Us REAL basketball fans just want the history of the game told accurately. NBA media tried to erase Kobe's legacy and impact in the Association.

Kobe is hands down better than any player playing today. Lebron isn’t even close to Kobe. Kobe was a warrior!

Lebron James is the only athlete I've ever seen called the goat who's gotten his ass kicked over and over and over again. Other goats are known for winning in dominant fashion like Mayweather, Brady and Jordan. But all this guy gets are excuses from the media and his sack lickers whenever he loses.

If there is one thing that Labron and Curry has shown us is how hard it actually is to win three times in a row. One thing that is underappreciated is how close Kobe came to three-peating twice just like Jordan did. Everyone forgets Kobe's unfortunate loss in the finals the year before the back to back wins.

The Redeem Team documentary didn't showcase the game where Kobe destroyed Bron in the Blue vs White game in Vegas. Oops, I forgot who producer was 😂

Brons legacy is based on how many times he almost won but ultimately lost No goat

For people who mistakenly think the 2012-13 Lakers were a super team consider these facts. Age 37-38 Nash was 2 years past his prime, chronic back pain limited him to only 50 games in the 2012-13 Season and 15 games in 2013-14 Season. Age 34 Kobe was in the last year of his prime. Though Dwight Howard was 27, he was also recovering from back surgery in the first half of the season. Las Vegas Oddsmakers projected those Lakers to be a 44-38 team. That was before age 32 Pau missed 33 games due to injury and those Lakers had 3 coaches, the last being D'Antoni. As we know in the second half of the season, Kobe got fed up with losing. He self-increased to 40+ MPG and changed D'Antoni's plays to lead those Lakers to 27-12 before tearing his Achilles in game 80 of that season. In Kobe's last 1st Team All-NBA season, he played 78 games led the Lakers to a 45-37 record.

Thank you for telling the truth. The only people who overrate Pau are Kobe haters. Pau needed Kobe more than the other way around.

This is just more proof that kobe should be ranked higher then both dwade and lebron. The same kobe that saved the redeem team. The same kobe that defeated boston lebron couldnt get pass. The same kobe who was the last person to 3peat after the GOAT 🐐.

Excellent observation. Kobe and MJ were also part of 3 peats which is extremely difficult, especially in the modern era. Kobe was able to hold the line through years with Kwame Brown and Smush Parker until some relief came with Gasol. He was definitely the best player at one point.

Lebron himself said it repeatedly that Kobe Bryant was the best player in the world during that time. That should've wrapped the entire narrative up, but then Nick Wright happened... 😑🤗

Wasn't until LeBron announced he wanted to join the Olympic team that I realized this -- LeBron's not only chasing the ghost in Chicago, but the ghost in LA as well. He wants everybody to call him the GOAT, yet he's still chasing MJ and Kobe?

Shamefully part of me believes that Bron is glad Kobe is not around any more

I think LBJ's real problem can't be solved. He lost six Final's series. That can't be unseen. Just like the Buffalo Bills went to four straight Super Bowls and lost all four. It was an amazing accomplishment but not GOAT level stuff. Winning six for six is GOAT stuff. Winning 5 of 7 is GOAT level. 4 of 10 titles is below average. Plus, LBJ is a crybully-diva.

No, my brother, the Magic-Bird, Jordan, the entire Dream Team, Hakeem, Dominique, young Shaq, Detroit's bad boys: that's the unmatched talented era

Good to finally see Duncan getting the recognition he deserves

2:22 I’m lowkey shocked he even admitted this, considering that one of his rivals was sitting right next to him. Wade in the process with this admission further adds deeper blemishes on Bron’s resume and the fact that he could not dominate and win as the true alpha keeps him out of the elite ten, maybe even fifteen

Kobe can't win in these situations. When he took a backseat to Shaq, they say Shaq carried him. When Shaq leaves, they say he selfish and don't help his team. When he got gasol and mixed both versions of himself, they say he wasn't the best even though he was winning. They just hate kobe. But we know kobe is the baby goat next to mike

Kobe should won MVP ‘09 & ‘10

You could say Kevin Durant going to Golden State was the equivalent of LeBron going to play in South Beach with Dwyane Wade…

Chasing Mamba and failed miserably.!!!

Its' a pretty low bar to give LeBron props for valuing championships, when he got his rings by cheating the game. All the ACTUAL "GOAT debate" candidates (MJ, KAJ, Magic, Bird, Kobe, Timmy, Hakeem, Russell) came in and MADE their teams champions. None of them said "I need more help" and forced his way onto totally talent-stacked teams the way LeBron and Kevin Durant did. So, yeah, I guess it's good that LeBron wanted rings, but his rings simply have less value than those of the ACTUAL "GOAT debate" candidates. This is one of the biggest reasons LeBron will ALWAYS be a tier below those guys in the minds of knowledgeable basketball fans. (Other reasons are: LeBron can't shoot, he has no "mid-range" bag, he shrivels in the clutch, he travels like a long-haul airline pilot, and his best "go-to" move is the "flop and whine".)

Here's the thing, Kobe was the closest to MJ on getting 2 3-peats on 2 sperate times in their careers. KG had his prime in the West and Ray Allen went to the Sonics in '03, unfortunately for them Kobe and at times Dirk and Duncan were there. They just couldn't get past them, so they jumped to the Celtics and finally was able to get to the finals twice and beat Kobe once. So technically speaking we could also say that possibly even the Celtics super team was built to beat Kobe. If several superstars joins forces on two separate occasions just to beat Kobe then that's just a testament to how ridiculous Kobe was.

Kobe made Gasol Champion, was like MJ made Pippen Champion.....please make a video abt this. MJ & Kobe are the players that all NBA players been chasing on, it takes mentality, hard work, skill, over longevity...

I just want to say I appreciate kobe Bryant as a player because he was greatness championship legend god bless him

Ten 50 win teams just shows you how the rule changes like removing hand checking and allowing things like obvious traveling and flopping, changed the game.

96-98 Bulls faced 4 60 plus win teams, and 3 56 plus win teams. You say Kobe faced a gauntlet of teams…

Wades comments make it seem like to be better then Kobe they had to combine there accomplishments to pass Kobe, well damn.

The fact that the top 2 players in the east teamed up to beat one guy… tells you all you need to know about who was the best in that era

Kobe was the man plain and simple!

Lebron said it himself, on live national TV, after beating the Celtics: "the reason we got together was to beat the Celtics". It had nothing to do with any western conference teams

Dwyane Wade told the truth saw the narrative it created and then tried to switch it with an interview with Kevin Garnett.

Damn 10 50+ win teams hes beaten that time frame is actually pretty nuts

Makes sense. I say the same thing about the Celtics in 08. They wete looking towards Kobe or the Spurs. Not that meme crap you see about the Celtics coming together to beat LeBron in cleveland. Up until that point the highlight of LeBrons career was getting swept by San Antonio.

Us kobe fans absolutely love this content!

I wish I could see Nick Wright's face when Wade said they team up to beat kobe lol

No one triumphed over adversity like KOBE. For that He is my GOAT

The 90's and early 2000's for me I love that basketball era

Kobe was such a great player and a great man, husband and father and I was really looking forward to seeing what he would do in his life after basketball. When you see Kobe’s family you see how truly successful he was.

Great vid bro 💯🤜🏾🤛🏾

Slowly but surely his fakeness will be exposed

I like your channel and A M Hoops. You guys are legit

They chase kobe who got swept by the Dallas.

Why don't you look at the Bulls Playoff opponents from 1996-1998 @uncut hoops. Now that is a gauntlet of high 50 and 60 plus win teams. Not even close

And the bronsexuals still debating da king over his Airness

LeBron James history : 'Take my talent to south beach' - 2010 'I'm not leaving Miami' - 2014.7. B.U.T LeBron homecoming - 2014.8. with saying 'I'm not going anywhere ever again' 'I Don't Believe I've Played For A Super Team' - 2017 lol

We were chasing Kobe Dirk enters the chat 😂

Never forget Wade was better than LeBron 2004-2011 and was the best player on redeem team

Kobe was the best player in the league arguably for 10 years

Always remember that a majority of jealous team owners Uniquely & Unfairily prevented Kobe from having a super team in 2011-12 Season (Kobe-CP3-Bynum). They never stopped LeBron, Duncan, Pierce, Garnett, Wade, Nash, Curry or Durant. And don't say the 2012-13 Kobe-Howard-Nash Lakers were a super team because Nash was age 38, chronic back injured. A blind man could have predicted that he'd only play 50 games that season. Pau was looking for the exit and would not sign a contract extension, despite the Lakers offering a non-trade clause.

Kobe > Lebron Kobe won more with less assistance against far better competition, point blank period. Lebron might have flashier stats, but people don't realize Kobe had his career averages severely diminished due to Del Harris and played in a far more physical league where not everyone could drop 25-5-5 every night. Centers letting guards get rebounds, 5 out offenses for easy assists, ball dominant pick and roll for 90% of the game to rack up assists. Lot of this era's players are fool's gold, People say Lebron is more efficient than Kobe, but the truth is Kobe is more effective across an actual basketball shot chart and his playstyle leads to more winning. Lebron shoots the majority of his shots inside the paint. It's always hilarious hearing the efficiency talk when Bron can't make 75% of his free throws. Real ballers know it's much easier to guard someone like Lebron who looks for kickouts and doesn't have elite footwork. It's a far tougher assignment to deal with Kobe, who has no qualms about shooting from anywhere on the court and is comfortable in any situation. I wish Kobe got to play with as many all-stars, hall of famers, and top 75's as Lebron did, he'd have 6-7 rings easy. The truth is going to come out from the players as the years progress, the media narratives will start getting exposed. In a game where one team needs to outscore the other to win, Kobe has the highest PPG ever recorded in basketball history when adjusted for pace (2005-2006). He's the only player besides Jordan to outscore all finals opposition by at least 10PPG in multiple finals series, and that's not even addressing that Kobe is one of the best perimeter defenders ever and arguably the most skilled player of all time. Give me Kobe every single day of the year.

Kobe ranks higher than Bron. Kobe still has one more ring. Got all his rings with the same team and stayed loyal and he's 3 peated. This just enhances Kobe's legacy. They literally formed a superteam to try to stop him 😂😂 Kobe>Bron

Watching Kobe dunk on the Nets then Bron on them small bulls team Def was different

@7:30 tells alot man its crazy they called kobe a pippen avg STAR NUMBERS

Reason Kobe wasnt the best every year look at the talent he faced and was in the league on each team ... Prime Dwight Howard vince carter tracy mc grady Dirk Duncan Wade Lebron Jason kidd Kevin Garnett Shaq Yao ming .Carmelo Allen Iverson..damm there was star on almost every team back then

👍🏼 another great video. It's funny, how new media and these Lebron fanatics always wanna play the Pippen card for Jordan and the Shaq card for Kobe. However, Pippen NEVER won a chip without Jordan and Shaq never had a chip until 2000 with Kobe. One thing is for sure, D. Wade had a chip before Lebron. Something, clown ass new media will NEVER talk about. Just like how they never talk about the redeem team, but the facts will always appear one way or another.

D wade clearly stated “we made the super team bc of BOSTON “

Kobe had a hell of a TEAM plus nobody was getting past the Celtics in the East alone so yeah wade Bron and Bosh had to team up

Y'all do realize that Kobe was chasing Michael Jordan right but let's be real the NBA didn't want that to happen because of what MJs legacy means to the League.

Gasol and Bosh and Love are all same tier of player. And that’s two of Bron’s third options haha

*@Uncut Hoops* Kobe was the best player in the world for way more than 2 years with LeBron already in The League. Kobe was the best player in the world the last 2 seasons that Shaq was a Laker.

Why the mainstream media not talking about this,?? Did paul just got on national tv saying lefraud gets hammered?? But everyone stays quiet.!!!

Why are you making this about Lebron? 😂 Wade just said he saw Kobe win two rings and then called Lebron in a very tongue in cheek movement. Everyone knows they made the decision to play together right after they both signed their rookie extensions which was before Kobe won his rings. They purposely all signed three year extensions so that they could play together earlier when their contracts expired. Even Melo was involved but he had a change of heart and signed another extension because he wanted the money. There were tones of videos where people talked about "what if Melo had followed through with the plan and teamed with Bron and Wade?" So this was just Wade kidding around. But this guy cant resist trashing Lebron even though Bron said nothing about Kobe 🤦‍♂ He literally should name his channel after the guy 🤣

I think they talked about teaming up during the redeem team run after seeing Kobe go ham at 0500 workouts.

Kobe was the best player from 2007-2010, lebron didnt become the best player until 2012. I would say wade was in 2011 but its between him and kobe for that year

6 championships has been the standard. Kareem set that bar because he has 6 titles and 6 MVPs but only 2 FMVPs. Jordan turned it up a notch with his career. Leading out Kareem as the goat.

They got together and couldn't catch Kobe in rings and LeBron declared himself the G.O.A.T......

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For people saying that Greg isn’t a better coach than Phil Jackson Popovich never had Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan on the Bulls and never had Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant on the Lakers, and was still able to pull out five rings, and 15 years he in my mind is the best coach ever to coach a team!

Guarantee ESPN won’t put this out there

Find the Weakest Link: MJ: 3-peat twice, 6 - 0 in finals w/ Pippen Kareem: No 3-peat, 6 - 4 in finals w/ Magic & Worthy Kobe: 3-peat once, 5 - 2 in finals w/ Shaq & Gasol Lebron: No 3-peat, 3 - 10 in finals w/ 12 or more Allstars teammates & multiple HoF Superteams Curry: No 3-peat, 4 - 2 in finals w/ Durant

I feel Wade and Lebron don’t have a good relationship nowadays. It’s crazy that Wade revealed this piece of information.

Not only did they make a super team to stop kobe but they also wouldn't let Chris Paul team up with him they tried everything to stop that man from getting 6 rings

Wade should have won MVP in 2008 - 2009 ..his team record compared to Lebron and Kobes was a reflection of how weak his teammates were compared to Kobe and Lebrons, Kobe still had his champions core crew Gasol, Fisher Odom etc..Lebron had Mo Williams, Ilgauskas and Ben Wallace , Wade had a rookie Mike Beasley (who never evolved into the player everybody thought he could be and a rookie Mario Chalmers, and Jermaine Oneal in his 12th season past his prime as his best teammates

It’s so obvious they’re trying to defame Kobe’s character and legacy. He’s way better than LeBron and is second only to MJ.

the decision was the 2nd weakest move in NBA history

It may have started with 2 but only 1 of them successfully passed him up.

The reason kobe fans always seem delusional is because kobe fans always discount the help he had. They never want to bring up the time he cried, whined, and Complained because he couldn't win in his own and asked for a trade after shaq left. That's why i don't argue with Kobe fans, that's never objective. I'm glad most people know the goat conversation is MJ and lebron.

Wade had shaq showing him the business side of the nba and he got 3 rings from it.

Which means Kobe was the best in the league so all of that LeBron has been the best since he's been in the league 💩 needs 2 🛑 👌🏾

Guaranteed to not see D-Wade's statement covered on ESPN or FS1.

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I think people are taking Wade words out of context the big 3 heats was formed to win champions because they saw Kobe winning and wanted to win as well but also to take on the Celtics , because that was said back then you have to take everything that was said , not just the recent stuff ,

Ol Goat James

Bynum & Ariza were injured in 2008 against the Celtics. That could've been Kobe's second 3peat

Even Shawn Kemp and Larry Johnson so many players left out and you can see it.

I don't understand the LeBron goat argument. He never dominated the league. In the 2000's Duncan and Kobe won more I'm the 2010's he lost to Dirk And after that lost to Curry and then Curry + Durant. Everybody got to eat under "LeBron's league "

Kobe the only champion to win a championship with different supporting casts

Kobe is the MJ of this era ,that dwade and LeBron Jones had to join forces to win championships.that proves the Kobe was a born killer

The Atlantic does not account for the unique & unfairly canceled CP3-Lakers-Rockets trade that would have yeilded another Chip & Finals MVP for Kobe and a Chip for CP3 in 2011-12 as Las Vegas Oddsmakers projected. That changes all Top 6 rankings.

this guy always compares peak kobe to 24 year old lebron...

Kobe should have had 2-3 MVPs from 08-10. LBJ wasn't the best player until 2011 when Kobe was dethroned by the Mavs

LBJ, Wade, Boston, Riley, NBA media, coaches and fans all unanimously agree the Heat were formed to defeat Boston, you know, a conference rival - Kobe fans. They’re lying Wade, the same guy who previously had said they formed because of Boston, now claims years later it was to defeat his idol, and the recently deceased Kobe - Kobe fans. See, Kobe is the second greatest player ever Idiots.

“Only Paul Gasol” lmao. Dude.

Kobe would’ve got 8 rings with Paul if the NBA didn’t hate him because he was Neo in the league. He was never supposed to have existed in the league.

Some players, sports media bonehead's and fans say its not about championships!? Ok so lets not have a finals anymore lets just play 82 games and see who has the best stats at the end of the season! How DUMB is that!!! Being the champion is what its ALL about! Its about getting that ring! Lets not have a Superbowl anymore lets just see who can throw the most TDs and least amount of INTs through a 20 games seasons. DUMB! Its about who is the best TEAM! Its always the team no mattter how good one player is! No one cares if lebron has 45,000 points and 4 championships which he was lucky to get 2! Kobe is still 1 up on him and MJ is 2! No one would really care if kobe scored 3000 points in a season but fell short! CHAMPIONSHIPS is where its at and what its ALL about! I cant believe ANYONE would even say otherwise!

Lebron would have been the goat if he would have played as a PG and emulate Magic Johnson instead of playing as Jordan or Kobe. In cleveland with 2 big forwards and him as a PG, he would have won a ring in 2000s and maybe he would have been in his prime nowadays and playing until his 50s

Love your videos dude. MJ vs Lebron debate is dead. MJ clearly destroys Lebron. Would be cool to get comparisons to other players to see if Lebron is even 2nd

And this is why they leave kobe name out of the goat debate

This just all proves to me how dumb the media is and the narratives we as fans have when talking about bball. It shouldn’t have to take D Wade saying something like this, for people to appreciate and respect Kobe. If you fall under that category, then to me, you are not an actual basketball fan.