Man me too! Just the way they competed was incredible. I love it, I'm happy i was in this era and played in this era. We teach the kids at our basketball camps by showing them clips like this. We talked about this on our recent show for the NBA regular season wrap up..
It was actually beautiful basketball. I grew up loving basketball....loved playing it and watching. Only sport I actually enjoyed playing on a team never really liked football but now that this era has started where they just cross half court and jack up 3s has made me an NFL fan...I hardly watch my favorite sport anymore.
@@zachmccabe7510 bro... i have the same exact arc. i used to never watch football. basketball was the greatest sport in the world to me. now i watch football and barely watch basketball. so sad how trash the nba has become. adam silver and lebron will go down in history as the duo that killed it.
@@mikem4481 How is this LeBron's fault when it's Curry and the Warriors who revolutionized the game with 3 points shooting on their way to winning 4 in a decade. Brad Steven actually pioneered the analytics revolution. He was hired by the Celtics to compete with LeBron in the East, but it's the Warriors who realized the full potential of analytics. Now the analytics nerds run the NBA. Lebron is a victim of the new NBA. He would have had 10 rings by now. You just wanted a reason to hate on him.
@@mikem4481 actually its Curry's accuracy and depth (along with Lillard) with the 3 poiinter that killed it. Also the fact that the NBA refs have sucked the most this year, so its hard to even play defense. Not like defense is played anymore.
Right! Iverson and Anthony just put that added swagger on it. I loved that silky blue. A jersey other people slept on was their alternate dark blue jerseys with the yellow mixed in.
@@chadwellington2524 right. You can tell players were looking for high-percentage shots on most possessions; now they jack up low-percentage, three-point shots.
@@jump6098 the west just feast off the weak east teams iverson and melo was just a fun team to watch we all know they wasn't winning anything with that roster
Kobe and Gasol had some of the greatest chemistry I’ve seen in my life time. Outstanding role players the Lakers had during those championships. Great memories
Except when he averaged 13 in the finals vs Boston and then 12ppg in 2012. If we're being honest Gasol was only food for 2 seasons where he scored 17 and 10rebs. Now lets go down the list with how many big men could give you 18 and 10 in that era.
Easy to say afterwards, im taking Gasol over Howard for example. Its not all about numbers, that Laker team needed some iq and some available star that could work well with Kobe. They only won 2 rings... @@GJG_3
it's barely known that Iverson had long prime years 99-08, he was 33 at that time but he had best efficient scoring in his career with less ball touch.
Iverson was still the man at this point in his career. Anthony just getting started. Gasol and Kobe. Great times man. Iverson s shots and plays are just crisp af. A slick mf
Kobe leadership was unmatched the mamba had guys like Luke walton,vujicic,etc playing at levels they would never have been able to energy is contagious
Feels excellent not seeing ads everywhere on the screen. The ESPN graphic doesn't have an ad on it, the court doesn't have ads on it, the hoop doesn't have any ads... just pure basketball
Kobe is about 10th best all time. LeBron is a close second to Jordan. No one puts Kobe as a goat now, really. He intimated MJ. Kobe could never do what LeBron was doing, and he did this with fewer field goals and still put up 26 points a game on 53% from the field and 37-39% from 3, and he did this at age 39. Kobe retired at 36 and put up 16 a game on only 35-36% shooting. He also had the most missed shots in NBA history for awhile, and LeBron is up like 6-8k points and has like 11,185 rebounds in his career and just notched 11,009 assists, which is unheard of for a SF. He was the best player on every team he played on and beat a team down 1-3 against a 73-9 team and averaged over 30 a game, putting up like 40 to 40+ in two games. He beat the best team ever, giving the Cavaliers their first title. Kobe doesn’t come close to LeBron level, and Kobe shot 9-26 this game. At the end, people act like he shot great; he had tons of bad games in the playoffs or finals. He shot 6 from 24 against the Celtics in game seven when he won his last title, but his teammates and the refs bailed him out against the Celtics. I mean, when you have Joey Crawford that understanding, he had a prime Shaq who just dominated everyone; he won every final MVP too, while Kobe didn’t win one with him. He did later, but Pau was an underrated star/superstar, and he had Bynum and Odom as six men, and Fisher made big shots, as did Ron Artest, aka Metta Worldpeace. Like I said, "Kobe only has one MVP in his career, while LeBron has 4 MVPs and three gold medals." He only has one more NBA title, but that's it. It takes a team game, and LeNron has way harder challenges than Kobe to win the title playing the elite Warriors team with injuries or playing the Spurs in 2007 with G League players. LeBron had no one early in his career while Kobe got gifted Shaq. LeBrom even made Mo Williams better, and he did nothing after that; he was an all-star; he was underrated, though, and a late pick and big Z were good, but no Shaq. If he got Amarè, they would have won at least one or two, but they got him no help. It was hard not to go to the Cavaliers with prime Irving, and that draft Embiid should have been number one, but hey, Wiggins had hype. LeBron, Embiid, and Irving would of been nice, though.
@@ForestCole-k1r He was 33 in this game. He wasn't quite over the hill yet. And, too, it also depends on the shape a player is in. Ray Allen was in his mid-late 30's still giving dudes the business on the court.
0:20 this the type of killer that Kobe qas. He sent a hitman to get rid of the competition because hes the ultimate competitor that will do whatever it takes to win. Mamba Mentality
Gasol is a hall of famer and had a better game than Kobe this game with 36pts 16rebs and 3blks y’all stans minimize one’s greatness to build whoever y’all like better up
@@TurtlEfrmdaManor..... exactly right ..... & i'm a big fan of kobe24 ..... you didn't even mentioned,andrew bynum & derek fisher (who's a solid starting pg) ....
@@TurtlEfrmdaManorand Kobe had 49 points and 10 assists on 18-27 from the fg in Game 2. Pau was without a doubt great and the missing key for their success, but Kobe was the Black Mamba for a reason. He deserved those finals MVPs.
I get what you saying but Pau Gasol was a Superstar when he was with the Memphis Grizzlies. But he has said that Kobe is best teammate he ever had so you aren't wrong
'Kobe and Iverson rivalry probably one the greatest ones they brought the dawg out of each other, kobe was just a different killer, nobody had a sicker killer instinct like kobe thats that mamba mentality.!
I love Kyrie Irving but it shouldn’t even be a discussion who is better between him and Iverson, it’s a.i all day. This isn’t even prime Iverson and watching this reminds me just how great he was. A very underrated passer too.
@@MarvzMamhot iverson is 3 years older than kobe and didn’t have the work ethic of Kobe which unfortunately shortened his prime years (partying, drinking, not practicing, etc). Not hating on A.I here i’m just speaking facts, he openly admits it.
@@multiplepassions3694 HE AINT never said he dont have the work ethic as kobe.... he stated the extra length kobe wasnt for him..that didnt make kobe more or less talented than him....to play at that level requires very high work ethic especially for how long he played.. you are hating...being in the nba itself requires work ethic dont downplay the league
@@NETBU I literally just said how good Allen Iverson was in the original post bro 🤣 how could i be hating? He clearly states in many interviews that he would skip practice sometimes, and when kobe went to the gym he was at the club. I can post links if you want, i got the receipts. Stop being so sensitive, i’m not hating just repeating what allen iverson said himself
I would love to see a prime Kobe face todays nuggets that would be interesting I think he’ll do wat better then any oft who played them last year in the playoffs…he can score he can defend better then any guard todays game he’s not afraid to go at you he always showed great gameplay vs bigger men would’ve been nice to see him vs jokic
I wish Kobe won the finals in 2008 so bad. It would've been his second 3peat. Putting him right up there with Jordan where he deserves to be. The media and these clowns forget that. And he went to the finals 3 more times WITHOUT Shaq. "Shaq carried Kobe" only comes out of the mouths of clowns who didn't actually watch the games. Because if you did watch the games, you know Kobe been Kobe during the dynasty years. My boi been #CLUTCH. I miss you so much Kobe man smh. My GOAT.
@@choward5430 idk man that 08 celtics looked too strong for the lakers that year(we were too new/raw)...we needed that loss to upgrade for Pau to get confident. Won 2 straight after.
I appreciate this video so much. I really would love to know how the NBA brass came to the conclusion to make the game more "free flowing". This was a relatively high scoring game but it is Game 1 with the two best Western Conference teams. So, it makes sense but now with the lack of defense and rule changes this score can happen every night. The old NBA was better 😂
@@cloudunderweather9554 that's why I don't understand why people just automatically skip over Bean for the G.O.A.T. convo. The comp was on another level.
@footballfanaticusaf7791 I have a theory about that... even though kobe did something incredible, going to 3 straight finals with an average crew, it didn't feel dominant. When Jordan won 6 rings? Dominance. It was the bulls then everyone else. When Bron was walking through the weak east? He seemed dominant. Kobe beat all these amazing teams but it didn't feel dominant ... because those teams were freakin good! And it's hard for people to remember how good those teams were... cause they didn't win titles. Kobe or Duncan beat them.
@@cloudunderweather9554 when you put it like that it makes sense bra. Quick question? Had Kobe beat the Celtics that year I think it's 08' would people consider it more or talk about it more?
@footballfanaticusaf7791 of course. There's 2 reasons why. 1, kobe would have seemed like a demon to have kept the big 3 Celtics from EVER winning a ring. And 2, he would have a career so similar to Jordan people wouldn't be able to ignore it. 6 championships, 2 3-peats, making him the laker that brought the most chips to their franchise? It changes a lot of narratives. He would be 6 for 7 in the finals. That's big.
Dam this shit crazy, Lakers ain't play no defense outside of Kobe & still had almost a 20 point lead over a Nuggets team that had Melo, AI, JR, Kleiza, who played defense in these clips
If Iverson and Melo had stayed together and gelled plus a better defensive supporting cast then i see them atleast appearing in one of those finals from 2007-2012 i think Melo extends Iverson career past 2010 n Iverson in turn makes Melo stay longer than he did.
I was gonna include Pau’s highlights but he was so superb in this game that it was only right he get his own video. That’s coming tomorrow
I was gonna say didn’t he have 36pts 16rebs and 3 blks this game but thanks for the upload
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I miss this era of nba so badly
Me too
This is what we could different era's 😂😂
u mean before defense got removed,, and tons of players started putting up nba jam stats on the regular?
Man me too! Just the way they competed was incredible. I love it, I'm happy i was in this era and played in this era. We teach the kids at our basketball camps by showing them clips like this. We talked about this on our recent show for the NBA regular season wrap up..
I don’t seem to understand how the nuggets wasn’t able to win a single championship they actually had a decent line up
Seeing Kobe just brings a smile to my face. Big part of my childhood and love for sports. R.I.P Mamba
saying that still doesn't even sound real...
@@hennyskinn5138 not at all man
What you want a cookie bih
crazy
Mine too my friend mine too🙏🏿
Watching these old games really puts into perspective how much the game has changed.. so few 3’s taken compared to now, way more midrange
It was actually beautiful basketball. I grew up loving basketball....loved playing it and watching. Only sport I actually enjoyed playing on a team never really liked football but now that this era has started where they just cross half court and jack up 3s has made me an NFL fan...I hardly watch my favorite sport anymore.
@@zachmccabe7510 bro... i have the same exact arc. i used to never watch football. basketball was the greatest sport in the world to me. now i watch football and barely watch basketball. so sad how trash the nba has become. adam silver and lebron will go down in history as the duo that killed it.
@@mikem4481 How is this LeBron's fault when it's Curry and the Warriors who revolutionized the game with 3 points shooting on their way to winning 4 in a decade. Brad Steven actually pioneered the analytics revolution. He was hired by the Celtics to compete with LeBron in the East, but it's the Warriors who realized the full potential of analytics. Now the analytics nerds run the NBA. Lebron is a victim of the new NBA. He would have had 10 rings by now. You just wanted a reason to hate on him.
@@mikem4481 actually its Curry's accuracy and depth (along with Lillard) with the 3 poiinter that killed it. Also the fact that the NBA refs have sucked the most this year, so its hard to even play defense. Not like defense is played anymore.
@@valoruniversity and who do the refs work for?
Nuggets had such aesthetically pleasing uniforms back in the days.
the way the game was played was also aesthetically pleasing
Yeah but imagine Jokic wearing these jerseys, it just wouldn’t look right 😅
He did wear something similar to these in his Rookie Year@@Chaz1724
Right! Iverson and Anthony just put that added swagger on it. I loved that silky blue. A jersey other people slept on was their alternate dark blue jerseys with the yellow mixed in.
@@chadwellington2524 right. You can tell players were looking for high-percentage shots on most possessions; now they jack up low-percentage, three-point shots.
A 50 win 8th seed is absolutely ridiculous
Stacked West back then!
Was just 2 games between 1st and 6th seed. Wild
West was the real deal back in the day 😊
this team would of been top 3 if they were in the east conference lol crazy
Thats why we called the eastern conference the leastern conference. But the mainstream media will tell you otherwise.
Man.. i miss Kleiza. A true hooper, it's a shame injuries ruined him, but those few years at Denver were special
Yeah, people forget how good Kleiza was. He was an assassin from behind the arc and could get points in a hurry.
He was really good at playing off the attention Melo and Iverson got. Always cutting to the open spot.
Kleiza was nice. Nice skillset. Real hooper
So underrated
I forgot all about him
This Denver roster is crazy. Goes to show the greatness of Kobe’s lakers.
😂😂😂 the nuggets were an 8 seed but y'all leave out that part
@@Rambo20244won 50 games. Goes to show how deep the west was
@@jump6098 the west just feast off the weak east teams iverson and melo was just a fun team to watch we all know they wasn't winning anything with that roster
@@Rambo20244Lmao you like to lie through your teeth I see
@@fromfunkytown7502 bruh who had the nuggets beating any team in the west as an , 8th seed?
Kobe and Gasol had some of the greatest chemistry I’ve seen in my life time. Outstanding role players the Lakers had during those championships. Great memories
Except when he averaged 13 in the finals vs Boston and then 12ppg in 2012. If we're being honest Gasol was only food for 2 seasons where he scored 17 and 10rebs. Now lets go down the list with how many big men could give you 18 and 10 in that era.
Easy to say afterwards, im taking Gasol over Howard for example. Its not all about numbers, that Laker team needed some iq and some available star that could work well with Kobe. They only won 2 rings... @@GJG_3
@@GJG_3 not too many playing with Kobe
@@pathtovortex its not about kobe, in the triangle offense a good big man will put up good numbers
@@rolltide7120 Pau did perform at important periods that helped win the chip. He was a really good player.
Crazy man I watch these games & it takes me back to that kid again
facts! I was in middle school at the time
@@FreshlySnipez_ melo jersey was the first I owned NBA wise
i was 22 years old.
Ima LA native and 97 baby Kobe and Lakers/USC college football was my childhood since no NFL team was here and dodgers were bad..
@@goatbebryant4915 I was a big usc fan (football) when bush was there & he got drafted by the saints so I was so happy
One of my favourite Kobe channels 💯
A.I. and Kleiza had a great chemistry cooking.
Man i miss the Nba During these times every game was like a playoff game remember staying up to watch on channel 49 all the time
it's barely known that Iverson had long prime years 99-08, he was 33 at that time but he had best efficient scoring in his career with less ball touch.
Talk about it 💯
96-08
and they say melo had no help and bring up iversons age smh
It was pretty crazy to watch
how many touches and shots did he get?
Iverson was still the man at this point in his career. Anthony just getting started. Gasol and Kobe. Great times man. Iverson s shots and plays are just crisp af. A slick mf
I just loved to watch Kobe and AI to go agains each other. I do really miss that time in Basketball
Kobe leadership was unmatched the mamba had guys like Luke walton,vujicic,etc playing at levels they would never have been able to energy is contagious
Facts
That's what im saying and he respected those guys cuz they did play hard like he wanted
That’s what the all time greats do. Jordan, Lebron, Kobe, etc all got great help from role players but they were the leaders.
Factssss
In this game you can see how easily is for Melo to Score and how Kobe is just from another world
Yeah and how everybody says LeBron is better when LeBron sucks, so yeah Kobe is better
clown comment@@tucko11
@@tucko11 no but this was kobes league for a reason
that first play of the game melo legit cooked and only took 2 secs and 3 dribbles, certified bucket.
@@tucko11 imagine saying to a x4 champ, x4 FMVP, x4 MVP who has better stats and advanced stats than your favorite player “sucks” lmao 💀😭
@kobefan124 Thank you for uploading priceless classic Kobe clips
Feels excellent not seeing ads everywhere on the screen. The ESPN graphic doesn't have an ad on it, the court doesn't have ads on it, the hoop doesn't have any ads... just pure basketball
Kobe Bryant......no one like him now....MJ & Kobe, 2 of the greatest!!
Anthony Edwards comes close
@@Garlandv yeapp...for sure
Kobe is about 10th best all time. LeBron is a close second to Jordan. No one puts Kobe as a goat now, really. He intimated MJ. Kobe could never do what LeBron was doing, and he did this with fewer field goals and still put up 26 points a game on 53% from the field and 37-39% from 3, and he did this at age 39. Kobe retired at 36 and put up 16 a game on only 35-36% shooting. He also had the most missed shots in NBA history for awhile, and LeBron is up like 6-8k points and has like 11,185 rebounds in his career and just notched 11,009 assists, which is unheard of for a SF. He was the best player on every team he played on and beat a team down 1-3 against a 73-9 team and averaged over 30 a game, putting up like 40 to 40+ in two games. He beat the best team ever, giving the Cavaliers their first title. Kobe doesn’t come close to LeBron level, and Kobe shot 9-26 this game. At the end, people act like he shot great; he had tons of bad games in the playoffs or finals. He shot 6 from 24 against the Celtics in game seven when he won his last title, but his teammates and the refs bailed him out against the Celtics. I mean, when you have Joey Crawford that understanding, he had a prime Shaq who just dominated everyone; he won every final MVP too, while Kobe didn’t win one with him. He did later, but Pau was an underrated star/superstar, and he had Bynum and Odom as six men, and Fisher made big shots, as did Ron Artest, aka Metta Worldpeace. Like I said, "Kobe only has one MVP in his career, while LeBron has 4 MVPs and three gold medals." He only has one more NBA title, but that's it. It takes a team game, and LeNron has way harder challenges than Kobe to win the title playing the elite Warriors team with injuries or playing the Spurs in 2007 with G League players. LeBron had no one early in his career while Kobe got gifted Shaq. LeBrom even made Mo Williams better, and he did nothing after that; he was an all-star; he was underrated, though, and a late pick and big Z were good, but no Shaq. If he got Amarè, they would have won at least one or two, but they got him no help. It was hard not to go to the Cavaliers with prime Irving, and that draft Embiid should have been number one, but hey, Wiggins had hype. LeBron, Embiid, and Irving would of been nice, though.
@@Garlandvno he doesn’t lol. He’s good but saying that is like saying he belong in the top 10 best all time.
@@GarlandvHe has a long ways to go to prove that. He needs to win some titles and MVPs.
The two best guards of '96.
Nash > ai
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@@juswolf22 Nash would tell you your wrong!
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The rest of this series please 🙏🏿
This was the only good game and maybe game 2
took me back to where i was watching this. my homeboys crib w the whole fam watching w us..
Man iverson is so athletic even smoother than kyrie every mobe is so effective
he's old af in this game too, and about 20 injuries into his career
Na Kyrie perfected it
kyrie passed though lol
@user-vx9gh2qg4f how is he old
@@ForestCole-k1r He was 33 in this game. He wasn't quite over the hill yet. And, too, it also depends on the shape a player is in. Ray Allen was in his mid-late 30's still giving dudes the business on the court.
Man this era was so much better. Plays, iso ball, not just jacking 3s and pick and roll every play. The NBA is such a bad watch now smh.
I can’t watch today. I just can’t.
Everybody wanna be like prime warriors
1st play literally a pick and roll, 2nd play literally a pick and roll 3 😂
Marcus Camby was so underrated he was definitely a great role player great passer and rebounder
Camby
@edwardmorales8144 thank you professor
This takes me back from when i was in highschool. Man how time flys 😔
Mamba mentality forever R.I.P legends never die 💪
mid range game was so fun to watch.
And what about this Kleiza guy?! Out there playin' like he knew this video would be up to someday show his kids.
You legit have the three best 1 on 1 players in the league on the court all at once in playoff game. That's fucking Awesome.
Found myself rooting for Iverson like this game was live 🤣 Kobe was the GOAT of that generation tho
The best kobe channel I've ever known.
Throwback to the good old days
I miss my boy Kobe Bean Bryant. My favorite player ever!💯
Momma there goes that man 😂😂😂😂😂
Kobe's playoff run is unmatched in 3 straight years
0:20 this the type of killer that Kobe qas. He sent a hitman to get rid of the competition because hes the ultimate competitor that will do whatever it takes to win. Mamba Mentality
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Such a great basketball game and series sheesh!!!🏀🏀🏀
This man Kobe did battle with Melo & A.I. with only Gasol & Odom. R.I.P. to the goat 🐐
Gasol is a hall of famer and had a better game than Kobe this game with 36pts 16rebs and 3blks y’all stans minimize one’s greatness to build whoever y’all like better up
@@TurtlEfrmdaManor..... exactly right ..... & i'm a big fan of kobe24 ..... you didn't even mentioned,andrew bynum & derek fisher (who's a solid starting pg) ....
@@TurtlEfrmdaManormuppet talk
@@johnnier.o.d4746role players you bum
@@TurtlEfrmdaManorand Kobe had 49 points and 10 assists on 18-27 from the fg in Game 2. Pau was without a doubt great and the missing key for their success, but Kobe was the Black Mamba for a reason. He deserved those finals MVPs.
No superstars on the Lakers team other than the Mamba, but Kobe used to bring out the dog of teammates he respected 💯 Long Live The 🐐
I get what you saying but Pau Gasol was a Superstar when he was with the Memphis Grizzlies. But he has said that Kobe is best teammate he ever had so you aren't wrong
@@jdubzski Do you know what a superstar is? Lmfao Pau was an all star sure not a superstar
36 points by paul is no superstar 😂😂
@@huntergonzales7669 superstar is a first option Pau was never that goofy lmfao your name is hunter we know you're unathletic
Thanks for the upload bro keep ‘em coming RIP BEAN
'Kobe and Iverson rivalry probably one the greatest ones they brought the dawg out of each other, kobe was just a different killer, nobody had a sicker killer instinct like kobe thats that mamba mentality.!
whats amazing is kobe's basketball iq is so high his post game interview is always him analyzing the entire game from start to finish
I really miss this NBA
I love Kyrie Irving but it shouldn’t even be a discussion who is better between him and Iverson, it’s a.i all day. This isn’t even prime Iverson and watching this reminds me just how great he was. A very underrated passer too.
it's AI's prime because its kobe's prime too
@@MarvzMamhot iverson is 3 years older than kobe and didn’t have the work ethic of Kobe which unfortunately shortened his prime years (partying, drinking, not practicing, etc). Not hating on A.I here i’m just speaking facts, he openly admits it.
@@multiplepassions3694 HE AINT never said he dont have the work ethic as kobe.... he stated the extra length kobe wasnt for him..that didnt make kobe more or less talented than him....to play at that level requires very high work ethic especially for how long he played.. you are hating...being in the nba itself requires work ethic dont downplay the league
@@NETBU I literally just said how good Allen Iverson was in the original post bro 🤣 how could i be hating? He clearly states in many interviews that he would skip practice sometimes, and when kobe went to the gym he was at the club. I can post links if you want, i got the receipts. Stop being so sensitive, i’m not hating just repeating what allen iverson said himself
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Its the post interview for me.....even when exhausted, Kobe stayed poised and accurate. To see the game from his eyes - you saw the love
The only man in Kobe’s way MJ. The man was way to skilled for the rest of the league.
このレイカーズユニフォームまじでカッコいいよなぁ。一番好きかも
Kobe was definitely the goat 🐐 💪🏽rip mamba you will forever be missed 🕊️ i always will be a lakers fan but I only liked the 76ers because of iverson‼️
Remembering that this Nuggets team had AI, Melo, Martin & Camby it’s crazy this Lakers team beat them.
The better team prevailed lol
I would love to see a prime Kobe face todays nuggets that would be interesting I think he’ll do wat better then any oft who played them last year in the playoffs…he can score he can defend better then any guard todays game he’s not afraid to go at you he always showed great gameplay vs bigger men would’ve been nice to see him vs jokic
5:50 after listening to Kmart’s comments on Kobe in Arenas show and you see Kmart’s face right here you know that feeling “what else could I even do”?
If only Melo and AI had Jokic back then, god damn that team would be scary.
This has to be the most talented 8th seed ever !
KOBE THE GOAT 🐐❤
Iverson deserved to be in Denver longer
Iverson deserved 1 ring
I wish Kobe won the finals in 2008 so bad. It would've been his second 3peat. Putting him right up there with Jordan where he deserves to be. The media and these clowns forget that. And he went to the finals 3 more times WITHOUT Shaq. "Shaq carried Kobe" only comes out of the mouths of clowns who didn't actually watch the games. Because if you did watch the games, you know Kobe been Kobe during the dynasty years. My boi been #CLUTCH. I miss you so much Kobe man smh. My GOAT.
All facts spoken!!!🙏🏿
Had Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza not been injured, they would have beat Boston
@@choward5430 Facts!!!!
@@choward5430 idk man that 08 celtics looked too strong for the lakers that year(we were too new/raw)...we needed that loss to upgrade for Pau to get confident. Won 2 straight after.
@@johnchoi4473 Boston won game 4 in '08 and that was the series. Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza would've done something!
That Denver team was krazy I thought they would have gotten at least one ring together
Or at least went a little further for sure
Just amazing mid-range scorers. I really miss the 2000s style of basketball.
If you ever wondered why iverson never won a ring …it’s simple really…. Kobe Bryant
Same applies to Melo and T-Mac
@@Jm3rv TMac never even got to Kobe...he was out in round 1
Thank you for upload they vídeo 🎉
Melo with braids was a menace back then
Some old but good basketball, I remember... love😊 it!!!
This denver team was only an 8th seed but won 50 games and had guys in the top 5 scoring for thr yesr
I miss these basketball teams. They were by far. The best teams to watch. Camby Martin and Carmelo
respect to the 🐐 🐐 🐐 and rest easy Mamba
2024!!.. Rest in heaven kobe and gigi etc... 🙏
I appreciate this video so much. I really would love to know how the NBA brass came to the conclusion to make the game more "free flowing". This was a relatively high scoring game but it is Game 1 with the two best Western Conference teams. So, it makes sense but now with the lack of defense and rule changes this score can happen every night.
The old NBA was better 😂
The Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy era was special
That Denver team was stacked.
This is when the NBA was real
Yes great series miss Kobe as well 🙏💯
MVP forever. R.I.P. Mamba
Ima Iverson for life but jeez nobody couldn’t to Kobe Bean 🔥🔥🔥
I missed Kobe8/24❤
He's the main reason why i am playin
Crazy how Kobe defeted Iverson twice with and without shaq. Second time Iverson had Melo, Martin, Camby. 😬🤯
And jr smith
Funny how yall act like Kobe was by himself. Pau had 36 and 16 in this game😂😂😂
Not getting to see AI and Kobe shake hands at the intro was devastating. boooo ABC.
Is there a local tape of this game?
Damn denver 50 wins in 8th seed wtf
The West was super competitive back then
He was a different breed one of a kind, his mind was special
Them baby blue jerseys looks way better than their jerseys we're seeing now
When Kobe started talking that TALK.
Throwback🙏🏀🔥🔥
What type of camera did you use for this shoot?
When NBA games 🏀 was actually watchable!!
Melo's jumper is smooth as butter
Esse time do denver era muito foda.
I miss these games 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
J R Smith was the best 3 point shooter at around this time and George Karl Refused to play him.
iverson and melo were crazy but Kobe really did that
50-32 record as the 8th seed wtf!
yeah the west was rough
@@cloudunderweather9554 that's why I don't understand why people just automatically skip over Bean for the G.O.A.T. convo. The comp was on another level.
@footballfanaticusaf7791 I have a theory about that... even though kobe did something incredible, going to 3 straight finals with an average crew, it didn't feel dominant. When Jordan won 6 rings? Dominance. It was the bulls then everyone else. When Bron was walking through the weak east? He seemed dominant. Kobe beat all these amazing teams but it didn't feel dominant ... because those teams were freakin good!
And it's hard for people to remember how good those teams were... cause they didn't win titles. Kobe or Duncan beat them.
@@cloudunderweather9554 when you put it like that it makes sense bra. Quick question? Had Kobe beat the Celtics that year I think it's 08' would people consider it more or talk about it more?
@footballfanaticusaf7791 of course. There's 2 reasons why. 1, kobe would have seemed like a demon to have kept the big 3 Celtics from EVER winning a ring. And 2, he would have a career so similar to Jordan people wouldn't be able to ignore it. 6 championships, 2 3-peats, making him the laker that brought the most chips to their franchise? It changes a lot of narratives.
He would be 6 for 7 in the finals. That's big.
Kobe fadeway middy will bring tears of joy to your eyes🔥🔥
Oh how I miss being in my twenties looking at these games. I think LA would have 3 peated (08,09,10) if Bynum and Ariza weren’t hurt
Yo…THANK YOU FOR THIS PAGE MY BROTHA🙏🏽💯
Dam this shit crazy, Lakers ain't play no defense outside of Kobe & still had almost a 20 point lead over a Nuggets team that had Melo, AI, JR, Kleiza, who played defense in these clips
Rip kobe and gigi❤❤
If Iverson and Melo had stayed together and gelled plus a better defensive supporting cast then i see them atleast appearing in one of those finals from 2007-2012 i think Melo extends Iverson career past 2010 n Iverson in turn makes Melo stay longer than he did.
Dude that team had Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby for defense how much more defense needed
NBA is a script
first round? so Denver was only 8th with that roster?
back when the NBA was popular af and worth watching.
This was beautiful to watch...