Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol - The Killer Connection

A compilation of plays showing Kobe and Gasol's amazing chemistry on court.
Much thanks in advance!

[@knoxbox1212]

Kobe and Shaq were dominant but Kobe and Pau are my favorite duo of all time. Pau running the high post was like watching art in the making. Hall of famer for sure

[@odonnellcaleb]

Can't argue with that duo. Mine will probably always be Nash and Amare...they were so ahead of their time (with the fast pace offense) and Amare was a BEAST. Granted it was pretty one way...but Nash made assists cool again.

[@niggaplease8880]

egoist duo

[@jrthegoatsmith712]

CarloSpicyWeinr I agree 100%! Kobe and Pau were a playmaking match made in heaven. We may very well see something similar in Dallas if and only if Luka and Porzingis works out.

[@kgarcism]

Best Duo Is Michael Jordan And Scott Peppen

[@checkingmypito3125]

Both were great

[@xaviervega468]

Pau was Kobe's Scottie Pippen. He couldn't have asked for a better #2 chemistry wise. The fact they spoke in Spanish to hide their intentions from opponents is friggin awesome. Also an example of Kobe (wisely) using his background to give him a competitive edge.

[@lioninthesun]

Nah kobe and kg would have bullied the league for years

[@monkeboii6115]

​@@lioninthesunMan i agree with you. They will be a terror offensively and defensively.

[@John_Tick]

Kobe and Shaq = power; Kobe and Pau = Finesse. What a lifetime to have seen both!

[@hplalakrs2001]

Still have a Pau jersey, will always be one of my favorite Lakers, even if he plays for the Spurs now. Kobe and Pau should be up there with Kareem and Magic and Shaq and Kobe for best Lakers duos.

[@parrisclarke1257]

RIP Kobe... This connection was my childhood.

[@ArmanAliasgharpour]

Such an underrated duo. RIP Kobe 🙏🏽🐍

[@sunq3831]

Thank you, kobe. RIP LEGEND

[@sauceduptez2041]

Sun Q kobe never dies

[@johnc6158]

Hauger bro who hurt you. You a Celtic fan?

[@southsid3609]

Hauger weird ass nikka

[@Franko24248]

Favorite duo of all time, watching kobe and pau growing up is what got me into basketball. Kobes biggest weakness was trusting his teammates, but u can tell he trusted pau w the rock 100%

[@TheZombieeeeeee]

I love how most of these highlights are from the playoffs. When it was crunch time through injuries Kobe and Pau shined on the biggest stage. #neverforgetgreatness

[@bdr113080]

Kobe and Pau are my favorite duo of all time in the NBA. It was so much fun watching them. RIP Kobe, we love and miss you 💜💛

[@nicholassage2076]

It was easy for Kobe to play with Pau because it seemed like Pau had same mentality and he didnt shy away from moment

[@al-nur999]

This duo is my favorite since I was a kid. RIP Kobe

[@adriazamoraperez9636]

One of the most underrated duos ever

[@raycampbell162]

It's hard to believe that Kobe is gone.

[@nicanororjalizajr3558]

This duel made a great run and brought 2 championship to LA

[@rosenamajunas1159]

who says kobe doesnt pass. Kobe doesnt pass the ball to a bum.

[@TaybeenTrill248]

Rosalina Pua BIG FACTS

[@sterche1491]

He only trust Pau..

[@stevem2323]

Exactly.

[@Steph-hq2kp]

He trusted Fisher too

[@rosenamajunas1159]

@@Steph-hq2kp Reason why fish shot a lot of big shot.

[@salRL-eb3zc]

pau, congratulations on the birth of your new daughter, the idea of ​​naming your daughter -Gyana , is respectful, you are a basketball player and an amazing person.

[@leonvigil2045]

I haven't been able to watch any highlights up until now because it's too hard and I knew I would break down crying . You're the best , you're a very special player and person . The whole world loves you Kobe . #8 #24 Thanks for the 20 years . R.I.P. LEGEND KOBE BRYANT AND GIGI .

[@arminoleg1624]

Great 2 man game. Beautiful pick and roll. Pick and pop. Give and go. Fundamental basketball. They tried to call Pau soft. That’s not soft that’s pure basketball. And he still banged it up with Celtics. 2 rings 3 appearances with cuts and bruises.

[@delphiallera5516]

Pau was soft pre-Lakers time. Even in 2008. Pau was up for kobe's challenge so they clicked.

[@arminoleg1624]

@@delphiallera5516 There is some truth to that. Kobe helped all those guys get tougher. Outside of Ariza and Metta who were always gritty. Plus those years getting swept in Memphis also contributed. Whatever it was nobody could call him soft by 09-10

[@tigermack]

... how many of those plays should had been an AND 1 for Gasol!!!

[@JoanneJaworski]

They had some kind of amazing connection. It's beautiful to watch them play together! Magic!

[@Deactivated_Account_]

Captain America & Captain Spain

[@orlandosantosjkd3629]

Xd :v

[@rosagarcia-lr9cg]

Superman y superlopez!

[@johloempalmado8974]

RIP Kobe, you'll always be legendary

[@forzaferrari9709]

Love to see how crowded the paint is back then, now they were all spread out and there's a constant monitoring for 3's

[@christopherherrera5495]

R.I.P Kobe legend never die💔

[@luispcno8461]

Best video ever .. when baseball was beautiful not just shooting 3’s all game

[@neronero4481]

I am a fan of kobe and shaq, but this kobe and pau tandem, i love this so much, its definitely in my top 3 favorite tandem, its such a thing of beauty watching this two play together, and i was so happy when i learned that there relationship is beyond basketball, its so good to see two great friends becoming brothers, and i was so touched of how pau honored kobe and gigi's legacy. Rip black mamba ang gigi along with the other passengers.

[@solemagus4761]

Pau's a HOFer. Love me some Kobe. Kobe and Pau were one of my favorite duo's. Not Kobe and Shaq but different and Pau complimented the Triangle very well.. I remember living in LA and we got word of the trade after all the drama of Kobe potentially leaving. Than they signed Pau. I was like oh shit.. they going to the finals..

[@drew4564]

So many people forget how great Pau was with Kobe

[@stackywarbucks]

I Loved Kobe And Pau Chemistry I'm glad i got to witness them making it to the finals three years in a row

[@venusmeng1170]

Crying when watch this now

[@smallben7744]

The fine details are the most impressive... how Kobe always hits Gasol high in the hands with perfect accuracy so it takes half a second for Pau to dunk it

[@austinroberts3152]

Makes my heart break 💔 watching this. Pure basketball. Two goats 🐐

[@dickheder4940]

kobe pau, hall of fame duo.....RIP kobe

[@Jafyaa]

Rest in peace Kobe. Legend

[@lildave1858]

The most slept on duo

[@hans4595]

people tend to forget that kobe was a good passer back in 2008-2012

[@darthraider7935]

he's always been a good passer. he just wasn't asked to pass a lot. Early in his career with Shaq it was the triangle where the bigs touch the ball a lot and pass out of it, thus why Shaq had great passing numbers. Phil later came back and they did the triangle again but now with Gasol. People tend to forget that throughout his career in LA he was usually somewhere between 1-3 on the team on assist by seasons end, every year... they just see all the shots he took and think he never passed.

[@erniegurrola1624]

Garth Andrews he did have people to pass it too he just didnt trust them

[@asundelgun3487]

E. T. Those dudes were trash in 05-07. Who was he passing it to? Smush and Kwame. Foh

[@meschoui760]

Hans DeCastro dude Kobe would have been the greatest if he wasn’t that stubborn. He kept on copying MJ while his abilities were superior to his airness’.

[@benitocamela6336]

@@meschoui760 MJ was actually in the same position as Kobe. He was a great playmaker when needed to be, he read the defense like a point guard and had passing skills in his arsenal that would match those of Nash and Kidd, but that was not his job 90% of the time. The exact same thing with Kobe. Both of them could nail a pass while spinning and faking a layup in the middle of the air, looking some place else, yet the ball reached their teammates hands and nobody knew how. They were really equals.

[@MrEliasdl]

Most underrated Duo in NBA history. They were dominant

[@thuggwaffle8825]

This wasn’t even that long ago and the game has changed so much. Nowdays every attack starts at the 3pt line.

[@paoerfulone1089]

Kobe may have had more success and dominance w/ Shaq. But you can tell he *LOVED* playing w/ Gasol more.

[@lucasanfilippo5370]

Kobe is rarely mentioned as a good passer but maybe his passing was Just proportional to the trust and the respect he had and played for the player receiving the ball.. he didnt like Shaq, because he didnt train hard. Looking back these old images looks like he never thinks twice when it's time to pass the ball to Pau, even when Pau clearly occupies a space where Kobe his moving to...

[@invincible0463]

Correct, the ball hog narrative hurts kobe because most people are lazy and just go with narratives instead of truly studying the game. Kobe was a great passer. Phil jackson said he was a better playmaking than mj.

[@jeraldz1457]

We will miss you kobe

[@sammyb5869]

I remember the first game Gasol played in LA. It was beautiful basketball.

[@Lex02615]

Gasol making kobe look like magic johnson with those passes. Kobe was usually ball dominant but pau opened the door to kobe’s passing because their level of trust to each other is so much.

[@RockyCine]

Grande Pau, Big Kobe!!

[@diegoalonso3267]

one of the best duos in NBA history. RIP Kobe🙏

[@johncambridge7181]

I don’t understand why nba 2k never put Kobe&gasol’s team in that game. One of the Biggest historic teams missing in nba2k.

[@zhugelianges]

R.I.P. Kobe, one of the best players in his era, and one of the Top 10 players all time

[@extradrygin1875]

Emotion filled memories

[@richardsiregar2797]

4:50 so many hand checks before that beautiful pass to pau, now is really a softer NBA

[@SirDinoz]

pau is the one guy kobe was willing to pass to.

[@MagKing001]

If Kobe was King Arthur. Pau would be his Lancelot.

[@inkperfect2112]

Back when the nba was great to watch

[@mcoeif]

Kobe never gets out of the first round again in the post-Shaq years without Gasol. Gasol deserves to be in the HOF.

[@ezekwu]

Gasol would have never sniffed the hof without Kobe, stfu...

[@JaBird-sv3yk]

KOBE 'N' PAU wanted it all homies

[@keltners613]

Pau been playing with spanish kobe Juan carlos he knows what to do.

[@antdeeziak2120]

I miss Kobe every day, shit still eats at all us Laker fans that grew up in LA like myself or others who loved watching the mamba.

[@ER_MAGO11_D_D10S]

El mejor,Pau gasol

[@lokeijak]

Pau is my next favorite player. It was beautiful watching these 2 dominate

[@thafightgame5383]

0:26 it’s the simple things like Kobe running back on D before gasol even gets the shot up that’s confidence in your brotha 💯

[@ptheproducer]

This video fire bro I’m back after the Jersey retirement

[@nicolaszyx3120]

🔥🔥🔥 A nightmare matchup to everyone in the league

[@blackwok3928]

LONGLIVEKOBE

[@flightkidd123]

The reason why they worked so well because pau didn’t have an ego .. he just wanted to win rings he didn’t mind not being the guy an accepted that but wasn’t a pushover he just wanted to win an I can respect that whole heartedly he’s a winner not an ego driven “look at me I’m the man an I’m the reason or a big part as to why we won the ring !!!” He didn’t give a fuck about that

[@farstrider4592]

I remember having to suffer watching Kwame Brown fumble passes and miss free throws playing for the Lakers, and then having him traded for probably the complete opposite player in Pau Gasol. Once Pau Gasol made his debut, it was like night and day seeing such a competent offensive weapon and a great compliment to Kobe's game.

[@ansproduction2022]

The only man whose kobe pass the ball 😎

[@PhilBeckman-rn6sx]

I didnt realize they communicated in different languages. Brillant.

[@ianadesanya112]

Always wanted them to three peat, cause I like this duo way better than Shaq-Kobe

[@drewstevens5771]

Shaq got replaced and almost threepeated without him . Retirement of Pau jersey is a must.

[@idlamper0uge916]

Kobe's a good passer..its just that he only passes to who he trusts to make the shot..Odom,gasol,Fischer,meta,Barnes,Bynum..

[@krizm]

6:58 the nicest play ever in the NBA

[@theblackshoe3252]

You did it with me.

[@holaplant677]

What a big jump for the lakers when they added pau First Round exit to Finals Appearance in 08 and a Ring in 09 10

[@Lopezsokray_z]

Rest and Peace Kobe

[@conflicc5505]

I ain't gone lie when gasol got mad and started dunking and blocking shots and screaming it get me hype everytime and make me laugh lol

[@13blocko]

I loved them together yo kb & Pau

[@rachmadhidayat9996]

Pau turned Lakers from a mediocre playoff chasing team to Western Conf #1 and then an NBA champion.

[@Tunesnthings]

I’ll be showing this to everyone who keeps saying Kobe won those last two rings by himself.

[@agentleon25]

Luke Times you cannot win alone basketball is team game lol just respect the greatness of kobe

[@JaBird-sv3yk]

KOBE 'N' PAU beat chemistry

[@barrycowan3540]

This video should be shown in chemistry classes....

[@michaelguerrero3684]

Hope Fox and Sabonis can be like Pau and Kobe. Right now, they are playing well together.

[@fernandogomezgonzalez3090]

From Spain...nice video

[@JavierBF_NBA]

Gracias!

[@luisrodriguezarregui3700]

UNICOS !!

[@XaLiF_]

I've never seen before Kobe trust ball 💯 %, but Pau deserves it , Wow

[@JaySee8866]

Still sad AF. RIP Kobe.

[@RintTheReaver]

Kobe and Shaq was an explosion.. Kobe and Pau was like... a pair of tacticians... ice cold

[@michaelmcfarland4512]

Man RIP Kobe

[@Zecamilleo]

Kobe and shaq is more iconic, but pau was the best teammate kobe ever had.

[@decarlderossi1265]

this is cool!

[@xcjbmgx]

Perfection

[@alfonsocanoiii7225]

Takes me back rip Kobe

[@caoimhinyt9765]

Pau rarely uses a pump fake when he catches the ball in the interior. He just jumps as soon as he gets the ball.

[@luigitumulak]

Rewatching this after Pau's jersey retirement

[@MrElsocio]

I love you Kobe. See you soon! RIP king!

[@cleanlysniping2712]

*mamba but what ever

[@tubenachos]

Gasol HOF

[@lifeasjin162]

Its just like LeBron and AD. RIP Kobe

[@YoungistGoat]

Rip Kobe 💔💔

[@TouchAnimize]

RIP kobe

[@avalancheFPS]

I want kobe back

[@christorresfernandez7674]

what a beauty

[@creativedesign38]

Just because of gasul can run fast and release quickly . Good combination for kobe , kobe can make easy play . This to is very good for oppense