Gilbert Arenas on Why Kobe Bryant Hated Smush Parker (Part 15)

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  • @MaseWindu15
    @MaseWindu15 9 месяцев назад +165

    I like Kobe but I can't rock with this. Can you imagine having a co-worker like this... "You don't have the accolades to speak to me." It's just stupid. All of you love Kobe... but if you ever worked with anyone that had his personality... Believe me you wouldn't like them and they wouldn't be cool with you at all.

    • @Carolinagunsmoke
      @Carolinagunsmoke 9 месяцев назад

      Go try to talk the ceo of the company you work for and see how you get brushed off after . Stop crying soft azz nxggaz ...

    • @bigt100
      @bigt100 8 месяцев назад +7

      Then do something about it best him in a one v one type shii

    • @cbrobinson10
      @cbrobinson10 8 месяцев назад +24

      Thats the problem, yall think you gotta be cool to work together. You dont. Do your job and thats it. Im not cool with lazy people at work because I come off condescending to dumb lazy people and idgaf about it. But the people that work with me and work hard love to work with and for me because they respect the work ethic. This is just a generation of entitlement and laziness

    • @realkoolvg
      @realkoolvg 8 месяцев назад

      @@cbrobinson10 🎯

    • @MaseWindu15
      @MaseWindu15 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@cbrobinson10 What you are failing to understand is being on the other side of it. When you come across someone who is better at doing the job than you are... Hands down they are just better... They get more employee awards and more recognition than you at work from the managers and higher ups. So because of this... When you step to them to say hello, to talk to them to form a bind with them because you both work at the same place... He tell you... Dude you don't have enough accolades to speak to me. It's like dude... We work in the same office... Get over yourself. Yes you won employee of the month, now you won employee of the year, yes the whole yearly bonus went to you... Yes, the company is paying to send you and your family to Hawaii because you are the best employee... That doesn't mean you have to come off to everyone else as a asshole.

  • @RolandBullock-ej8wl
    @RolandBullock-ej8wl 9 месяцев назад +283

    treat others the way you want to be treated......God sees everything!

    • @Far7rom
      @Far7rom 9 месяцев назад +6

      That's what kobe did!

    • @JohnHausser
      @JohnHausser 9 месяцев назад +5

      It’s cute that you still have an imaginary friend 😊

    • @jazz9236
      @jazz9236 9 месяцев назад

      Kobe would have challenged him if they told kobe get his accolades up

    • @waallaacce
      @waallaacce 9 месяцев назад +1

      God 😂

    • @youngcity4241
      @youngcity4241 9 месяцев назад +1

      It’s just basketball

  • @ganeshramnarine1206
    @ganeshramnarine1206 9 месяцев назад +535

    You can't disrespect people no matter how big or great you feel you are.

    • @youngcity4241
      @youngcity4241 9 месяцев назад +15

      That was his basketball persona not real life

    • @christianjames92
      @christianjames92 9 месяцев назад +16

      @@youngcity4241 What about the chick in Colorado or his parents he abandoned who are now poor after he left his entire estate to his wife who has since given the money to her parents?

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 9 месяцев назад +2

      Yes u can

    • @certifiedchaos4643
      @certifiedchaos4643 9 месяцев назад +16

      That simple ppl weird tryna defend that crazy toxic behavior

    • @BangBang-kq1kf
      @BangBang-kq1kf 9 месяцев назад

      @@ronald8071you a broke boy tho

  • @Marcell.Lovett
    @Marcell.Lovett 8 месяцев назад +48

    you can see the hurt in smush parker’s face
    the little chuckle was him trying to laugh it off

  • @HenryWilliams-t5g
    @HenryWilliams-t5g 9 месяцев назад +173

    I don't think that you have to be an asshole to be great!

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 9 месяцев назад +1

      You don't! Jordan's teammates love him to this day. Well, except for scottie pippen lol

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@jasongibbs3713and kobe was loved by his teammates well except smush

    • @tallmandingo22
      @tallmandingo22 9 месяцев назад +4

      No but if a lazy teammate is getting in the way of your mission by not giving his all, it would piss you the hell off tho

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@jcchambers7896 negative. Who ever said kobe was their friend?

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 8 месяцев назад +3

      @tallmandingo22 there's a difference between being lazy and not being obsessed. It's crazy how he looked down on Shaq for "being lazy" and Shaq was better than him!

  • @famouscriminals18
    @famouscriminals18 8 месяцев назад +49

    What’s interesting is Kobe respected Adam Morrison when Kimmel was roasting him for never playing. They respected each other in practice. There was something deeper with Smush.

    • @sirgengeneral
      @sirgengeneral 7 месяцев назад +4

      I think by that time Kobe had matured as a leader. Besides adam Morrison was actually a good player. I wish he would have got more playing time

    • @JR-vr2pz
      @JR-vr2pz 5 месяцев назад +6

      Yes, because Kobe saw Morrison consistently work hard in practice and, therefore, he respected him. He respected Morrison's work ethic and, therefore, respected him as a man.
      Kobe apparently felt that Smush didn't work hard in practice and, therefore, he didn't respect him.
      With Kobe and people like him, it is about work ethic and dedication to being the best you can be. Kobe respected work ethic.
      Kobe had no respect for people he felt were lazy, such as Smush Parker.

    • @Cdai500
      @Cdai500 3 месяца назад +1

      @@JR-vr2pzthe helicopter pilot didn’t respect him either or his little daughter 😂

    • @JR-vr2pz
      @JR-vr2pz 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Cdai500 didn't the helicopter pilot also die in that accident?

    • @skillz78
      @skillz78 25 дней назад +1

      Definitely something deeper than this bogus work ethic narrative everyone keeps pushing. First I haven’t heard anything in relation to Smush not having a good work ethic. Anyone else? Second Smush actually beat out a lot of guards in La to earn the starting job. Not bad for a prestigious franchise such as the Lakers. Kobe disses Smush during that season not even halfway over he said. So something had to have happened that soured Kobe. Smush said Kobe wasn’t a nice person in how he treated people in general. And he wasn’t referring to himself. So maybe Smush observed Kobe from afar and his interactions with teammates. Rubbed him the wrong way. Maybe he said something about it to teammates/team personnel in a convo. And word got back to Kobe? It’s strange.
      Smush played more games/started than Adam Morrison who was a top pick in the draft whereas Smush when undrafted. So how does Kobe like Adam who played 39 total games for lakers in 2 seasons avg 2ppg and 7mpg. Ironically that being his final stint in his nba career at age 25. “He worked hard”.
      The smush - Kobe relationship is more than smush rejecting some overnight work out call or snubbing Kobe to stay late at practice. Sorry. Lol

  • @johnnyrocket4711
    @johnnyrocket4711 9 месяцев назад +349

    How do people glorify this disrespect to teammates ?

    • @LexParker-z1p
      @LexParker-z1p 8 месяцев назад +20

      I hate lazy people, kobe was a workaholic, anyone not a workaholic around him will slow him down

    • @JECZ23
      @JECZ23 8 месяцев назад +63

      Just shows you the sickness of idolization. Let someone treat/talk to them or their kids like that & see how they feel. As great as Kobe & MJ were on court, they were complete ASSHOLES off of it but even MJ never talked to his teammates like this. Telling your backcourt teammate that's a starter WITH YOU to never talk to you is crazy. The guy that's in charge of giving YOU the ball at your best spots & running the offense. Smh

    • @Grainraiser
      @Grainraiser 8 месяцев назад +19

      I don't understand why no one ever put hands on Kobe.

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 8 месяцев назад +5

      But YALL PRAISE MJ FOR PUNCHING KERR AND MJ DISRESPECTED HO GRANT knocked his food down and told him he couldn't eat cuz of his game he played YALL GOTTA STOP PICKING AMD CHOOSEING DUDE

    • @JECZ23
      @JECZ23 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@Grainraiser Ask Reggie Miller & especially Chris Childs about that. Lol

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  9 месяцев назад

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  • @malikkhalid2941
    @malikkhalid2941 9 месяцев назад +563

    Don’t care who Kobe was but u ain’t gone talk to me like that

  • @crown3125
    @crown3125 8 месяцев назад +82

    I wonder how that conversation went when Kobe called Dwight Howard at 4am😂

    • @YashaKoman
      @YashaKoman 8 месяцев назад +28

      Dwight was probably in some gay bar at 4am lol

    • @gregorylagrange
      @gregorylagrange 8 месяцев назад +8

      They really did have a conversation before Howard got there where Kobe made up his mind that he wasn't going to work out.
      Kobe said Dwight kept asking about what are the clubs like and all the shine of L.A. instead of asking about how to get to the championship.

    • @jacksimmons8767
      @jacksimmons8767 4 месяца назад

      There was no conversation just long sullen silence on one end of the phone and you know that it could come from only one being BAT...I mean KOBE 😂

  • @kendrickbell8525
    @kendrickbell8525 9 месяцев назад +124

    Gil putting up 60 at Staples against kobe was granted his respect.💯

    • @snowman495
      @snowman495 8 месяцев назад +2

      Blah blah and still means nothing to anyone but Gilbert

    • @BigDic-qz8su
      @BigDic-qz8su 8 месяцев назад

      On Lakers Kobe didn't guard him in gil said Kobe gave him 60 the next game with gil guarding him

    • @GuapoSantana
      @GuapoSantana 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@BigDic-qz8su He scored about 17 of it on Kobe, and he made 21 FTs that game.

    • @reachllnx3954
      @reachllnx3954 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@BigDic-qz8sunobody ever drops their entire points on 1 person same way they say Kobe gave Jalen rose 81, Gil always got off on kobe

    • @rudimerm7686
      @rudimerm7686 8 месяцев назад

      @@BigDic-qz8su Kobe did not want to guard him. Kobe did not give him 60. Fact is AI, Marbury, Allan Houston, Gil, and a few others torched Kobe for 50 or 50+.

  • @moehendrxx7964
    @moehendrxx7964 9 месяцев назад +342

    If Lebron behaved like Kobe yall would go crazy lol

    • @Mb-yy7qi
      @Mb-yy7qi 9 месяцев назад +8

      we wanted flopping lebum too be like MJ and Kobe in this soft no big in the paint Nba

    • @DPeezy3158
      @DPeezy3158 8 месяцев назад +5

      Facts

    • @JLLOTT
      @JLLOTT 8 месяцев назад +1

      But he didn’t. Rest in peace mamba.

    • @MrSlickwilly09
      @MrSlickwilly09 8 месяцев назад +21

      If he behaved like Kobe he’d have more rings without team hopping to get them

    • @xionxxx3359
      @xionxxx3359 8 месяцев назад +8

      Yeah but Kobe went 5-2 in the finals a winning record. Lebron doesn’t

  • @cedricfontenette9187
    @cedricfontenette9187 9 месяцев назад +65

    6:00……that’s a fact most NBA players are just born tall…..if Kendrick Perkins was 6 ft he’d be working at Lowe’s

    • @elitehvm7360
      @elitehvm7360 9 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 9 месяцев назад +6

      Dude that don't make sense it's plenty tall guys that can't play basketball at all it's not being tall they got skills

    • @ronald8071
      @ronald8071 9 месяцев назад

      He didn't say nothing about them being tall dude u stupid

    • @cedricfontenette9187
      @cedricfontenette9187 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@ronald8071 I agree bro but I think we can both agree that if deandre jordan or kendrick Perkins had there current skill set as a 6 footer…they would be high school jv level players

    • @six3reggie
      @six3reggie 8 месяцев назад +1

      Facts

  • @stringer2295
    @stringer2295 9 месяцев назад +596

    The amount of people in this comment section agreeing with Kobe is wild, Smush Parker could say the same thing to 96% of the worlds population. That was wack and just because yall are Kobe fans yall can’t glaze everything he did.

    • @hovz-zo8lf
      @hovz-zo8lf 9 месяцев назад +56

      Stay mad.

    • @rolio9775
      @rolio9775 9 месяцев назад +56

      It's a bunch of kids here who never lived you can't blame them...they don't know no better.

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 9 месяцев назад +29

      Stop crying

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@hovz-zo8lf explain?

    • @marvij200
      @marvij200 9 месяцев назад +30

      I agree. I respect what Kobe did, but that doesn't exclude me from commenting on the fd up stuff he did. The internet is wild; they won't let you win this one

  • @muchkasolo8915
    @muchkasolo8915 8 месяцев назад +81

    Flexing helicopters and then going out in one is crazy work 😮

    • @702TifosiGambler
      @702TifosiGambler 8 месяцев назад

      you better cut that silly ass Jamaican voodoo shit off your head nigga, fuk is you talking bout Reggie 😂😂

    • @jexcel07
      @jexcel07 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yea he got on a helicopter 🚁 🤐😳

    • @mikee3261
      @mikee3261 7 месяцев назад

      Everybody dies

    • @functioningvirgins
      @functioningvirgins 4 месяца назад

      😂

    • @moschopsmad
      @moschopsmad 3 месяца назад

      @@mikee3261yeah but it’s not usually as funny as when Kobe died

  • @jonpoon3896
    @jonpoon3896 8 месяцев назад +11

    I clicked to hear Gil’s opinion, but got Vlad’s

  • @derrickwilliams936
    @derrickwilliams936 9 месяцев назад +56

    Kobe was dumb for acting like that! Ur supposed to be a leader u shouldn’t create that kind of division on your own team. If I was management I definitely would have called Kobe in my office! That’s wack rip Kobe tho

    • @mroctober3583
      @mroctober3583 9 месяцев назад +2

      Kobe realized this eventually it just took some growing pains

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +4

      Kobe realized smush was wasting his time and he was pissed off 😂😂😂 get dude outta here he weak lol

    • @805oxnardsocal
      @805oxnardsocal 9 месяцев назад +5

      By your comment I can tell you soft

    • @derrickwilliams936
      @derrickwilliams936 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@jcchambers7896 that’s not how u lead tho. U gotta work with what u got and figure out how to get the best out of it

    • @derrickwilliams936
      @derrickwilliams936 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@805oxnardsocal by yours I can tell your slow

  • @donaldmcgee6334
    @donaldmcgee6334 9 месяцев назад +40

    Wasn't that the same Kobe than ran up and hugged Smush after he stole the inbound pass against Phoenix?

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +39

      Same jordan who punched kerr in the face and passed him the ball for a game winner 🤷🏿‍♂️ can u help me win everything else is irrelevant

    • @albertlatscha
      @albertlatscha 8 месяцев назад +8

      Smush hit a 3 the play before also

    • @BiG_Daddy_Hollingsworth_843
      @BiG_Daddy_Hollingsworth_843 8 месяцев назад +5

      Effort that's what he wanted

  • @officialklf5444
    @officialklf5444 9 месяцев назад +12

    Vlad: I walked down to Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site 😮

  • @michellee7469
    @michellee7469 9 месяцев назад +62

    I love Kobe. He’s the only celebrity death I’ve actually cried for but in this situation he was flat out wrong!!

    • @jeffmiller3499
      @jeffmiller3499 9 месяцев назад +3

      Same. Well him and Steve Irwin.

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@jeffmiller3499dang Steve did hurt he was real one bro was down for it all 😂😂😂😂

    • @50000DSI
      @50000DSI 9 месяцев назад

      ~LOLOLOLOLOLOL...1LOVE

    • @100spurs
      @100spurs 9 месяцев назад +4

      Crying for someone you don’t know? Wild

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@100spursyea

  • @rtv2324
    @rtv2324 9 месяцев назад +39

    Trevor Ariza didn't have accolades before LA. But when Kobe challenged him . Trevor stepped up to the plate. Before La nobody knew who Trevor was. He worked hard and played 10 more years after the Lakers wow smush Parker play maybe a year or two in the NBA after the Lakers

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +4

      That's a great point 😂😂😂 but smush got In his feels that's why he had to go

    • @brantonsims4636
      @brantonsims4636 9 месяцев назад +11

      That’s what I try to tell people bruh. That was clearly a challenge from Kobe. Smush chose to fold. That’s his fault, not Kobe’s. We can name all kinds of teammates Kobe had that may not have been all stars but he respected them. Find me one teammate besides Smush Parker that talks bad about Kobe. Vlad clearly reached out to Kobe when he was still alive and got turned down and he in his feelings. Even that Telfair story don’t mean Kobe was a bad person.

    • @rtv2324
      @rtv2324 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@brantonsims4636 You a 💯. Smush should have took the challenge like a man. It's plenty of players that didn't have accolades but they didn't fold like a B*****

    • @kingkobun81
      @kingkobun81 9 месяцев назад +5

      Ariza was already a local legend in LA before the Lakers. He balled hard at Westchester High and UCLA

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@kingkobun81 I don't think bean cared about none of that what can u do in the league

  • @tallmandingo22
    @tallmandingo22 9 месяцев назад +16

    Smush was probably out clubbing enjoying that LA life. Kobe had the same beef with Dwight.

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 9 месяцев назад +13

      Smush is a grown man,what he does off the court is his business,not kobe's.Kobe should've been working out in the gym while in Colorado,instead of cheating with that 18 yr old kid in that hotel room.

    • @calvinm1866
      @calvinm1866 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@kerry-j4m Yeah, no one wants to talk about that. Great point.

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@calvinm1866 Thank you,it's appreciated.

    • @Mark-th4sz
      @Mark-th4sz 6 месяцев назад

      @@kerry-j4m Bingo. I would never wish anything bad on anybody both Kobe flex about a helicopter and having that to be the cause of his death is ironic.

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 6 месяцев назад

      @@Mark-th4sz Very ironic,unfortunately. RIP : To both Kobe and his daughter-GIANNA.

  • @beshertakin531
    @beshertakin531 9 месяцев назад +127

    That helicopter story didnt aged well..

    • @SkyboxBlvck
      @SkyboxBlvck 9 месяцев назад +14

      Damn but that’s true 💯

    • @eldonmirjah7549
      @eldonmirjah7549 8 месяцев назад +14

      I wish Vlad would stop bringing it up. Kinder tasteless smh...Especially since he always speaks about how he lives in that area of the crash site and was there etc etc... straight fuckery SMH.

    • @deliciousfilms
      @deliciousfilms 8 месяцев назад +11

      The reality is this: flying by helicopter has its inherent risk. The probability of crashing is not zero. And if you continually commute by helicopter, the more u fly, the probability of crashing becomes bigger n bigger the more u fly. In the end, Murphy's law is never wrong. Given enough repetition, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

    • @eldonmirjah7549
      @eldonmirjah7549 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@deliciousfilms We can say the same with ANY form of transportation, it's never zero (the probability of crashing) and the more you use that form of transportation, the probability of crashing increases.

    • @robertmyers-i7f
      @robertmyers-i7f 8 месяцев назад

      The queen doesn't fly in helicopters the risk is to high statistically. Us. President does though.

  • @JohnSmith-nm4zd
    @JohnSmith-nm4zd 8 месяцев назад +22

    Kobe's mentality was that respect was not given, it was earned

    • @BM-du4xo
      @BM-du4xo 7 месяцев назад +11

      Respect for another human being, a team player? I get the respect about the game but human decency is a whole other matter

  • @GrimmjowJaegerjaquez1003
    @GrimmjowJaegerjaquez1003 8 месяцев назад +1

    If I told you don’t want you to talk to me, then move around.
    I don’t owe you anything in life just as nobody else owes me anything either
    Yall are a bunch of babies, this is a grown man that is crying because a man wouldn’t talk to you.
    Get it together 3:34

  • @freekyreek404
    @freekyreek404 7 месяцев назад +6

    Kobe woulda respected Smush, had Smush responded aggressively.

  • @kingdavid8657
    @kingdavid8657 8 месяцев назад +1

    2:30 and yet Kobe was a great person. Just because you don't like somebody in your field of business doesn't mean you're a bad person. There's a lot of people that I have worked with that I didn't F with or want to talk to or have conversations with. Even when I played basketball, I had teammates that I liked on the court and didn't like off and teammates I didn't like on the court and liked off.
    This doesn't mean Kobe was a bad person, this is simply a co-worker you don't F with that you think doesn't do their job well.
    Smush Parker averaged 3 points and 1 assists per game before he came to LA. Somehow got the starting job.
    Then he spent 2 years in LA and was out the league within a year.
    So Kobe clearly saw something and saw he wasn't putting in the work.
    Y'all think people that are trying to grind and accomplish something are supposed to like lazy people. That doesn't make you a bad person because you hate lazy.

  • @quairan2099
    @quairan2099 9 месяцев назад +20

    Flying in a helicopter is not a flex anymore.

    • @VENGEFULHEXX
      @VENGEFULHEXX 8 месяцев назад +3

      Oh okay so where yours at?

    • @maximus3294
      @maximus3294 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@VENGEFULHEXX nowhere to be seen, just like a live kobe

    • @jasonreyes5767
      @jasonreyes5767 8 месяцев назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣​@@VENGEFULHEXX

  • @Juniorgong11
    @Juniorgong11 9 месяцев назад +10

    Gill is wrong again. Results is what matters. Nobody cares if u work hard. Did u win is the question. How hard u work only comes into play when u lose. Many people work hard everyday but we don’t hear about them unless they win.

    • @JustinByron
      @JustinByron 9 месяцев назад

      A.I: "Pratice?!"

    • @jay9549-k9u
      @jay9549-k9u 8 месяцев назад +1

      He’s not wrong. It’s an opinion, 2 things can be true at the same time. If you win but you cheated or cut every corner possible, anybody with a moral compass wouldn’t respect the win….. Of course results matter but if we found out how you got those results and we find out you got to those results the most underhanded way possible, the results now have an asterisk.

    • @Juniorgong11
      @Juniorgong11 8 месяцев назад

      So let me ask this question. One guy grinds his ass off and becomes a millionaire. Next guy wins the lottery and becomes a millionaire Or better yet the millions was handed down from inheritance. Is that persons money not respected? Is that money any less valuable ? Results is what matters winners determine history.

    • @Juniorgong11
      @Juniorgong11 8 месяцев назад +1

      Better yet go to your job everyday and never complete a task ur job requires you to complete and tell your boss u worked really hard every day just can’t get it done and see what happens

    • @jay9549-k9u
      @jay9549-k9u 8 месяцев назад

      @@Juniorgong11 first of all the overall premise is success/winning so that work comparison with no results doesn’t apply. And in regards to the earned millions vs lottery/inheritance, duh the money isn’t less valuable but no one cares about a lottery winner, they usually go broke fast because they don’t know the value of the money because they didn’t work for it and have to manage it. The inheritance millionaire is sometimes the same with money management and no one respects a person with daddy’s money unless they flip it and do something even better with it.
      Everyone loves an underdog who bust their ass and came from nothing to a millionaire. They’re always more respected..

  • @danielleshipman9001
    @danielleshipman9001 9 месяцев назад +3

    3:11 This explains the entire NBA right now…

  • @754diesel
    @754diesel 9 месяцев назад +27

    MJ would’ve told smush the same thing too

    • @hovz-zo8lf
      @hovz-zo8lf 9 месяцев назад +15

      MJ would have made him cry

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@hovz-zo8lfyeah, it would’ve been worse. Kobe spared smush 😂😂😂😂

    • @Dark0_Cl0ud
      @Dark0_Cl0ud 9 месяцев назад +3

      Smush would of wanted to steal on Mike 😂😂😂😂 the Brooklyn woulda came out no diddy

    • @lovelygivan1442
      @lovelygivan1442 9 месяцев назад +1

      WHY? WHO THE HELL ARE THEY OF THIS WORLD!?

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 9 месяцев назад

      ​@ishaqmuhammad5095 why you saying no diddy for damn goofy 😂

  • @jgok5580
    @jgok5580 8 месяцев назад +6

    I would have called him out for a fade right there.. if you don’t respect me, then we must need to establish some. Plain & simple. & it wouldn’t have extended into any unnecessary beef.. just a little squabble to get some act right & i love Kobe

    • @Grainraiser
      @Grainraiser 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah he make not respect my work ethic but let's see how he like my hands.

  • @hoopxnation
    @hoopxnation 7 месяцев назад +1

    Having a mentality like that and working hard proving himself since he’s a kid, I get why Kobe is like that. If you don't work like him or give the same effort like he does, he wont respect you. Smoosh’s story isn't complete. We need to get the whole context.

  • @Mo1683
    @Mo1683 9 месяцев назад +4

    🤔Y’all know what the irony is? How’d Kobe always get away with talkin’ tuff when we all saw Chris Childs bless him w/a Popeyes special?

  • @lupodemayo7243
    @lupodemayo7243 8 месяцев назад

    Hearing this story and hearing how he treated his parents, that’s Kobe.

  • @pvoapparelstore
    @pvoapparelstore 8 месяцев назад +5

    We wouldve been throwing hands 😂😂💯💪🏾

  • @DuckThePoet
    @DuckThePoet 7 месяцев назад +2

    Lol Kobe was the direct personification of hard work and dedication, we all know more than half his teammates weren’t willing to work as hard to win championships. How can you not be upset as the best player trynna to get others to step up nd they show u they’re not ready, grown men mad at their co worker bc he’s willing to work as hard as possible and can’t afford to interact with others that jeopardize his work ethic.

    • @hardwoodthought1213
      @hardwoodthought1213 7 месяцев назад

      lol. Why the fuck would dudes who get paid 10x less and get 100x less recognition work as hard as Kobe?

    • @DuckThePoet
      @DuckThePoet 7 месяцев назад

      @@hardwoodthought1213 bc that’s what the pay is based on how well you play and improve as a player if you don’t work hard u won’t get paid much you must think everything is handed to you without hard work especially being in the NBA

    • @hardwoodthought1213
      @hardwoodthought1213 7 месяцев назад

      @@DuckThePoet Duncan worked half as hard as Kobe yet achieved more. You act like hard work is some golden mantra guaranteed to succeed? Everyone is different. Expecting regular players to work out at 3 AM because you had an autistic sociopathic mindset shows exactly why Kobe was a scumbag

  • @princellasmith7562
    @princellasmith7562 8 месяцев назад +5

    I just feel the need to remind people that you do not have to make other people feel small in order for you to be big. I am a Kobe Bryant fan. Grew up watching his games, but it is always distressing to hear these types of stories about him.
    I am hyper competitive. Former college athlete. Emmy nominee. Have a decent résumé for the professional tracks that I have chosen. I never understood people who thought they had to bully other folks in the workplace.
    I have been bullied, and I have watched people regret that they did it to me. It’s not just that I am a high achiever, and I’m going to overcome regardless. It’s also that life has a way of bringing that energy back into your life. When you are mean and hateful to folks, it’s just a matter of time before that comes back to you.

    • @MF-Rell
      @MF-Rell 7 месяцев назад

      Soft

  • @moegrant4433
    @moegrant4433 8 месяцев назад +1

    Most of you in these comments have no idea who Kobe was as a player. I’m from Philly and we knew more than his fans in Los Angeles. There are countless stories about Jordan, Magic, KG, Bird and others doing the same type of thing. When Byron Scott first got to the Lakers, Magic Johnson didn’t speak to him until he proved himself. This was a way to motivate the player to prove that he was worthy. Kobe didn’t hate Smush personally, just his work ethic. When opposing players used to get the best of Gasol, Kobe would call him out publicly, and tell him to “put his big boy pants on”. It toughened Pau up and made him a 2X champion, and they became the best of friends. Lakers fans know that Kobe grabbed Smush and gave him the biggest hug after his steal against the Suns in the playoffs… so stop with the BS!

  • @Teampierrellc
    @Teampierrellc 8 месяцев назад +2

    He could’ve responded with his play and work ethic. Context matters here. Kobe wanted to win and gave everything he has to winning versus a guy putting a fraction of the work ethic

  • @Aceboogie2386
    @Aceboogie2386 8 месяцев назад +6

    I love how his answer is 100% speculation about a call to work out 😂

    • @calvinm1866
      @calvinm1866 8 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed, he pulled that straight from you know what. I find that if someone is successful or famous people make excuses for their prick behavior a lot more often.

  • @ceenote6364
    @ceenote6364 8 месяцев назад

    That’s the way of life at Kobe level. You don’t approach or call people when you’re majorly successful. It’s taught and accepted in all genres of success.

  • @805oxnardsocal
    @805oxnardsocal 9 месяцев назад +11

    Kobe was different rip mamba💜💛🐍

  • @sovereign3351
    @sovereign3351 8 месяцев назад +1

    Kobe didn't respect anyone who failed to put in the work to be great and had no patience for teammates like that especially earlier in his career

  • @hishers9779
    @hishers9779 8 месяцев назад +20

    It is what it is at the end of the day. Some people respect you and some don’t.

  • @alex1vid
    @alex1vid 8 месяцев назад +2

    You can CHALLENGE a teammate. Take another example - Steve Kerr. Everyone knows the Jordan story when Kerr was punched. But look at the type of teammate Kerr was and how he had Jordan's trust 100%. Kerr didn't back down - that guy was one of the biggest fighters in the game I'd seen. I think that's what it's about. Jordan saw guys get there that weren't part of the huge FIGHTS in Chicago Stadium but were there for the cushy United Center. And he thought Kerr was just one of those guys. Kerr proved he wasn't and had a backbone.
    But other guys on the team struggled at times. Rodney McCray rings a bell, as does Dennis Hopson. But Burrell kind of captures it best - Jordan was trying to get a response or a FIGHT but that just wasn't his personality. With Scott Burrell Jordan was genuinely interested because he saw something in the (then) kid - he was a guy that excelled at BOTH Baseball and Basketball, baseball a level. Guy was a talent and gifted. Could be similar with Smush Parker - he's just not that kind of guy.
    Just the way it is though, we're all different. Bryant, Jordan, etc. - they're just different. They think (thought) different. Intense. But the odd, funny thing sometimes is how they are with their own kids. I tip my hat to Jordan in a way there because he seemed acutely aware of the pressure his own kids might have just because they had his name & how to make sure they could carve their own lives and futures with his support. He toned stuff WAY down for them. Just like Bryant did, etc. And I'll say this - I've seen Gil Arena's kid play basketball and what I really like... is I see a kid that genuinely enjoys the game, a testament to how Arenas is with him.

  • @marshayemanuel1991
    @marshayemanuel1991 9 месяцев назад +5

    Listen to his name

  • @jaycruz4113
    @jaycruz4113 8 месяцев назад +2

    I’m with Kobe on this one. I would have no respect if my co-worker was lazy or didn’t put in the work

  • @slipnorris5882
    @slipnorris5882 8 месяцев назад +11

    Kobe trying provoke Smush into a better player.

  • @CJ-vh2hf
    @CJ-vh2hf 8 месяцев назад +2

    Why is Vlad painting Kobe as a horrible person just because he had a way of handling his teammates who didn’t put in the hard work?

  • @jorge157
    @jorge157 9 месяцев назад +30

    RIP Kobe but he was lucky he didn’t get his ass kicked. Hell of a player but damn did he do some disrespectful stuff. Jordan said shit to Robert Parish and he turn around and told him, if he disrespected him again, he was going to kick his ass! 😂

    • @deebrown9263
      @deebrown9263 8 месяцев назад

      Yall not realizing fighting Kobe gets u put off the team

    • @jorge157
      @jorge157 8 месяцев назад

      @@deebrown9263 He didn’t own the team and there is a ring called respect. If he had keys guys kicked off the team, he wouldn’t have won shit! Plain and simple.

    • @deebrown9263
      @deebrown9263 8 месяцев назад

      @@jorge157 he didn't own the team but he was the most important piece , he wouldn't have won without the other good players, Smush wasn't important enough to fight n stay on the team, what u think would happen to any lakers player if Kobe said either trade him or I want to be traded ,. Hey smush let me see u in my office

    • @jorge157
      @jorge157 8 месяцев назад

      @@deebrown9263 agree but smush would have gotten himself kicked out for not producing. I liked Kobe and the way he approached the game but there also has to be respect.

    • @PandasRViolent
      @PandasRViolent 8 месяцев назад

      MJ did that same disrespectful stuff to Mark Henry during the Olympics and he had to check him too. If you check these bullies when they get out of pocket they may not like you but they will respect you

  • @Danny-sd5vm
    @Danny-sd5vm 8 месяцев назад

    I was going to Fordham the year Smush Parker was there. I played a bunch of pickup basketball in the fieldhouse and I got to play with Smush a couple of times. The dude was so talented and was clearly a gifted player. Smush was supposed to be the one that would make Fordham a top A-10 program. He disappeared after his freshman year and fast forward 3 or 4 years later and I see him running point on the Lakers with. I wish Smush would have been given an opportunity to shine in the League.

  • @rudochase
    @rudochase 9 месяцев назад +30

    Kobe tried to be like Jordan too much.. arrogance is not becoming of a human being. Even a dog gets treated with respect, your accolades don’t mean shit. How you treat ppl in this life is all that matters. If you Think you’re better than anyone, the most high will show u, you’re not.

    • @marks5625
      @marks5625 8 месяцев назад

      Thank you for saying that👍🏽

    • @MrOneanddone91
      @MrOneanddone91 8 месяцев назад

      💯

    • @ArmandoKozomara
      @ArmandoKozomara 8 месяцев назад

      It's one story. Kobe was genuinely a good dude and making positive impact

  • @ryankellz
    @ryankellz 9 месяцев назад +6

    Kobe was basically letting smush know he was in the nba but still wasting talent.
    I'm sure smush didn't put in all the work kobe expects his teammates to do because he never disrespected the game and expected his teammates to do the same.
    Derek fisher perfect example.
    What other teams did smush play for? Did he thrive??

    • @exterminator_1986
      @exterminator_1986 8 месяцев назад

      Thats such a lame take

    • @ryankellz
      @ryankellz 8 месяцев назад +2

      @exterminator_1986 HOW DO YOU FIGURE? IF your notnwilling to put in the work to be a champion within 1st why play, 2nd why try to communicate with someone who is only focused on winning?? Sorry but you must not get it. WINNERS WANNA WIN AND ONLY WANNA DEAL WITH WINNERS,. SMUSH was nit waking up at 4am or 5am to put in the work.. did u see smush Parker after the lakers??? Didn't think so.. at the time Kobe was left stranded with mediocre talent around him such as smush Parker, Luke walton, Chris mihm, smh yall just don't get it.

    • @frankcarter3002
      @frankcarter3002 8 месяцев назад

      How can you be so sure?🤔….you wasn’t in the locker room, you wasn’t at practice, you was never playing in the game itself. To say that your sure smush didn’t put in the work without proof is crazy and just straight up dick riding lol.

  • @tavinwallack24
    @tavinwallack24 8 месяцев назад +2

    What kobe said to parker was a challenge to get better. He should have said ok we will see about that. Not get in his feelings

  • @zulufader9313
    @zulufader9313 8 месяцев назад +9

    Kobe was a real POS, many players in the league didn't wanna play with the Lakers because he rarely passed the ball.

  • @hoodie5004
    @hoodie5004 8 месяцев назад

    co worker : "you cant talk to me until you get some more accolades under your belt!"
    me : "nigga this mc donalds!"

  • @wizardkelly206
    @wizardkelly206 9 месяцев назад +29

    He came in a helicopter. He left in one too.

    • @VAswang
      @VAswang 9 месяцев назад +4

      Damn! That’s something Kobe would say!

    • @marcussims1615
      @marcussims1615 8 месяцев назад

      "you left in a car" Kobe to someone who died in a car accident

  • @idklol4197
    @idklol4197 6 месяцев назад +1

    3:03 thats a wild way to start a conversation

  • @AlonzoDejean-ll8hb
    @AlonzoDejean-ll8hb 9 месяцев назад +6

    This is what I call crazy basketball is just a job

  • @joshnaround_9463
    @joshnaround_9463 7 месяцев назад

    Gil’s good at making his opinions sound like facts that actually happened

  • @george._sir._gemini.175
    @george._sir._gemini.175 9 месяцев назад +11

    You reap What you sow.....

  • @XTheUnknown-u8j
    @XTheUnknown-u8j 9 месяцев назад +15

    2:44-2:48 He came in on a helicopter and he went out on one. 😁

  • @RobertSand-o3c
    @RobertSand-o3c 4 месяца назад

    Wow... this is the first time I heard Sebastian Telfair's story. The helicopter line is crazy.

  • @AyooGrim
    @AyooGrim 9 месяцев назад +17

    Helicopter flexing turned into helicopter karma is craaazy

  • @fudgematthew33
    @fudgematthew33 8 месяцев назад

    "Your greatness is God-given, not work ethic." I can respect Kobe's mentality.

  • @Nunyabeez1
    @Nunyabeez1 9 месяцев назад +39

    So basically Kobe didn't like anyone that didn't agree with him & kiss his butt. Got it!

    • @jcchambers7896
      @jcchambers7896 9 месяцев назад +3

      Just like jordan

    • @blacgoat8916
      @blacgoat8916 9 месяцев назад +4

      Sounds like something a hater would say

    • @Crimson23Tide
      @Crimson23Tide 9 месяцев назад +3

      No, if you wasn’t good or giving your all he didn’t fuck with you. That’s it

    • @tonycoleman21
      @tonycoleman21 9 месяцев назад +2

      He's the boss. You show up to work if you care about this job. I'm sure it wasn't every night. It was a test. He FAILED

    • @arizonaFIREent
      @arizonaFIREent 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@tonycoleman21he wasn't the boss when Shaq won the finals mvp every year

  • @BASETECHG5
    @BASETECHG5 10 дней назад

    Just happy Kobe kept it basketball. He’s not disrespecting parents or any family members. He kept it about the sport.

  • @JohnHausser
    @JohnHausser 9 месяцев назад +4

    Kobe was right ! Mentally of a winner 💪

    • @williammitchell5066
      @williammitchell5066 9 месяцев назад +1

      He wasn’t in Colorado telling on Shaq

    • @DMCdaJUICE
      @DMCdaJUICE 9 месяцев назад

      Yea treat people like shit that's the way to be you a clown

  • @a.n.t.podcast9320
    @a.n.t.podcast9320 8 месяцев назад +1

    A person can feel disrespected by someone saying “get off my car you ain’t got enough money to be by that car” and no matter how you feel about it it’s THE TRUTH so yo problem

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 3 дня назад

      wtf is the relation to this

    • @a.n.t.podcast9320
      @a.n.t.podcast9320 3 дня назад

      @ da relation is smush has no accolades meaning he da nigga who ain’t got enough money to be Sittin on a $250000 car.. I.e him talkn to Kobe

  • @mdpatterson1996
    @mdpatterson1996 7 месяцев назад +3

    Vlad is the Police 👮‍♀️ !!!

  • @JohnixFTW
    @JohnixFTW Месяц назад

    2:48 kobe did always like his helicopter maneuverability, but honestly they are scary af obviously

  • @GTH357
    @GTH357 9 месяцев назад +9

    Kobe was arrogant . He got it from Jordan

    • @MCFrutek
      @MCFrutek 9 месяцев назад +1

      He could be, because he was at that time the best guard in NBA ! Just lIke MJ in 90es.

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@MCFrutekI thought Iverson was better

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 9 месяцев назад +4

      Jordan was arrogant, but ppl still liked him. I've never heard anyone say they liked Kobe

    • @JoeNeely
      @JoeNeely 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@jasongibbs3713exactly

  • @MrSilus2000
    @MrSilus2000 2 месяца назад +1

    Kobe tried to play this card on Shaq too. “I work harder than you therefore you’re beneath me”. The dude never learned a personality of his own always a copycat using other people’s words and moves

    • @Gazz.z
      @Gazz.z Месяц назад

      I bet you didn't tried to copy your dad when you was a kid no? I guess he wasn't a good dad 😂.

  • @WeGetItOutTheMudTv
    @WeGetItOutTheMudTv 9 месяцев назад +4

    I don’t know if people give love a pass because he was so
    “great at basketball “, but let’s be honest, Kobe had serious issues. No way you can justify treating another human being like shit based on your expectations in basketball. Look how he turned his back on his fkn family, the people that made him who he was, smmfh. It’s obvious he didn’t have real friends in his life. Like how your wife don’t fix the problem he had with his mother and father.

  • @IsmailAbdulMusic
    @IsmailAbdulMusic 8 месяцев назад +1

    I have a song about it. Song is called "Don't Even Matter" and it features Hollywood Street Savage

  • @754diesel
    @754diesel 9 месяцев назад +11

    Smush didn’t sacrifice to be great, so Kobe didn’t respect him. Simple as that

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 9 месяцев назад +4

      How do you know, he was a starter in the nba lol

    • @fredrickjohnson9473
      @fredrickjohnson9473 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@stringer2295jordan would have done the same thing yall some hoes 😂

    • @jasongibbs3713
      @jasongibbs3713 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@stringer2295exactly. I'm sure he sacrificed a lot to even get to that point

  • @walterfields3467
    @walterfields3467 2 месяца назад

    Me & a coworker almost threw hands on the job years ago over a similar type situation. A man isnt gonna stand for disrespect no matter who it's from, and if u want MY respect u better show it first. I get Gil's explanation of Kobe's mindset & it makes absolute sense why he probably treated him like that...but that doesnt justify it. But like they said, a true GOAT isnt concerned about ur feelings.

  • @mopar_keys
    @mopar_keys 9 месяцев назад +3

    That was a asshole move Kobe or not you got me fucked up 😤

  • @TrenaE-i4b
    @TrenaE-i4b 8 месяцев назад +2

    Kobe was Kobe him and Shaq brought Lakers back he was a kid when he started Kobe had LA hearts him & shaq

  • @dripcheck5293
    @dripcheck5293 9 месяцев назад +3

    It’s 2 type of people winners and losers you choose 1!!!!! RIP KOBE! 🙏🏽

  • @JudeanIsrealite
    @JudeanIsrealite 6 месяцев назад +2

    Words condemn! You left here in a helicopter too Kobe! Stay humble

  • @CensorTube84
    @CensorTube84 9 месяцев назад +6

    Cause he was soft and not a winner

    • @754diesel
      @754diesel 9 месяцев назад

      Facts

    • @stringer2295
      @stringer2295 9 месяцев назад +5

      You clearly have never played sports before and/or don’t watch sports

    • @oneshot1824
      @oneshot1824 9 месяцев назад +1

      Smush is a tether . Kobe knew the future 😂

  • @Kingkong-qu8eh
    @Kingkong-qu8eh 9 месяцев назад

    This guy is extremely intelligent probably one of the smartest guests in a very long time

  • @Bigedub101
    @Bigedub101 9 месяцев назад +3

    MaMbA mEnTaLiTy.

  • @goldwold
    @goldwold 8 месяцев назад

    I loved it when Gilbert played for the Warriors.

  • @RJParker-fn5yv
    @RJParker-fn5yv 8 месяцев назад +1

    Live by the chopper dye by the chopper 😂

  • @BeHope113
    @BeHope113 8 месяцев назад

    You get back what you give out in life. Beware how you treat people.

  • @kingtufff263
    @kingtufff263 8 месяцев назад

    Shoutout to Gilbert you really understand why the comments are so negative

  • @WallStBully
    @WallStBully 8 месяцев назад

    What’s funny is that i played with Smush growing up…he had that same energy with other ball players as Kobe had with him.

    • @Zilla-15
      @Zilla-15 8 месяцев назад

      sure he did buddy

  • @RonJP-pm7jp
    @RonJP-pm7jp 7 месяцев назад

    It’s a way to say anything and people should treat people with respect but this is similar to someone at work that’s just focus on work and not interested in small talk.

  • @BirdFromYakiVegas
    @BirdFromYakiVegas 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Kobe & ShaQ beef was HALARIOUS YO!

  • @dionreed7325
    @dionreed7325 9 месяцев назад +1

    How is smush offended by what Kobe said if it was only about basketball

  • @russ5896
    @russ5896 8 месяцев назад +2

    Kobe was calling Dudes at 3am to come practice and if they didn’t do it He would disrespect them. Kobe was not the Head Coach.

    • @PandasRViolent
      @PandasRViolent 8 месяцев назад +1

      Doing all that work just to be a cheap imitation of the GOAT

  • @demontreten
    @demontreten 8 месяцев назад +1

    If Smush is telling the truth than Kobe was out of pocket. But Smush shouldve handled that situation.
    Kobe Bryant isnt here to tell his side of the story. So we'll never know.
    There's a lot of players who don't have Kobe accolades & he's cool with them. So that tells me there's more to the story.
    But instead of talking about Kobe & he's not here to defend himself, Smush should talk about the good things his teammates said about him & great moments in his career. If any.

  • @kaenamoose7337
    @kaenamoose7337 7 месяцев назад

    I get where people coming from on the disrespect side, but I totally understand challenging someone and seeing how they act. As Gil said the people who are cool with Kobe showed up. They met the challenge and showed him that they are equally as invested at this thing as he is. He may have come across to some as an asshole which even those who love him might agree. But he was a leader and trying to make everyone better, so he wouldn't have to do it all himself even though he fucken would, and win. Now I ain't comparing myself or my brother to Kobe, but we used to do the same shit when we worked in this industrial freezer for this big ass distribution company. This man ain't start out as my brother but as a co worker. I was the lead in the freezer and he got hired and volunteered to come in there cuz he was game to work. At first I just taught him the basics because I wanted to see how he worked. This man may have been raw but he fucken worked. Any order for any customer he was game to select. He would ask questions when need be but he just worked harder till he learned how to do it smarter. After a week or two I stopped him while we were selecting and talked with him. And told him I see you doing this and this and that's awesome I can see you learning the product and the orders and you getting better. Here's some tips and tricks to make your life easier and make you better. He took that and ran with it. We then began kicking it after work drinking some beers and talking story. A week or 2 later he comes up to me as we are about to start our shift and he goes I'm coming for your case count tonight. Tonight's the night I beat you. And it caught me off guard because as much as we would talk shit and joke it was never work related. Keep in mind he said this in front of other team members some who I had trained and some who had been there for a hot minute who's respect I had earned. And without missing a beat I turned to him and said " on your best day you couldn't catch me even at my worst " and the challenge was born. Looking back at it either one of our comments would've made some people fold but it brought out a competitive mindset in us that a lot of people didn't understand. Some people thought and still think we hate eachother from the way we used to go at one another, we'd argue at times, and be cursing at eachother. But we found that we both hate to lose more than either of us love to win. I worked with that man for 6 years, when people ask me how he's doing now I tell them "my brother is doing good, I just was at his house this past weekend" my life was forever changed from meeting this man. I love him to death, our families hang out all the time, birthdays, beach days , BBQs . See you this weekend Eli, I'll have the beers cold and you'll have the grill hot.

  • @jessemarlon9360
    @jessemarlon9360 7 месяцев назад

    People that have achieved great heights like Kobe and Jordan have a dark side (everyone has a dark side) and they’re success stems from being able to use it to they’re advantage rather than to let it destroy them

  • @naythanyel777
    @naythanyel777 20 дней назад

    Based on how Kobe treated his own family no one should be surprised.

  • @EmptyYoClip
    @EmptyYoClip 8 месяцев назад +1

    I mean if Kobe were apart of the new nba where superstars are the GMs also, he would’ve just traded smush and not even said a word like Lebron does to every teammate he doesn’t approve of

  • @citronialandmark476
    @citronialandmark476 8 месяцев назад +1

    Kobe was a beast!!