When The 19 Yr Old Kobe Took Over To Score 27 Pts In Final 14 Mins vs Legends Barkley, Drexler x Rox

[@2ktwoways]

my fav player of all time love you forever

[@ArmandoKozomara]

Man he should have been a starter from the beginning. Look at this kid.

[@jordanflores5687]

He was hated on and sabotaged in the beginning then he was the scapegoat dude went thru it all and never ran

[@joepropsnyc]

It’s funny to be reminded how the league had little love for the High Schoolers when Kobe came into the league. The announcer spoke like “How dare he not pass the ball?” I have no doubt if Kobe would have had Phil Jackson as his day 1 coach, he would have had close to 40k points. Was certainly low on the scoring options when he first got on. That will certainly affect your scoring when your coach doesn’t really want the ball in your hands.

[@MakaveliDior]

exactly the commentator pissed me off so hard

[@jordanflores5687]

I gotta disagree when Kobe got phil phil kept the ball out of his hands and in shaqs if Kobe was on a struggling franchise from day 1 and was allowed to start like say allen iverson was and nvr tore his Achilles he woulda easily and I mean easily passed Kareem kobe was ready to play from day 1 ppl say he wasn't but that's just not true he wasn't ready to lead and win titles from day 1 but he was ready to play if he woulda been given free reign like Iverson & lebron were he woulda passed Kareem up in record time but that's why he's my goat had to work for it

[@jordanflores5687]

Phil hated rookies he wouldn't have played him either had kobe gone to a struggling team with no stars he woulda played immediately and had close to 40k him not playing much his 1st 3 years playing his 1st 8 years with shaq and not playing much his last 3 years really killed his numbers and yet he still ended up top 5 in scoring that's crazy

[@afterthought6889]

a couple things that stuck out: 1) incredible ability to get where he wants to go facing a defender (as opposed to turning away from a defender to protect the ball). sick handles 2) jumping off the right foot when attacking the rim gives him a half beat on the rim protector. guys still aren't used to that. 3) flashes of what he can do when he gets hot

[@stevieray7829]

i had to screen shot that ally oop

[@tiagongakyat1650]

Kobe

[@1986-r2c]

Chuck says he hates superteams yet he joined one..... 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ]

he was old dumba$$

[@alithedon1803]

He was not his prime my boy

[@uptmal9373]

@@ಠ_ಠ-ಹ2ಪ 33 isn't all that old

[@MakaveliDior]

@@uptmal9373 That was old back then. Now it's someones peak

[@ecnumber1fan]

@@uptmal9373 He played much better with Philly and Phoenix. I think that he lost a step when he joined the Rockets but definitely wasn't playing at his prime level

[@abegoldman8749]

Oh so Clyde did play Kobe, I didn't think they ever played each other

[@Trinx323]

@Vintage Dawkind can you re-upload kobe vs sonics 1998-1999? When he made 14 in a row in the 3rd?