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[@rustybuckets]

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[@jeffoheffo3749]

Lmfao who the fuck was thinking about skin tone when comparing current or future nba players to older/retired players your gonna need more than just a feeling on that thought Lou Williams Was trash And still is trash and I don't think you know either the definition of racism or whatever you think "racially confused" means

[@ilovehoopz_]

hayley williams

[@ainoseibhahe5463]

Hot take: Damien Lillard is not a top 5 point guard of all time.

[@chadzard4]

Kobe and Jordan will never be replicated. That level of athleticism, size, skill, and mentality won't be seen again for a long time.

[@chadzard4]

Paramore sucks btw.

[@mastinmenace1998]

"Devin Booker is awesome, Jayson Tatum is awesome... Andrew Wiggins..." I'm fucking rolling

[@graysonvelan4526]

I caught that too I’m dead

[@spidat5454]

I was on the ground😂

[@crzeglehighvidz]

One of the best lines of the script 😂😂😂😂

[@cschlums2235]

😂🤣

[@jgreenberg]

Had me choking on my drink 😂

[@lightscore96]

Kobe’s passing amplifies this narrative. People love talking about the “next Kobe” or “flashes of Kobe’s game” in x player to keep Kobe’s memory and game alive.

[@YoBammy]

i thought u ment passing the ball 💀

[@yv6659]

i always heard it before kobe’s passing

[@SirArthurBeowulf]

​@@YoBammy That's what I thought

[@jrsmith1998]

lmao. The next Kobe? Y’all acting like we are looking for the next kobe. Kobe was an inefficient ball hog who shot an abysmal 44% for his career. He also is a very very very poor performer in the Nba finals post Shaq. lebron and jordan lead the way in PER. Kobe is ranked #30 in career PER. There is a reason for that. Nobody with a brain is looking for the next Kobe lol. I know he is dead and all, but man come on. Let’s stop with this elevation of Kobe. Lebron and MJ are far far ahead of Kobe.

[@d3adyoutubeaccount]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@jrsmith1998This is what happens when you only watch ESPN rather than games. No, Kobe was not a ballhog. Kobe needed to shoot the most out of everyone in his prime because his supporting cast was weak. Kobe was actually really unselfish during his championship runs and had a lot of ball movement. No, Kobe was efficient, you pretty much just proved you’re a casual, Kobe’s true shooting percentage is proof of this. Kobe also had his prime in the dead ball era, where paces were at an all time low. Kobe was also a great finals performer, look at his run in 2009, he performed great, even in 2010 he performed great, you’re probably referencing 2010 but you need context for that, that was a tough series where they were trapping Kobe because of his lack of high scoring options, same thing goes with 2008. All respect to Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and everyone else but they were not elite scoring options. Let alone the options that LBJ had. LBJ has never won without a 27+ PPG scorer and has a losing finals record. Let’s also not forget that if you’re using PER, is Anthony Davis your 4th best player ever? PER is a flawed stat that doesn’t tell you the full story. Although Kobe didn’t have weak finals performances if you factor in context, LeBron has not performed well in a lot of finals (which is partially because of the amount of he played), I can make the same argument of MJ being inefficient because of his similar true shooting percentage and him leading the league in missed shots more times than Kobe, MJ also didn’t play against zone defenses and was constantly saved by the whistle. That’s no disrespect to the GOAT but he wasn’t much more efficient if at all than Kobe when you factor in context. Please watch the games so you can really understand why people praise Kobe to the level of LBJ and MJ, stats don’t point that out but if you watch those games then you can understand why Kobe is praised so much. There’s a reason why nearly every player who played against Kobe considers him top 5. 🤷‍♂️

[@bomberbcm]

In their defense Book in college played a lot more like Klay than he did in the NBA. Back then the comparison was a lot more understandable.

[@petercarolan9416]

he was a 6th man who came off screens and shot the 3. I think at the time maybe jj reddick with slightly better defense

[@mrxking1]

It was a clear klay resemblance. His 3pt% was high in college and he didn’t dribble often, similar build, similar motor, the whole thing.

[@traviscarlson8810]

@@petercarolan9416 I mean that’s klay minus the size difference 🤷‍♂️

[@malikmanning1709]

As a mixed person please don’t throw racism allegations around unless you are 100% sure and did your research into the specifics. Love the video though

[@nothingbutnets9025]

@@malikmanning1709 just because ur mixed doesn’t make ur opinion any more valid or invalid so thanks for the unnecessary information…however it is true as he said it’s not negative racism.. A prime example is Luka Doncic he’s compared to Larry Bird when he plays nothing like Larry in the slightest only that he’s 6’8 and white..Doncic plays much more like James harden then anyone else but instead he’s compared to Bird and Dirk

[@chuckintersectcasey]

I think one of the best examples of this was Dwight Howard. People joke around about him now but in the early 2010's he was a beast roller and defender. But Shaq kept going on TV saying he should post up to be like Shaq and it got into his head. A harden Howard pick and roll would have been an amazing weapon but Dwight let Shaq get in his head and stopped working in the pick and roll and kept trying to just post up

[@erike1235]

Then his mistake is caring what Shaq thinks

[@grend8971]

Similarly, Shaq used to go on TV saying Giannis should not shoot midrange shot/three points and be like him. Giannis didn’t listen to him

[@chuckintersectcasey]

Yeah. Shaq was a dominant player but good thing he decided to just comment on air. He'd make a horrible coach, gm, trainer, etc.

[@fredrickmazeli8340]

It is good for you to grow out of your comfort zone but you should never forget what makes you special or unique. For dwight, it was his insane athleticism for a big man and his great rim running due to his quickness and power. Sometimes i think of it like a child trying to put a circle in the triangle hole and it just doesn't fit.

[@chuckintersectcasey]

@@fredrickmazeli8340 I think the difference is adding to your bag versus trying to fit into a specific mold. If Dwight added a post game and kept his dominant rolling and defense he still would have been great. But he chose to stop rolling and only post up

[@weselypresely8510]

I love how you pointed out how they blatantly use race top compare these players.i remember the devin booker klay thompson comparison and was like 😑😑😑😑

[@chrissullivan6572]

I hate it, it's so lazy. They're both 6'6 and beige so they gotta be alike

[@kylevelez6798]

No fr i love the fact he pointed that out

[@sebastianboywaxman3102]

Right! Luka’s only ever compared to Larry Bird all the time somehow

[@DEMI-sq5uf]

@@sebastianboywaxman3102 they are a lil similar ngl

[@chrissullivan6572]

@@DEMI-sq5uf Eehhh, Bird had a lil more off ball value and was a better shooter but it's not absurd to think a 2022 version of Bird would play similar. I look at Luka a lot more like Harden than Bird

[@chrissullivan6572]

My group chat was talkin about this. In the early 2000s all you had to to do was be 6'4-6'7 and be athletic and you were 100% guaranteed to get an MJ comp. Finley, Stackhouse, Vince, Kobe, Deshawn Stevenson, JR Rider, Harold Minor, Jason Richardson.

[@Adertitsoff999]

I remember that. Then when Dirk broke out every tall white guy that could shoot was the "next Dirk". Remember that? The next Steph Curry is what's hot these days.

[@chrissullivan6572]

@@Adertitsoff999 They said Yi Jianlian was the next Dirk, Ryan Anderson, Dragon Bender. It's wild they'll call a player a generational talent then compare 3 guys to him next week in the draft.

[@OK-yy6qz]

@@chrissullivan6572 i remember when game of Zones made fun of the Mavericks for having 3 "Next Dirk's" on the same team. And it happens all the time with all kinds of comparisons, 2 guard center duo is Kobe and Shaq, Hyper athletic and big is Next Giannis or next LeBron, great shooter is next Steph curry,good 2 way player next Kawhi etc

[@mschallable]

Forget Kobe, I heard Wiggins was "the next Jordan."

[@jordandwiggins1026]

Nah, I’m the next Jordan

[@zcarecro]

Mans was called maple jordan

[@chrissullivan6572]

MAPLE JORDAN!!!

[@almasih_qam]

Maple Jordan

[@voiceofreason2674]

I will never forget Kobe 😤😭😭😭big mamba!!! 😭😭😭

[@willtree11]

Hayley Williams. This was a very interesting dissection of something I think we all were aware of but have yet to here an in depth explanation of it and how it can affect development in different ways. Super interesting. Can’t wait for deep dive to be back already

[@urbaindelva7869]

Why'd you say Hayley Williams' name?

[@cd0859]

@@urbaindelva7869 you’re obviously not a true rusty fan

[@benjprilles25]

“Devin Booker is awesome…Jason Tatum is awesome…Andrew Wiggins…” I’m curious what you said before the cut.

[@rustybuckets]

Nothing that’s what was in the script lol

[@stayedhumblereese3447]

Like what Theodore Roosevelt said “comparisons is the thief of joy”.

[@ryancheetham2659]

love the deep dives, the editing is always incredible

[@alexpotma493]

These deep dives might be the best basketball content on KZbin right now. Watch every one as they come out and never been disappointed, keep up the great work man

[@Fahronaces]

One thing to note in this discussion is at one point Kobe was called the next MJ. Jayson Tatum,Devin Booker, and Andrew Wiggins were not compared to Kobe coming into the league, these comparisons only came after Kobe gave these players his co-sign. I think fans like the idea of Kobe handpicking his successor, the guy who can be to Kobe what Kobe was to Mj. This isn't really fair to the young players trying to define their own legacy.

[@pedroaugustocosta2533]

Yeah, Kobe did the Jordan comparison to himself, he wanted to be the next guy up, the only way being showing to the actual guy that you're next in line, Kobe wanted that smoke and grew because of it, Booker just wanted appreciation, hints, guidance, a friend, instead he gain comparisons with a legend, something he never asked for and something that will hunt him.

[@lik7953]

I mean wiggins was compared to Jordan in college. I remember him being called “maple Jordan”

[@spoopbagoot4628]

Wiggs had so much hype people were literally saying he’s the next Jordan, Kobe, LeBron etc. maybe you weren’t around for b-ball back then or just forgot idk

[@spoopbagoot4628]

Wiggs had so much hype people were literally saying he’s the next Jordan, Kobe, LeBron etc. maybe you weren’t around for b-ball back then or just forgot idk

[@truth3412]

They definitely were calling Wiggins the next lebron james.

[@MegaCrow122]

Excellent vid, rusty! That analogy with the movie comparison was on point!

[@NiqueAngelo]

Hayley Williams. This Deep Dive series is becoming some of my favorite content to watch. Keep it up 🙌🏾

[@nathanagle2348]

Awesome video! Waiting patiently for June!

[@alexkirschner9672]

Your deep dive videos are top quality content, absolutely love your takes and the amount of work you put into these videos!

[@urineformation]

These nba deep dives deserve more views. So good

[@dweazy_wade6578]

Another great video

[@316ray2]

Loved the video

[@dsquare3033]

This video is an absolute Banger, Keep up the good work rusty 🤙

[@h8deejay2]

Awesome video

[@DrJay-mi7ve]

Great video as always!

[@cookingwitchefzayy8830]

Love the deep dives bro keep them coming and i did like the video cause it only took a second and makes a massive difference 🖤

[@nicholascordonnier6706]

Hayley Williams - great video my guy. Always love the deep dives

[@keithrg]

This is your best deep dive yet Rusty

[@nitrocon1078]

Haley Williams. These vids are super high quality and I love them. Keep making them bro

[@ItsDirtyellis]

Hayley Williams. Great video!! Production is getting better and better and I really appreciate your comparisons with film

[@michaelfarrugia3698]

Great video man. I’ve been so annoyed by NBA media lately. This video really shows the issues with it.

[@alexanderthegreat11]

Hayley Williams. Love your videos keep it up!

[@wowdude7969]

🔥 another deep dive

[@imanolvides3185]

Great subject for a video 👍

[@weinbergerr]

Hayley Williams. Great content as always, love having it in the back as I get other things done

[@logankandel846]

"Devin Booker is awesome, Jayson Tatum is awesome, Andrew Wiggins..."

[@madballa333]

while all your videos are fire, your deep dive videos are my favorite just from the artistic style in editing. Keep it up man!

[@kan86197]

This is a fun deepdive. Player comparison for alot of people is just something fun. It's cool to think what'd be the 'final form' of a young player but how it negatively affected the player themselves are often overlooked. Liked. And bruh, your mentioning of Hayley Wiliams actually made me go back and binge listen to old Paramore songs. They were so good.

[@MDagrosa]

this is probably your best video dude the amount of times ive seen race comparisons when their games dont match at all is insane.

[@dogggest6008]

these deep dives may be a little pretentious but i love them

[@3nim3nimabl3]

I agree, this video especially a little pretentious

[@yaeevsthewrld3087]

I really like these deep dives, Hailey Williams

[@lkmamaril]

I need to watch this because this is just an amazing concept holy crap djdjdjdj I hate being busy

[@Charlie-jf1me]

I liked because Rusty puts hella effort into deep dives and it takes no effort

[@ronnie3613]

Hayley Williams. Love your deep dives Rusty!

[@benpettigrew3108]

hey man, im not sure if you read the comments but i love the channel! happy to see it growing the way it has. you seem to enjoy what you do. you got me back into basketball and for that i thank you!

[@Dragonds53]

Loved this and can't wait for playoffs to content also Hayley Williams

[@rhyanwesthassel7980]

Hayley Williams, Rusty. Wonderful vid as always.

[@diegomyeggo4515]

hayley williams and another great video, i rarely see people talk about this topic

[@dontmindmeimjustspectating2871]

That beat after the ad read is hard

[@fearrr2417]

Honestly I think in the league right now the closest thing we have to Michael/Kobe is Kawhi, of course Kawhi is a completely different player and isnt anywhere near being the same as those two but as far as anyone else in the league I personally think his game resembles those two more than anyone else.

[@weneedhim526]

@Fries I mean yeah Kawhi is, but Kawhi never wants or tries to drop 50 or 60, he would have been much close if he had 50 or 60 point games, but again not forcing it, Kawhi likes to play team basketball, like he did with spurs, and likes to feed whoever has the hot hands, but he does have 3 level scoring ability

[@chefchefchef]

I agree, kawhi just has that beast in him too even tho he doesnt say much he just has that gear that kobe and mj have

[@zl8652]

kawhi's game always reminded me of wizards jordan

[@marianasalter9664]

@Fries he said demar

[@marianasalter9664]

@Fries makes sense kawhi was second

[@jamievans38]

I love watching your videos rusty you’ve really opened my mind and changed my basketball opinions for the better, keep up the great content bro👍💚

[@michaelokeke5907]

Hayley Williams. Love the deep dive format. Great concepts as always

[@okaystuff9815]

Hayley williams. Amazing vid Love those deep dives man

[@ryanhardy2777]

Hailey Williams, thanks for the bangin video brother

[@isaacnelson4873]

Rusty! I just wanted to leave some love on the comments today. U are absolutely my favorite youtuber and I watch all of ur vids :)) I been watching since like 75k or so id say, the improvements in production are absolutely insane bro. I love how much of ur personality u put in the videos. I run a small shop that sells secondhand clothing, we specialize in vintage bulls tees. Id love to send u one if u would like. No plug or anything i just want u to have it because i know the bulls is ur team too! I really hope u see this bro keep being u and making me laugh every single day.

[@camroncisneros658]

Hayley Williams, I love watching your content I never miss a video, I be forgetting to like them all tho u gotta remind me

[@noname-qv5hx]

Haley Williams, another banger 🔥

[@gustavopetroli8163]

Love the NEFFEX soundtrack in the background!

[@Tambay1130]

Hayley Williams. I usually always watch till the end incase you have any closing arguments or something. Love the content ❤️.

[@wallybarnett2098]

I appreciate the NSX in the intro!

[@G35toocrazy]

0:50 dawg why you callin me out

[@neftalicarpio525]

Hayley Williams. Great video!

[@SomeGoodBroth]

Intro was god tier

[@pedroarsousa]

Thinking about it, did this comparison thing, especially when moulding a player, ever work aside from Kobe wanting to be Mike? 🧐

[@tharbeapancake]

That one crazy euroleague legend and luka

[@weneedhim526]

this comment is proving his point

[@pedroarsousa]

@@tharbeapancake Drazen Petrovic?

[@WeissSalles]

I love when you leave the "formula" and do content like this. Great fucking job, Jacob!

[@robertcovingtonstan6591]

16:53 is top tier Rusty we love to see it 😎

[@DarthJoptu37]

Keep up the great work with the vids.

[@cojo65691]

Kobe said DBook was up next but that doesn’t mean he’s the next Kobe. I don’t think there will be another Kobe

[@5.kc.5]

it was just such a great moment when Kobe says DB went right to his move the first time he guarded him, and that he did the same to MJ

[@andrewcook9011]

I think that very few, if any, have suffered more from this than Lebron. He's easily the most dominant player of his generation, but nobody can appreciate the fact that he's probably the second best of all time. Everybody feels the need to focus on the fact that he's not number 1.

[@kingonipaayt3045]

People will regret this once he’s retired. Unfortunate that it will take that long, but nowadays people are so focused on the negative that they can’t bear to face the reality of the insane positives that came with lebron. It is very likely that the people watching basketball now will never experience a player with the ability to dominate this much for this long like lebron has. I hope that people will start to truly appreciate his greatness before he’s gone

[@paranone]

I think the conversation of him not being the best player of all times comes with the territory of being one of the best players of all times. But he also sparked this himself by saying he was the greatest of all times several times...

[@JG-vu7un]

@@paranone any top 5 player all time in any sport feels deep down that they're the goat and imo they should

[@phantomstranger8927]

@@paranone why do people always take his comment out of context? He never told anyone that they should call him the best player of all time. What he said was, when he won the 2016 finals, in his mind, he felt like that made him the greatest. To himself, that was the feeling he had, and as a result, he was at peace with himself

[@furkansarica7263]

Hailey Williams!!! Greetings from Turkey! Spot on work you did there. Especially the racism part. It's something that I always feel like but never proved, you know. Thanks again and for the next deep dive, I know it takes huge amount of effort and all but come playoff time, I think it's still doable, given the fact that the playoffs has a lot of ridiculous stuff in them. Just think about it. Cheers!

[@willmartinez7177]

hayley williams is a fucking incredible vocalist, you are clearly a man of culture

[@Dtown1996]

Ironically Tatum would’ve looked better in a Lakers uniform

[@user-wl9ig7yb6r]

Don't give him any ideas please

[@sac1211]

He probably doesn't want to be on the same team a former nba legend that was also a rapist was also on

[@leroyrodgers6089]

@@user-wl9ig7yb6r Dude, Tatum loves where he is. He has no reason to leave. Relax.

[@ciroavelar4279]

Hey yo, Rusty, been loving your vids for way over a year now but ive never commented before, bro. Anyways, hope you've been doing fine! Have a good Day, week, month even and cheers from Brazil!

[@haileyvogt3191]

Good shiz

[@saifsaad1166]

Man really hit us with the cousin comparison

[@aqua_serene]

Andrew Wiggins is an All Star now. Put some respect on his name, lol.

[@gokublackarcsaga752]

ready for sum fucking heat Rusty

[@adamamster1279]

Hayley Williams. Well done per usual, King Rusty.

[@justinroberts7373]

Bro, everything you said about Book's Defense was word for word what I was doing! 😂 Literally was typing when you said what you said.

[@PercNowitzki913]

“Jayson Tatum is awesome, Devin Booker is awesome, Andrew Wiggins….” 🤣🤣

[@Some_One_456]

*5:45** Less likely to call fouls as every season Booker has played ranks in the top 10 least free throw attempts teams have per game of all time*

[@zcarecro]

Book did score 70 in a game before so he's my pick for "next kobe"

[@BrothaGoneBased]

No such thing

[@Pixelatedspearton]

@@BrothaGoneBased why?

[@BrothaGoneBased]

@@Pixelatedspearton that's what the whole video is for. Even with the quotations. We gotta stop doing that comparison stuff as fans.

[@jackjax7921]

Both are lucky to have dominant Centers to carry them in case they bricked.

[@skyberry7945]

Your movie comparison is literally what is happening with The Batman and The Dark Knight. “Hes not heath ledger boo hoo” like bro let it be its own thing first. Great vid Rusty

[@Acoolyoutubename]

book would be getting 1st or 2nd team all defensive votes this year if he played for a market like the lakers tbh. #1 is defensive rating for all 2 guards.

[@noahsmithmachine]

Hayley Williams, also i only got that far in the video because i was doing the dishes and couldn’t turn the video off. Just kidding, kinda. Great video tho. Really been enjoying your stuff lately

[@eduardoalegre9075]

Kobe's mentality is what makes him different.

[@tonyreyes6610]

Right I don’t think anyone will emulate that or we won’t hear the stories like Kobe’s that his former teammates and opponents can say. Also the work ethic will show when they tap into it. Mamba mentality.

[@rnuke_rocket]

Wiggins being called "Maple Mamba" or "Maple Jordan" since before he got drafted still cracks me up 🤣

[@soleil3gs]

Wiggins 😂😂😂😂😂

[@PhoenixAscending]

I honestly spit my drink up a little when the title said, "the next Kobe", and Wiggins was one of the three guys pictured

[@isy111]

He tried to sneak A. Wiggy in this discussion like we wouldn’t notice 🤣🤣🤣

[@cbt3948]

dis boutta be a classic i’m already knowing

[@jowasijo]

Well then you should leave a like because it only takes a second and makes a massive difference.

[@jimmybooish]

As a suns fan, you caught me red handed, that was exactly what I was about to comment

[@PTFVBVB]

"let's save the existentialism for therapy" was no expecting a call out mid video

[@genesiskun02]

damn rusty, i can't believe you just talked about hayley williams for 19 minutes

[@amazingkook143]

This intro always reminds me of Papers Please

[@asherjohnson6678]

Papers please?

[@amazingkook143]

@@asherjohnson6678 if you know, you know

[@dylanm1174]

Okay what is that sings used for the title card around the 3 minute mark?!?

[@theowenstuart]

16:57 Andrew Wiggins gets the Meg Griffin treatment.

[@TheShapeshifter]

As he should

[@alwayschanging241]

Fo a video on what a suns bucks rematch would be

[@twuandixon8675]

They taking the piss with that Wiggins photo ? Lol

[@methembendlovu5516]

"Fuck you Jeremy" 😂

[@nerdzone]

I really like the points you made. Players should be left alone to devolep into the best versions of themselves they could. Imagine Hayley Williams being constantly bombarded by Madonna comparisons or what not! It would certainly not help Paramore sound better at any capacity.