I think he should have 5: 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2013. I understand LeBron winning the last two but you ask anyone who watched games in 2009 and they’d tell you Kobe was the best in the world. He happened to have more help then and the league awarded Bron for doing more with less. But Bron had help in 2013 so that theory doesn’t quite make sense smh
Kunga Sagar but to be fair bron did have more wins in 09 with less and in 13 kobe could not do what bron did but nevertheless he deserved it in 09 because you also have to consider conference but in 13 Lebron had a top 5 season all time so i don’t think kobe deserved it quite but definitely had a good year and yeah kobe deserved 4 mvps smh kobe fan btw
One of the most impressive things about Kobe in 02-03, is that he played in all 82 games with a bum knee for the whole year. That interview at the end where he talks about sucking up the pain and playing in the Utah game the next night, was what made me appreciate him even more.
I love how you added in Catino Mobley explaining his philosophy on guarding Kobe and how it has changed over time… Only for Kobe to go out and score 52 that night anyway lol
Man Kobe in 02-03 was his best season I think he was just amazing MVP I actually think they made the playoffs but fell short to the spurs but fact remain the league robbed him for the MVP that and quite frankly it disgusted me ugh
To be honest, I enjoyed that season more than the 2005-06 season to some degree. It was more of a breakout year than 2001 was. He averaged career highs in pretty much every statistical category and it's the first time he proved he could lead because Shaq was either out or not even close to 100% that year.
+Jamal Abdelbaset And before my words get taken out of context, yes, I know he averaged about 6 points more per game in 05-06. I'm talking about it being the first season in which he had career highs.
He turned back the clock that year! He had some incredible dunks and he brought a super struggling Laker squad into the post season. It's sad though, because Dwight(I felt) never took the season seriously.
This was a time when the likes of Lebron, Durant, Melo, Wade etc probably all had posters of Kobe hung in their rooms. And yet 9 years later he is still playing at their elite level, insane.
Jim Huber: Kobe, what did you learn about yourself after the streak [of 9 straight 40 point games]? Kobe: That I could lead. 2002-03 was the year Kobe began to emerge as the Face of The Lakers.
@vfgjhj 2002-2003 season. GP - 82 GS - 82 PPG - 30.0 RPG - 6.9 APG - 5.9 SPG - 2.2 BPG - .8 MPG - 41.5 FG% - .451 3P% - .383 FT% - .843 I'll agree that Kobe was in his prime in '06 but statistically Kobe's best season was 02-03. It was the first time he averaged 30 PPG, his career high averages for RPG & SPG was during that season, and it 5.9 APG was his career high until he eclipsed it 2 seasons later. Kobe scored more and shot better from the free throw line in 06, that's about it.
All yall arguing wen he was in his prime was wen he won the two rings wit pau. And to.be HONEST kobe been inn his prime since the third ring wit shaq FYM!!!!!..UNSTOPPABLE
52/106 points in a double OT game. They held the Rockets under 100 points through two overtimes too. how do you score 52 in such a defensive battle? great game from kobe
Athletically, Yes this was his prime but mentally he is still in his prime. The most driven, focused athlete to be the best in the last 30 years. Yes, including Michael, because at that time there was no one like mike. Kobe accepted the challenge and now he will have his own video game in 2k21
U know what impress ME the most Abt Kobe .. Its that even after his dunk over Ming he was still focus with all the intensity in his eyes. U recognise a winner and a champion with his behaviour on the court. Lebron wmight never get that in his career and thats the major reasons he will certainly not win as titles as kobe. Kobe top 5 or top10 in nba history for spme people and media but to me THE BEST EVER
dis.Kobe lebron comparison is.so insulting to me as.ah basketball fan cuz no way in hell lebron could ever be close to prince airness he's just not capable not in his DNA lets be real like y'all forgot
I'd agree with the exception of the 04-05 campaign...He just really wasn't the same that year...He came back stronger in the 06 season. Then again Kobe's "worst"season would be the BEST season for 95% of NBA players. LOL! No doubt he has been an extremely special player to watch...The NBA will suck when he retires.
If only the lakers could have given or find kobe a way to get him a better teammates around him back in the days after shaq left i think he wouldn't suffered a long drought championship on his career though.Thats why im so fcking mad and pissed when people say lebron was able to go championship games year by year.No disrespect to lebron,but cmon guys if kobe has the same roster player as what lebron have through his timeline specially if he is in EAST TEAM??Damn kobe would have been to championship game throughout his career man like foreal 💯 Damn i miss you kobe 💔 i wish i could have seen you play in actual game,but i just can't afford and i know its impossible since i live from a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY..
dis.Kobe lebron comparison is.so insulting to me as.ah basketball fan cuz no way in hell lebron could ever be close to prince airness he's just not capable not in his DNA lets be real like y'all forgot
Every Player to Finish Top 5 in MVP Voting 15 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6) 14 - LeBron James (4) 11 - Kobe Bryant (1), Bill Russell (5) 10 - Wilt Chamberlain (4), Michael Jordan (5)
In 2002-03 the black Mamba had 40 or more points in nine straight games, and Shaq''the diesel''had missed the first 12 games in the regular season from the off-season toe surgery the Lakers we're eliminated from the playoffs by eventual NBA champs San Antonio Spurs in the conference semifinals
Nicholas James They we’re actually in the Playoff hunt, but Kobe had a severe ankle sprain against Cleveland which kept him out of quite a few games. Enough to bump the Lakers out of contention by the time he came back just before the All Star break.
his prime was 2001-2013. Look at his numbers, he never fell off til the achilles injury in 2013.
True he was a superstar until his body didn't allow him to be anymore
Kobe was the legend 😃😃😃😃😃😃
2000-01 Season after the 2000 playoffs was truly the start of Beans prime till 2013 Rip Beans
@@ernestboykin3rd706 ik right
Once 2013 hit kobe relied more on his post game and jump shot..just like mj
He deserved MVP that season.
Kobe deserves 3 MVP trophies
2002/2003
2005/2006
2007/2008 (he actually got it that season)
Right on!
2012-2013
Don't forget about 2008-09
I think he should have 5: 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2013. I understand LeBron winning the last two but you ask anyone who watched games in 2009 and they’d tell you Kobe was the best in the world. He happened to have more help then and the league awarded Bron for doing more with less. But Bron had help in 2013 so that theory doesn’t quite make sense smh
Kunga Sagar but to be fair bron did have more wins in 09 with less and in 13 kobe could not do what bron did but nevertheless he deserved it in 09 because you also have to consider conference but in 13 Lebron had a top 5 season all time so i don’t think kobe deserved it quite but definitely had a good year and yeah kobe deserved 4 mvps smh kobe fan btw
Ashame how unappreciated kobe Is...when he's gone people realize what the took for granted
This comment cut sooo damn deep now.
They still don’t they ignore facts most skilled ever bean
I've seen all the great one play in this game, and Kobe Bryant is the best one ive seen play.
This was Kobe's best year. I always search 2003 Kobe when I want to see him at his best. If Shaq was in shape this team would have 4 peated. RIP
Cuttino kept Kobe in check! He held him below 60 points.
probably the most feared player in the game today STILL. once he gets it going there's no stopping him
One of the most impressive things about Kobe in 02-03, is that he played in all 82 games with a bum knee for the whole year. That interview at the end where he talks about sucking up the pain and playing in the Utah game the next night, was what made me appreciate him even more.
That first fadeaway is an insanely tough shot, but Kobe makes it look so simple.
GOAT with no Doubt
I love how you added in Catino Mobley explaining his philosophy on guarding Kobe and how it has changed over time… Only for Kobe to go out and score 52 that night anyway lol
Man Kobe in 02-03 was his best season I think he was just amazing MVP I actually think they made the playoffs but fell short to the spurs but fact remain the league robbed him for the MVP that and quite frankly it disgusted me ugh
true man true
To be honest, I enjoyed that season more than the 2005-06 season to some degree. It was more of a breakout year than 2001 was. He averaged career highs in pretty much every statistical category and it's the first time he proved he could lead because Shaq was either out or not even close to 100% that year.
+Jamal Abdelbaset And before my words get taken out of context, yes, I know he averaged about 6 points more per game in 05-06. I'm talking about it being the first season in which he had career highs.
"Cutino Mobley says he has changed his philosophy on guarding"
He need to change it back lol
Mobley 6'4
Kobe. 6'7....nuff said
@@jamesroberts1810 6'6*
@@jamesroberts1810 no
This talk about Kobe prime seasons and years. Everybody is sleeping on the 2012-13 season.
27-6-6 lookin like a god
He turned back the clock that year! He had some incredible dunks and he brought a super struggling Laker squad into the post season. It's sad though, because Dwight(I felt) never took the season seriously.
This was a time when the likes of Lebron, Durant, Melo, Wade etc probably all had posters of Kobe hung in their rooms. And yet 9 years later he is still playing at their elite level, insane.
Kobe is legend
The Bean was hurt this game too. At 5:34 they show him grab his knee, he was grimacing the rest of the game. True baller
he went on to drop 40+ the next 3 games aswell. mamba mentality
2003 was one of his best seasons.
Second imo behind 06 plus this was 8 years ago damm
R. I. P. Craig Sager
Jim Huber: Kobe, what did you learn about yourself after the streak [of 9 straight 40 point games]?
Kobe: That I could lead.
2002-03 was the year Kobe began to emerge as the Face of The Lakers.
Face of the *nba
+Albert Islas True!
I remembered this game, I watched it live too. That back when the rockets were still playing at compaq center
@vfgjhj
2002-2003 season.
GP - 82
GS - 82
PPG - 30.0
RPG - 6.9
APG - 5.9
SPG - 2.2
BPG - .8
MPG - 41.5
FG% - .451
3P% - .383
FT% - .843
I'll agree that Kobe was in his prime in '06 but statistically Kobe's best season was 02-03. It was the first time he averaged 30 PPG, his career high averages for RPG & SPG was during that season, and it 5.9 APG was his career high until he eclipsed it 2 seasons later. Kobe scored more and shot better from the free throw line in 06, that's about it.
Kobe doesn't need load management. He finished the entire 82 that 2002-2003 season. What a warrior.
Super Saiyan Kobe shits on anybody who's ever played basketball in the NBA, no comparison whatsoever
All yall arguing wen he was in his prime was wen he won the two rings wit pau. And to.be HONEST kobe been inn his prime since the third ring wit shaq FYM!!!!!..UNSTOPPABLE
Jordan Bryant Second Ring with Shaq was swaggering as well
"shaq make kobe doe" That is blasphemous kobe is the goat
Stephen A.? Is that you? Lol
Jamal Abdelbaset lls
52/106 points in a double OT game. They held the Rockets under 100 points through two overtimes too. how do you score 52 in such a defensive battle? great game from kobe
How can you not compare dis guy with Michael Jordan,, he is jus as good
Kobe was the first to dunk on Yao and Dwight Howard in the NBA haha
GOAT Game.
he should've been MVP that year
The scary thing about him during that year was, he was 24 and not even in his prime yet.
Still the best player in the game, how does he make all those clutch shots?
the only player better than kobe is jordan.no one else is even close
At 310 Kobe like hands down man down
now is when those 54 minutes played take its toll
@xxcrzygrlx Yup, 30.0ppg, 6.9rpg, 5.9apg & 2.2spg but they gave it to Duncan and he was cheated out MVP in 06 (35ppg, 5apg, 5rpg & 1.5spg).
@demurer 2003 is an underrated season for Kobe. He was absolutely amazing sure, one of his best seasons!!
'03 was definately the start of kobe's prime
Athletically, Yes this was his prime but mentally he is still in his prime. The most driven, focused athlete to be the best in the last 30 years. Yes, including Michael, because at that time there was no one like mike. Kobe accepted the challenge and now he will have his own video game in 2k21
@ 01:31 has any body noticed the guy clapping with the folded paper's he's always there even today I have been seing him since 2000 good fan
U know what impress ME the most Abt Kobe .. Its that even after his dunk over Ming he was still focus with all the intensity in his eyes. U recognise a winner and a champion with his behaviour on the court. Lebron wmight never get that in his career and thats the major reasons he will certainly not win as titles as kobe. Kobe top 5 or top10 in nba history for spme people and media but to me THE BEST EVER
Anybody else see that kobe was rockin the Jordan 3's throughout the whole game?
And who says it's not about the shoes!
basketball God...
dis.Kobe lebron comparison is.so insulting to me as.ah basketball fan cuz no way in hell lebron could ever be close to prince airness he's just not capable not in his DNA lets be real like y'all forgot
Kobe was injured half of the yaer
Kobe’s book brought me here
Actually kobe in his prime was from 2005-2011
L
@demurer I feel like '05-'06 was his best year.
Look at Kobe's shot, he strokes it JUST like MJ.
Awesome Kobe giving the Maddogg love!!
These are those west coast game where we only had box score or they came on super late
Yeah kobe was definitely in his prime in '03 and he had mikes on his feet
For those who keep saying this is prime Kobe you are wrong...Prime Kobe is 2007-2011...this is young, wild, and reckless(all in a good way) Kobe
false, Kobe was in his prime from 03-10, but his best years were from the 05-06 season till the 08-09 season
I'd agree with the exception of the 04-05 campaign...He just really wasn't the same that year...He came back stronger in the 06 season. Then again Kobe's "worst"season would be the BEST season for 95% of NBA players. LOL! No doubt he has been an extremely special player to watch...The NBA will suck when he retires.
Ya Mobley he dropped 52 man
Kobe was lighter in here. If Kobe8 played now, he would still get more rings as #24
@manhbx96 that move he did at 4:46....only cat in the league who can do this....this is "major" game
kobe was at his best in 06 imo....but thats just me; thats the year he scored 81 as well
i think he's talking about all around statistically
who was MVP this season?
If only the lakers could have given or find kobe a way to get him a better teammates around him back in the days after shaq left i think he wouldn't suffered a long drought championship on his career though.Thats why im so fcking mad and pissed when people say lebron was able to go championship games year by year.No disrespect to lebron,but cmon guys if kobe has the same roster player as what lebron have through his timeline specially if he is in EAST TEAM??Damn kobe would have been to championship game throughout his career man like foreal 💯 Damn i miss you kobe 💔 i wish i could have seen you play in actual game,but i just can't afford and i know its impossible since i live from a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY..
I never knew the Rockets once wore black
Aye to that mate
dis.Kobe lebron comparison is.so insulting to me as.ah basketball fan cuz no way in hell lebron could ever be close to prince airness he's just not capable not in his DNA lets be real like y'all forgot
@demurer Apparently you didn't see him play in 06' then.
@demurer kobe was at his personal best in 06. unstoppable.
And Glen Rice was with the Rockets...
Every Player to Finish Top 5 in MVP Voting 15 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6)
14 - LeBron James (4)
11 - Kobe Bryant (1), Bill Russell (5)
10 - Wilt Chamberlain (4), Michael Jordan (5)
#KB24EVER
In 2002-03 the black Mamba had 40 or more points in nine straight games, and Shaq''the diesel''had missed the first 12 games in the regular season from the off-season toe surgery the Lakers we're eliminated from the playoffs by eventual NBA champs San Antonio Spurs in the conference semifinals
Retro 3's.
@mrfantastic5555 most def...its a shame he had no real help at this time
Lol, of course that play at 8:40 was an assist, Kobe covered up that beautiful no-look pass with a clever disguise-fumble...
@bjdamob Yup .469 fg%, .380 3pt% & .830 ft%
@oneman91 good comment, i bet that they wouldnt win shit without kobe though
@vfgjhj He shot better from the 3pt line as well, his career high average is during that season.
if you look carefully, you'll see lebron was taking notes.
Although now that I give it another look, it does look like he pushes the ball Fishers way.
@Kenny1984 yea I had a feeling about that thanks though
Mobley… Of course you forgot your assignment
he baptized them both...lol
Me 2!
Kob used to fuck Yao up Every chance he got.....think he wanted to be like Mike never dunked on no 7’5 guy
lmao! @ 5:38
was that horry?
i like the NBC's NBA theme song, the TNT song sucks... NBA BACK TO NBC PLZ
glen rice was chubby at the end of his career watch 7:39 on
4.30 lol
This Kobe > Current Lebron
what happened in 04-05? they were terrible that year.
Nicholas James They we’re actually in the Playoff hunt, but Kobe had a severe ankle sprain against Cleveland which kept him out of quite a few games. Enough to bump the Lakers out of contention by the time he came back just before the All Star break.