The EXACT Moment These NBA Players Knew They Were DONE.

[@aduncaroo]

I love that he told DWade to bring the boys. Imagine Kobe thinking enough of you and your family that he wants to see them his last time playing in the city. RIP man

[@chillbro2275]

Yeah that was solid!

[@daniellee3275]

Imagine Kobe being a Ray Pissed….. wait….. he was one.

[@aduncaroo]

@@daniellee3275 English would be helpful

[@FredNewsome]

It is just eerie that he said "it will be my last time here", not my last time playing here, and it was his last time there.

[@winningfreak1]

Brandon Roy is such a heart breaking case. Dude was gonna be a multi time all star, had the skills, head and work ethic to do it all but his knees said no way.

[@miguelladinodevera614]

Same went for Penny and Grant Hill. Both had more than enough left in the tank but their bodies gave up on them. Penny should've had a great 10 years. Grant, Nash, and Shaq were in Phoenix together but they were already on their last legs already.

[@nukeboy4939]

​@miguelladinodevera614 Grant and Penny I'm still upset they couldn't play to their absolute potential because of injuries.

[@aaronanderson3076]

​@@miguelladinodevera614there's a lot more to that story. They suffered the same injury, treated by the same doctor, suffered the same infection after. Those doctors screwed their careers, not fate

[@kerry-j4m]

Yeah,Roy was such a-DYNAMIC-player,loved watching him play,so sad to see him leave the league that young. Really felt bad for him,but,life goes on.

[@KingGeeKay]

B-Roy , D-Rose, Greg Oden, & Andrew Bynum stay healthy the NBA looks totally different now

[@JimShadyUK]

I sympathise with Jermaine - I too have struggled to maintain 8% body fat. And when I say "struggled", I mean "failed completely at every level".

[@leroybrown505]

I have man tits and a huge belly. I dont feel bad at all for him. Dude could of had sugar free, or healthy made deserts made by personal chefs.

[@kenstevens7855]

I've lost 20-25 pounds thinking it would give me a better chance at one woman. For millions of $$ I'd be a full blown anorexic if it helped.

[@the503creepout7]

Bro got retired via Oreo 🤤

[@colejames423]

Yeah dude came off as a bit of a chump. You can’t maintain 8% as a pro athlete, even when you know that your team’s about to have a VERY good chance to win a championship the next few seasons? Thats just kind of pathetic. I’ve been sub 10% bf for free

[@ethansprague2005]

​@colejames423 until you live through an nba routine and diet and season, then you can judge how easy it is

[@mikiithe13th]

Mutombo retired from the game but still continued to voice the cookie monster

[@Rakeemgrant]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexiushyman7778]

Still a Mikembe Mutombo fan!

[@tigerwong9845]

😅😅😅

[@jarviswhitaker8207]

😂

[@shawningalls1227]

😅😂😂

[@gemineyethenine7480]

My Saturday just got better with another Cosgrove video!! His NBA research is unmatched!

[@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour]

Jermaine O'Neil: I knew JaBron Lames was gonna sign, and that meant everyone else would be the scapegoat for his failures, so I'd rather have some Oreos 😂

[@JohnnyScumbagg]

The David West/Josh Hart story is funny as hell

[@eksit101]

Hart went on to win summer league MVP same year

[@onubucket3220]

Same with the Jermaine O'neal one 😂

[@king-ghost1027]

😂 💯 😂

[@RavinManiac]

​@raizo6492 subject is the story, not the players, so "is" is correct

[@TrenchKid83rd]

😭😭😭

[@jakelogan4266]

Kobe saying "what am I doing here?" and "these is my last time here" feels different now

[@paulwalker7498]

Must have said that when he raped that woman in Colorado

[@therealjaystone2344]

Let alone your team just sucks by then

[@jonnyblayze5149]

No it still feels like nothing. Because IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU🙄

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

Bet Kobe moved into your top 10 maybe even top 5 since he died.

[@paulwalker7498]

Top 5 rapists maybe@@gregordrizzlewing7339

[@KennethJLave]

That's what Charles Barkley was just saying about Draymond Green.. He's been lashing out aggressively at other players because he is getting frustrated that he can't do the things he used to be able to do.

[@fresneljoseph9025]

If it s true draymond got to be put in the rest for good before he seriously Hurt somebody ....

[@davidtogi5878]

Sad but most probably true. Looks like next season will be his last dance. Next year he gonna be 35, that's a ripe age for athlete to retire. He had nothing to prove to anyone anymore. His rings and accolades can tell his story by themself. Maybe do some business with all the money he got, or continue his podcast/punditry, he seems to have some knack to it. Damn I'm gonna miss him. 🥲

[@jp3813]

Jermaine O'Neal be like "Eh, can't eat a championship ring anyway".

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly damn that's crazy about and love Oreos

[@acewilliams7917]

Oreo cookies man...

[@zerocal76]

😅😅 Big Baby Davis retired for the same reason. He said in a podcast something like he loved BBQ over the summer way too much 😁

[@paulpierce9558]

Damn an Oreo cookie possibly prevented JO from being a NBA Hall of Famer.

[@adrianjones4806]

I swear I’m thinking the same thing 🤦🏽‍♂️ he was still ballin they actually might have did the whole 3 peat thing

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly that's crazy

[@espectrodelayautja6320]

Who the fuck is JO?

[@LatrellHassell]

@@espectrodelayautja6320Jermaine O’Neal

[@spencerolson1750]

@@espectrodelayautja6320Jermaine O’Neal

[@va3svd]

Holy, regarding Mutombo, that’s the first and only time someone had contact with Oden and it was their knee who gave out.

[@yeboylim5372]

Stories come & go. Coincidences, mysteries, curses, unexplainable, moments, creepiest, mistakes, facts, chaotic moments and retiring? Hoping u won't retire. Every story is a masterpiece. And lastly REGRETS. I won't regret watching you man. 👍😊

[@ijustwannabeadrummer]

Dikembe had been in the league for a looong time. I remember being a kid seeing the Mutumbo shoe commercials.

[@jaykaynum5569]

Shoe? I don't remember any shoe from him

[@jaykaynum5569]

What shoe commercial?

[@ijustwannabeadrummer]

Search Adidas Mutombo 55s commercial ... it was a short commercial I remember singing it randomly one day after hearing it on TV lol @@jaykaynum5569

[@Mikedastud]

Jermaine O’Neal choosing Oreos over championships is wild

[@jer8279]

Oreos are awesome though

[@Luso00_]

Couldn't stick it for two more years.

[@EastofEden15]

Shows you the lack of work ethic that prevented him from being great.

[@Skip_Jaymz]

Great video would love a part 2

[@lance287]

I was 19 when Yao retired and I was like: "30 is already a good age to retire". This is haunting me down now that I'm already 32 😳

[@codyjames259]

Do you want to play in a high impact sport that is very knee heavy? Are you also 7 feet+? He's saying if he has to retire, retiring at 30 sounds pretty good. You'll be fine man.

[@matthewkennard1166]

I'll be 36 very soon, I feel nothing like I did in my 20s it sucks bad

[@edwardv4546]

30 is so young. like damn i still feel like I’m 25 😭

[@Kindafu]

That Kobe one😢

[@rellllzzz2473]

Crazy how players watch what they eat up to 30 and regular people start eating better in their 30'a

[@Youngkel95]

3:01 rip Kobe 😢gone but never forgotten!

[@pnuttyinthacutty]

Forget that rapist

[@mblaster3D]

When Magic Johnson retired twice should be on the future part 2. The first is obvious, but the second one was Jordan saying: "you're not with that Showtime team anymore".

[@jonnyblayze5149]

He retired 3 times

[@mongoslade277]

Jordan retired 3x as well

[@mblaster3D]

@@jonnyblayze5149 It's true and those three should be on the part 2 also.

[@DROSEHISTORY]

The 🐐 cosgrove uploaded 😮🔥💯

[@ParaditeRs]

Mutumbo was already 39 or 40 when that knee injury happened. He was probably going to retire after that season or the next regardless.

[@fresneljoseph9025]

Probably but they re always a difference when you choose to walking away and when something else make you ...

[@K3andK4]

The Parish one is too funny! He stayed around far too long. He was getting garbage minutes in Chicago.

[@elliemyers6435]

He was!!!! He was like 43 years old during his last year with the Bulls. Wild.

[@Goldengame78]

Great content!!! The exit is a wonderful way to see champions leave and also give the newcomers their welcome. I think it’s a niche space.

[@jamesbrockingtonjr.6676]

Well good thing that Kobe didn't actually retire in the Blazers game

[@michaelmayers3622]

Kobe could of kept goi g if he lethis body heal

[@jonnyblayze5149]

@@michaelmayers3622 nah

[@Theguy-kq3yg]

Brandon Roy,Aldridge,Grant Hill, oden, were something special

[@bryantgarcia2925]

Forgot about Chris Bosh blood clots forcing him to retire ….

[@jer8279]

Underrated is overused, but for him I agree.

[@gablehill]

Cosgrove always comin' in clutch with the content fr! :D

[@Soyo_Nagasaki07]

Its astonishing that we still see Curry playing now being the greatest shooter of all time...while many years ago...He also faced those same career-ending injuries multiple times. And almost traded to other teams if not retired early.

[@jonnyblayze5149]

Greatest shooter of all time? BWAHHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! good joke kid

[@davidantunez4147]

​@jonnyblayze5149 then who is?

[@Soyo_Nagasaki07]

@@jonnyblayze5149 Then who is the Greatest Shooter of All Time? Reggie? Stockton? Iverson? Bird? Durant? Allen? Thompson?

[@jonnyblayze5149]

@@Soyo_Nagasaki07 by what? By who i like? By the numbers? By what? By all those metrics it still not curry. Hes not the greatest shooter. Hell Hes made the most 3s ever, but hes not the greatest 3point shooter either.

[@Soyo_Nagasaki07]

@@jonnyblayze5149 Then who? Tell us

[@tyronesamuelsjr1087]

When Roy had to retire, I was like what the hell, he was a monster

[@king-ghost1027]

Exactly 💯

[@itshiho]

Blazers passed up on arguably the two greatest scorers in NBA history, MJ and KD. They thought they had Roy so KD wasn't needed since back then shooting wasn't as important as having a good big man. Big mistakes.

[@king-ghost1027]

@@itshiho yup,, Portland fucked up when they got Oden instead of KD

[@itshiho]

@@king-ghost1027 Just think they could have had KD and LA in back to back years and been a 1-2 punch with an inside and outside game 🤦🏾‍♂

[@king-ghost1027]

@@itshiho all facts 💯

[@aydantheyoutubeking]

Very awesome very informative. Love you my man,

[@stonksversusstocks9278]

I never thought about it but the first clip kinda got me. You look up into the rafters and see the retired jerseys of all these guys you had epic battles with in the past and they're all gone now. Kinda makes you want to join them

[@ΚώσταςΠαππάς-φ7ζ]

it makes u feel old and a relic of the past. This must have been a shocking experience.

[@spicywe1ner]

man everytime there is a kobe story, i cant help but feel sad and wish he was still out there.

[@huancarlos1965]

Masonic puppets don't die, Kobe just a character, entity behind him is still alive

[@clix8100]

Right there with you man. I've never been a lakers fan but whenever I see kobe highlights, that hits down to the soul every time

[@Akronkangaroo]

Y'all hated that man when he was alive.

[@clix8100]

@Akronkangaroo I don't know who *you guys* is cause I looked up to him growing up 🤣🤣 I hated the team, not the player

[@paulwalker7498]

I’ve got a Kobe story to tell you.. One evening in Colorado

[@jaykaynum5569]

Jason Kidd zero points in the playoffs should've been on here. That's when his biggest fan(Me) knew it was over💯

[@bgu8321]

josh giddey when he knew what the reporter was referring to

[@hurdyb1]

Even thought I knew many of these, this was great. I hope you can do another one of these with more players. Definitely will be checking out your content.

[@billzglo_1]

Love ya Mutombo but i couldnt help my laughter that was hilarious 😂

[@fresneljoseph9025]

No that wasnt if you ever play that game get injured is never funny and especially when he sign the end of your career ....

[@TDH24Live]

Shaq talked about having to get to that body fat when he was with the Heat. He said he couldnt do it, even though he did look a lot leaner than when he was on the Lakers.

[@Unretrofied98]

The goat posted!

[@seventhsonmedia]

Mutombo was 42. If not for that injury, how much longer did he seriously think he'd play?

[@BobbyHo2022]

Mutumbo was glad to get back to his full time job voicing Cookie Monster.

[@blazemajorofficial]

This video should make us all appreciate we still have LeBron. This dude is in his 21ST SEASON and STILL DOMINATING the nba. Most ex stars retire in their 13-17th season.

[@avant-gardemarmalade7605]

He should've retired too, but playing in garbage time to pad stats as an old ass man was too tempting

[@Heavilymoderated]

Doncic passed through his legs the other night. Might be about time for him, too.

[@sholovesholove4620]

I think it's time for him too, but I dont mind still watching him play.

[@xtentacioncy3513]

@@avant-gardemarmalade7605all for bronny like he said, he’s waiting for him

[@AlexanderRodriguez-nc8yu]

So true!! Ppl are just butt hurt that their hero couldn't do it.

[@OldManLuffy]

This is why we should appreciate lebron, steph, kd etc while were still fortunate enough to watch them play. Once their gone alot of greatness is going to be missing from the nba for quite a while.

[@CriTicOfsOrts]

Yeah but you even commenting that you won’t miss him kind of makes me think you’ll miss him when he’s gone 😂

[@lordg3lo220]

Cosgrove you forgot how Dwayne Wade mentioned Daaron fox and Buddy Hield? He said they were too fast for him go check it out Even Jeff Teague mentioned Fox This is very interesting this video needs a part 2 😂😂😂 please

[@Bigedub101]

Yea u remember this

[@gemineyethenine7480]

It was over before it began for some players!

[@cocacleocola4696]

Man about kobe i almost in tears

[@jonnyblayze5149]

Why? Thats just phuking stupi d

[@goku20015]

Kobe and zeek!! My top 2 faves

[@TCthaCrisis]

Kobe retired back when DWade still had 2 sons. 😥

[@Jeremy_theGent]

"We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told."

[@tristinbrown8505]

Seriously though Moneyball was an awesome movie

[@dclark142002]

For me it was the Achilles tendon tear at 32...always said I'd stop playing soccer at the first major injury as Id seen too many friends try to keep playing and just get more injuries. I miss it, but it's ok. I can still walk and run, and my kids get a decently mobile father.

[@somebody9785]

Kyle Lowry on the Heat has that whole 8% in one butt cheek 😂

[@BlackPinkLoverBoy93]

0:29 Cosgrove plz tell me how you got the video of Kobe i can’t find it anywhere on yt!!!!

[@EAster33]

7:13 your weong for that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Trevor_Schindler]

First! And always excited for cosgrove content

[@PukPuk2024]

A great vid brother!

[@williedavis4308]

' I am now 21 years old, If I can continue to stay injury free, I want to play til I'm 39. After 39 I'm done 😂😂💯

[@themorethemerrier281]

That was very interesting and kinda moving. Thanks for the content.

[@jayfiggs4656]

CP3 and David West were fun to watch back in Charlotte.

[@dominiclee5786]

Watching this video from 9:28 to 9:35 feels like home. Shoutout from Singapore!

[@bryanwong495]

fax, fellow singaporean here 😂😂😂

[@aydantheyoutubeking]

I wasn’t waiting for this video but I was thank you

[@resevoirdog]

"Hey babe wake up, theres a new cosgrove video!!!" Her: "who?!?! Go back to bed" Me: *puts the covers over my head as i snuggle and watch more hehe*

[@MrLp1980]

If you a true a laker fan you knew Kobe was done the first game he played Lebron when Lebron went back to Cleveland in 2015. I watched that game and he was joking with Lebron and having fun. No way the 2006-09 Kobe would have done that. That version of Kobe would have attacked Lebron. I was in attendance for his game against the Pelicans in 2015 when he had that season ending shoulder injury. Even before the injury I saw him more laid back. He just wasn’t the same Kobe I saw dropped 50 points in 2007 against the Hornets during his 4 game 50 point streak. That was killer. So to me Kobe really retired in 2014 and just had fun his last two seasons.

[@lynnerose7891]

You don’t know Kobe. Or LeBron. They were Olympic gold medalists together. Kobe wasn’t as good as LeBron, physically, even then. After 2007, Kobe DEMANDED A FKN TRADE. Only reason he stayed was Pau. Kobe knew couldn’t do his solo work anymore if he wanted more rings. Mentally, Kobe was an all-timer, but LeBron took a trash Cavs team to the NBA FINALS in 2007-at 21/22. Kobe tried the solo action in 2007 and had nothing to show for it. I love Kobe but I love the Lakers more. That mindset is a loser’s mindset which is why Kobe abandoned it and loved Pau Gasol.

[@mongoslade277]

Kobe was done when he tore his achilles vs the Warriors

[@Orion-rl7js]

You Kobe drones are annoying af! Whether it was 2006-2009 Kobe drones, or 2015, you fanboys were/are the worst!

[@SALIJR23]

0:30 I thought that was Draymond Green behind Kobe

[@BrockMak]

9:51 He did briefly come back. When he retired the second time, he was 37.

[@stevehorton7524]

I remember Isiah saying when they ran into the bulls in that last finals that he looked into Jordans eyes and the look he saw in his eyes SCARED him to death !!!! He'll never admit he said that now !!!!

[@mongoslade277]

🦬💩. Scared of what. Isiah has a winning record vs Jordan

[@johndailey2323]

He didn't say that and im a bulls fan. Not like he guarded Jordan anyways

[@Luso00_]

I swear Jordan fanboys are a different kind of weird in comparison to LeBron fanboys. Regardless, you're both weird.

[@MrWoodstar1]

Really nice video. I believe Zeke was forced out with an Achilles injury; although, he contemplated it before then.

[@123slasher.16]

​@@TheEsquireofSports.2.0What? He lit Boston up for 43 in his 2nd to last year.

[@Luso00_]

Achilles is the worst injury in sports. It's essentially a career killer. I only know two athletes who can back like nothing happened. They so happened to be NBA players, too. Dominique Wilkins and Kevin Durant.

[@biongrenn8010]

So.... Jermaine O'Neal traded a ring for oreos.

[@Luso00_]

Jermaine used to force people to step outside the key to shoot, knowing that man has a weakness for oreos. I have lost respect for that man.

[@jsofianos]

Isaiah knew he was done when Jordan swept them

[@chrisrobinson8339]

To be fair to Mutombo. nobody knows how old he is. He could have been 44 years old at the time of his retirement.

[@jer8279]

His broken finger wag gave it away

[@sithlord926]

T.J. Ford

[@KinGJuStiCe712]

👽….Honestly JJ Reddick could’ve signed w the Knicks or Nets if he missed his family that much in NY

[@dannyhernandez265]

True.

[@Luso00_]

He was already at that stage that he didn't want to train anymore.

[@DPMusicStudio]

Great video! Really makes you think/

[@dog4mike]

I can't relate to being someone on this level, but as an older person who used to go pretty hard, I know a little bit about it. I did a lot of sports, basketball included, but my main thing was distance running (5k, 10K, half marathons mostly). I ran competitively as a young man, and long after I started to slow down, I still did fun runs and other charity events. At age 38, while running a marathon, my left knee gave out at the 21km mark. Half way. I walked/hobbled the last 21km. Not wanting to stop, I kept training and entered a few more shorter runs, but no more marathons. Then a few years later, while running a 10K, I struggled. Not because I was slower, but I just didn't enjoy it. My legs had always moved my body easily. Not fast in my older age, but still easy. Not any more. I crossed the line and never did another one. There I was, nearly 30 years after my first race, taking my shoes off for the last time and I knew in that moment I would never do it again. And with that came a big loss to my identity. Countless miles of training and competition on three continents, hundreds of races, who knows how many pairs of shoes. I was always "the runner" in my group. People still ask me how the running is going, even though it's been almost a decade. I had to find new motivation, and it was hard. Now I am in the gym most days, I enjoy lifting now, but it's quiet, personal. I'm in at 4am and done before most people get out of bed. It's not how people see me. They still see me as something I can never be again. It's hard to walk away.

[@XXrunningHamxX]

Great video but I don’t think a lot of people know about what happened to Chris Bosh legendary player career cut short.

[@nathanaelreyes5765]

Zeke retired after rupturing his Achilles

[@johndavis6719]

Great video

[@simplysie4]

Interesting video. Chris Bosh was forced to retire as well with his blood clot condition.

[@KingTerrell]

Alonzo Mourning too with his kidney issue

[@simplysie4]

@@KingTerrell Yes!

[@andy.01.]

i wish your vids were longer :)

[@waltb7707]

This was a good video!

[@joshjones3408]

Cosgrove...that a unique name..this makes the second time Iv seen it..the frist time I was watching a 9/11 video...a man who made a phone call from above the impact soon had the same name... great video though 👍👍👍

[@resevoirdog]

2:29 hqhahaha "radomly saw dwayne wade " 😅" sure rachel... sureeeeeeee

[@joshuapardovani6594]

off topic, but that kobe dunk animation.. WAS ON POINT!!

[@michaelmart456]

That segment with all the players who retired early essentially all dealing with the Blazers proves that my team is cursed.

[@Officialhimaholic]

Finally sum too watch on yt

[@jakethesnakemiz3645]

i like the intro at the beginning of the vid, keep doing this

[@bradysovern]

Isaiah also tore his achilles...

[@jaykaynum5569]

I know, right. Larry Bird taking the garbage out at his momma house should've been on here

[@situbes.972]

For kobe really was the injury that did him in. He couldn't mentally and physically recover from. Sure he played, but couldn't get back to pre-injury. If it wasn't for injury. He would have kept going. Eventually, he realized that later on. Otherwise i think he would have kept going and surpassed Kareem record. Heck he might have made to finals again

[@gaffle-411]

4:37 he needed some of that New Juice 👑 James be on. 😅

[@ry_an.]

2:47 lmao “sons”

[@cappy2282]

I knew it was over when coach said something like; "Kid, you're the best i ever seen and i appreciate the fact that u can dunk from free-throw line but the school board doesn't like the national attention your play is receiving. It a distraction to your fellow 8th grade teammates"

[@Johnny-kv7mh]

Another one ☝🏾🔥🔥🔥🎥

[@shawnburks6362]

I still can’t believe Kobe is not here anymore. Unreal. 😢

[@dellharper7784]

Can someone PLEASE tell me the title/ name of the song player at 1.04 when Kobe is speaking? THANK YOU ALL!!!!🙏

[@agbapsfan1203]

The goat cosgrove has finally posted”.

[@electrifyy_5669]

Jeremy Lin saying “I’m done” you can see the difference in his face running up and then when he’s on the ground

[@webvideofan]

I remember Barkley saying he knew it was coming to a close when he found himself pump faking a lot under the basket… 😄👍🏻

[@joeymanny]

i hope u add kenny smith, h8s retirement story is fumny too

[@mongoslade277]

What retirement story?? He got cut

[@shawnmarques7117]

Yes Cosgrove new video!!

[@alexmata8069]

Perfect video to wake and bake too 🫡

[@Skip_Jaymz]

Hart is such a dog. Perfect fill in player. Does a Lil of everything above average and excells at effort. Always been a fan