This is Why Kobe Cussed Out Charles Barkley for 3 Hours After Lakers Game 7 Loss To Suns In 2006

The Reason Kobe Cussed Out Charles Barkley for 3 Hours After Lakers 2006 Game 7 vs Loss To The Suns | Inside The NBA Crew React To Kobe Taking Only 3 Shots In 2nd Half Of Game 7 vs Suns | 2006 WCR1 | The Game 7 Kobe Refused To Shoot.
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[@shunmoney923]

If you take Kobe off those laker teams after shaq & before gasol, they would be the worst team in the NBA

[@blackphillip564]

If you put prime lebron, they'd got to the western conference finals

[@Anthony-nq9ih]

@@blackphillip564 “western conference finals” lol

[@WorldwideWyatt]

They were damn near the worst team in the NBA with Kobe in those years.

[@kinte1870]

He still quit

[@JohnDavis_90]

@@blackphillip564 🤣

[@jdayala-wright8875]

The key barometer of the series was when Shawn Marion wasn't in foul trouble the Suns won. When he was in foul trouble the Lakers won because Marion's energy and rebounding was essential to the Suns offense without the rebounds they can't control the pace.

[@dereksupernaut]

Odom v Marion was primetime entertainment, 2 of of my all-time favorite players... fax!!!

[@mwccpark]

Biggest flex here is Marion had a shooting form of a player with a broken arm

[@lennybeason1110]

Marion outplayed Odom and made the clutch offensive rebound over Odom that saved the Suns season in game 6.

[@jdayala-wright8875]

@@lennybeason1110 Exactly the point of Marion's contribution

[@mullymullyt]

Kobe's 1 assist while passing the whole 2nd Half shows you how bad that team was...

[@nbatalk714]

They were up 3-1 kobe quit on the team.. terrible leadership

[@jackjax7921]

the irony of making excuses for Kobe

[@michaelshannon3486]

@@nbatalk714 sound dumb ash

[@hybrid1339]

@@nbatalk714 I'm a Kobe fan and you said it right, that was terrible leadership in that game 7, even tho he knew his teammates weren't up to the task he should have played the way he played to get the 3-1 lead in the first place...I won't make excuses, no matter if his teammates didn't make shots, he should have found another way

[@DjTIMEJD]

@@nbatalk714 Kobe had 50 in game 6

[@nathancardenas2719]

Reminder that despite only having 1 point in the second half of game 7... kobe still averaged 34 on 56% from the field and 50% from 3 in those final 3 losses.

[@milan33331]

Joker averaged great numbers against warriors but in the time when it mattered the most, he had turnover or he didn't take shots. so averages doesn't necessarily imply that you played great enough to win the series. As Chris Webber says you gotta run through the tape. You can't play 3 qtrs of great basketball and throw in the towel in the 4th.

[@OGSVN]

@@milan33331 you’re calling two bad plays throwing in the towel in the fourth? holy casual

[@milan33331]

@@OGSVN my bad. Not throw the towel but definitely not playing great also

[@DR-110]

@@milan33331 what a bunch of nonsense, wow I am astonished

[@TheSands83]

@@milan33331 joker is overrated just another stat padder

[@Kira-hj4en]

Goddamn kobe was hated by the media back then, imagine if this shit happened today

[@lakersrdbest]

For real... media is pathetic

[@nbatalk714]

Bron went threw it even in his 19th season

[@raymondvankenie3106]

@@nbatalk714 bruh stop it’s not even close to compare this to what lebron did

[@nbatalk714]

@@raymondvankenie3106 kobe was in his prime! And yea btw kobe 19th season 17-65 record

[@kawaiiafangirl]

Nah. I remember ESPN (especially Mark Jackson) comparing him to Jordan so much during this time bc of his scoring exploits. For some reason, people only think the media decided to make Jordan and LeBron comparisons w/in the last 5 years. Kobe got a ton of love during this period but Kobe stans make him look like the most hated player to make up for his lack of MVPs.

[@diondavis1407]

Chuck completely wrong about the finals prediction 🤣

[@MrOneanddone91]

Kenny is killing me with that big ass suit 😭😭

[@johnsonartchive8826]

Shit was way too baggy in the 2000s

[@eazedrop8140]

When he shoots too much he's selfish When he passes too much he's selfish 😕

[@partee422007]

Kenny was spot on with that comment.. Kobe was def in a weird place back then

[@malachithegreat3889]

Nah he was smug like Kyrie. Thats why they hated him back then

[@rezsurfer2808]

kobe passed all the time, they couldnt hit a basket at all.. He passed often they would pass again or miss they shot

[@KinGAdil019]

It’s not that he passed too much. He gave up. You can get your teammates involved and still score to get your shots. He did not want to shoot.

[@yedjonasinvest.653]

@@KinGAdil019 Yep. Kobe was a great and may he RIP. But he didn’t shoot at all because he was being petty.

[@Selyn301]

He dropped 23 points on 8-13 in the first half and they were already getting blown out. This coming after they were one defensive rebound away from putting the series away in game 6 when he dropped 50. What more could he have done? That Lakers team had no business even being in a position to win the series.

[@lennybeason1110]

Big Facts‼️

[@gsquadgaming878]

If he's in the goat debate why could he carry them? Every excuse is made for everyone but bron...when bron loses no matter his teammates its his fault...kobe couldn't deliver period

[@lennybeason1110]

@@gsquadgaming878 he did carry them, a number 7 seed who had no business being up 3-1. So miss me with it’s all on Kobe when Lebron gets every excuse in the world when he loses with a Superteam .

[@gsquadgaming878]

@@lennybeason1110 yea and he blew a 3-1 lead in the first round thank for reminding me haha....if bron blew a 3-1 lead in the first round yall would kill him...since it's kobe all I hear are excuses...just like durant he blew a 3-1 lead he choked

[@lennybeason1110]

@@gsquadgaming878 when has Lebron been up 3-1 to a 2 seed and he was on a 7th seed and was expected to win? Lebron gets criticized for losing with handpicked Superteams.

[@za4708]

Kobe was right about everything but only thing he was missing here is Leadership and soon as he picked that up with legit 2nd option Gasol, we all know what happend

[@donavonhoward1899]

Kobe always was a great leader long before Pau Gasol ever walked into the Lakers franchise. It's not like Kobe one day magically figured out how to lead his team. He led those teams from 2005-2007 the best he could. It's not his fault they didn't perform or get better as players.

[@melvynsngltn27]

@@donavonhoward1899 Kobe was never a leader

[@stephordless8876]

@@melvynsngltn27 🧢 if he wasn’t the leader of 05-13 Lakers than who was then? Or are you just that slow & desperate for attention?

[@jdayala-wright8875]

@@zobikuzdle3983 But most of those key role players (Odom, Walton, Vujecic, Farmar) from the back to back championship were on that 06 team so it was two way that they also had to grow together so that he would be a better leader.

[@tcook2236]

That's one thing Kobe never lacked was leadership... Kobe got gassed because he played both sides of the court.. That team couldn't score

[@Fishin480]

Classic, this was one of my most memorable season and when if first started watching inside the NBA

[@deiondp]

Didn’t realize these three(Chuck, Kenny, and Ernie) have been together since 2006!! Legends

[@rmkmcdaniel]

I remember this like yesterday , came back with gasol and Odom a couple years later and dominated again

[@diegochavez679]

Kobe had trash ass teams he'd easily win 7-8 easy he got his teammates easy shots they just sucked

[@hybrid1339]

I agree but I also can call a spade a spade and Kobe didn't lead his team the right way by not shooting the ball in that game 7, he should have stuck to the plan, he let the media and other people get into his head...he had a chance to advance and chose to fall back...he obviously matured after that with the addition of players who could play but he should have never listened to the outside noise , he could have won that series

[@melvynsngltn27]

@@hybrid1339 BS

[@pakONEoh]

So, Kobe built a 3-1 lead by himself?! 🙄 Stop it!!!

[@hybrid1339]

@@melvynsngltn27 what's B's about what I said??

[@diegochavez679]

@@hybrid1339 that is true but you still can't deny he easily could have gone to the finals vs better teams he was egotistical though and wanted to prove a pojnt

[@JHC2812]

Wow classic!!!!!! Miss those NBA days and Kobe

[@bensportsent3006]

Kobe not shooting the ball was considered selfish. That's how great he was. RIP

[@joshuafult84]

3 shots in the 2nd half that's obviously done out of spite

[@BrohamDaGOAT]

Kenny Smith was spot on, Kobe couldn’t do anything without always being foolishly criticized. Kobe was one of the greatest teammates in basketball history, but the media always found a way to portray him as being selfish 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@EGarrett01]

Kobe was one of the worst teammates in basketball history and he was one of the most selfish and delusional people ever to play pro sports.

[@JamesBond-se8gx]

@@EGarrett01 dummy

[@anthonycelestin3559]

Evertt101 Kobe was so selfish he won 5 rings. Even won 2 rings without Shaq to show how selfish he is 😂

[@BrohamDaGOAT]

@@EGarrett01 just cause you hated the man, doesn’t mean you should believe the nonsense you just commented. Be better 🙂

[@EGarrett01]

@@BrohamDaGOAT I've read multiple books on the subject. How about you doofus?

[@ramsesstafford4640]

Chuck was right and that's why Kobe got mad and came on the show because he was being sensitive about Chuck telling the truth and exposing him just like when Chuck told the truth about LeBron and said he didn't want to compete and wanted to play with everybody. Everybody loves Chuck for being brutally honest until he's brutally honest about their favorite player then he's just totally wrong and is a hating ringless old fuddy-duddy.

[@jespacey]

I don't hate him and was glad kobe went in and cleared the air instead of passive aggressively being angry

[@leonidaswalker2080]

@Stone Colds lol

[@Jay-sn5uz]

Kobe vs Shaq would have been epic

[@robbnoble1509]

So weird seeing these guys so much younger. Where do the years go?

[@TheTitofan1]

For real. Kenny smith look crazy old now

[@davidruffin1823]

Kobe was catching heat this series because they said he was shooting too much but he was the ONLY reason they had a 3-1 lead.. and they nearly won they lost on a buzzer beater..

[@curqcurq5005]

For Kobe to make the 7th seed in the compacted West with the weakest team any Superstar has ever played with. Take the team with the 2nd best record in NBA that year to 7 gms by himself was extraordinary!!! #8/24 🐐

[@nbatalk714]

He was up 3-1 gotta close the deal

[@aaronrooks2703]

@@nbatalk714 So what could have he done better in the Game 6 where if his teammate would have rebounded the ball he would’ve shocked the world by beating Phoenix in 6 with a subpar team?

[@diogogarcez9519]

Why did you put a goat on the comment after talking about Kobe?

[@veniljackson47]

I get it but want AI did taking Philly to the finals with the team he had and MJ in 88 taking the Bulls to the Eastern conference with a rookie Scottie pippen and Dirk winning it with the team he had no disrespect to Jason Terry and them but I dont think we will ever see stuff like that again it does show that players coming into the league now are day are getting better and better

[@FireAngelChris]

Definitely not the weakest team to do that. They also was up 3-1 on the suns

[@ESCEOBOY805]

Fast forward to 2008- 2009-2010 the sun's didn't have shit on Kobe

[@Rambo20244]

the sun's didn't have the same team neither

[@mike.cdn7212]

Ya that was the Suns final push at a championship

[@mattbogoshian4769]

Kobe beat them one time in 2010, that’s it. Suns beat the lakers so bad two years in a row that Kobe requested a trade

[@LOTW1]

The fact that Laker team made it that far was an achievement.

[@venize3050]

Dude made 8 shots, and scored 24 points…

[@RonJP-pm7jp]

That’s crazy.

[@Enzo87325]

Ppl really believe Kobe cussed out Charles for 3 hours Lol more like 5 minutes that felt like 3 hours!

[@smoothjb2384]

Kenny was just getting his confidence here imo. Greatest sports talk show ever

[@raymondvankenie3106]

Kobe let the media get to him and Charles was wrong they didn’t play very well at all and Kenny was right that’s exactly what happened it’s damned if you do and damned if you don’t

[@alphagodvon]

NBA is scripted

[@kendallthomas6807]

Exactly.. Barkely literally contradicted himself.. First he said Kobe was selfish by not shooting Then he turns around and say they should pound it inside because thats the suns weakness and that's exactly what Kobe was doing.. On top of that he said Kobe averaged 44ppg doing the regular season against the suns and they still loss

[@ramsesstafford4640]

I watched that game live and I was shocked that Chuck said the same thing I thought Kobe did give up on his team because they were getting blown out and that was bad leadership. I like Kobe but I'm not going to act like everything he ever did was correct. Chuck was also right when he said LeBron didn't want to compete and just like LeBron got sensitive about that Kobe got sensitive about this. Everybody loves Chuck for telling the truth until he tells the truth about their favorite player. The Suns shouldn't have let it get to a game 7 in the first place.

[@oldmanballer5088]

You know what’s funny is you don’t know the rest of the story or you wouldn’t say Kobe was right. After Kobe spent 3 hours cussing out Chuck via text. A few days later after he’d had time to calm down and think about things He told Chuck that what he said was right and He (Kobe) was wrong. Chuck told him that’s ok man you were wrong taht night but you usually are right, don’t sweat it. So Kobe admitted he was wrong.

[@oldmanballer5088]

@@ramsesstafford4640 what’s funny is a lot of people don’t know the rest of the story. AfterKobe spent 3 hours cussing out Chuck on text a few days later after he had time to calm down and think things over he told Chuck Chuck you were right and I was wrong.. Chuck told him that’s ok man you were wrong that night most nights you’re right just not that night. Don’t sweat it it happens.

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

It’s pretty easy to forget now that Kobe was the one the media would try to pile on at every turn like they do any other star player. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[@KobeJordanHakeem]

They do it to all the great ones. Magic, Michael, Kobe and now Lebron

[@jeffsamuels2539]

Dude he literally shot too much. Til he didn’t shoot…

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

@@jeffsamuels2539 You’re absolutely right. He should’ve let Smush Parker take over

[@Gang-bh8xr]

@@jeffsamuels2539 yeah let’s let kwame fucking brown bring it home for us 😅

[@princespointofview3381]

That was 07… the following 3 years for the lakers (without Shaq) was unforgettable. 🏆🏆

[@BooBooDaFoo330]

This was 06, they lost in the first round again in 07…..Thank Gasol for 08-10, he saved Kobe’s career.

[@axelkristoff]

With Gasol, Bynum and Odom. Don't leave that one out.

[@Ash-uh2ot]

@@BooBooDaFoo330sure kobe jus needed gasol, all other superstars need more than that

[@chitoim2332]

Shaq is not a laker legend he left to chase tha 5th ring he couldn't achieve

[@joshuafult84]

@@chitoim2332 Kobe is the most overrated Laker of all time.

[@dukesmooth6647]

I saw a bunch of open missed shots from professional basketball players.

[@michaelhawkins8474]

Incoming comments from All The Smoke!!!

[@daviderigio1058]

Kobe played both sides of the ball as good as anyone. 9 time First Team All Defensive tied with Jordan, Garnett and Payton, and 3 All Defensive Second team. 12 altogether tied with Garnett. He was not just an offensive player. How many "scorers" also play defensive? He was always asking Payton about how to better his defense.

[@nbatalk714]

Blew a 3-1 didnt score in the second half 🧐

[@aaronrooks2703]

@@nbatalk714 Pause. He was 8/13 in the first half while the rest of his team shot 9/30 while being down by 15. So Kobe only takes 3 shots while the rest of his team shoots 15/45 and somehow It’s still his fault?

[@aaronrooks2703]

@@nbatalk714 that’s hypocritical

[@reimixo]

@@aaronrooks2703 why are u passing the ball?...

[@xaviervega468]

He stole half of those first team selections from DWade and Tony Allen.

[@marcusreed5862]

Lakers had no business being up 3-1 anyway

[@DjTIMEJD]

😂 at the whole comment section turning into Kobe vs LeBron.

[@kc6442]

Lol, "Leandro Barbosa " highlights! 👀

[@Alien_DNA_]

Im a kobe fan but if you watch the way kobe is passing hes clearly sabotaging the game. His passes are effortless,creates no momentum, and he just stands there not moving and crowding the receiver, basically do bare minimum to purposely put his teammates in bad shooting positions so he can look innocent. But having dine things like this myself its obvious what Kobe was doing. Be honost guys!

[@hardwoodthought1213]

Finally an objective Kobe fan

[@kawaiiafangirl]

It doesn't matter what the media is saying, if your team is winning bc you're scoring, then that's what you have to do. Kobe stopped playing his game and they lost Game 7. If a certain player were to only shoot 3x in the second half of a Game 7 and lost, you know you'd never hear the end of it.

[@TheWakeup011]

Who? D Wade?

[@rexflex7548]

He went out and won 2 out of 3 he overcame his adversity…. I’m glad they lost that Playoff series

[@lakeshowbron4747]

Lebron lol

[@joshuafult84]

Kobe : " You have to work hard no excuses at all !" Kobe Fans : * Make every excuse in the book for Kobe failing *

[@pottalkers]

Damn these boys look young asf, anyone watching in 2023?

[@trekent4748]

The big suit era is nasty man 😂😂

[@xaviervega468]

Barkley always keeps it real. He don't give a damn what the fanboys think.

[@RiM2540]

How did you find this from inside the NBA?

[@darrellmason5574]

Every time chuck say them guys played great they played awesome every time he say that the highlights show them shooting bricks building houses 🏠 like westbrick

[@jespacey]

as a kobe fan chuck just says what he thinks is right, love him or hate him, I will always gonna defend his right to say those things even if kobe gets affected

[@djemraidola264]

Wow... Kobe loses with Kwame and Smush and hes not a leader, Lebron loses with wade, kyrie and AD and westbrook and its everyone elses fault. The jealousy and hate was real...

[@ChrisGTV23]

Man get out of here. Lebron in 2007 had the same talent that Kobe had back than and carried bums to the finals, and was still blame when they lost to the spurs. Lebron from 2003-2010 had to deal with weak ass teams as well.

[@mazzb305]

Lebron lives rent free in y'all heads I swear 😂😂😂

[@skipbrainless7527]

Facts i ain’t no real leader

[@DeeNice323]

@@ChrisGTV23 the East was literal garbage back then. The west won majority of the championships back then for a reason. Tougher conference

[@ChrisGTV23]

@@DeeNice323 Lmaooo here we go with the east was weak shit. It ain’t Lebron fault that he wasn’t in the west during that time. The fact of the matter is, that 2007 cavs team shouldn’t have been in the finals period, yet they was there. Take Lebron off that Cavs team, and the Cavs would be the lowest seed in the east. So again, Lebron carried bums to the finals. Both Lebron and Kobe was dealt a bad hand, yet they both over came it and carried there teams to the playoffs and finals.

[@KAMProductions]

We're just gonna act like EJ's Neat-O Stat of the Night still doesn't have a sponsor? I think I've only seen a sponsor one time, and it was Taco Bell 🤣

[@WilingtonProductions]

MJ would have said fuck the game plan and take matters into his own hands every game. I love Kobe but he was wrong for this.

[@nostalgicbliss5547]

Kenny wearing a trench coat

[@ColdJelly19]

Smush Parker, Aaron Mckie, Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Sasha Vujacic, Devan George, Ronnie Turiaf. It’s players nowadays who would sit this game out!! 🤣😂

[@nbatalk714]

Up 3-1 he gotta close .. yall had kobe

[@ColdJelly19]

@@nbatalk714 you are suppose to!😂🤣 You don’t think Kobe wanted to?? Did you watch, were you there?😂🤣 The adjustments the Suns made that series with Barbosa sprinting from the top and Tim Thomas on the wing and Shawn Marion on the other and Amaree trailing Steve Nash, Luke Walton was not in transition cause he couldn’t keep up 😂🤣 as great as Kobe is and probably can go 1 on 5 for a couple possessions but for 7 games?? Cmon let’s talk basketball please. Lets say they did close was that Lakers team gonna win a championship??

[@nbatalk714]

@@ColdJelly19 oo so now its about they fact the wasnt gonna win the championship anyway?.. they were good enough to be up 3-1 its no excuses wtf

[@ColdJelly19]

@@nbatalk714 this conversation is nothing new to me as a Lifelong Lakers fan I can tell you We Don’t Care about nothing but Championships, During these down years Kobe made the shit exciting EVERY NIGHT! Them not being a championship team is not “Excuses” ITS A REASON!! The reason why they couldn’t close a 3-1 lead. So out of the 20 years of playing with a franchise and this is the only “blemish” then it’s the same feeling as it was 16 years ago. SO WHAT!? Kobe “gave up” and “couldn’t close” with this roster 🤷🏾‍♂️ what’s the point?

[@nbatalk714]

@@ColdJelly19 😂😂😂😂😂

[@elip.982]

Man who was Kobe’s barber back then

[@johnwhite2412]

Chuck was right. Kobe was in full pout mode

[@jaxondakota7080]

Idk if I can agree with Chuck. I rewatched that game a few weeks ago and the Lakers started that game horrible. They were missing layups, they were missing wide open shots, they were fumbling the ball instead of finishing at the rim. This game was over basically in the 1st qtr. Yea Kobe came out and hit some shots in the first half, but the rest of the team didn’t have it and he saw that. If Kobe would’ve went out there and scored 50 then they would’ve lost by 20 instead of 31. But idk I guess it was worth a shot to try lol. But one thing someone put me up on was every time Kobe’s team lost the final game in a series, knocking them out of the playoffs for some reason they always get blown tf out!

[@SerFondue]

Kobe after Shaq was a point to be proven for him. He could win without shaq he just needed competent talent around him not people who feed off him solely throughout their games

[@2020Viszion]

Steve Nash with the drip. Literally

[@ezelop19]

Wow even though I was born in 03, I never knew Inside The NBA did gone fishing for as long as they have. 11:41

[@drewwitty2878]

Where's the part where he said Kobe cussed him out 🤔

[@sanantoballa4834]

It was mentioned when Kobe went on the show a couple days later.

[@bkb2333]

That's why u hve to respect Barkley. He gives analysis like he played da game unafraid. Respect.

[@MrMan-fx3ow]

He doesn’t do any ass kissing and it’s always refreshing

[@elbowgang9715]

He sure was afraid of Charles Oakley 😏

[@bkb2333]

@@elbowgang9715 Everybody was scared of oak . If I recall right he stood up to him tried to fight him after a hard foul. He also slapped Oakley. Couldn't be too afraid .

[@IJones-yz6qm]

@@elbowgang9715 FUCK OUTTA HERE!!! Barkley was waaaaaaaaay BETTER than Charles Oakley... And he was NEVER Scared of Charles Oakley... Check that stats.. Barkley use too give Oakley that work... 🏀🏀🏀 At the Garden and at the Spectrum.. I know what I know!!!

[@IJones-yz6qm]

That’s a WHOLE FACT!!!! And that was an older Barkley when he was with the Rockets 🚀 It was a preseason game in Houston.. And NOBODY SAID Nothing to CB #34 Let’s not forget Barkley was super strong 💪🏾 on the block and explosive 🧨 off his feet... A rebounding MACHINE AND HE WOULD DUNK IT ON YOUR FUCKING HEAD... Barkley use to bully Patrick Ewing on block and other great power forwards and centers back then... And he could get BUCKETS!!!

[@creydadj]

11:12 when EJ Neat-O stat of the night actually have a stat.

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

Damn, it's crazy they've been doing it this long

[@tntcrewEJ]

How do you defend Kobe losing 3-1? He has to close that deal.

[@anthonycelestin3559]

With looking at the plays from the 2:28-3:13 mark, I don’t see how Kobe quit. Maybe Kobe could’ve been more active off the ball by moving without the ball or cutting. But if Kobe is moving without the ball, it would make Kobe’s teammates want to pass the ball to him even more which would be against Phil’s strategy of the offense not being ran solely on Kobe in the second half. Kobe moving without the ball is a signifier of trying to get open or a way to attempt a shot & that’s not what Phill wanted. Phil wanted Kobe to pass the rock & have his teammates create for themselves cause it would entice his teammates to play better defense if their were more involved in the offense. Kobe was not distorting the spacing by being out of the play. It’s not like what Harden did in HOU standing around near halfcourt when he’s out of the play. Kobe was just standing at the top of the 3 close to the proximity of where his teammates operated. Even with Kobe standing around not being directly involved in the offense, Kobe was calling plays where he brought the ball up as the PG & Kobe pointed to his teammates where to be or pass to when he was off the ball. Kobe communicating to his teammates on where to be & where to score shows he was involved in the plays. Kobe was trying to be a decoy because Kobe didn’t want the Suns defensive attention on him due to what Phil wanted from him. Kobe is so polarizing, no matter what you say, people will be convinced Kobe quit when it’s far from the case. You can see Kobe didn’t quit just by the film. People think if you not running around a bunch of screens like Curry your selfish & your just wrong about that. Fans need to understand the game of bball before u start projecting certain false narratives or taking fiction as facts

[@sanantoballa4834]

His energy looks as if it’s the 1st quarter. Meanwhile it’s the 4th and they’re down by 20. Clearly being a decoy wasn’t working.

[@anthonycelestin3559]

@@sanantoballa4834 Kobe is damn if he does, damn if he doesn’t. Kobe wasn’t standing around mindlessly. He was constantly pointing to his teammates where to pass the ball to. If you watch the series Kobe wasn’t that aggressive shooting the ball when his team was up 3-1 in the series. When Kobe made the GW in Game 4, Kobe only took 14 shots & that game went to OT. The Lakers went up 3-1 with Kobe playing team ball & barely shot the ball on high volume. Game 5 the Suns adjusted to Lakers gameplan of Kobe shooting & scoring the ball only occasionally & the Suns blew the Lakers out. So Kobe try to counter the strategy the Suns were doing by being aggressive scoring 50 & they lost. The media criticized Kobe for being so aggressive that Game 6. And Kobe was aggressive in the first half of Game 7 & the Lakers were getting blown out. In the second half, Kobe went back to the gameplan that got his team up 3-1 but it didn’t matter. Blame Kobe for the 04 Finals, the 08 Finals, 2011 playoffs vs the Mavs or 2012 playoffs vs OKC but blaming Kobe for the 06 lost to the Suns is so unfair. That Lakers wasn’t even a good team like that & it’s a miracle that the team even went up 3-1 against a good PHX team. Kobe did his job as a team player but he gets criticized for it. It won’t matter if Kobe eventually try to be more aggressive in the second half of Game 7, it still wouldn’t work, the Suns were just a better team

[@jespacey]

yes, this game was different from the sacramento game where kob didn't shoot because he was being petulant, he was engaged

[@anthonycelestin3559]

@@jespacey What Sacramento game are you referring to?

[@ranbirahluwalia9595]

Kobe was so fucking good and resilient and smart

[@EnTiempo824]

I think both Kenny and Chuck made interesting points.

[@jaheimre9730]

Oh So this is where LBJ got it from. I seen James do this very thing so many times throughout his career. He'd just pass, not shoot, when the game is over he'd talk about how he'd tried to get his teammates involved so he won't take the blame for a loss.

[@sanantoballa4834]

Bron passes to open shooters all the time. Kobe never was that type of player, which is why the 2nd half of this game was odd.

[@averagecat5968]

@@sanantoballa4834 to prove a point boys. He had a complete shit team, he literally willed that team to the playoffs and got them up 3-1. Man had no help. Media complained that he was a ball hog and didn't pass. So second half he proved apoint to where the team cant do shit without him and decided to mainly only pass. If you are winning beacuse you are being ball dominate and willing your team to win. That is the only option? You have to do it. The media always hated Kobe.

[@nailzius]

Kobe quit ... period

[@BlazedTownesFan]

Kenny’s suit and crooked tie haha

[@MrSkiloV]

Barbosa was nice during this era

[@myname1989]

He was being double teamed and passed to an open shot that the teammates kept missing 🙄

[@bigwhitedwarf]

now we all know who was right.

[@avilla4013]

Who was the Lakers center that year?

[@lorenzomayfield6487]

key point dont change who you are. be kobe no matter what.

[@mikebuckets]

Kobe flat out quit. No excuse for that man.

[@dickhardpicard]

He was a ballhog right? So he passed..yall score without me. Who else was gonna lead that lakers team?

[@mikebuckets]

@@dickhardpicard He hurt himself and his team. It was stupid. Another reason why Jordan was superior. RIP Kobe but why purposely not try to win?

[@Threezus17]

@@mikebuckets so no matter what he did he was still hated got it

[@dickhardpicard]

@Stone Colds more Allstars played with lebron...also had more help in a weaker eastern conference for years but still have less rings...

[@terryshaw7034]

@Stone Colds Wow

[@albertgraham2250]

This is another reason why he is the greatest.

[@HoopLife313]

Kobe was the most hated playing damn near in NBA history… listen to Chuck literally say no matter what Kobe was going to be criticized for his efforts.

[@cojack636]

No he wasn't stop lying

[@EnTiempo824]

That was Kenny who said that

[@stanleycallahan4389]

Media used to ask better basketball questions back in the day.

[@kendallthomas6807]

I'm always down for unfiltered opinions like Barkely gives but Barkely literally contradicted himself.. First he said Kobe was selfish by not shooting Then he turns around and say they should pound it inside because thats the suns weakness and that's exactly what Kobe was doing.. On top of that he said Kobe averaged 44ppg doing the regular season against the suns and they still loss

[@rxtsec1]

So your okay with only 3 shots

[@kendallthomas6807]

@@rxtsec1 he took only 6 shots in the second half of game 3 and they won That was the game plan... To get his team involved... That was his they were successful... He took the double teams and pass it to his teammates... If you watched that game his team got open shots and/or one on one shots... They were just missing the shots . Kobe took 13 shots in the first half and Phil Jackson told him to start passing it.. He did exactly that...

[@rxtsec1]

@@kendallthomas6807 whatevers the game plan was it was very wrong and as the star you bare the responsibility so I don't care what it was it was his fault. You think MJ would have only taken 3 shots

[@kendallthomas6807]

@@rxtsec1 so now y'all want him to ignore the game plan and shoot on double teams? All his career he's told he's selfish and a ball hog and now he gets critized for not being a ball hog.... Y'all are people that are just trying to find something against him.. So he only took 6 shots in the second half of game 4 and they won... Should he have taken more shots in game 4?

[@rxtsec1]

@@kendallthomas6807 I want for him to do what works and the gameplan obviously wasn't working and he needed to make a change cause he's the star player. When they lose he gets the blame rightfully so because he's that great

[@dudeseriously57]

You mean Kobe Bryant was not a basketball Saint and could never do any wrong on the basketball court?!?!?!? Wowwww 😅🤣😂

[@JMacTheFanatic]

This video makes me feel so damn old lol their faces and wardrobes

[@aboveorbittv9633]

Raja Bell always thought of himself of one of those guys like Artest, Bowen, or Battier. He was not lmao just a dirty player who Kobe was not fazed by

[@OrtizAllDay]

Kobe scored 50 in game six, the Lakers could not get one rebound and Tim T. hit the 3 to tie the game. They had to win game 6, was not going to win game 7. Tbh they should of never been up 3-1 in the first place, but Kobe’s greatest is the reason why. Put Steve Nash on Lakers and Kobe on the Suns, Suns with Kobe would sweep Lakers with Nash. And put LBJ on this Lakers team and they would not even make the playoffs.

[@LaidBack--]

Exactly. No version of Lebron would've took that Laker team to the playoffs.

[@nbatalk714]

😂😂😂 gotta mention bron cause kobe failed thats sad .. kobe blew a 3-1 passed the ball more than bron ever did in a game that was needed lol

[@OrtizAllDay]

@@nbatalk714 I mentioned LBJ so you could get in your feelings and you did. Like I said Kobe was proving a point. When he was shooting 36 or 35 shots prior to game 7 he was a ball hog. So he was damned if he do damned if he don’t to me that seems like hate by media and haters. The fact that he was up 3-1 on the Suns with the team he had is remarkable. Like I said LBJ on that team he gets swept same thing had Kobe and Nash switched teams Nash on the Lakers would get swept too. Get out your feelings. Game 6 Kobe dropped 50 played great enough to win but came up one rebound short and Tim T. hit the 3 to tie the game. The Lakers needed to win game 6 at home to win that series cuZ Kobe and the Lakers was not winning game 7. So again media and hater’s was saying he was a ball hog but they was winning and Kobe needed to be a ball hog but he proved his point. Just imagine Kobe on the 2007 Cleveland team that was number one in defense, Kobe would of loved playing with a number 1 defense team and he could shoot as many time’s and the team still playing defense. Kobe on that 2007 Cavs beats the Spurs in the finals definitely would not get swept by the Spurs Kobe owned the Spurs.

[@OrtizAllDay]

@@nbatalk714 remember what Kobe did to the Suns in 2010? Those shots that he hit at the end cold blooded killer. And he won the chip that year with a broken trigger finger and bone spur in his ankle. You believe LBJ had enough will and heart to do the same thing? I don’t he can’t even play with injuries or being hurt. It’s a mind set that you have to have. Mentally tough.

[@nbatalk714]

@@OrtizAllDay 😂😂😂😂 kobe proving a point after being up 3-1 …

[@_SayitAintSo]

Let LeBron do sum like this and he'll be slandered to oblivion

[@cojack636]

Facts

[@ArmandoKozomara]

How does Chuck call Kobe selfish for shooting three shots in the second half but also in the same segment he points out how the Lakers got destroyed by Phoenix in the regular season despite Kobe averaging 44 points. So even if he goes off for 40 or 50, the Lakers are so bad and Phoenix is so good and uptempo, they can't beat them.

[@edmandell3064]

Hippie hair Steve Nash vs Nets coach Steve Nash. Funny to see

[@scottmac2338]

Like Detroit series he knew he wasn’t going to beat them but kept playing like he was

[@tchalla7828]

Yep hating on Shaq winning another Finals MVP

[@leramfreeman2950]

Barkley is 100% right! Anyone who disagrees with what he says and tries to make excuses for Kobe, has ZERO CREDIBILITY!! Kobe is great, he moved on and learned from it.

[@MrMakemusicmike]

yes!

[@kendallthomas6807]

Barkley contradicted himself... I'm always down for unfiltered honesty but not when you contradict yourself

[@javianjohnson8746]

10:49 Chuck vs very wrong about that prediction

[@erniewilkins3375]

See what never got leaked was At halftime.of Game 7 in the 06 Suns Series Phil told Kobe to get Odom and Kwame Involved and that's exactly what he did and they went 9-20 and the entire team went 27-75 for the entire game..

[@hardwoodthought1213]

That doesn’t excuse him disengaging for the entire half. Getting involved doesn’t mean passing then checking out of the play, does it? Phil asked that because in the 3 wins v Phoenix, Kobe wasn’t the leading scorer….

[@deon3133]

Lmao the lakers were up 3-1

[@terryalan4590]

Imagine if lebron called Barkley to complain about him criticizing him, he’d get killed for it….

[@ronnybueller]

Lebron would tweet about it… not call him 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@terryalan4590]

@@ronnybueller twitter didn’t exist back then, so we don’t know if Kobe would of done the same…Kobe used to see him and shaq and Phil would go at it through the media, just Imagine if social media would of existed back then, they would of been posting stuff all the time…

[@danielmontoya6664]

Bro why y’all always bringing lebron into some shit? Like damn y’all stay on folks dick

[@kdyy3]

He did a couple years ago so u don’t gotta imagine

[@jespacey]

@@terryalan4590 twitter launches the same year

[@mdub52682]

Kobe finished with 24 points in this game 7, I think this was intentional Because he switched to number 24 the next season, this was his last game wearing number 8. He knew what he was doing but passing the whole second half once he got 24 points lol 🐐 🐐

[@KaleoKognito]

I was thinking that soon as I saw his points and he scored 8 shots or made 8 shots 🤔 scored 16

[@cojack636]

@@KaleoKognito LMAO. Y'all Kobetard's are ridiculous

[@brandonboston5974]

I remember watching this series I thought the lakers had it when they were up 3-1

[@kennethbenson7259]

Every time Kobe gave the ball up those were good ass looks. His teammates just failed to connect

[@HotGritz910]

That's the difference between kobe and jordan...jordan wouldn't of listen. Jordans first 6 or so years he was called a ball hog and he wouldn't win with that style of play.. phil ask jordan just to trust his teammates alittle more they went over flim, then the rest is history. Jordan was still ball dominant and won his way..if you want to shut people up just win..

[@mullymullyt]

Kobe won 2 more & between that and Shaq leaving, none of Kobe's teammates were anywhere close to Scottie...

[@EddiePReacts]

He didnt win his way lmfao. They won in the triangle and his teammates even have legendary historic shots as a result. Kerr literally hit a game winner in the playoffs for them. He did it the right way not his way.

[@HotGritz910]

@@EddiePReacts lol...jordan broke the triangle the all the time.

[@solidsnake8331]

@@mullymullyt bron would have beat this suns team with the same team kobe had here

[@tylercanton3836]

@@solidsnake8331 in the tough western conference back then hell no. Lmao he can’t even make the playoffs now in this western conference is weaker than what Kobe was up against back then.

[@joestack1222]

Let this be Bron we wouldn't never heard the end of it 😂

[@lakersrdbest]

@Kwame Nkrumah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣for real😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnnyblingg]

@Kwame Nkrumah name an instance where lebron did this in a Game 7 in the playoffs?

[@johnnyblingg]

@Kwame Nkrumah Oh change the criteria lol

[@johnnyblingg]

@Kwame Nkrumah Lol argue and agree with ur self? this man a female

[@life0093]

You act like no one criticizes LeBron. You went out of your way to mention him in a video that he isn’t in. Stop reaching. RIP Kobe

[@musicandfilmadvice6843]

Were taylors invented in 2007?

[@Iammakyle]

damn they was on this show for this long ? definitely didn’t know that

[@1ZosoLZ]

You must be 10

[@nbatalk714]

Legacy tarnished?

[@DjTIMEJD]

He repeated, friend

[@nbatalk714]

@@DjTIMEJD OK?

[@DjTIMEJD]

@@nbatalk714 without Shaq too, friend.

[@nbatalk714]

@@DjTIMEJD OK? I kno a player who got 4 finals mvps and is in his 19th season and they talkin bout his legacy is tarnished.. kobe was in his prime wen this happen and nobody wants to talk about it

[@DjTIMEJD]

@@nbatalk714 you seemed obsessed with”tarnished” legacies, friend.

[@kurtd9231]

Kobe absolutely quit on his team in this series.

[@diondavis1407]

even the postgame comments sound like he’s not bought in

[@MasterRoshiSama]

He didn’t quit in the series. He quit after the series, big difference.

[@genericallyaccepted]

@@MasterRoshiSama no he quit on his team. He sent a message to the organization and they responded with getting Pau and two titles.

[@lakersrdbest]

Really?🤣🤣look at his average in this series🤣

[@lakersrdbest]

27.9 pts.... Quitting? Riiiiggghhhhtttt

[@lukesmith9692]

Kenny is a legend from talking to much . Always had to talk like he's a great

[@wunsum]

I forgot the Lakers had a 3-1 lead on the suns... That team was atrocious so for them to have a 3-1 is wild to me and I lived thru that era. Kobe got the best of himself & started passing to get his teammates involved..they showed how horrible they are. But it's on Phil to adapt & adjust the game plan.. Kobe did cost the Lakers in 04 tho & possibly this game too. He should've took over the 2nd half of game 5

[@hardwoodthought1213]

You do know the 3 games LA won that series, Kobe was the leading scorer for none of them. Clearly they weren’t that bad