Kobe Kicked My A** | Former Laker Michael Cooper Shares Story From Kobe Bryant's Pre-Draft Workout

Laker great and defensive dynamo Michael Cooper shares with T.O. and Hatch his most cherished Kobe Bryant story, and how Kobe's passing still effects him in the present.
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[@stranger333k]

Luv coop. .5 time nba champ. .8 time all defensive team. .and the lakers didn't retire this man's number. DAMN TRAGEDY!

[@BasketballJones48021]

Facts! I know that the Lakers are very strict when it comes to retiring jerseys… but Coop was an important piece for FIVE championships, he’s one of the greatest 6th men ever, one of the GOAT perimeter defenders, 8x all-defensive (like you’ve said), won DPOY, at some point was running the offense when Magic went to the bench to get some rest, could pass the ball, he hustled all out, high energy great athlete, could shoot and developed into a very good spot-up 3pt shooter (without coming up in 3pt era), made some great clutch plays time and time again, spent his entire career (12 years) on the Lakers…………

[@uptownkal3046]

FACTS!!!! My 1st favorite Laker player.

[@atribecalledlen3567]

@@BasketballJones48021 I would’ve retired coop’s Jersey over Jamal Wilkes’

[@JAWrightonline]

@@atribecalledlen3567 Hold up, stop! Love Coop but Silk was a better player.

[@paolo-n2000]

Cooper will get into the NBA Hall of Fame and then the Lakers will retire #21. Coop was Mr 3 & D!!!! If Bobby Jones (76ers) is in the HOF, Coop will get there soon....Lakers will honor Cooper!

[@Quebodawson]

The art of storytelling..I could listen to this man tell stories for hours

[@antchancey433]

Great Story! Rest In Peace Kobe 24 🐍💛💜

[@mibbzx1493]

Kobe at 17 sizing up a 41 year old micheal cooper is the definition of mamba mentality 🤣

[@joev7664]

Facts it's not just Skill or talent, sum u gotta born wit

[@Herrera777]

41 is kinda old for a basketball player

[@mibbzx1493]

@@Herrera777 he was mentoring you g players at the camp when kobe pulled up

[@Herrera777]

@@mibbzx1493 yeah I like Coop but he was probably rusty trying to guard him. I see what he’s saying tho

[@harrysastrawan]

@@Herrera777 did you see what BRIAN SCALABRINE do to a div.1 player? 🤣

[@caipirinha_king1632]

You gotta remember that Kobe’s comfort and confidence came from playing with college and nba players all year long throughout high school.

[@djAmarK]

Good point, Gil.

[@2020Viszion]

And his mind and talent.

[@KingEst87]

I’m still not over Kobe super sensitive topic I will never be over that so these kind of dialogues help me alot

[@yeon723]

man when he said kobe was sizing him up as well. You know kobe was going to try and kill him

[@montimiller2743]

Cooper wasn't no pushover even at 41, there are many KZbin clips of Michael Cooper going up against all the greats(Magic, Bird, Jordan, Dr. J., any and every position other than Center Coop could guard. When he says he put it on Kobe he means it and when Jerry West said~"That's the One!"~everyone knew they had their next Great One in Kobe Bryant(RIP)little brother!!!

[@N1120A]

He even defended centers in practice. He helped Vlade Divac learn to play NBA defense.

[@Serve3000]

You aint said nothing wrong

[@eliporter3980]

RIP to Kobe, it still hurts 💜💛💔

[@mobetta2092]

I can’t recall who the player was but a Hornets player says he was at one end of the court shooting around and Kobe was at the other on an afternoon leading up to the game. He says Kobe tells an arena employee that the basketball rim is off center, too low, or high. He says they measured it and sure enough it was. They asked Kobe how’d he know and he told them he was missing shots from spots on the floor that he don’t miss during warmups.

[@jaygabbana6852]

It’s a disgrace that his #21 isn’t retired by the Lakers

[@ianmista619]

If it was any other franchise his jersey would be in the rafters for sure, you know the Lakers are strict with who they put in the rafters

[@Halkaniin]

Pretty sure they only retire hall of famers

[@justmeblac7273]

He was good but not that good

[@sparksup327]

@@Halkaniin Real talk. Them & the Celtics are like that

[@killaseason82]

Im born n raised in LA n coop was good but not great

[@godsangell12]

Kobe was really born different

[@kilduce4423]

Kobe was an underrated post player.

[@pradayou5405]

Underrated ? It was widely known that his post game was one of his biggest strengths especially later in his career

[@pimpmastaa101]

Long Live Mamba 🙏🏽

[@sicnarf6971]

COOP is as professional as you can get from a basketball player. He recognized Magic’s greatness and molded himself to fit on the team. Reveled in his 6th man role and even made DPOY as a 6th! That’s fucking unheard of. I loved watching Cooper battle Larry and Jordan who both respected Coop. One of the OG 3&D guys and one of the best to do it!

[@kwamewade915]

Kobe death still doesn’t seem real. Will never forgot seeing the news and wishing it wasn’t true. 😢

[@unknownproductions8627]

🙏🙏

[@remidibeatz8780]

Facts

[@sionelaungaue4881]

I haven't watched kobe highlights since that day, still sensitive. 🇹🇴 🇹🇴 🇹🇴

[@ericwatler23]

RIP to a LEGEND PERIOD

[@callanruka9194]

Cooper still doing good things in the game today,used to think"what"but had that game changer defense.

[@baldheadkid]

1:46 LEFT HANDED .. from deep!

[@JD-ny3vz]

Peeped that

[@ohigh6]

yep I seen that too. I was thinking "did they invert the video for this?"

[@silewis9396]

Smooth as a MF i had to rewind that shit

[@realpro14]

Cooper was one of my favorite players. He was a 3 and D player back in the 80’s.

[@johnnyguitarwatson5288]

I'm 51 , seen JORDAN'S father murdered, seen 2pac & biggie's murder, the late great nipsey hussle, but Kobe's PASSING, I'll probably never get over😢 even with the passage of time! RIP Kobe/ #8/#24/ COOP#21 HOF IN MY BOOK!

[@thomasdean1852]

Kobe only play for one team he didn’t jump around team to team trying to find the easy way to win a championship he is a awesome player.

[@Rich-tb6uh]

That documentary is going to be amazing!

[@letthenukesfly2311]

Loved watching Cooper play back in the day!

[@qwammienewsome1357]

Likewise!! Coop-a-loop!!

[@rayspruce1]

KO-BE!!🙌🏾💪🏾

[@MrOneanddone91]

This the story I been waiting for!!!

[@evonza4858]

Love you Kobe, Michael and

[@justinechols5434]

Great Conversation “RestUp Mamba”

[@pol44r]

Great story!

[@VersatyleMusicGroup]

Gotta love fubu sports

[@dana.j9062]

RIP Black Mamba 🕊

[@jaymoney6233]

Props to Coop for being man enough to admit this lol alot of guys just deny especially if there isn't any video footage😂😂😂

[@MrOneanddone91]

Like Jerry Stackhouse 😂😂😂

[@jaymoney6233]

@@MrOneanddone91 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janejohn1644]

Cooooop! The ORIGINAL 3 and D player. Defensive POY and 3pt specialist.

[@musadigobo4706]

Kobe🐐

[@evonza4858]

My other brothers 🥰💜💛 and ❤️🖤💚 don't forget that Kobe learned from his dad he has his dad's genes and he pushed himself 💜💛 love you forever Kobe and GiGi too 💜💛 and I salute Mr Joe Bean Bryant I truly salute you sir❤️🖤💚

[@Evil33-]

8-24 -2💜 💛 RIP

[@CoachDarren]

Coop one of my favorite players. Great Laker underrated.

[@CountingCnotes]

Underrated laker legend

[@diegochavez679]

Goat

[@uptownkal3046]

COOOOOOOOOP!!!

[@anthonyyeung0207]

His second shot! Left handed!!!!! OMG!!!! RIP Kobe & Gigi...

[@lukegilbert7985]

Coop is better than the current lakers backcourt.

[@falldogg8606]

Rip

[@MichaelBrown-lm3vd]

Long socks and all this guy was good

[@raybates3735]

🗣LakerNation in the building 🕴🏽🙏🏽👑 RIP 🪦 👤🕊Kobe🌹🏆🥇🎤

[@johnchavez1947]

Kobe is the First high school guard to draft in the nba.

[@pianoarmond]

I love Michael Cooper. He was a very good athlete.

[@tubenachos]

Cooper won a DPOY award so it was legit

[@DB-jn8li]

Interesting story

[@vanjones1749]

Cool story man..

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

41 vs 17!!! Come one. Prime Coop was guarding Jelly Bean Bryant!

[@davidherrera2720]

Michael cooper sounds like Ice T

[@stashouse617]

If you’re a laker fan you know coop is g14 classified to speak on anything Laker related

[@romansmith7885]

Still bothers me to this day of his passing. RipMamba

[@twest344]

Was Coop the only man to defend Larry Bird and Kobe? OH and as a lifelong Celtics fan, Coop definitely deserves to have his number retired. He was an original "3 and D" guy and would fit right into today's game.

[@EstebanLA0824]

Even with the left kobe was wet!

[@edmundwoods829]

Where Moe and Keita??

[@ChrisTintWrap]

Kobe came in 1997 not early 90s

[@JAWrightonline]

Actually, summer of '96.

[@bobbydigital3421]

He was 16 at that workout. Prob '95. Heard the story from Jerry West on a previous interview.

[@JAWrightonline]

It was summer of '96. Jerry West has told the story severel times and he always stresses he was doing double duty. He was also trying to persuade Shaq to leave Orlando for L.A. All was in summer of '96.

[@sixftfivestatue6746]

My opinion KOBE IS BETTER THAN MJ PERIOD IDENTICALLY PLAYS HIS WHOLE CAREER

[@Chriswilson-vg6vp]

What cooper was trying to say is Kobe demolished him

[@kilduce4423]

Did coop have a stroke? He’s talking funny. Hope he’s well

[@recryption620]

Great story! That logo needs changed what happened to that. Lebron being compared to mj still hasn't passed Kobe imo.

[@3jimp]

I still don’t think that shit was an accident what’s the one thing you can’t check on the helicopter when you’re on the ground still controls

[@markeith2165]

It won't no accident man. Look at the video young kobe by tyga. It give you a weird feeling man cuz it show a helicopter threw out the whole video and it came out in 2014

[@3jimp]

@@markeith2165can you read mother ducka I said it wasn’t an accident just like you said

[@markeith2165]

@@3jimp bruh I was agreeing with you

[@3jimp]

@@markeith2165 then I apologize

[@3jimp]

If you read it to quick - I apologize again

[@PhilPeeVa]

So basically Cooper just said that even at 41 he could compete with Kobe

[@dukesmooth6647]

Thats not what he was saying

[@PhilPeeVa]

@@dukesmooth6647 boy I’m listening with a hoopers ear not a fan ear

[@jordandwiggins1026]

With a 17 year old. This isn’t prime Kobe but yeah I see what you mean

[@PhilPeeVa]

@@jordandwiggins1026 right he’s speaking double sided meaning Kobe wasn’t in his prime but neither was he. That’s why he said he glad it wasn’t full court. He no longer had the wind.

[@casiemny1219]

Kobe was 17 and he did agree Kobe kicked his ass lol

[@larryhill1603]

Socks

[@Kstewart14]

Click bait on the title I shld report this ish

[@michaelcovarrubias2127]

Lakers are a disgrace for doing there legends dirty. both Jerry and coop

[@theurbanphilosopherz]

This dude be looking so dmb with sunglasses oninside, on camera smh. This network need to step they game up. Hes a main host and he looking like that lol

[@elbowgang9715]

You need to learn how to properly spell and form sentences before you speak on others.

[@theurbanphilosopherz]

@@elbowgang9715 this aint a classroom bum this us social media are you 50 sending that played out ahs comment?

[@theurbanphilosopherz]

@@elbowgang9715 and HOW ABOUT MAKE SOME CONTENT BEFORE TALKN SHT TO ME

[@andreearl3258]

@@theurbanphilosopherz since when does T.O follow status quo. He does him and it works for him. Nothing new

[@theurbanphilosopherz]

@@andreearl3258 this has nothing to do with to but as usual you d skn bm come in with your palms palms.

[@greggardner5015]

Reliable husband? Lmao What happened in Denver?

[@JD-ny3vz]

Stfu he clearly said BECAME a reliable husband.

[@321Chew]

Players fck up

[@The1Question]

A "woman"/ freak that was known to sleep with other hotel employees lied and said Kobe raped her when they just fooled around in the hotel room to get some money. That is what happen in Denver.

[@thescatman5029]

Self-reparation and self-redemption.....!

[@jimbobfisher8904]

I’m sure your perfect buddy

[@rtp023]

TO so cringey! He still getting them checks tho

[@YahuchananYakazqaalYashraal]

Kobe was better than Mike but these old cats will never admit it

[@maxcartel6707]

Reliable husband? thats when i paused lol

[@willoneil1456]

Jerry West is a legend

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