@@ryanboyd100 That’s an open-ended statement! If Reggie Miller, penny hardaway, Dennis Rodman, Charles Barkley, D wade, Kimba walker, and over 200 other players has Kobe’s mamba mentality, they’d be #2! Casual statement
I use to down play iverson as well I always said he was elite don’t get me wrong but I would say man he had no rings but when I saw the game one that was the top 3 best playoffs game I ever seen offensively the man completely beat a team himself that was a prime Shaq an kobe gave them there only loss I mean lakers didn’t lose one game in the playoffs that year except to iverson an you literally have to say iverson because he did that dude was unbelievable
I use to down play iverson as well I always said he was elite don’t get me wrong but I would say man he had no rings but when I saw the game one that was the top 3 best playoffs game I ever seen offensively the man completely beat a team himself that was a prime Shaq an kobe gave them there only loss I mean lakers didn’t lose one game in the playoffs that year except to iverson an you literally have to say iverson because he did that dude was unbelievable
PRACTICE!? We talkin bout PRACTICE!? Hate em or Love em, he might not like to go to practice all the time, but come game time, he always gave it everything he possibly could. And US fans here in Philly, can sense that in a player, and we LOVE it!
I was truly blessed as a 80s baby millennial, to see both Kobe and AI both drafted in that great ‘96 nba draft. And watching them go at it in that ‘01 nba finals rest in power to the Blacc Mamba and s/o to The Answer 💯💯💯💯.
Same! Talent level of the 2000 generation is crazy, everyone wants to be MJ, they just literally want to kill each other 😂 I'm glad I'm seeing it again with AntMan, I thought KD will be the last of them 😊
Kobe had Tmac, Allen Iverson, and Ray Allen as immediate Rivals….No matter how much Kobe showed no fear on the court whenever he went up against these guys he knew he had to turn it up.
@@dominiqueburton5851 you shouldn't be allowed to talk basketball if you are far off from what he thinks all 3 players mentioned are top 7 to 10 players all-time idiot
you know there is no such thing as pound for pound in basketball, small guys have to face giants all the time..and thats what made AI even more special
@@maxb4318 not at all - only people more influential than him are - Steph, Jordan, LeBron and Kobe himself. You see a brotha outside with braids, tats and shi, more often than not a brotha will tell you it's AI who I saw this shit from
@@maxb4318 Not only the tattoos, the street ball game, the arm sleeve, being outspoken...everyone owes Iverson in today's game. He was the trailblazer that took the spanking so this generation could do it freely.
This is stupid… did he bite AI?! Did he eat any part of him?! Did he attack AI in the water?! Sounds like he wasted his time watching useless film then!🤣
These two are my favorite players after the 80-90 generation (yes I know they technically fall into that im referring to the MJ era), Kobe is the closest to MJ we will ever see and AI was superhuman for his size, he had insane hops and his handles were completely impossible to guard.
I don’t think these dudes get enough credit for changing the game and shaping the nba how they did, if you look at the 90s 80s before they came in the league, the game was way more play inside than out. Guys rarely came down dribbled through their legs and pulled up for 3. “Handles and pulling up for 3” weren’t a thing n the prior generations, MJ was all midrange and played n the post, Magic and Bird were n the post, the league was dominated by big post players and everyone dribbled “fundamental”, Steph gets a lot of credit for it bc he was the 1st pure shooter who also pulled up off the dribble w handles but Kob AI T Mac all made having handles and pulling up off the dribble popular and the norm
They say the exact same thing about eaxhother every time they talk about one another. I love the respect and I loved watching them battle and talk shit to eachother. As a fan that's the best shit you can see
he did practice hard that one liner is just one time he didn't want to ... plus david stern hated AI general manager did everything in his power to ruin that man and stop him from getting a championship
I was 9 in 01 when I started watching ball. AI will forever be my favorite player. I HATED AND FEARED EVERY DRIBBLE OF KOBE CAREER, until his last year. I won’t believe Kobe gone.
When i first saw a.i it was that crossover on Jordan. I said to myself "who is this man, who put a crack in my hero's armor". Later i would mix a.i and Jordan's moves together, then kobe came into the league and i got to watch another version of mj all over again. Basketball was so good in the 90's and early 2000's.
Omg no lie I was literally thinking the same thing 3 seconds before I saw your comment. I think they could have gotten a lot of chips. Although AI suffered a lot outside the game. Too many demons and I wonder if he would have stayed hungry enough to get as many as Shaq and Kobe did together.
When you’re a team facing Iverson, you always want the ball in his hands. You know he’s going to shoot it and you know he’s going to miss a lot. You can live with a guy making 41% of his shots all night long even if he scores 50 points.
Two of the best! One pound for pound the Greatest AI and Micheal Jordan the Greatest of all time! TWO LEGENDS AL AND THE MJ THE GOAT! KOBE ENOUGH SAID! 👏💙✌️☯️
RIP Kobe he was the man gone way to some RIP his baby and the others who was taken way too soon from they fam. Seen MJ both of them but Kobe was da one two me. AI should get way more respect from fans the players know. At 6"1 175 maybe would've been unfair if he was even 6"4 n up mostly so he could have more wear n tear saying that he still played 15 plus. He was a beast and his kicks were also legendary. 6"1 avg. 28-33 ppg. An Era I will also remember, game recognize game
The fact is that nobody puts Kobe bean Bryant in the goat 🐐 conversation, os crazy. Kobe truly love the game of basketball. Kobe wasn't worried about breaking records to be great. He just loved the game of basketball and how to shut down every good player he played against. Nowadays, ball players wanna break records to be great. When y'all talk about the goat convo, bring up Kobe. We all see Kobe shut down Lebron, and he thinks he's the greatest of all time, Kobe showed Lebron every time they played against each other who was better. FACTS....
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The respect that Allen and Kobe had for one another is amazing ❤
Kobe loved A.I Kobe once said we were all lucky he wasn't 6'6 ! 💜💛
Facts
Yeah his career might of been longer cause AI put his body on the line every night!!!💯
Even though we all know him being shorter didn't matter, but if AI had the work ethic Kobe had he would've been top 2
@@ryanboyd100never.
@@ryanboyd100 That’s an open-ended statement! If Reggie Miller, penny hardaway, Dennis Rodman, Charles Barkley, D wade, Kimba walker, and over 200 other players has Kobe’s mamba mentality, they’d be #2! Casual statement
Facts The Answer and Black Mamba were 2 legends, men amongst kids
gods amongst men
@@Hoop248 no that’s your problem you have idols. Only god is god nobody else.
@@russelljohnson437 god or God? You're too defensive about your religion. Relax bro
Be wary of false idols…… just sayin’
I use to down play iverson as well I always said he was elite don’t get me wrong but I would say man he had no rings but when I saw the game one that was the top 3 best playoffs game I ever seen offensively the man completely beat a team himself that was a prime Shaq an kobe gave them there only loss I mean lakers didn’t lose one game in the playoffs that year except to iverson an you literally have to say iverson because he did that dude was unbelievable
Allen was lethal
He changed the game!
I use to down play iverson as well I always said he was elite don’t get me wrong but I would say man he had no rings but when I saw the game one that was the top 3 best playoffs game I ever seen offensively the man completely beat a team himself that was a prime Shaq an kobe gave them there only loss I mean lakers didn’t lose one game in the playoffs that year except to iverson an you literally have to say iverson because he did that dude was unbelievable
@@jordanbarclay4434all this valuable info and no recognition no way
PRACTICE!? We talkin bout PRACTICE!? Hate em or Love em, he might not like to go to practice all the time, but come game time, he always gave it everything he possibly could. And US fans here in Philly, can sense that in a player, and we LOVE it!
Iverson becoming the most underrated superstar of all-time. The dude was 6'0"
5'11
If that.....
He was not 6 ft. My guy was 5’ 10”
5'10 6 foot with his shoes on why you think they got big soles to make you taller
5'11
Man I miss Kobe
I was truly blessed as a 80s baby millennial, to see both Kobe and AI both drafted in that great ‘96 nba draft. And watching them go at it in that ‘01 nba finals rest in power to the Blacc Mamba and s/o to The Answer 💯💯💯💯.
Same! Talent level of the 2000 generation is crazy, everyone wants to be MJ, they just literally want to kill each other 😂
I'm glad I'm seeing it again with AntMan, I thought KD will be the last of them 😊
My 3 most favorite players growing up: MJ, AI, and Kobe
"We're all lucky Iverson isn't 6'5" - Kobe Bryant
As a die hard sixer fan AI is my favorite player it was so amazing to watch em play 🔥
Gave AI his flowers..💪🏿💯
Kobe Shaq and A.I at point..Don't even matter who the rest of the team is...that ring after ring after ring..you get it!!
I love how AI said killers respect killers. Not too many players in the league have that mentality anymore
AI was a killer on the court. Dude crossed Kobe and Jordan. The league did him dirty though.
The Question, The Answer, Mamba
Kobe had Tmac, Allen Iverson, and Ray Allen as immediate Rivals….No matter how much Kobe showed no fear on the court whenever he went up against these guys he knew he had to turn it up.
Allen was the guy that made sleeves and headbands a thing he was a thee trend setter
Some of the best basketball 🏀 in it's history when these two played.
Michael Kobe Iverson top 3
I smell a 500 comment argument coming
U shouldn't be allowed to talk basketball if that's what u believe.
@@dominiqueburton5851 📠
I'll be back in a few months to see how this plays out...
@@dominiqueburton5851 you shouldn't be allowed to talk basketball if you are far off from what he thinks all 3 players mentioned are top 7 to 10 players all-time idiot
2 Of The Best!!!!!
For Kobe to hold that level of respect tells you Allen was on another fxcken level
Pound for pound, AI is the best player that has ever been in the league.
you know there is no such thing as pound for pound in basketball, small guys have to face giants all the time..and thats what made AI even more special
Straight 5-10 beast.
AI was an absolute monster on the court and i can't even imagine what a nightmare he was to guard.
RESPECT 💯👈🏾🙏🏽✌🏾✊🏾
I didn’t get to see Isaiah Thomas in real time but iverson was this small guy just dominating these giants.
2 of the absolute best from the ‘96 draft
Allen Iverson; arguably thee most influential basketball player of all times.
That's going a bit too far.
@@maxb4318 not at all - only people more influential than him are - Steph, Jordan, LeBron and Kobe himself. You see a brotha outside with braids, tats and shi, more often than not a brotha will tell you it's AI who I saw this shit from
@@heating4652 dennis Rodman was rocking tats before AI but his ass was too weird for people to follow after.
@@maxb4318 He was cross dressing & sh*t nope can't follow
@@maxb4318 Not only the tattoos, the street ball game, the arm sleeve, being outspoken...everyone owes Iverson in today's game. He was the trailblazer that took the spanking so this generation could do it freely.
This is how two competitors talk about each other and the respect is there you can hear it and you can feel it
This is why I love when players talk about other players...there is no hidden agendas or jealousy unlike others who never played the game
" I had to figure out how to solve that problem"
the passion this man has for the game is absolutely amazing! Rest easy Mamba !
U wouldn’t understand if you didn’t watch iverson play gods gift 🎁
True story: kobe watched shark documentaries to study how they hunted their prey, in preparation to play against AI
Kobe actually swam with sharks look it up
@@1482speedy the Corey Maggette story
This is stupid… did he bite AI?! Did he eat any part of him?! Did he attack AI in the water?! Sounds like he wasted his time watching useless film then!🤣
@@whoameye6298 ok troll. You obviously didn't get what he was going for
These two are my favorite players after the 80-90 generation (yes I know they technically fall into that im referring to the MJ era), Kobe is the closest to MJ we will ever see and AI was superhuman for his size, he had insane hops and his handles were completely impossible to guard.
I played point guard all the way through college and Allen Iverson is my favorite player and point guard of all time.
I don’t think these dudes get enough credit for changing the game and shaping the nba how they did, if you look at the 90s 80s before they came in the league, the game was way more play inside than out. Guys rarely came down dribbled through their legs and pulled up for 3. “Handles and pulling up for 3” weren’t a thing n the prior generations, MJ was all midrange and played n the post, Magic and Bird were n the post, the league was dominated by big post players and everyone dribbled “fundamental”, Steph gets a lot of credit for it bc he was the 1st pure shooter who also pulled up off the dribble w handles but Kob AI T Mac all made having handles and pulling up off the dribble popular and the norm
They say the exact same thing about eaxhother every time they talk about one another. I love the respect and I loved watching them battle and talk shit to eachother. As a fan that's the best shit you can see
Two goats having and talking about the respect they have for one another...... legendary ro say the least
Respect Kobe
Could you imagine that backcourt in today’s game
AI brought the Mamba Mentality out of Kobe! Kobe may have been from Lower Merion, but his mentality was that Philly playground mentality
Kobe was never afraid to give people their flowers, because he knew it never took away from anything he gave to the game.
Now that’s confidence …
My 3 favorite players of all time. Mike, Kobe, AI.
That's RESPECT!! To this day..., A.I. will get a little shiver in his voice when he speaks on Kobe!!
Shows that hard work pays off more than natural skill. AI was just good at everything, Kobe worked for it, and he’s got 5 rings while AI has 0.
Teacher what’s the answer?
Me- A.I.
Loved both of these guys for giving me hoop dreams
Chuck been a beast since 1988. Little League football.."Aberdeen raiders". My favorite player
MJ, Kobe, AI, Steph, Shaq, LeBron... Just a number of great players paving the way for the new generation
Best draft class ever and it's not close
AI should’ve been named artificial intelligence cause that dude was always calculating the best offense
Real recognize real
Imagine if A.I. just worked on his craft the way Kobe did.
he did practice hard that one liner is just one time he didn't want to ... plus david stern hated AI general manager did everything in his power to ruin that man and stop him from getting a championship
Imagine if he played with those laker teams and wasnt "the offense" in philly
Quit downplaying. I always hated this take
Killers respect killers 💯
Mutual Respect
Iverson gaved the 2nd greatest nba duo hell by himself
Man I'm gettn old I member tha short braids AI MF VA LEGEND RIP KOBE !!
Kibe called him a problem, that’s how you know he was a beast!!
Like AI said...killer recognize killer. Mutual respect...
I was 9 in 01 when I started watching ball. AI will forever be my favorite player. I HATED AND FEARED EVERY DRIBBLE OF KOBE CAREER, until his last year.
I won’t believe Kobe gone.
This is where game recognizes game
This rival is like Goku and Vegeta. It's respect there but they also wanna test the limits respectfully
You know what I'm starting to realize what was the champions respect Allen Iverson even though he didn't win
Yea allen Iverson was lethal bro
When i first saw a.i it was that crossover on Jordan. I said to myself "who is this man, who put a crack in my hero's armor". Later i would mix a.i and Jordan's moves together, then kobe came into the league and i got to watch another version of mj all over again. Basketball was so good in the 90's and early 2000's.
What if they played together with Shaq
Omg no lie I was literally thinking the same thing 3 seconds before I saw your comment. I think they could have gotten a lot of chips. Although AI suffered a lot outside the game. Too many demons and I wonder if he would have stayed hungry enough to get as many as Shaq and Kobe did together.
Kobe giving A.I. respect. Bron "Im better than Everyone"
2 warriors showing homage.
Iverson crossed souls
Kobe and A.I are the goat
If AI was even just 6’3 he’d probably be the GOAT.
They both got drafted when I entered Jr High, That was the biggest argument everyday for us
Just imagine what it would look like if they were on the same team.
When you’re a team facing Iverson, you always want the ball in his hands. You know he’s going to shoot it and you know he’s going to miss a lot. You can live with a guy making 41% of his shots all night long even if he scores 50 points.
Rip Kobe
AI is my fav player of all time.. he might not be MJ but he’s the best to me
That was one hell of a battle in 01
When two apprentice met each other if iverson have competitiveness of jordan like kobe did he will be untouchable
Two of the best! One pound for pound the Greatest AI and Micheal Jordan the Greatest of all time! TWO LEGENDS AL AND THE MJ THE GOAT! KOBE ENOUGH SAID! 👏💙✌️☯️
AI will wipe the sneakers out of your Nikes. Facts!
RESPECT
AI said it best "HE GAVE ME THAT PUSH, I GAVE HIM"
REAL DEEP..🙏🙏
"RESPECT DUE"
Kings
Dope. That's grown man stuff
For AI to be immediately brought up with MJ by Kobe let’s you know how special AI was.
Prime AI is easily one of the most lethal basketball players of all time
I remember Shaq and Kobe giving Iverson hard times all the time!!
As a Laker fan I remember Iverson giving us our only loss in the 01 playoffs
Kobe and Shaq gave a lot of people hard times. Kobe and Shaq vs AI was 2 against 1.
A.i was my Kobe before Kobe ngl.
Rest in peace legend!
Can’t Wait For AI to get His Flowers When He Gets In The Hall Of Fame
Killa's recognized other killa's
Tbh, i think AI-Shaq would have been more dynamic and perhaps better chemistry. Kobe to Philadelphia would have been storybook.
You know how Killers respect killers he knew who I was I knew who he was factz
RIP Kobe he was the man gone way to some RIP his baby and the others who was taken way too soon from they fam. Seen MJ both of them but Kobe was da one two me. AI should get way more respect from fans the players know. At 6"1 175 maybe would've been unfair if he was even 6"4 n up mostly so he could have more wear n tear saying that he still played 15 plus. He was a beast and his kicks were also legendary. 6"1 avg. 28-33 ppg. An Era I will also remember, game recognize game
Luv this
A.i.. was like the Thorn that you had to admit Will Hurt Yo Ass..👌
That's what's up✊🏿
Iverson and the Philadelphia G League pushed the Lakers to the limit.
The fact is that nobody puts Kobe bean Bryant in the goat 🐐 conversation, os crazy. Kobe truly love the game of basketball. Kobe wasn't worried about breaking records to be great. He just loved the game of basketball and how to shut down every good player he played against. Nowadays, ball players wanna break records to be great. When y'all talk about the goat convo, bring up Kobe. We all see Kobe shut down Lebron, and he thinks he's the greatest of all time, Kobe showed Lebron every time they played against each other who was better.
FACTS....
Facts 💯💯💯 AI , ✨ 🐐