Friday, April 20th, 2012 at 1:09 pm  |  47 responses

Video: Kobe Bryant HD

Warning: Emotions will be had.

Being great is about putting in focused work over the longest period of time. From high school to his athletic prime to today’s Masked Mamba, Kobe Bryant has always put in the most work. That’s a career of Greatness.

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  • lakeshow

    i just spunked

  • more of hova less of me

    Let the hating begin!

  • Truthtell4r

    Kobe, Kobe, Kobeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! lol! Anuther championship folks, mark my words!!!

  • ALD

    Greatness

  • Jeremy

    BO$$

  • AsadSaleh3

    I prefer 2004-present Kobe over the afro Kobe. Not trying to be like MJ in his speech, no longer saying the politically correct thing. Says what he wants to say. Doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him or his game. Much better.

  • Marc

    How can you not respect his game?

  • Dungeon Family

    “I want to be the best I can be”

    If people would just understand that about Kobe

    But on another note whoever made this video Need to Make an Lamar Odom One

    I would love to See Lamar go from 2 nba titles and 6th man of the year to falling in love with a woman that look like Bret Hart in the face

  • http://nba.com GP23

    Respect.

  • John Wall Jr

    What is this watery substance coming out of my eyes….????

  • robb

    Kobe’s the man

  • @boweezy24

    Living Legend! or Did I Go Too Far?

  • http://www.soundcloud.com/tray-5 T-ray

    Great video loved it. As much as Kobe would say he didn’t model his game after Jordan I beg to differ.

  • AsadSaleh3

    Just from watching him play, it’s clear he modeled his game after a few guys, MJ being the biggest influence. Can’t see why people knock him for it. A lot of guys wished they had the talent or drive to emulate MJ yet only one has been successful at it. Kobe Bryant.

  • http://dimemag.com Royal

    Nice

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Goosebumps. Nice vid.

  • bubblecat

    At around 1:16 Kobe says “I have decided to skip college and take my talent to the NBA”. Lebron wasn’t the first to say that.

  • http://itsahardwoodlife.blogspot.com omphalos

    Damn, nice mix, that is being immediately downloaded.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Double J

    Amazing.

  • http://www.offthebackboard.wordpress.com Off The Backboard

    @Asad – Kobe’s talent from 1996-2004 was phenomenal, but he was definitely a weird guy, which is expected given his personality and having to literally grow up in front of the bright lights. I mean, the guy wore a dark trench coat to the 2001 White House visit. He also talked in a strange manner, putting on a fake urban accent (e.g – “dat”) when in reality he’s a very well spoken guy. A lot of it was just trying to fit in and “belong”, which I don’t blame him for. Its been great to see him grow as a player and I guess as an individual as I’ve gotten older myself. He has and always will be my favorite athlete. Its going to be really weird watching Laker games without him in about 2-3 years. Its crazy that I used to watch him back in ’98 when he was facing the likes of Jordan, Hornacek, etc. Him, KG, and Duncan were the “young guys”. Most of the fans of the NBA nowadays don’t even know how good Duncan was, which upsets me more than than anything Kobe related, actually.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    That’s a great video mix. Much respect for Kobe.

  • fruizm

    @Dungeon Family….haha or how about a Ron Artest video? How we went from being a baller from Queens to fighting fans in Detroit to selling his NBA ring to changing his name to METTA WORLD PEACE.

  • jcards

    a tear was shed while watching this

  • VanCityVibe

    Made me cry a bit. The league will be very different when he retires

  • Rainman

    7:35: i remember that like it was yesterday lol

  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Damn… Bean

  • Duh

    Sweet vid, im a big time bulls fan but can’t help respect what Kobe’s accomplished and how he still produces big time at age 33.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Wish he somehow mixed in “ship his arse out.” lol

  • http://kb24.com x-DrEw_MaiN-x

    Michael Jordan will always be the G.O.A.T. but Kobe is at a different level compared to MJ, which means he needs 7 rings to pass him. The only thing Kobe has as an advantage to MJ is playing more NBA seasons and games and not retiring three times. Kobe also beat MJ in most NBA All Star points record so yeah that’s all I know so far.

  • l2ising Phoenix

    This video gave me goosebumps, I remember that game winner against the suns like it was yesterday! Much respect to Kobe, top 5 all time

  • BRYANT BYNUM GASOL 24 17 16

    Matteo Susin in issue 154 was spot on. Kobe is miles ahead of Jordan!

  • buschfire

    nobody is better than MJ.

  • DreDay

    This video was great!! Gave me chills, thinking about how I’ve watched this man grow into one of he greatest!! ’96 will be a memorable year for me. Kobe was drafted, MJ and the Bulls put the smash on The Glove and Kemp in the Finals, The Olympics were in Atlanta. Hell of a year!!

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    “Kobe is miles ahead of Jordan!” <— lol

  • LobCity

    “I’m taking my talents” lol…..So that’s where it came from

  • blackthought

    great video, second 2 mike, nobody will be able to copy 23, like kobe did.

  • jinolin

    Hubie Brown with proper commentary, love that guy.
    Kobe is second to MJ all time, yet that same distance is the size of a football field.
    MJ G.O.A.T. PERIOD.

  • jinolin

    The most interesting question in this era of basketball is what could have been had Shaq & Beans stayed together for 10 plus with Dr. Phil at the helm.

  • Rainman

    @ blackthought& jinolin: ur doing about 4-5 other great players an injustice by callin Kobe the second greatest of all time…As great as Kobe is. Im not even gonna adress the slurper by the name of BRYANT BYNUM GASOL , lol

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  • bravo

    Kobe is the man and mj is just his fan

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    SIMPLY THE BEST, BETTER THAN ALL THE REST!!!!

  • Geoff

    Kobe is great, but some of you should lay off the crack. Great vid tho

  • bdogg

    great video! i know he said he does not care but i think kb wants the scoring title to prove a point! i hope he locks it up tomorrow!

  • DukeFromDeep

    For the record MJ was (way) better!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    That was an amazing video.

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/blogs/adventures-of-the-catford-saints/ Ben Taylor

    Epic video.

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