"Kobe Missed The Playoffs in His Prime" Is The Newest Lazy Narrative - Barbershop talk (Episode 35)

[@Dom2K]

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[@kaidentaylor1920]

Wassup NBA fans Dom2k on the mic

[@Kuttaaahhh]

I’m glad u talked about this cause all I see on Twitter when Kobe is mentioned is that he missed the playoffs in his prime the man led the Lakers to the playoffs before his Achilles injury even guaranteeing them making it

[@AnkleIsland]

Your like a the protector of all bad narratives haunting a NBA players career

[@Sam-od5bj]

Dom You should do a video talking about every advanced stat and the flaws with each one

[@ramsenyoukhana3447]

10:15 watch it’s on the script Dom

[@iranlassninja7062]

This could've passed for a twitter police episode

[@BasketballHighway19]

Is this the most liked comment with the least replies

[@DP_1605]

I won't lie, I had to watch the vid twice because I was focusing on the 2k game at first

[@wyattbeightel619]

Paul Popoola lmao me too

[@yungdeleuze4658]

happens too many times with the barbershop talk videos 😂😂😂

[@jarvismace5078]

How Derek miss that 3 tho 💀

[@OffTopicKamah]

Lol me too!

[@OffTopicKamah]

Jarvis Mace he’s not a 3 point shooter like that

[@kirstenaudreidejesus4115]

"LeBron is not in his prime, he's 34 years old! Kobe was in his prime and missed the playoffs!" People forget. A 34 Year old Kobe Bryant willed a Lakers team to the Playoffs in the 2012 -2013 season after being out of the playoff race before the all star game that season. He played All-NBA defense, and was still a force in offense. What it took? His Achilles. I like LeBron and injuries broke their playoff hopes but don't excuse his failures by belittling other players.

[@BlackBelkan]

THANK YOU!

[@quantumrelativity3849]

i mean that just shows that kobe was better at 34. it doesnt mean that lebron is in his prime and he must take them to the playoffs, and yeah that isnt an excuse, but he clearly isnt in his prime anymore. thats his fault of course and lakers fans shouldve expected him to decline, just not this early

[@jonahchavez5854]

lebrons a bitch

[@d1okobe510]

QuantumDan Kobe had prime Dwight Howard

[@LilJMoore]

@@d1okobe510 Did you not watch the video? I can say LeBron had prime Wade and still lost

[@nolimit6005]

Yea same with LeBron and MJ like you can hold it against them but at the same time it’s not really their fault

[@kerupt4306]

Fax

[@bigsackjack69]

Very good opinion coming from...ya know... *craig*

[@nolimit6005]

TBT•Jackaloupe 😂thanks man

[@nbabackcourtmedia]

Craig OH NO NO their*

[@bradywhite842]

The best comment here

[@trevor5834]

1.Kobe missed a bunch of games 2.Had Shaq, Fischer, and Phil Jackson all leave 3.Went through 3 coaches, one of whom only had experience as a head coach for one season back in the 90's 4. Lamar Odom missed a few games 5. Their next best player was who? Smush Parker? All I'm saying is Kobe has a lot to go through that season. Lebron has had a lot to deal with this season, albeit a bit less in my opinion. Everyone needs to stop the whataboutism and except that we're not making the playoffs and that hurts Lebron's legacy whether his fans like it or not.

[@TheNegrodamus89]

Exactly, cuz if we made the playoffs and at least got to the 2nd round then it would have boosted his legacy even more. It definitely works both ways.

[@razkable]

1. kobe missed 16 they went 6-10 without him...2. its fisher 3. they had 2 coaches cause rudy t had health issues but the staff was phils form the previous year mostly including frank hamblem brian shaw and kurt rambis 4. odom missed 18 they went 3-15 without him 5. actually smush wasn't on the 05 lakers...their point guard was chucky atkins and his 13.5 ppg and their 3rd option was 15.5 ppg caron butler a future all star at the time high potential wing on both ends high lottery pick next to kobe and odom 15 ppg 10 rebs aka the 04 duo of all stars and their starting 5 when healthy was rounded out by chris mihm and his 10 ppg with jones cook pierre grant slava luke sasha off the bench as well as a few minutes of vlade and devan to boot...

[@BlackMamba42]

Kobe always gets negative feedback from Media.. no context

[@TheNegrodamus89]

Facts. Now Lebron fans are mad cuz he’s finally getting the same treatment lol

[@onepiece6529]

Lol Bron gets excuses , Kobe gets crucified

[@Fuisonpower53]

I understand that the Warriors lost last night but Steve Kerr shockingly played Jonas Jerebko little minutes against the Celtics. I get that Steve Kerr is an incredible coach but you played your biggest weapon few minutes against an east title contender. Jonas Jerebko put up more points that Klay, Damian Lillard, and Kawhi combined against the Celtics last night. Steve Kerr has made some questionable moves in the past but he needs to play Jonas Jerebko all 48 minutes against these top teams.

[@eyes0lated]

Speak them FAX 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@KOCChristian]

Thank you tired of idiots terrible analysis and stat watching

[@antoinesavelli8202]

It's march, my dude. He doesnt care

[@eyes0lated]

Brooooooooo I'm crying right now dude🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭

[@Ahmeezy1]

Ken Kanoon ur hip Jonas jerebko the 🐐

[@Some_One_456]

*People are using the Kobe missed the playoffs lazy narrative to combat the Lebron potentially missing the playoffs lazy narrative essentially person A is using person B’s logic to prove a point*

[@themuffinman737]

Honestly people are just saying that because everbody of the Lakers fans aka Kobe fans hate on Lebron for it while they missed the playoffs with kobe in his prime with almost the exact reasons. The argument goes both ways. Against Kobe haters and Lebron haters. Which is funny because using this argument makes you a hypocrite on the other side.

[@Some_One_456]

The Muffin Man *The Kobe missed the playoffs lazy narrative is intentionally made with the knowledge that it’s flawed as it’s purpose is to display the flawed logic of people using the Lebron potentially missing the playoffs lazy narrative essentially one argument was given birth to combat the other*

[@dbspew]

Bruh, hentai haven 😂

[@jamesberry4265]

No people are just LeBron stans

[@igloo614]

@@dbspew exacttly, how we gonna ignore that 😂

[@MrGNugget]

If LeBron would have made the playoffs everybody would have said "LEBRON IS THE GOAT, NOBODY COULD DO THIS. HE TAKES ANY TEAM HE'S ON TO THE PLAYOFFS". Now they're full of excuses trying to diminish every other player's career because their guy couldn't get it done.

[@xxzeroxx628]

@Shacari Sperley remember how some people were saying they were going to be a top 5 seed in the west? i know you do but the it didnt turn out true and know they're on kobe for missing the playoffs with a worse team for the same reason lebron had a chance to win because he always had some sort of help when lonzo was out he had kuz and ingram as well as rondo,lance,mcgee, they had zubac at the time. lebron had a good team while the only good support kobe had was odom after losing the best center in the nba (shaq) derek fisher karl malone and their coach

[@razkable]

the 05 lakers with bron wouldn't make a top 10 seed in that years west or even top 5 out east in todays nba...butler bron odom mihm atkins and a bunch of 1-6 ppg scrubs aint doing shit neither...the lakers had 4 legit nba players on the roster for that year next to kobe and they were all starters ..lets be honest...

[@Nick-es8fl]

Asmosis Jones they really would Lebron would be very young n playing on both ends of the floor

[@yourboyjustin2065]

I swear to god comparing the 2005 lakers and the lebron lakers is not the same, the lakers team lost 5 of their top 6 players and hof coach bein replaced by literally bums and role players and a bad coach once their actual coach re retired, these Lebron lakers showed potential last year Luke was a golden boy and their additions were veterans who in theory were supposed to help, Lebrons team was expected to compete Kobe’s was set up to fail

[@TheNamesDitto]

Luke is definitely not a golden boy. He doesn't even show potential

[@Tyler_henry]

It was competing until injuries. If you don’t blame Kobe then you can’t blame Bron

[@yourboyjustin2065]

TheNamesDitto key word “was”, I never wanted Luke but when we got him not a single person was sayin he’s gonna flop, he had more hype than brad Stevens

[@yourboyjustin2065]

sportslegend008 they were a 4 seed at the beginning of the season when the difference between 4 and 11th seed was 4 games , and when lebron came back they were above .500 and then go in to completely shit the bed and lose to teams like an ad-less pelicans, the suns, and the hawks , Kobe had a team full of literal bums and Odom/Caron butler with a coach who had no coaching experience for most of the season lebron had everything he needed to at least make the 8th seed and I would argue 2nd or 3rd

[@TheNamesDitto]

@@yourboyjustin2065 1)either you've been talking to people who aren't aware of the league or are Lakers stans that suck off any Laker related hype. 2) It's also cause the Lakers were essentially on tank mode during the end of Kobe's career and that continued after it so they did not need a good coach, just someone to run things. 3) Luke got hype wrongfully as he had the luck of inheriting a champion trained Warriors squad. Kerr had already instilled the play style and culture, Walton just had to sit and let it happen. Evidence being that Kerr trusts his players to call their own plays. 4) It's the Lakers. They bitch and moan about everything bad like they're not the league's favorite team. They also make claims like "Kobe is the GOAT and that's why everybody and their grandma would come to the Lakers."

[@Amirthespear]

What does the "Jordan played plumbers narrative" land as

[@SM-vx6zq]

With the “this NBA is soft now and can’t hang with the 80s-90s” narrative

[@rajmandalam6506]

I think ppl just say that to get reactions out of other ppl. Which is why I deleted Twitter last week bc it got out of hand.

[@Awsomeguy145]

It all started because of the insane amount of Lebron slander by MJ stans so Bron stans retailated with that narrative

[@supermanrun2313]

@@rajmandalam6506 You aren't lying. NBA Twitter is very toxic

[@mimeblood4]

that's literally a troll narrative to trigger MJ fans.. People needa chill it isn't that deep. If you're really getting hurt by that statement then they got you.

[@nbabackcourtmedia]

I knew you would address this, go ahead and school these fools

[@donnadunbar5342]

Kobe is better than lebron

[@lebronjohnson6735]

Before the season started nobody saw the lakers as a safe playoff spot anyways. Then they were pretty good and LeBron carried them to the 4th seed. When they beat the warriors on Christmas everybody was going crazy and some even talked about championships. Magic was a genius for signing veteran guys and LeBron was on a MVP Run. We all know what happened since then. Now they are out of the playoff race again and everybody is acting if it was the biggest downfall in the history of sports. All of a sudden LBJ and Magic are supposed to be idiots. Sports media and many fans change their opinion more often than their underwear. Sometimes I wonder if y'all have the memory of a goldfish.

[@den-li4yy]

Yeah fr. Media trains ppl to be prisoners of the moment

[@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

i’m pretty sure with a healthy lebron, people were expecting at the very least the 8th seed. Also the 4th seed earlier during the season was only 2 games away from both the 1st and 10th seed so don’t act like that was much of an accomplishment.

[@lebronjohnson6735]

@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 well I'm sure you realized that they had injury after injury this season. And LeBron is clearly not at a 100% since he came back.

[@Jm-jz4wz]

People have been waiting for Lebron's downfall to diminish everything hes done

[@xxzeroxx628]

some people were expecting a conference finals appearance and others (including my self) thought they would at least make the second round and be a top 5 seed in the west dont try switching narratives on us just to fit your statement. lebron is under preforming and we just gotta accept that "some people have the memory of a goldfish" you say as you try to completely forget that stephen A expected a conference finals appearance from them

[@lightingwarr02]

Bro Kobe had no one on his damn team

[@razkable]

caron odom atkins all avg between 13.5-15.5 ppg...2 of whom were past or future all stars but sure...use that as an excuse in a easier west where the grizzlies made the playoffs...mihm also avg 10 ppg...odom missing 18 games hurt their playoff odds..they were 3-15 without him..31-33 with him....brutal

[@Rambo20244]

he had csron butler and parker who were all-star players

[@Me4352]

To be fair, "Lebron missed the playoffs in the west after making the finals in the east the previous year" will become the newest lazy narrative once he retires and we're comparing him to say, Zion or the next future potential GOAT

[@niallheaton2724]

Clark Kent Zion will be top 10 but ah he needs a jumper to be goat sure he can develop one but I’m not sure

[@lordskittles14]

@@niallheaton2724 bro, he could get injured in his first game and end up being a role player for his career. I wouldn't say all that

[@freddyfontan476]

Sean MacGuire Hold your horses on Zion rn, he literally hasn’t played an NBA game yet lmao

[@gold_leader928]

Clark Kent Zion won’t be top 10 unless he develops more to his game than dunking

[@kakilangit7786]

it is the truth.. lebroom get exposed at west.. the QUEEN are FRAUD..simple

[@omgpuppet]

His 04-05 team would’ve struggled to get 10 wins that season without him. I’m not sure how some of his teammates became Nba players.

[@razkable]

yep..sasha wasn't ready for the nba ...brian grant was old and done with his heart issues and lack of size he had gotten everything he could from his body at that point...vlade was washed up the few minutes he got..brian cook was a 11th man at best playing 7th man minutes in important stretches late in the 4th...tierre brown was a no name bum they found for cheap from the free agent d league pool early in the season who I don't even remember seeing in the nba ..slava was always a bum in disguise with a nice jumper when wide open from 14 ft but that was it rush was just a 12th man for a few seasons and luke was a 12th man at best...jumaine was out the league real quick after that year barley played 1 and a half more seasons and injured devan george was just terrible and hurt all of the year and never got back to his 02-04 form sadly...it really was a scrap heap of trash on the bench...they tried to surround kobe with talent on the starting lineup with that payton fox deal to boston for atkins mihm and jones cause without it the lakers would of been old payton selfish kobe young caron injured odom and nothing else...at least mihm could rim protect atkins could score on his own and jones could shoot which fox and payton couldn't anymore...fox was literally done and payton was borderline done as we saw in the finals of 04 ..they had youthful energy and more bodies is needed..fox was always hurt ..

[@jonnyarnett]

That Lakers team was such trash. If you blame Kobe for not making the playoffs with that team, than you’re passionately biased to say the least...

[@JackoVX]

Dom and BSOLZ uploaded vid about same topic in the same day. That's a nice coincidence.

[@lucifix8363]

5:27 he said Kobe was Decent back then oml

[@Zamppa86]

Just wanted to let you know what the official top 15 of all time list looks like: 1. Michael Jordan 2. Magic Johnson 3. Larry Bird 4. Hakeem Olajuwon 5. Kobe Bryant 6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7. Wilt Chamberlain 8. LeBron James 9. Shaquille O'Neal 10. Tim Duncan 11. Bill Russell 12. Oscar Robertson 13. Julius Erving 14. Jerry West 15. Elgin Baylor

[@roninihanini]

Kobe is my favorite player ever, but no way he is better than Lebron

[@NuryPPanaligan]

Kobe is barely top 15. I think Pippen is better than him.

[@WORKSbaby]

Zamppa86 Larry bird is not better than Kobe other than that I feel u

[@WORKSbaby]

Ronak Hegde den he is not ur favorite player

[@jujurawks]

Kobe didnt sacrifice his career for the playoffs. He gave his all because he loves the game and the Lakers. But his body just ran out of gas. He played 43 mins a game, LeBron isn't remotely close to that at 35 mins a game and he's not even putting effort in defensively.

[@JaySingh-bh8pm]

Dom, the more videos that I watch from u, the more I think that you are the best nba KZbinr

[@Haist]

Kobe wouldn't have missed that shot at the end of the video.

[@Gg-tj6is]

If Kobe had Lebrons team right now their record would be definitely different and would be a playoff team

[@iballjay850]

Anybody else only recognize Kobe's teammates because of NBA Live 2005?

[@razkable]

yep..used to play miami vs la all the time..wade shaq haslem e jones d jones vs kobe atkins odom butler mihm...those were the days..

[@davidem759]

I just watched the goat series videos and i feel empty without that part 3, please complete the series dom! Btw great video as always, you are the nba youtube voice of reason. S/o from Italy✌️

[@anubis4032]

Bsolz just made this video 😄

[@DQ_Senpai]

I just finished watching it.

[@TheRealBruceLouis]

bsolz video was better, dom missed a ton of things

[@piedpiped3267]

I didn’t even know this was a new narrative until I saw that both you and Bsolz had uploaded a video on this

[@raghurampurohit5251]

LeBron missed the playoffs in the West is going to be the new lazy narrative next season. But one thing that really pisses me off about LeBron is that he had no problem joking around about AD even though he knew the locker room was cancerous (because of him) and is hell bent on blaming his teammates for all the failure when he isn't a good leader.

[@csknight4647]

Kobe in his prime makes LeBron look more ridiculous than his hairline!

[@opalvenom1111]

Kobe inspired me to really love basketball as a kid, I love Kobe. I am a patient laker fan, realize that even if lebron hauls this team to the playoffs we’d run into the warriors cmon now. We knew this in the summer . This team got hit with multiple injured players, I love that we signed Lebron I’m fully onboard and he’s my favorite player in the league right now with G34 and luka . I don’t understand laker fans that don’t support Lebron and ride Kobe’s dick, cmon now the man gave him his blessing . Anyone hating on the lakers now keep the same energy next year. Lebron is still putting up 27 . Let’s agree nba teams would not best the 2019 dubs in a 7 game series 5 all stars. The vision for these lakers are and were originally for the next 3 years . Yeah AD on this team would given a warriors a run for their money, ( as probably the bucks /Celtics/ 76ers / MIGHT) but this 5 all star team is ultimately a granted chip. LA is super impatient and toxic when it comes to the team. Kobe Stans that aren’t riding with la bron are tripping. I’m high as shit boi this backwood whooped my ass like the warriors and gonna whoop everyone 😞

[@yeoldpisces2740]

I just finished watching BSOLZ video on this topic

[@almightyyeezydab5149]

Two very biased individuals

[@qdg.productions]

Almighty Yeezy Dab I’m not gonna said biased to WHAT but where’s the subjectivity in Dom2K and BSOLZ in this topic?

[@The-Dyland]

Im glad somebody adressed this. The media just wants to bring ANYBODY down. It doesn't matter if its LeBron, Kobe, MJ, KD or anybody.

[@LilJMoore]

Bron fans will use any excuse they can. Everybody knows this

[@DavidIPreston]

Jerome Moore Jr And Jordan and Kobe fans don’t ?

[@LilJMoore]

@@DavidIPreston What excuses do they make?

[@NuryPPanaligan]

@@LilJMoore They just conveniently forget Pippen, Shaq, and Gasol.

[@xxzeroxx628]

@@NuryPPanaligan no one forgets about them we always remember shaq because people say he carried kobe ( dont know how you carry a 20+ppg scorer) and gasol... well no one gives a fuck about him because his lack of defense? yeah i dont know why no one cares about gasol but i guess no one else ever bring him up so we have no reason to mention him

[@WORKSbaby]

Nuryana Panaligan gasol never even made the playoffs before Kobe

[@rinez662]

You saying “narrative” reminds me of Iverson saying “practice” 😂😂

[@MikeJr9284]

Wow, both Dom and BSOLZ uploaded a video talking about the same topic on the same day.

[@DoubleDworth]

I’m suprised that you left out the lakers also had 2 (yes, 2) coaching changes that season

[@MrSayWhatIThink23]

I’m not even a Kobe fan but I’m glad you presented the facts. Some of these LeStans are really outta hand

[@zachadkins2138]

Love your content, keep up the great work!

[@munchenonyou3774]

The amount of disrespect people show Kobe is unreal. Id put him above Lebron.

[@razkable]

id take kuzma kcp ingram and rondo next to bron over butler odom atkins and mihm around kobe aka the lakers 4 other starters and main scorers that season...just saying...heck I like ball lance mcgee over jones cook pierre aka the lakers main bench scorers that season who all avg. 7 6 and 4 ppg each..smdh .and la's current season other bench guys shit on the others lakers bench guys from 9-15 on that 05 team ..trust me its bad...starring coach luke ironic enough

[@chrisg7756]

In 05-08 as a free agent in 04 if he goes to the okc, kings, suns, or pistons, he'll make the playoffs or finals every year in his prime because those were 500teams. He stayed on a sinking ship in 05-07 that didn't resurface until they got Pau. 3wasted years he could've spent in the finals or playoffs every year leading up to his to chips he would've gotten eventually because he was that good in his prime from 05-13

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

Dom always coming with some good perspective

[@braidenb3973]

Thanks for posting on dom4k

[@youngclyde8651]

Lebron fans realizing that they cant pass MJ anymore so their going after Kobe smh

[@trap4thr33mynameisdarrell9]

Lol if the 06 Lakers were Completely healthy they DEFINITELY would have made the playoffs

[@razkable]

05...also no..odomt missed 18 games but even with him they were 31-33 and with kobe 28-38...they just weren't built right

[@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

people swear the 2013 lakers were an allstar squad but when kobe missed the playoffs, pau and dwight were pretty much ineffective against the spurs as they got swept and blown out every game. That team had so many issues but people only look at the rosters on paper and think they’re an automatic championship contender.

[@jayden12242]

Gameplay in the back was crazy

[@chrisgibson2106]

Don't forget, Steve Nash also had back problems in that 2013 season that affected his play

[@teejaytv3821]

Bruh watching this 2k18 gameplay made me so man literally every fucking shot was lightly contented some of even looked wide open like damn

[@kingkocher]

I love these kind of debunking narratives that are being ran type videos

[@Gabe-lt1nu]

That intro music is the greatest thing on this website

[@jaeduff8231]

Didn’t realize that dom was playing 2k18 in the background

[@luiseduardoribeiro164]

I'm now trying to decide which argument is worst: the "Kobe missed the playoffs in his prime" in the Kobe vs Lebron debate or the "at least Lebron never got eliminated in the first round" in the MJ vs Lebron debate,like how hard it is to just look things up to understand the context of what happened? And also, do people really talk shit about the 2013 Lakers? Did they honestly forgot about something that happened a few years ago?

[@harmfulport8340]

I feel like whenever you and bzols think of a video you guys come out with the same video not intentionally tho 😂

[@mostafaammar5041]

Dom with a banger

[@Wetwilly87]

Although Kobe getting hurt that season was a big reason why they didn’t make the playoffs that year, THE biggest reason was Rudy T. resigned as head coach because of health problems and the Lakers replaced him with old ass Frank Hamblin who foolishly tried implementing the triangle offensive in the middle of the season and the offensive went to complete chaos because of it.

[@dbspew]

It feels weird watching 2k gameplay with no layup meter again

[@zakibey7]

Kobe was 26 in the 2004/2005 season averaging 27 points a game shooting a horrific 43% and they missed the playoffs LeBron james is 34 averaging 27 points a game on 50% shooting and they are going to miss the playoffs so there is no excuse for neither one of them really missing the playoffs but you got someone who's coming to the end of his career missing the playoffs then you had someone who was in there prime who finally had and opportunity to lead there team to victory but failed that year.

[@magic369z]

Lebron not making the playoffs is not the worst thing in the world bc of all the mileage he has on his body and why make the playoffs just to get bounce in the first round

[@danarchyDCM8]

Exactly somebody said it

[@xxzeroxx628]

i mean it is pretty bad if you were expected to be a top 5 seed and make the second round

[@ericglenn9984]

Do a vid on Bron's prime. Hell, maybe even on do a vid on the primes of the every player on the 2013 Lakers and 2014 Nets.

[@aduad]

According to LeBron fans...he is the best player in the game right now...he might not be in his prime prime but according to that logic he is absolutely in his prime if they believe he is better than KD, Kawhi, Giannis, Curry, Harden, PG13, AD etc etc

[@gizza1825]

Should’ve used the Kobe Lakers vs The current Lakers for gameplay lol but good video tho💯

[@comedychrises]

The better comparison IMO is the 12-13 season where Kobe carried the Lakers sorry team to the playoffs and got hurt doing so

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

The problem with a lot of arguments made to defend LeBron in general is that they make it seem like LeBron is the only one allowed to have help or the only one allowed to lose to a better team.

[@jerryezel4530]

10:20-10:24 Kobe Would Die Laugh 😂

[@messiahx904]

Context is LeBron fans biggest weakness 😂

[@a1gamer561]

I watched the BSOLZ video but i will still watch this

[@o7_AP]

Off topic but Dwight going to LA and playing through his injury was one of the worst decisions any star has made. Kobe calling him soft ruined his reputation and if he had just healed probably he could still be a very elite big man

[@johnnycage2987]

He never had a cakewalk like a certain someone who played in the eastern conference..

[@lebronjohnson6735]

Idk...a certain 330 pound human cheat code made it pretty easy for him to get the first 3 rings.

[@TheNegrodamus89]

Kim Powilleit that certain 330 lbs someone said that he was carried at stretches by Kobe and that a certain someone from the east doesn’t belong in front of him.

[@Katfish1337]

@@TheNegrodamus89 yeah but that goes both ways, at times Kobe was carried by Shaq

[@12savage68]

@@Katfish1337 most times Kobe was carried by Shaq look at those finals numbers

[@TheNegrodamus89]

1/2 savage the east had no bigs and Kobe had people actively trying to injure him

[@chimichangazzz4966]

I literally saw your and Bsolz's video both in my recommended

[@jkrez7972]

finally got ur vid early lol

[@WalkingthroughNYC]

The West was unbelievably strong then

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

Thank you so much for this. Also do you still believe that Bron has surpassed Kobe cause that is looking like a fallible argument?

[@slussh2484]

do you think lakers will get another super star this off season Dom? big fan of yours btw

[@roskichan3001]

Wow I'm Glad someone said it.

[@kptspartan4347]

Why is Franklin wearing a celtics hoodie in L.A?

[@ProgressiveVoice]

Kobe>LeBron

[@aidanmccarthy8278]

The Progressive Voice lol that's pretty funny😂😂😂😂

[@deadismarth7]

I like this video how it plays out

[@jonseversike]

I think the whole point of bringing it up is as a defense against the narrative that the Lakers never would've missed the playoffs with Kobe. You know, those people who assert that this season proves that Kobe is greater than LeBron.

[@Poopopotamusgaming]

1:21 Gurantee when the season started? Bro your trippin

[@Danthemannnn]

good video, but i think when people mention kobe missing the playoffs, they use it as an excuse for lebron to miss it too. its like saying kobe has a pass to miss the playoffs, so lebron does too

[@DuoGreatness]

Kobe at age 34 willed that 2013 injured Lakers to the playoffs, but LeBron hahahahahaha

[@razkable]

a team with prime gasol dwight and artest..okay ...

[@DuoGreatness]

@@razkable PRIME?! LMAO! Dwight who rushed from back surgery and Gasol who missed like 30 games?!

[@TheNamesDitto]

Damn that 2013 Lakers squad was injured.

[@thomas8539]

Dom now that you mentioned it could you make a video about lebron’s prime?

[@TheNamesDitto]

Kobe and Lebron civil war.

[@lakernation26]

TheNamesDitto shit who’s tony and who’s captain?🤣

[@TheNamesDitto]

@@lakernation26 Byron Scott the Kobe lover as Tony and Shannon LeSharpe as Cap.

[@TyBaller]

This is one of the stupidest narratives I've ever heard.

[@razkable]

Indiana lost Oladipo and didnt have him early on either..the rockets have come from 14th to get to 3rd with injuries to their entire starting 5 the clippers lost their best player the nets have no star the heat are led by a 37 year old supposed washed up low % non shooter undersized d wade in limited minutes off the bench no less the kings have a better record the jazz came from 14 to get in as well..the fact la thinks its the only team thats deal with adversity is pretty funny..the nuggets and warriors as well as the rapts okc and 76ers have all deal with nagging injury issues to their stars too...no excuses...

[@Randomname315]

Love when I see a don notification

[@ldashoota2668]

What’s that camera angle? Height n zoom? Anyone? Thanks!

[@gengar464]

Why do people hate kobe so much dom I don’t understand it why can’t people can’t just appreciate greatness they always just tear him down

[@ericdupree8603]

Kareem, Kobe, and Lebron all missed the playoffs for literally close to the same reasons. And this why I said that title of “best player” would significantly hurt him if he didn’t make the playoffs because he isn’t in his Prime anymore, not by a long shot, but still a Top 5 player. I thought after 2017 he wasn’t the best in the world anymore. Plus I think the difference between Kobe at 34 verses Lebron at 34 is that the Lakers are not finna make the same mistake they made with Kobe running him into the ground.

[@xmostwanted190]

Dam you got so BSd in this gameplay, how many wide open 3s were missed lol

[@comedychrises]

Kobe not making the playoffs like Bron missing don’t affect their greatness, but DO keep them out of the class of MJ

[@eviltwin4760]

Steve Nash was old @ that point

[@jaykera]

What do you mean a guarantee when the year started if he didn't get injured they definitely were making the playoffs and it had nothing to do with anyone else other then the rosters injuries. This from a jazz fan

[@splashnskillz37]

Kobe missing the playoffs in 05 is the same as putting 2014 LeBron and putting him in the 2014 Lakers Edit: 13-14 season to be more specific

[@ajodbeats]

A lot of these “kobe fans” are really just jordan fans in disguise lol just to defame lebron

[@RobertJohnson-nz3xm]

There is really no need to defame him. He really missed the playoffs the moment he went to the west. The man who according to many could drag a rotting carcass of a team to the finals missed the playoffs the moment he went to the western conference. And don't give me the he got injured excuse. He only missed 18 games, 60+ games should be enough to get him at least the 8th seed. They don't even have a winning record with lebron playing.

[@mikeyp7834]

Lmao I swear I love this nigga. Eventhough we dont have the same views when it comes to the greatness of Kobe; he is always coming in clutch when Kobe's name is being disrespected.

[@Draggo.]

7:47 lmao

[@devieuan]

They also say jordan missed playoffs with wizards