Stephen A. & Shannon Sharpe reflect on Kobe Bryant’s legacy 💜 | First Take
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024
- On First Take, Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A. Smith talk through the Lakers being set to unveil a Kobe Bryant statue today on February 8, 2024.
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Kobe will forever be in our hearts.R.I.P legend
Kobe played for every single fan.
He never wanted to sit out a game for the fear of his fans not watching him after paying their hard earned money to go see him.
No player does that today, no one.
Kobe played for money. His ego was unmatched and will never be rivaled.
@@RobbieStacks90
You're not very smart.
Kobe out worked everyone.
His ego is what made him a 5 time champion. He obsessed over the game of basketball like no other. He mastered his craft. Millions of dollars or not he didn't have to shoot 100+ free throws everyday before every game. He earned all of that money.
@@RobbieStacks90U stupid
@@cruzinthruspace There are plenty of players who played on more championship teams than he did. Every one of those teams was loaded. When he had to win with a team that wasn't one of the best in the league, he couldn't even get out of the first round.
@@RobbieStacks90r u saying that kobe did not play for the fans he already had the contracts. When injured he couldve sat out but he didnt that says something a little more than money doesnt it? These cats nowadays sitout for broken nail or just no reason at all.
I still watched a lot of Kobe highlights and motivational speeches. Still feels unreal he gave everything on and off the court.. Gone but never ever forgotten 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Kobe QUIT by halftime of a Game 7 vs the Suns
I remember that game 7 against the Celtics in the 2010 finals when Kobe had the worst shooting game of his career and Paul Gasol had to save his career by carrying him.
@@LeGodOfTheWorldJames Yeah he got bailed out by Artest on an Airball in the Finals too. Kobe stans love to forget that after he quit vs the Suns he asked to be traded to the defending Champions Spurs or the team that just beat him, the Suns. He was going to be like KD before KD if he had his wish come true. Kobe's own words. Can't erase the internet.
Kobe 🐐
He gave too much to unconsenting women he wasn't married to
Kobe was so skilled on the court…amazing footwork and killer instinct…..second best player to ever play the game 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Your delusional
Lol, he ain't second.
Don't start man
2 finals mvp in 5 tries that ain’t good lmfao, lebron should have a statue up there ahead of that fool.
Lebron MJ Kareem top 3. Kobe top 10 but cmon 🤦♂️
I STILL Miss Kobe!!!! He died 2 days after my dad and a picture of him and Gigi have been on my screensaver on my phone ever since as one of my greatest basketball Heroes!
Thank you for supporting trans kids Kobe
He'd assault your sister. Why would you miss that?
We don't care about your dad
Stop looking for sympathy and closure on RUclips
@@TransKidsMafiahe was a believer in Christ. No one in there right mind supports trans kids
🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
I miss Kobe dearly. I watched him play in high school against my team and of course he blew us out losing Kobe is losing the family member. I cried like a baby the same way I cried when Tupac Shakur died. They was like family they were never be another Kobe or Tupac or biggie, they say the great ones die young😢
The perfect date to present the statue, as if it was meant to be
Today's my birthday, my favorite number is 8, and only two men influenced me in my upbringing and that's my father and Kobe Bryant.. Full circle moment for me... Only 4 years older than me, I experienced this man's whole career and wanted to be like Kobe. Admittedly that's the reason my performance in anything I've experienced is top tier because of my father's constant word and my idol Kobe playing it out in real time... Long live John L.Scott & Kobe "Bean" Bryant
They’re gonna win for number 8
Same.
"You just don't stop being sad" true words
As a Nuggets fan most of my memories of Kobe was him beating us and breaking my heart in the playoffs, but it was a true honor to watch him play. Rest easy mamba!
I never got to watch him play live but man it was a blessing to watch them Kobe and Shaq the.man Kobe and Pau lakers on ABC Sundays and TNT. The MJ of my generation I’ll never forget where I was when I found out he died 💜🐍
I was a friend and neighbor to Kobe. I met him when he & Vanessa went on their 1st movie date in 1999. I miss seeing him 5 days a week and my thoughts & prayers are always with him and his family...I miss my friend.
Stop luying
@@LeonidasWalker Sleepy Hollow -movie
Bless to have that moment or moments God bless you we would all love to have a moment kobe is my all time favorite in any sport but cherish our family our love ones because life not promises it's precious am young but I use to take things for granted
Doubt that...I don't even see my neighbors twice a week and I live in an apartment complex
I love how Shannon just punches through Mollys interruptions.
Only one who can make Molly go back to being quiet.
Lol
What a legend Kobe was
BEAUTIFUL SEGMENT WE MISS YOU KOBE 😢
I was not a Kobe fan cause a lot of my teams losses came at his hands. But i still shake my head in disbelief at the way he and his daughter passed
Can't wait to see the statue!
Forever in our hearts 💜💛Kobe💛💜 thank you the beautiful years.
There will never be another Kobe. Simple as that.
His parting lesson to all of us is to simply MAX out the talents you have and give it all you have. Most of us weren't blessed to be over 6 ft 5 and have the physical talent but we all have a brain... We should all be taking our work product seriously and strive for greatness
Forever Lakers fan. Kobe you’ll be missed🙏🏼
It will never 'not hurt'...🙏🏻❤️
Kobe ❤❤❤
I love and miss you kobe 2-4
Mamba mentality for life 🐍 ♾️
I miss Kobe and is hard to even explain why ....I get sensitive just reminiscing on the days I used to watch him play I've wear his jersey since I was 16 now going to 40 with such a pride because thats the impact he created , I could see him against all odds and the world's best players and feel like if anyone had a chance it was him because he never gave up ..mamba mentality everyday no matter what your facing today
Ive been waiting for this day. A long time
This man was PerseverAnce personified. Can we SPEAK ABOUT THE HATE this man received for 95% of his career? 😡There was a ton of MEDIA HATRED and criticism against his gameplay, and trying to be like Jordan, and never win without Shaq and the list is long. His critics almost DEFINED HIS CAREER AND LEGACY as much as he did, and it has to be talked about because that was a LARGE PART of his career
Love ya Kobe🖤💜
Kobe is a true Laker , him and magic
When the Lakers lose, America wins
Idiotic comment. If you played for the Lakers then you are a true Lakers. The definition of "TRUE" = in accordance with fact or reality. Everyone who is signed onto the Lakers is "TRUE" is it not? Stop moving the goal post...
@@jamestwenty-three6075 your hilarious 😂 stop moving the goal ? Your trying to use that analogy on me that the fake analysis use against purdy but towards me? You’re funny, are you a comment detective 🕵️ lol, or a lebron fan ? All true Lakers fan know what I mean when I say this part Kobe left a true stamp in our hearts when he played and when he retired because he put his true all to winning and never stoped, so go bother someone else little boy
Kobe should be alive...in prison for assault
@@MangoTroubles-007 I won’t watch the lakers with lebron in the Lakers, but that comment of when the Lakers lose America wins , you cry on your pillow 😂
My Goat Forever rest well twin I'll seeyiu again one day 💜💛💐
❤️ miss you my idol Kobe
Why do people idolize others that would assault your own family members?
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
You need help
@@veganpotterthevegan don’t worry your ugly family members are safe
We love you Kobe
Love Kobe 😢
Top 10 player of all time! Congratulations on statue Kobe
Way higher than that bud
Like Allen Iverson stated: Jordan 1A Kobe 1B
@@bengarby9935 7? lol he’s not in the top 5 so?
@@Fritz2Live4U like Shannon sharpe says, like John wall said, Like Scottie pippen says, like Isaiah Thomas said
Lebrons number 1
Top 1*
Damn,I miss the Black Mamba. He inspired me more than he'll ever know.
What an amazing man he was 😔😔💔
You think Rapists are amazing? You think a man who got his daughter killed because he chose to take a chopper through fog to avoid traffic instead of driving his daughter to her game is an amazing man?
I'm sorry, but when she refered to SAS as a "dear friend" of Kobe, that was such an "eye roll" moment...
You’re a miserable person if this is what you got out of this video
It wasn’t when Shannon called Kobe, “Godly?” Blasphemy to real Christians I would assume.
Y'all need a life@@taylorsmith1981
@@taylorsmith1981He's referring to the man's reputation. In an increasingly-secular modern world, people's reverence that was once given to a deity is now given to the modern giants of our time. People wanted to reach out and touch Kobe, like they were trying to touch Christ; to feel a physical connection to him. I'd agree in calling it "Godly" or "God-like" in terms of status.
Also, the moment immediately thereafter when she tried to include Kobe’s wife in the fans considering his greatness. Shannon immediately interrupted her and finished his point about just Kobe. Hilarious yet cringeworthy. There was no need to wedge his wife into that moment.
So true. You don’t stop being sad. I think about Kobe alot.
Love the show ,today's episode was🔥
KOBEEEEEEEE!!!! 🏀
Mamba8/24 forever my favorite player. Rest in paradise kobe and gigi
I went to go be there and see it yesterday (the 10th), and it's so easy for me to leave my phone out of situations to just be in the moment. SO many of my moments in life are not on a camera. But I'm going to return and capture THIS moment in time (also on another day that is significant to me, in addition to the set 2-8-24) because this is one memory that, although _most_ of my memories are stored almost immortally in my memory bank, I would love to revisit visually time and time again. I Love Kobe So, So Much! And none of our hearts will accept that he's gone. That alone displays what his presence meant. And still means to us. Mamba Forever! 💜
Mamba Forever.
Bummer I can't miss work to see this 😔
I know a lot of people will call in sick lol.
💜💛
Miss him everyday
Everyday is wild
@@mr.alexander1506😂😂
@@mr.alexander1506😂😂
Mamba24ever💜💛
Dear Kobe, what a tragic event! It deeply saddens me. Thank you for sharing your time with us. It has been an incredible experience watching you play basketball throughout your life. I hope the younger generation can learn from you, especially from your mamba mindset. You have been a tremendous inspiration to me and the entire world. My condolences go out to your beloved family. It must be incredibly difficult for them to sleep without you and your daughter by their side. I hope you are enjoying your time in heaven...
Your Lovely Friend…
Pistol Pete 97
I love this game
I already know I'm gonna cry when he the show it. Still hard to watch any of this highlights and not tear up. Stephen A is right, you don't stop being sad about his passing
Still in shock to keep it 💯
And yet the media disrespects Kobe when they ranked players all the time he gets bypassed by these two Shannon and Stephen A Smith.
Shaq, Charles, TMAC, Stephen Jackson, Allen Iverson, and Matt Barnes, I believe, are the few that give kobe his respect. They tell others you can't just bypass kobe like that, especially Shaq and Iverson.
Miss you KOBE as a role model and your girl ❤
Still sad to this day😭
Kobe really meant a lot to me growing up I live in Portland so all I did was argue how die hard of a Kobe fan I was to them. Rest in peace mamba🖤
To be honest I don't ever want to hear SAS and SS ever talk about Kobe again...... the fact that they disrespected his legacy after his death to they have no right...
Not true shut up
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So they can't talk sports because of their opinion of Kobe basketball career?
@@pierrechantalcorley7928 Evidently you have a reading disorder.... try again.
Kobe was something else. This world still does not make any sense when it comes to Kobe not being here anymore. The guy was a genius.
- Beat the most 50+ win teams in NBA history
- Second most points scored in a single game NBA history, First most in the modern era.
- Oldest player to score 60+
- 3rd most consecutive 50+ point games in NBA history
- 2nd most All-NBA First Team honors won (tied with Malone)
- Most All-NBA Team honors won by a guard
- Most All-NBA First Team honors won by a guard
- 2nd most All-Defensive Team honors won
- Most All-Defensive First Team honors won (tied with Mike, GP, KG)
- Only player in NBA history to score at least 600 points in the postseason for three consecutive years
- Oldest player to record back-to-back games of 40+ points and 10+ assists
- Carried Olympic team to a gold medal
- 5x NBA Champion on a three-peat
- Dragged a squad with no other superstar/top 75 to repeat
- 2x Finals MVP
- 1x MVP
- 2x Scoring Champ
- 9x All-Defense First
- 3x All-NBA Second
- 18x NBA All Star
Kobe is also 1 of only 4 teams to win back-to-back Finals MVP (2peat). Kobe did this in one of the most competitive conference in history.
He was also the 1A/1B option on the most recent 3peat team (only five 3peats in NBA history).
Lead the 2000's with the most points scored in the decade and the highest scoring average of the decade. Lead the decade in all-star selections, all-nba selections, all-nba defensive selections. Made 6 finals, won 4. He also had 10 50 point games in the 2006-2007 season alone. He also scored 60-50-65-50 in consecutive games. In 2003 he scored 40+ in 9 straight games.
4th in scoring all time, 16th in steals, #33 in assists, 115th in rebounds.
And people say he is the second greatest basketball player of all time like come on the numbers don't lie and his mentality will forever be in the history.
He played on loaded teams for half of his career. When he didn't have Shaq, Rice, Fox, Fisher, Horry, Gasol, Bynum, Odom, etc., he proved that he could not carry a team. The 81-point performance was disgraceful and inefficient. Chris Mihm shot a higher FG % for the game, yet he took 38 fewer shots than Kobe, who hogged the ball and stat padded. Luka showed the world how you put up an historic performance (70+ while being a team player). Kobe's ego got the best of him in the end. There was no reason to flaunt his wealth by taking a private helicopter to a middle school basketball game.
@Jffoxxy who says he's second best? He really isn't even top 10.
Don’t forget, most skilled player ever. GOAT status forever immortalized
@@RobbieStacks90Why the hate ?
Thank You SAS, Molly, and Shannon for your beautiful words as I stand in this puddle of tears💜💛💜💛 First Take always the Best 💪💪💪
Such a sad loss
Kobe was truly 1 of 1. He was great on and off the court, it’ll never get easier knowing how soon he left us. Rest easy Mamba 🙏🏽
Both these guys don’t give him enough credit and never will
Kobe Kobe Kobe!!!!
I grew up watching Kobe. I can’t tell yall how many times this guy made me shake my head in disbelief after he made an impossible shot. The man is my GOAT
A lot of people nowadays have NO IDEA how great Kobe was. He was the only other player on Jordan's level of greatness.
GOD BLESS HER LITTLE HEART!
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE MEMORY OF MR. BRYANT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN #24 # 8 & STAY STRONG MS. VANESSA & FAMILY. 💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜
I think about Kobe Bryant everyday and Gigi It's still hard to believe it's been 4 years Kobe was my Favorite Player Ever KB24 Forever
KOBE BRYANT ❤
Kobe-Champion, Legend, Icon, Great Man and Player. 8 and 24 live on forever
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“How you do anything, is how you do everything “ I like that 👌🏽
Kobe would play all 82 games if he could and don't complain about it.
These new stars wants the money before the work. I miss Kobe and the old school ways...
Finally. The second Greatest Of All Time Time after Michael Jordan, Kobe Bean Bryant.
We miss you Kobe.
Kobe isn't even in the top 10 anymore. He's the 3rd best Laker though
@@veganpotterthevegan
Let me guess, you have LeCheat ahead of Kobe🤣
That man delivered PROPHECIES!!!✊🏾✌🏾
He was the greatest I ever saw with my two eyes 💜💛
We respect Kobe cause he was a professional he did 20 years same team out of high school 🥲
Love ya Bean!!
lets not forget the pilot, other kids, mom and dad who also passed away in this horrible accident. People tend to never mention them, but they also deserve the attention.
That’s because the whole world didn’t know them. A bus driver died today, did you mention him?
They mentioned that.
and how they took a chopper through fog to avoid driving to the game
Are you deaf or slow they mentioned them
They have mentioned them countless times. Today Kobe is getting a statue unveiled if you didn’t notice.
I still remember these clowns on ESPN used to hate on Kobe during his playing days
The legit top 2 Kobe Bryant haters of all time.
Kobe He😢 Will Always Be Iconic To Us Forever💯👍 #Gigi #Kobe
Mamba Forever 💜💛
Kobe was a real killer on the court. Lukas clutch work reminds me a lot of him even tho they’re completely different players
Kobe was an inspiration to many. I dont see many that work so hard yet smart like Kobe. Also I never seen Shannon so Sharpe
Lakers fans love Kobe so much that they still didn’t embrace LeBron in purple and gold uniform. Still after winning championship and all of this years. Of course this is delusional but it’s just show the love to Kobe Bryant. Incredible and painful moment will happen tonight. Lakers please beat the Nuggets too 💜💛
#LongLiveKobe & Gigi 🙏🏿💜💛💜💛💜💛🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
Kobe was definitely a different breed frfr still doesn't seem real 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💜💛💜💛😥😥😥
Please mute Molly’s mic
The woman has no wherewithal
Kobe day,the statue is well deserved! One of the most skilled players ever!!
Hmm SAS shouldn't be talking about Kobe. He does not hold him in high regard
yea its cold asf on the west coast right now
The disrespect Kobe received and receives bothers me bc the hate was there before death and it increased after death. People in the media (not people I meet personally) always put Lebron 2nd to Jordan as if Kobe didn’t exist, as if Kobe didn’t stay with one team and brought the biggest franchise 5 rings (3 w/Shaq n 2 w/o Diesel) and to play on the biggest stage with the brightest light and hugest expectations and savage fan base bc with Lakers its Gold Trophy or Bust
Kobe played the game on Easy Mode next to Shaq, the most dominant player any star ever got to play with, yet still shot 41% & 31% from 3 in his Finals career.
@@heirrose1606yeah against an aging mutombo rik smith's and a 6'8 Kenyan martin..
@@KVJ-w7h tf does that have to do w/Kobe shooting likeshit in the Finals? Shaq had the most dominant 3yr run and would've won with any other All-Star wing from those 3 years.
@heirrose1606 you're trying to discredit Kobe like the bronsexual you probably are to uplift shaq
@@heirrose1606 Kobe needed Shaq until he didn’t. Shaq needed Kobe until he didn’t. They both benefited playing with each other, idk what your point is, but regardless the Kobe slander must stop
❤💜💛 2-8-24 🙏🥰
I miss Kobe 😢 and all he did for his family and the nba, and I can only imagine what his daughter Gigi could have in high school, college, and WNBA. She would have been amazing 😊. I wanted to meet Kobe, and that would have made my life.
❤💜💛💜💛
Still can't believe the Mamba is gone.....
Never will you hear them give Kobe his true props. Empty words.
Can i ask a serious question? Do you mean by giving him props meaning that you HAVE to put him in the top 3 of all time? This is the problem with these GOAT discussions. Kobe is CLEARLY A top 10 player in nba history. Maybe top 5 but when someone argues that Lebron, Duncan or Bird might be better we aren't giving him "true props". Dudes a legend. But not everyone has to have him in their top 3.
The goat forever 5 championships 2final mvps 18 all star 1 mvp (deserved more)
Kobe was the most exciting player to watch. If you say Jordan that’s coo too. But you just didn’t know what Kobe was going to do and he was extremely skilled at his craft. I don’t even look forward to watching basketball the same anymore 😢
Kobe will be missed
He is the greatest laker to me Ik Magic but man Kobe is who I think about when I think of the lakers