Vince Carter VS Kobe Bryant Face-off December 17th 2000

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[@SomeOneSeen]

Classic matchup! The Mamba took pride in defending the opposing team’s main scorers!!! GOATS play tough on both sides of the court 🐍

[@Welcome2HDiiTV]

Man I remember this like yesterday

[@fengchen7058]

Kobe and Vince 's matchup is very exciting！

[@dorinradut9240]

Love that Kobe all black sneaker. Hope it releases later this year.

[@ButtZilla]

there's a black gold version out right now.

[@Mercurial.]

​@@ButtZilla Admin a great video you put up. Just wondering WHY u showed Kobe fg misses although he shot 14/29 48% while you just showed 2 missed shots from VC who shot 10/32 that is 31% Are you trying to sabotage Kobe like they do on social media these days or was this just a coincidence 🧐

[@ButtZilla]

@@Mercurial. those field goal miss attempts were guarded by Vince, it's part of 1on1

[@Mercurial.]

@@ButtZilla Gotcha. And what about Kobe guarding VC bec he did MAJORITY of the time so where are his stops on VC?!

[@ButtZilla]

@@Mercurial. it's all been highlighted. that's all there is.

[@4evertru152]

Classic bro...love it....#salute

[@mowabb]

Vince is talking about the tussle they got into in the 05-06 season when he was on the Nets. Always wonderied what was being said between them.

[@YaNice117]

Yup! I remember that game. I was very upset because I was a Vince Carter fan and it seemed like him getting into it with Kobe really bothered him because he only scored 9 that game. On the other hand Kobe gave him a 40 piece. I was really pissed at Vince for that. Lol. But I also always wondered if any of them would ever talk about that moment. I wish Kobe was still here so we could get his perspective too.

[@mikedesil23]

These guys were really the best two players in the league at this time.

[@dazdavis7896]

Lmao. Kobe absolutely was not one of the 2 best players in the league in 2001. He didn’t become one of the 2 best players in the game until him and T-Mac took over in 2002/2003. He wasn’t thee best player in the game until 2004/2005. When T-Mac handed him the torch after the career dampening back injury with the Rockets. And Kobe was the best in the game from then onward to the 2008 Olympics when Wade took the torch for the next 3 years. Every player not named Michael Jordan only has about a 3-4 year stretch when they are ACTUALLY “the best” in the world. The peak of their prime. Kobe was at his peak his last couple years as number 8.. 2006 Kobe was unstoppable. He was leaps and bounds better than he was 5 years earlier in ‘01. Vince was the best player in the world here. Until T-Mac took the torch from him late in ‘02 and then Kobe from him late in ‘04 and so on. This was Shaq’s team in ‘01.. Shaq is who Vince took the torch from this season. Late in 2000, he was the best in the game from 2000-2002, for those 2 seasons. ‘01 & ‘02. Kobe was good sure, you could tell he was GOING to be one of the 2 best players in the game, but he wasn’t YET. Shaq was the other top dog with Vince at this point. And Iverson and T-Mac too. Iverson won the MVP and the scoring title this year cuz he went on a late season tear and Vince had a slump toward the end of the season so he took the scoring lead from him for the overall season. And MVP iverson led that 6ers team to the finals against LA this year. He was a dog.. But like I said, this was SHAQ’s team. Shaq was the 3-time finals MVP in that 3-peat for a reason. Kobe absolutely was NOT better than Shaq in 2001. Not even slightly. Shaq was still at the top of his prime at this point. The previous season was his apex, his peak, and this season he was pretty much just as good. He was 28 here going on 29. Kobe did not take over as LA’s best player until 2003. Late in 2002.. Once Shaq had hit 30 years old and had a knee starting to go out. Kobe was the supporting star that GOT most of the points and shots he got because they were double teaming Shaq and then he’d just dish it to an open Kobe. And literally most of Shaq’s points were offensive putbacks off of Kobe’s bricks. Kobe WASN’T a great shooter at this point. He didn’t become a good outside shooter until 2003. He worked hard on his outside shot in 2002, in that offseason. And that’s when he was entering his prime anyways. 2003 Kobe was better than Shaq, but in 2001 Vince and Shaq were clearly still better than him.

[@omarpryor7465]

I'm glad that the lakers won, Kobe Bryant was awesome making sure that his team beat Vince Carter team.