmartin12355 smh
yeah, not bad but not the best dunk contest performance. did a fair few better in-game dunks.
Movefasta Bro from like 2003-2006 I think he was his in his prime
This was where I first heard of Kobe! I remember this day! May he, his daughter and all the souls on board that fateful flight be at peace.
Amen
Not the best competition but I wish they got Kobe, T-Mac and Vince Carter to all do it in 2000 or 2001.
“Not the best competition” is putting it lightly. After this dunk contest they considered not doing it anymore because it was so awful to watch. Vince and T-Mac made the event exciting again and wouldve completely crushed Kobe
@@joshkatz4448 Tracy wasn't a better dunker than Kobe. Tmac's best dunk ever doesn't even crack Kobe's top 5.
@@thsu8 Kobe has a case for being GOAT but Tmac's dunking skills is way better than to Kobe's 🤣
@Not so Wealthy Gamer tmac had vince carter athleticism
@@kool-aidman2797 Kobe has a case of being GOAT? LMFAO 😂😂😂😂 Fkin clown
I remember watching Kobe win this like it was yesterday. Time flies
josef rootgum me too bruh. Thanks Kobe for the good memories. Mamba forever ♾
Win this like 1996
josef rootgum how old are you
@@zerogamer935 44
josef rootgum that’s nice I’m only 30 lol
I still remember watching it live when I was a MJ fan as a kid. This and the 1997 rookie challenge made me a life time Lakers fan. Thank you so much for your dedication for the game.
Rest in peace Kobe Bryant he was a legend 😭😭😭😥
Overrated
@@robbuchheim6478 c'mon at least have some respect
If he did it in his heat days
Brandon Gao Overrated
@@robbuchheim6478 Someone's depressed
Long Live THE LEGEND: Vino Bean Mr. 81 Kobe Bryant The Black Mamba
I thank whosoever brought youtube. You're gone but we gonna play and show your pics, vids to the future generation that a great NBA player once lived. Rest peacefully Kobe.😢
His greatness was evident at a young age, Rest easy. Mamba forever✊
Thanks to his Dad who played first and started the Love and Basketball story 😘💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛
Came straight here to remember the Legend after the sad news broke today 🏀👑 ❤️❤️❤️💯 🌟#8 🌟#24
Kobe Bryant, You know legends never die and, He was the fire, Fire in the Mamba's eye when, He was on the court, Steppin' back shootin' threes, Still has the power, now he's livin' in the trees, Playin 2K firing off a quick release, Now up in heaven firing off a shot Its Green, His death, something we all still question, Up in heaven chillin' with his life progression Still remember that dunk back in 97, He was so humble, but the smallest things still impress him. -Avenue 2020
Nice
Nothing will replace you Kobe.
I just realized that he kept his warmup on like MJ did in his first dunk contest then changed in the second part of the contest
And like Larry Bird in the 3point contest
HIS DUNKS ARE NOTHING TO THE DUNKING SKILL OF ROBERFT "JAWO" JAWORSKI OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE IS YOUNG AND VERY PROMISING AND DUBBED AS THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL. REALTALK. WATCH HIS AMAZING DUNKS ON KZhead.
jordan>>>kobe
@@alodiadasovi5158 Really ? You sound miserable
Kobe went to prom with Brandy that year. Moesha was in effect during this time.
Lol but it was never interested in her beyond that
arigato
But he pounded her ,
SunkissedBri 😗😗😗😗😗 yessir go off
@SunkissedBri he was never interested in the serious relationship with her because of the color of her skin
I miss those young Kobe and Brandy days! “I wanna be down” - Brandy
He hit it
obviously he did plenty of more difficult dunks during his career.
Kobe just was never a great dunk contest guy because his vertical wasn't really that high. He was one of the greatest in game dunkers all time
He was very young on this dunk Contest.. The year 2000 Kobe is the BEAST DUNKER
Rest in peace 😔 - a legend
Such greatness... So young so raw.. even still in his warmup gear.
It's just his time coming, not blaming anyone, every hero will die one day, its just he left earlier
*everyone will die. You know it’s scary to think that in 150 years there will be an entire new set of humans.
Jocky Rohnson we will keep moving forward
DJTime Gamer You’re right, it was his time. I had a dream one night about him after the tragic news. I dreamed that I was on top of of a tall building somewhere and Kobe was heading to his helicopter and I stopped him and explain to him that he’ll crash and have a fatal crash accident and he told me this “ Thank you but I gotta go” and he tap my shoulder and smiled at me and I woke up. I’ll never forget that dream, I guess it was his time. Only God knows.
@@JuniorXMendoza That's a lie
You mean Legend
This guys arms are so long he can stand up and scratch his knee cap lol
Arczethus the commentator said it at 1:21
@Arczethus stupid know all pretender if you dont know what somebody is talking about then dont call them stupid
Matt Broñosa ...
@Arczethus looking like a fool with your pants on the ground lmaoooooo
@Arczethus lmaooo with the mama jokes. You must be some teeny bopper. Anyways, it's great seeing someone get mad over their own stupidity that lead to themselves looking like a fool. Looking like a fool with your pants on the ground lmaooo.
The dunks may not be the most impressive but this kid oozes with swagger. Not many guys can dunk like that
He's tra$h 💀
Rest in peace big legend!!⭐️⭐️
Time goes by so fast!.Appreciate your time on earth and always tell your family you love them. You never know when your time is up..
I was watching this yesterday the next day I find him dead..
Wow unreal
So sad he died
I was also watching several of his old videos all last week. Then strangely my bf and I were watching the video from inside a different helicopter crash that killed a bride who was gonna surprise her fiancè by showing up at the alter in a helicopter. The reason for their crash was also that the conditions were too foggy. 4 people lost including the bride,her brother, and the 2 crew. Sad video to see, & Kobe's story is also heart breaking. Besides Kobe & his daughter, several other families were lost and forever broken. May they all rest in peaceful Paradise! Praying for everyone left behind. Spread peace out there, we all need it right now
@MASON CROWbotchski doesn’t matter, it’s 2020 🤣🤣
I wanna see comment of proof that you were watching yesterday
Rest in eternal peace Kobe. Miss you
I tried to dunk like that a few years ago almost broke my arm just trying to do that but that's how big of a fan of kobe I was and still am.
2021 an still in shock one year almost an it still hurts. We love u n moss u kobe.
Now this is what I like to see. GO KOBE GO! ❤️ It!
Kobe was so ahead of his time
God bless you Kobe and your family and all the others that perished in that accident. I know you’re playing basketball above with the heavenly angels! 💥😓🇺🇸
Dis bring back so many memories , still cant believe its true🙏😢😥😭💔
Why not
That’s dunk I’ve gonna miss to my one and only idol of NBA
LEGENDS NEVER DIE
Kobe, my eyes are teary, gone too soon.
What about the other people in that helicopter
@@1990758 no one knows them
@@pureintellectualbeing3575 well there's no accounting for taste
WE LOVE U KOBE ALWAYS AND 4 EVER, GIGI WE LOVE U BABY SO MUCH OCT 1ST 2020 I STILL CRY❤❤💥💥❤❤💥💥💥💥💥💥💥❤
I miss you champ I see a basketball and I think all the achievements you did. Kobe your a legend #1 For me.
"Look at his style, look at his rhythm, check out the way he walks, i love this kid" hahahahhaa
Fun fact: You didn’t search this up.
Top 10 most overused comment of 2020...
umsteve Yeah well everything is overused on the Internet nowadays. Once you say something that gets some popularity or some type of attention, others use it and feed off if it.
HIS DUNKS ARE NOTHING TO THE DUNKING SKILL OF ROBERFT "JAWO" JAWORSKI OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE IS YOUNG AND VERY PROMISING AND DUBBED AS THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL. REALTALK. WATCH HIS AMAZING DUNKS ON KZhead.
@@alodiadasovi5158 He trash
Yes
always love you Kobe
Heroes come and go but legends are forever-kobe
The quality of this uploaded video is fantastic. Most videos from the 90's that are uploaded onto youtube are really bad quality.
daniel7899999 ummmm because this is from ESPN..
I remember watching this and saying to myself this kid is going to be great
Yiur ot even 10 yet 😂
Miss u Kobe Bryant 💔😭😇🤦♂️🙏🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆☝️
Rest In Peace Kobe. A lenged who will never stop playing basketball.
He dunked so high that he reached heaven...R.I.P Kobe
Rest in peace to the greatest.
😔😔😭
Kobe: was, is and will be the best. Thank you Kobe, for all
i.r.p kobe bryant wi miss youuuu
YESSIR! THAT'S MY MAN BRO! MY MAN RIGHT THERE! THE BLACK MAMBA HIMSELF! KOBE BRYANT!
Enrique Rodriguez too bad he is gone
Broo 😭😭😭
😞
We're all going to miss him very much.
জঞ্চ
What a legend
We lost another one
Rest easy Kobe😇we all miss you champ..........GOAT🐐
Rest In Peace Kobe Bryant And Daughter 😇🌹
Amazing how much the dunking game has improved. What seemed to be impossible back in days considers as joke now a days
weak conclusions based on a weak contest. take 1988 contest 10 years before, or 2001, 3 years later. Much better than a lot of 201x SDC...
@@sticky-fingers That doesn't prove anything. You can have singular cases where it's weaker, but overall it's trending upwards. Dunks today as a whole are more chiseled and athletic than they used to be.
@@user-zb8tq5pr4x like the last one ?
The athletes have evolved crazy fast since this dunk contest
U mean the creativity of the dunks has improved. kobe would still be an elite athlete today, evolution is not the word to use here
@@LOL-ro9ef the comment 4 years ago bro
Bryant🙏🙏
I remember like even 8-9 years ago smoking and just watching Kobe, MJ, DWade highlights for hours at night. Thankful that I (born in 94) can still go back and appreciate the super legendary moments.
Why does it matter when you were born? We can all appreciate these moments.
I can’t beat 4 allstars with a prime Kyrie , mean while Kobe beat 4 allstars with a broken finger and his best teammate was pau gasol
Hater bruh I swear
BIG FACTS!!!
You mean aerly in his 20s kyrie was his prime? You mean 4 all stars including injured kevin garnett and aging ray allen? Also Pau gasol was one of the best centers in the league when he played with kobe so don't try to use him as if he was mediocre. You are tripping brother
@@tinbrito6970 look at these niggas making excuses😂 LeBron still lost to a declining dirk with Dwade and Bosh as teammates so STFU hahaha
LeBron James: I come back from 3-1 deficit in the finals. Kobe: They said I'm clutch but I blow 3-1 lead in the ployoffs. I couldn't close the series I have 3 chances.
He still looked the same. Some genes...
Naw dude went bald at like 24 he had an afro for like 3 years then lost all his hair
0:56 the swag is out of charts
Yes we love this kid ❤️
The NBA has never played so much house music during a dunk contest before or since this one in 1997.
I was a senior in high school when he was doing this. I feel like a loser!!!!
@teslagod2003 I was hoping it was a joke. When I realized it was true, I was speechless.
Yep.. try being same age as Lebron James and Cristiano Ronaldo
THE BIG RAGOO don’t feel like a loser. You’re alive right?
@teslagod2003 k
RESPECT.
Who went back here because the late passing of our Legend...R.I.P KOBE OUR HERO😇😢😭
When Kobe Dunked The Ball Hit His Head ☠️☠️
He never thought here that he would live till 41! Rest in peace, KB!
In fact nobody knows at what age death comes
Nope, actually T Mac told at that age, Kobe said to him that he wanna die young, cuz then he would be remembered...ofc, after he married and got kids, it changed, but at that time, Kobe actually wanted to die young, crazy I know...
Rest in pease Kobe and Gigi and hope you two are happy in pease at once # make Kobe the logo
I miss him so much 🥺 Rest in peace Kobe Bean Bryant. 🕊️❤️
Really kobe looks like 2Pac!
Fr
Put the facial hair and then u got it
Ryzkie Francisco for sure that’s why brandy support him like a groupie 😂😂😂
Ryzkie Francisco it’s the perfect mix between snoop and pac ...
^every like is a non-black, Tupac?!?!
Who knew he’d become the GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL-TIME!!!!
idk about that one boi...
Potato Chip: You have your opinion I have mine!
Lol nigga not even the greatest Laker
LOL Jordan says hi. So does Kareem. So does Magic. Kobe is NOT in the GOAT discussion.
Rest In Peace Kobe you will be forever loved
Rest In Peace The Great Legend he never deserved to die
At his beginning Never a fan of this guy cause he Was competing my all the time hero, but at the end of he’s career he earned my respect , after Jordan he was the only show man like mike. moves, jumps flys not against any other players but who ever see Jordan games LeBron has nothing... Period,
1 year 💜💛🖤
Rest in peace our unforgetable legend kobe bryant
KOBE = GOAT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Finley looks like old of Kevin Durant 😂 - Rest in Peace Kobe and Gigi! 💚
Could be his dad
Rest in peace and thanks kobe i remember thetime
FEB.2020. I'm here because I miss Kobe
Not amazing or epic but at least he participated Cough.... Bron...
FACTZ
Jareth Cruz keep in mind this is 1997 some of these dunks where impressive at the time and people where still interested in the dunk contest then now they don’t care 😂
U sound dufious bro
Alex In real life You must be 12. The dunk contests were amazing in the 80s.
@@alexinreallife5511 Players still care. Some just don't attempt because they don't want to lose.
IMO probably would have put a better showing if he entered somewhere from 00-03
Happy birthday legend💛💜
GREATNESS
Give me a prime Mamba over Le3-6 anyday
W
TheButler DidIT Lebron > Kobe
Sanjith Vijay 5 over 3
TheButler DidIT so horry > Jordan ?
@@sanjithvijay3089 L
1:27 The first time the word Twerked was used on National Television. The rest is history haha
You will be missed forever Black Mamba. Rest in peace 🙏
Aside from the obvious super Kobe footage, I love the flashback 90s videography and audience reactions, it seems so fresh
0:58 is that Brandy?
Tropical99 yep
You know it. 😉
Lol Kobe for real had better in game dunks besides the eastbay of course
😞
East Bay Funk Dunk, this old head knows
The story to be continue though you left us. Rest in Peace Legend.
Rest In Peace Black Mamba Gone But Never forgotten ❤️
I will be in the NBA dunk contest next year
W
But you'll play for a shitty team
@@logans224 shut up apu.... The Kwik e mart needs you.
And will lose to Ja. JA is way better at every aspect of the game
That already makes you greater than LeBron James