@TheRealist 811 Well to be fair, he was playing behind Eddie Jones, who was an All-Star himself. In the beginning, it didn't make sense to tell an All-Star to a back seat to an 18-19 year old kid fresh out of high school. However, to your point, I probably would've sat Rick Fox in favor of Kobe, instead of Eddie Jones.
@@melvinhhcp3615 That's bc Del Harris was an old school coach that didn't want to bench a AllStar veteran.. For a teenager straight out of high school and would pull Kobe for being to flamboyant too! Lakers management would literally come down and tell Harris to put Kobe back in the game! If it was just based on talent alone.. Kobe would've been starting from Day 1! He was playing and beating NBA Players while he was still in High School. He broke all Wilt Chamberlains scoring records in High school as well. HE was the #1 ranked High School Player in the country.. NTM 1rst little man/guard to ever make the leap from High School into the NBA!🤯 Eddie Jones got abuse by Jordan on a regular basis.. While when Kobe was on Jordan he forced alot of missed shots.. This game alone Kobe forced 7 - 8 of Jordans missed shots! And Jordan completely obliterated Eddie Jones while on him! Oh.. And Jones was like 1-13 or something awful in this game as well!👀 Kobe Bean Bryant should've been the starter Day 1 @ SG, but like you and I said.. Del Harris wasn't having none of that! I was so happy when the Lakers fired him and Phil Jackson knew exactly where Kobe Bryant belonged.. In the starting lineup! Kobe won a Championship in his 2nd season as a starter in this league.. And went on to win 2 more directly after that! So in Kobes first 4 seasons as a starter he had 3 Championships!🤯
Mj's interview at the end says it all !!! Thats the spirit of the real winner ladies and gentlemen !!!mj coolness , we miss you goat , basketball is missing you
Off the Last Dance that Kobe portion was so touching. Funny how Mike was talkin shit about him at first. It's truly as they said, first rivals, then friends, then brothers.
The state of the world today, Kobe's tragic death 🙏 Everything! Watching this classic unforgettable match-up between MJ and Kobe.... Remembering watching live when i was young, truly brought peace to my heart. Great memory accessible at the click of a button. That's cool AF 👍
RIP KOBE BRYANT!!! He and MJ are my favorite matchup ever in the game!!! I really do miss his dedication to the game and his abilities of playing in the NBA!! And it’s so amazing!!!❤❤😊😊🤩 😢😢❤❤
I just wanna say thank you for bringing me back to my childhood. As I can't seem to find my old VHS tapes of the 96, 97 and 98 seasons, thanks for uploading these clips from the bottom of my heart!
And the ONLY HIGHLIGHT that CLEARLY shows the DIFFERENCES between Kobe & Michael at FULL SPEED & Peak performance. *My favorite match up Randolph vs Cousins, Wallace vs Garnett, and Kobe vs Mike. (No FEAR no RETREAT)
Their will never be another player like Michael Jordan again in this league because this man had a passion like no have ever seen in their life and Kobe over the years became a legend just as well by winning five championships all in a Laker uniform. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
I THINK IT WAS COOL WHEN KOBE SAID HE NOTICED IN HIGHSCHOOL THE OTHER KIDS COULDN'T DRIBBLE LEFT HANDED...SO HE SAID HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT AND SCHOOLED THE PLAYERS...GOATNESS🐐R.I.P. KOBE!!!!!!!
Looking at all these videos of Kobe's face when he's on the bench is so sad to see. I know that feeling especially knowing I was good enough to be in the game and I hated it. The only crazy thing is Kobe was 100x more than capable of being a starter than anyone in the history of sports smh
Tha 2 best players 2 touch a basketball, (no offense 2 LBJ). Tha heartbreak is still far from healing. I think how he protected his daughter in those final moments holding her tight n it brings me some level of solace.
Kobe as a player would have never been without Jordan. He learned from Jordan. He wanted to play like Magic Johnson but realized once he got to the NBA Jordan's type of playing I what he wanted to do.
What are you talking about?! Passing the torch means that younger player has gotten better than the older player. At the time in 1997 you couldn't say that about Kobe was already better than Michael. 1991 when Michael Jordan faces Magic, that was passing the torch, because MJ was definitely better than Magic, after the final series.
@@Mister__Jey, it ain’t that serious. It was, M.J’s, last year as a Chicago Bull. He knew he wasn’t coming back and league was already anointing, Kobe, as the heir apparent.
@@breezy4169 that's according to some fans and media ask anybody that's actually knows basketball or anybody that's played with Kobe and they'll tell you completely different
Bro when they both play at the same time it’s like two Jordan’s play at the same time different team that’s how similar they are guys I think Kobe is Jordan’s son for real it’s his son I’m 💯 cuz there is no way to be same person different daddy it’s just Jordan didn’t want anyone to know Kobe is his son I’m telling u
you guys should realize something on defence, Jordan is not just playing on with Kobe this is a team game. there's Eddie Jones that took part of Kobe's burden against Jordan
9:14 the respect that Kobe showed Jordan here is priceless. And of course Joradn at this must have already figures out he was gone by the end of that season, so why the heck not? Give this wunderkind some advice and let him taje the reins.
It's crazy, 1 season I get being on the bench but when hes obviously far and away your 2nd best player lighting it up with 20 some minutes every night the way he was you have to start by halfway through the 2nd season. He was obviously more talented and valuable than Eddie Jones or Rick Fox.
Did you guys hear that interview? Kobe asking for wisdom, Michael giving it!! Selfless!! Kobe was the same!! He was the last unselfish player.......it's a selfish breed of basketball now!! Not even fun to watch!!
rookie Kobe with average team mates vs Bulls caliber teammates Pippen Mj Rodman Kukoc Longley harper. what to expect... height advantage and experience all favor to bulls
😂😂😂 casual Lakers were the #1 scoring team in the league and jordan was without pippen that lakers team had 4 allstars nothing is avg about that lakers roster
Kobe the best to ever do it 🤷🏾 he was 19 battling with Jordan idk how Jordan would deal with a prime Kobe that was dropping 81, 62 in 3 quarters, and averaging 50 for a month 🤷🏾
Kobe is the Goat. The only student to beat his Master. For him to do wat he did on that particular night alone with his career accomplishments. Reminds me why he is my favorite player of ALL TIME. It dam sure was good watching the 2 Basketball Wizards of the league work their magic on da court. Dis was like watching a older Male Lion battling against a fiece younger Lion( Kobe ) R.i.p great 1
We all age , no way is kobe on the same level as MJ. The athleticism sets them apart. Then Micheal had even more determination if you can believe that.Only player I seen with his athleticism is Russell Westbrooke.
@@johnanderson7711 lmao dude Jordan while winning championships was getting school by love FRESH out of highschool lmao prime Kobe would have slaughtered Jordan but people don't want to admit it...
good player but no comparison with michael jordan don't forget that michael jordan played in an era where nba was stronger he faced much more difficult opponents. good player but no comparison with michael jordan don't forget that michael jordan played in an era where nba was stronger he faced much more difficult opponents
I was always curious to how say an MJ clone would turn out if he played basketball as well. No chance he would be at MJ's level, but we would learn a lot about how genetics compared to environment shape a player and shape their skills in something.
That handchecking shii is overrated kobe was cooking they wasn’t even that physical like old heads be thinking the 90s was heaven , bro Kobe was cooking and both teams wasn’t even handchecking 💯 it’s just about skills that’s it and Kobe played just like mike he was right behind him 💯🏆
How? Kobe has to learn Jordan moves while Jordan has those moves since H.S and college. Kobe never have those moves when he was in high school.., so yea..he's #2..
Number 2 maybe, but so many people have Kobe as number 5 or higher, and we're talking basketball experts who know much more than you about basketball. Keep in mind that they likely think you're a crackhead, so saying what you said has no value. That said, Kobe is great, but no where near MJ.
Right cause he should totally not care and mail it in and not try since it’s only garbage time and he’s coming off the Bench. Silly Kobe it’s garbage time
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The great ones see the great ones. Jordan saw the greatness in Kobe.
Yeah absolutely. He took Kobe under his wing and wanted to help Kobe reach his full potential. That what top guys do.
"A little advice from the master here" 9:21. That advice stuck in Kobe head until he got 5 rings. RIP Kobe.
what was the advice btw?
@@mohammadalfattal2902 Maybe about his shooting form.
@@mohammadalfattal2902 feel the defense with your legs while posting mike said after the game.
Crazy how young 19 year Kobe aka Frobe was an all star starter that year and he was coming off the bench.
@TheRealist 811 Well to be fair, he was playing behind Eddie Jones, who was an All-Star himself. In the beginning, it didn't make sense to tell an All-Star to a back seat to an 18-19 year old kid fresh out of high school. However, to your point, I probably would've sat Rick Fox in favor of Kobe, instead of Eddie Jones.
All because del Harris was a moron
@@melvinhhcp3615 That's bc Del Harris was an old school coach that didn't want to bench a AllStar veteran.. For a teenager straight out of high school and would pull Kobe for being to flamboyant too! Lakers management would literally come down and tell Harris to put Kobe back in the game! If it was just based on talent alone.. Kobe would've been starting from Day 1! He was playing and beating NBA Players while he was still in High School. He broke all Wilt Chamberlains scoring records in High school as well. HE was the #1 ranked High School Player in the country.. NTM 1rst little man/guard to ever make the leap from High School into the NBA!🤯 Eddie Jones got abuse by Jordan on a regular basis.. While when Kobe was on Jordan he forced alot of missed shots.. This game alone Kobe forced 7 - 8 of Jordans missed shots! And Jordan completely obliterated Eddie Jones while on him! Oh.. And Jones was like 1-13 or something awful in this game as well!👀 Kobe Bean Bryant should've been the starter Day 1 @ SG, but like you and I said.. Del Harris wasn't having none of that! I was so happy when the Lakers fired him and Phil Jackson knew exactly where Kobe Bryant belonged.. In the starting lineup! Kobe won a Championship in his 2nd season as a starter in this league.. And went on to win 2 more directly after that! So in Kobes first 4 seasons as a starter he had 3 Championships!🤯
@@troybutcher6451 ***Shaq had 3 championships. He won 3 straight Finals MVPs. Kobe was just his sidekick playing second fiddle.
Mj wanted Kobe to be great just as much Kobe wanted it for him self that real black brotherhood RIP the 🐐
Mj's interview at the end says it all !!! Thats the spirit of the real winner ladies and gentlemen !!!mj coolness , we miss you goat , basketball is missing you
He really passed the torch live😂
not my goat lmao he #3 behind lebron then kareem
Not my goat either he number 2 behind Kobe 🤷🏾
He wasnt talking about Coby, coby andnt died by then
He was the Goat! Facts
I love you Kobe Bryant the teacher teaching the student and Kobe learned from the greatest Michael Jordan
Off the Last Dance that Kobe portion was so touching. Funny how Mike was talkin shit about him at first. It's truly as they said, first rivals, then friends, then brothers.
The state of the world today, Kobe's tragic death 🙏 Everything! Watching this classic unforgettable match-up between MJ and Kobe.... Remembering watching live when i was young, truly brought peace to my heart. Great memory accessible at the click of a button. That's cool AF 👍
5:15 am in Spain and watching greatness.
Thanks for sharing this.
RIP KOBE BRYANT!!! He and MJ are my favorite matchup ever in the game!!! I really do miss his dedication to the game and his abilities of playing in the NBA!! And it’s so amazing!!!❤❤😊😊🤩 😢😢❤❤
I just wanna say thank you for bringing me back to my childhood. As I can't seem to find my old VHS tapes of the 96, 97 and 98 seasons, thanks for uploading these clips from the bottom of my heart!
Watching this made me smile yet she'd a tear...I watched both these incredible players entire careers.
Rest well Kobe forever missed as a Los Angeles Lakers fan🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
And the ONLY HIGHLIGHT that CLEARLY shows the DIFFERENCES between Kobe & Michael at FULL SPEED & Peak performance. *My favorite match up Randolph vs Cousins, Wallace vs Garnett, and Kobe vs Mike. (No FEAR no RETREAT)
2 players that I confused for Kobe were Eddie Jones and laron profit. Both number 6 and number 9 look like 8 from afar and they're built similarly
#9 was Nick Van Exel, the Lakers starting PG.
Their will never be another player like Michael Jordan again in this league because this man had a passion like no have ever seen in their life and Kobe over the years became a legend just as well by winning five championships all in a Laker uniform. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
I THINK IT WAS COOL WHEN KOBE SAID HE NOTICED IN HIGHSCHOOL THE OTHER KIDS COULDN'T DRIBBLE LEFT HANDED...SO HE SAID HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT AND SCHOOLED THE PLAYERS...GOATNESS🐐R.I.P. KOBE!!!!!!!
I BELIEVE IF MJ. AND KOBE BRYANT COULD PLAY TOGETHER AGAINST ANY OTHER TWO PLAYERS IN THE WORLD THEY WOULD BE THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD PERIOD.......
Looking at all these videos of Kobe's face when he's on the bench is so sad to see. I know that feeling especially knowing I was good enough to be in the game and I hated it. The only crazy thing is Kobe was 100x more than capable of being a starter than anyone in the history of sports smh
Kobe was hungry at 19, you can clearly see that the kid had a appetite...
For sure. He didn't play a lot of minutes, but he had a lot of his moves down already at 19.
Rest in peace Kobe Bryant 🏀🙏🏿🕊️ the second greatest shooting guard ever
Facts
@Jordan Thomas o.
jordan is the second kobe is the first...and i'm a celtic
Mj ,kobe ,dwain ,the three best s.guards
@@christoskonstantopoulos9923 what about Klay???
Refering to Kobe as „the future” hits different. Not only that this „future” is now history, but also because he isn’t around anymore.
9:25 epic moment :)
i bet Kobe replayed that interview over and over and over... RIP MAMBA
Tha 2 best players 2 touch a basketball, (no offense 2 LBJ). Tha heartbreak is still far from healing. I think how he protected his daughter in those final moments holding her tight n it brings me some level of solace.
9:26 this how joakim thought his first interaction w kg would go lmao
lol 😂
imagine being 19 and forcing a turnover on the greatest player. Kobe such a legend
Fawk forcing a turnover he was cooking MJ 😂
Let's compare a 23 yr old MJ vs a 23 yo Kobe, no contest.
Big brother Michael Jordan goat Lil brother rip kobe Bryant 🙏 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🕊🕊🕊🕊
@9:25 Kobe on his convo with MJ was like "Ok coach, got it". 😁
Mike saw greatness, always respet it…
RIP Kobe Bryant RIP GIANNA BRYANT RIP MAMBA
I honestly miss the NBA from the 90s-2010s so much. The best 20 years of basketball. I don't get the same excitement when i watch the NBA now.
@5:31 The student admiring the master...lol
RIP Black Mamba. Highlights hit different now.
AWESOME REVERSE LAY UP BY KOBE BRYANT FANTASTIC PLAY.......
Bill Wennington with the baldy. Man I remember thinking how strange that looked back in the day. Didn't suit him.
M.J. gave him the game.
Kobe as a player would have never been without Jordan. He learned from Jordan. He wanted to play like Magic Johnson but realized once he got to the NBA Jordan's type of playing I what he wanted to do.
RUclips needs to get rid of the AI-generated bars that they're putting on old videos. They're ruining perfectly good footage.
I remember that game well..Definitely a passing of the torch type of scenario..💯
What are you talking about?!
Passing the torch means that younger player has gotten better than the older player.
At the time in 1997 you couldn't say that about Kobe was already better than Michael.
1991 when Michael Jordan faces Magic, that was passing the torch, because MJ was definitely better than Magic, after the final series.
@@Mister__Jey, it ain’t that serious. It was, M.J’s, last year as a Chicago Bull. He knew he wasn’t coming back and league was already anointing, Kobe, as the heir apparent.
@@DOT.CASH2 Nah Ai, Vince, Penny, Grant were the next big things in the NBA
@@MakaveliDior lmao yet Kobe was better then all of them and obviously did take the torch
Here we can see true Kobe's game. He should never gave up on it and play with his style.
You couldn't find a 19 year old in the NBA that can post up and do fade away like Kobe could, it's sad bro.
rip kobe😢😢😢.but mj is goat
THEY ARE BOTH THE GOAT
@@kookiemonster3126 no such thing, one is always better than the other.its just that we cant come up with the balls to declare which is better
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Kobe the goat 🤷🏾
@@yungloud9431 he's not even top 3 far from goat not even top 5 MJ is the goat and the only ones that are close to MJ are lebron and Larry bird
@@breezy4169 that's according to some fans and media ask anybody that's actually knows basketball or anybody that's played with Kobe and they'll tell you completely different
RIP Kobe Bryant gone too soon man 1978 - 2020
You tell me 19 year old in the NBA that can post up and do a fade away jumpshot like Kobe did at 19, I'll wait.😑
@5:32 Kobe was looking like , man I want to be like Mike!!
a rare respect to the goat over the years..
This happened 25 years ago today.
9"30 ,that scene all the money !!!!
Bro when they both play at the same time it’s like two Jordan’s play at the same time different team that’s how similar they are guys I think Kobe is Jordan’s son for real it’s his son I’m 💯 cuz there is no way to be same person different daddy it’s just Jordan didn’t want anyone to know Kobe is his son I’m telling u
I can't believe Dale Harris was so full of himself he put Eddie Jones in before kobe...... thank God he got fired.
Damn man only if we had a time machine
This was must see TV when I was a teen.
RiP Kobe Bryant AKA black mamba going to soon never forgotten r i p to his daughter also.
Magic always did say if you breathed in Jordan it was a foul
CLASSIC 🏀🙏RiP
Love for kobi but mj is the goat
I wish basketball was good like these old games.. this shit now shooting from half court no one wants to go to the basket… straight garbage
you guys should realize something on defence, Jordan is not just playing on with Kobe this is a team game. there's Eddie Jones that took part of Kobe's burden against Jordan
Still can't believe that you gone
MJ sharing some secrets of his moves.. no wonder kobe copied him his moves and became great too .
9:14 the respect that Kobe showed Jordan here is priceless. And of course Joradn at this must have already figures out he was gone by the end of that season, so why the heck not? Give this wunderkind some advice and let him taje the reins.
STILL MISS U KOBE 🙏🕊️
Anyone else still buy MJ’s cologne? Lol.
Yes
GM was obviously not smart. Kobe was integral to Lakers future success. Should fired coach earlier.
It's crazy, 1 season I get being on the bench but when hes obviously far and away your 2nd best player lighting it up with 20 some minutes every night the way he was you have to start by halfway through the 2nd season. He was obviously more talented and valuable than Eddie Jones or Rick Fox.
KOBEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! #8 #24 #Lakernation!!! 💜💛
Rest In Peace Kobe Bryant
RIP
Did you guys hear that interview? Kobe asking for wisdom, Michael giving it!! Selfless!! Kobe was the same!! He was the last unselfish player.......it's a selfish breed of basketball now!! Not even fun to watch!!
nice game....😘😘😘😘
rookie Kobe with average team mates vs Bulls caliber teammates Pippen Mj Rodman Kukoc Longley harper. what to expect... height advantage and experience all favor to bulls
yup average teamate Shaq
@@johnnythekid4601 shaq was out
😂😂😂 casual Lakers were the #1 scoring team in the league and jordan was without pippen
that lakers team had 4 allstars nothing is avg about that lakers roster
where was Shaq during this game?
How tf did Kobe come off the bench yet made the all star team coach dumb
Kobe the best to ever do it 🤷🏾 he was 19 battling with Jordan idk how Jordan would deal with a prime Kobe that was dropping 81, 62 in 3 quarters, and averaging 50 for a month 🤷🏾
You can't be serious
@@breezy4169 are you serious? Kobe was 19-20 giving Jordans BUCKET'S
Actually rookie jordan and mvp kobe has class game averages
@@yungloud9431 no he wasn’t
Jordan el mejor
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽😎💯
the Air apparent
Kobe is the Goat. The only student to beat his Master. For him to do wat he did on that particular night alone with his career accomplishments. Reminds me why he is my favorite player of ALL TIME. It dam sure was good watching the 2 Basketball Wizards of the league work their magic on da court. Dis was like watching a older Male Lion battling against a fiece younger Lion( Kobe ) R.i.p great 1
We all age , no way is kobe on the same level as MJ. The athleticism sets them apart. Then Micheal had even more determination if you can believe that.Only player I seen with his athleticism is Russell Westbrooke.
But he didn’t beat the master.
@@johnanderson7711 lmao dude Jordan while winning championships was getting school by love FRESH out of highschool lmao prime Kobe would have slaughtered Jordan but people don't want to admit it...
@@storm6051 last time I checked Kobe winning the head to head matchups
@@yungloud9431 this Jordan was out of his prime and Jordan knew that as well you have to be delusional or a little kid if you didn't know that
Saaaaaaaluuuuuuttteee ✊🏿💯🙌🏿🙏🏿 Blessings Upon BLESSINGS 🙌🏿 RIP Kobe and Gigi 🙌🏿🙏🏿In Jesus'Mighty Miraculous Glorious Supernatural Name 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 Amen 🙏🏿🙌🏿
well MJ was older
Kobe can't fly like Jordan
Kobe was making 20 points per game but ok
Wheres Shaq?
good player but no comparison with michael jordan don't forget that michael jordan played in an era where nba was stronger he faced much more difficult opponents. good player but no comparison with michael jordan don't forget that michael jordan played in an era where nba was stronger he faced much more difficult opponents
iF MICHAEL JORDAN HAD ANOTHER SON IT WOULD BE KOBE BRYANT NOT JORDAN BUT CLOSE TO HIS CLONE
I was always curious to how say an MJ clone would turn out if he played basketball as well. No chance he would be at MJ's level, but we would learn a lot about how genetics compared to environment shape a player and shape their skills in something.
Micheal is the greatest to ever play people that are close are Larry bird Kobe lebron and curry
He was coming of the bench lol Kobe better
Kobe skipped college to play against MJ
33points on bench
How dare you even my said Kobe could beat him 1 on 1
2:44
That handchecking shii is overrated kobe was cooking they wasn’t even that physical like old heads be thinking the 90s was heaven , bro Kobe was cooking and both teams wasn’t even handchecking 💯 it’s just about skills that’s it and Kobe played just like mike he was right behind him 💯🏆
lol did you see the final score?? stop going by highlights... hand checking impacts the whole team not just one player
Kobe was better why didn't they play 17-34
Man anyone who says Kobe is anything less than #2 behind Jordan is smoking crack in fact Kobe should be #1 of all time!!!
How? Kobe has to learn Jordan moves while Jordan has those moves since H.S and college. Kobe never have those moves when he was in high school.., so yea..he's #2..
Number 2 maybe, but so many people have Kobe as number 5 or higher, and we're talking basketball experts who know much more than you about basketball. Keep in mind that they likely think you're a crackhead, so saying what you said has no value. That said, Kobe is great, but no where near MJ.
Kobe is the Goat stop it 😂😂😂😂
Mjjjj
Haha Kobe Byrant
33 in garbage time lol
Judah Mourneth exactly. Not bad for the 19 years old kid, but Kobe fanboys overrate this game.
saturndual32 Kobe fans OVERRATE everything with him. But kudos Kobe. My favorite playing growing.
Right cause he should totally not care and mail it in and not try since it’s only garbage time and he’s coming off the Bench. Silly Kobe it’s garbage time
Judah Mourneth you contradict yourself a lot
blackout2430 awww shit, here comes the overly emotional Kobe fans. How did I contradict myself. All I said was he scored his points in garbage time.
Ever
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Jordanis trash vs Kobe 😂
2:47