5 Times Kobe Bryant Sought REVENGE!

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video I recently posted. I thought why not do the same with his protégé Kobe Bryant. I'm sure Bob under and then overall. The Charlotte Hornets manager was kicking himself for many years after trading him to the Lakers for Vlade Divac and Bass clearly didn't know what he had because he told Bryant this after they traded him, we couldn't have used you anyway . that lit a fire in Kobe to go out and be the best player possible in the player that he was a lot like Michael Jordan.

They both had the mentality to totally demolish anyone in their path and Kobe had no problem going after Jordan himself. I don't care if Michael was ever his idol, he dropped 55 points on MJ's head after he said Kobe could never fill his shoes, he had that psychotic trait just like Mike and here are some stories to prove it, I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say that rivalries are one of the best parts of the game of basketball. You have Bird and Magic Jordan on the Pistons and you can even add Warriors and Cavs storylines like that that make the game so much better, but there is one rivalry that doesn't seem to get as much attention as the others between Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant and it practically started from the beginning when Kobe's home team picked me number one overall and that had to have hurt a little, which led Bryant to develop an early obsession with Iverson and the first evidence leads us to the November 12, 1996, that night, Kobe only scored two points against the Houston Rockets, while Iverson, who played against the New York Knicks that same night, scored 35 points in the outfield and when Kobe discovered the type of game he Iverson had compared to the two-point game he had, he was furious when I checked into my hotel room that same night and saw the 35 on SportsCenter.

I lost it. I threw the ball. The table went through the chairs and broke the television. Iverson's early success prompted him to improve, but that wasn't the only time Iverson bested Bryant. It was March 19, 1999. The Lakers visited Philadelphia. Kobe Bryant tried to protect Iverson, but it was almost from the beginning. Of course there was nothing he could do to stop it, the combination of quickness and speed that the AI ​​brought to the court seemed to be too much for the Lakers. Iverson was dominating from all areas, absolutely demoralizing Kobe all night and finished the game with an impressive 41 points. defeat Los Angeles in a landslide many years later, Kobe described how painful that defeat was.

I remember being on the bus saying, you know what I have to do to become one of the best defensive players of all time because I can't allow this. This happened again and he went on to say that I obsessively watched every game he played, obsessively looked for any weaknesses I could find and about a year later, all that studying seemed to have paid off. It was February 20, 2000 in Philadelphia, once again, Phil Jackson hit Kobe. the task of protecting Iverson and he made sure to remember what happened last time. No one knew how much this challenge meant to me and I wanted him to feel the frustration I felt.

He wanted everyone who left at 41 and 10 to put me on. choking on laughter and from the beginning Kobe's defense was a nightmare for Iverson, however, Kobe got carried away and committed two fouls early in the first quarter, so Derrick Fisher had to step up and protect Iverson while Kobe sat out for a period of At that time, Kobe would return in the second quarter, but would not guard AI because he wanted to avoid committing a crucial third foul, so he contributed on offense, but when the second half came, his main focus was shutting down Iverson every time Iverson. got the ball Kobe choked him, forcing AI to hand over the ball, leaving him extremely frustrated.

Kobe blocked Iverson four

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that night, altering his shot whenever he could, completely blocking him for the entire second half, with perhaps the best block coming in the final seconds. of the game uh I took him to the basket in an attempt to take advantage but it was none other than Kobe Bryant who prevented that from happening now wait until you hear this remember when Derek Fisher had to guard Iverson in the first half while Iverson put him out 16 points, but at the end of the game, after Kobe took over, Iverson finished the game with exactly 16 points, leaving Iverson scoreless in the entire second half.

Kobe accomplished exactly what he wanted to do, but he was not satisfied after the victory. "It bothered me that he made me feel that way in the first place. I swore that from that moment on no one was going to have that kind of control over my concentration anymore if you're a person who plays a lot of basketball." You've probably had this feeling before when you think you're defending someone pretty well but you end up getting humiliated and it's natural to crave instant

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. You just can't wait to get it back. Well don't worry because it also happened to Kobe every time he faced Tracy McGrady, we all knew it was going to be a spectacle and t-mac brought out the best in Bryant here, man, after a move like that, everything What you can do is take your hat off, but Kobe.

He automatically went into revenge mode and got it, there really is no better feeling than that simple competitive fun, but the revenge that Kobe gave to Mike Miller was far from friendly, as you can see Mike Miller, without realizing it, gave him he elbows Bryant right in the face cutting off the top. Of his left eye, Kobe had something. I think he had something to say to Mike Miller as he walked past him and one thing he does with Kobe is annoy him because he gets even more aggressive when he gets upset, the cut was so bad that he was actually forced to go back to the locker room to to get him checked out, but everyone in the building, the new Miller, he would be in serious trouble when he comes back, go get his ditch, look at Kobe, you can see him walking off the court, yeah, yeah, he's upset.

That's bad news, that's bad news, well we'll find out that old man don't get mad, get even, he would eventually come back painfully afterwards and you could say that Kobe was stalking his prey waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack Isis Alba. the basket against the pillar right there Kobe stuck out his elbow that was the revenge you knew would happen sooner or later when Kobe came into the league in '96 he was no longer the top dog on his team like he was in high school Eddie Jones still was there, passed the escort. Bryan wasn't getting as much playing time as he would have liked and his first head coach, Dell Harris, never saw eye to eye with the young prodigy and this is what Bryan said years later.

Regarding his relationship with Harris, he cites that he pushed me back then to try to be as efficient as possible to get some minutes on the court. I had to earn everything I got. I really appreciate it now, but I'd be lying if I said that was the case. It's not part of the motivation that Harris continued to coach Bryant and the Lakers until 1999, where he was finally fired for a very poor start to that season and Kobe wasn't upset at all by his departure, he couldn't stand it. . I hated the guy's line when I was a rookie, although I always said that if I have the chance to get revenge, I will get it and on December 20, 2005 he certainly got it.

You see, that night the Lakers faced the Dallas Mavericks. Kobe knew Del Harris would be there because he was the Mavs assistant coach and when you're on the opposing team Kobe will aim to rip your heart out, especially Del Harris, all those bad memories came flooding back when he saw Harris there on the bench and went on a mission to destroy, no, they didn't have a dance battle. Kobe did something even crazier, he scored an incredible 62 points in just three quarters, outscoring the Mavs alone and always played with a vengeance every time he faced those Mavericks in particular.

Speaking of Dallas, there was another instance where Kobe had something. to prove if you're not quite sure what the NBA amnesty clause is: it basically gives NBA franchises the opportunity to escape any contract tied to a player whose performance does not live up to the large number of money that was initially agreed upon. Mark Cuban did not believe Bryant was worthy of the amount of money he was making in the 2013 season. Mark Cuban suggested that the Lakers should amnesty Kobe Bryant. The Lakers were deep into the luxury tax and Kobe was the highest-paid player on the team, so I guess you can say Mark Cuban's comments were somewhat understandable, but even at the time Kobe was still considered one of the best. guards in the NBA, if not the best. so it was useless for Mark Cuban to come out and say such a thing, all he did was add fuel to his fire first.

Kobe had to take some of his frustration out on the Portland Trailblazers, cutting 40 points the day Mark Cuban scored. Those opening statements and Mark Cuban couldn't have picked a worse time to say what he said because just two days later, it was none other than the Dallas Mavericks next on the Lakers' schedule. Hollywood couldn't have written it better. Kobe. He came out with everything still fresh in his mind, it was a close game throughout the contest, but when the fourth quarter came around, Kobe was subdued, he had a fierce look in his eyes that was scary, making Jae Crowder look foolish all night by tackling .

Sean, hard after hard, when he finally finished the game with 38 points, proving that he was still an elite player in the league and that there was only one more thing he had to do to complete the amnesty for most of the decade 2000. Kobe and D Wade. They have been considered two of the best shooting guards in basketball and have shared some epic battles with each other on the court and it is no surprise that d-wade had a lot of admiration for Kobe while he was growing up and that their respect for him was mutual. Kobe never hesitated to approach Wade for advice.

I get a call from his unknown number and he keeps calling me and calling me, so I answered and his Kobe on the phone. I ran out immediately because Kobe called me and said: Hello, and this is it. one of the best players to ever play the game and he's closing in on me, a younger player, but just because you can get along with someone doesn't mean you're exempt from some revenge on December 19, 2008, almost two years after Wade dislocated his shoulder. He was finally starting to look like himself again, feeling revitalized and with Kobe on the other side it only made his blood pump even more, you talked about my image of perfect defense, fight on the screen, keep a body on the best player in Bryan and then guys, help me. a position that ten shots force him to be eternal Dwyane Wade was clearly going towards Bryant showing relentless effort on both ends of the court.

Kobe cut it to a two-point game with less than a minute left, but he couldn't make the biggest shot of the game. game that would have forced overtime midway through to finish the game with 35 points barely squeezing out the win, but about a year later he would be the one to experience the heartbreak at the buzzer. Shawn must have felt amazing, right, Indy weight rack, but he waits. They weren't done with each other yet March 4, 2012 Miami once again at the Staples Center, but this time D Wade had LeBron with him to take on Kobe and the Lakers, now you'd think the fans would be eager to witness Kobe. versus LeBron, but they were more interested in the Kobe versus Wade aspect because just a week earlier, at the 2012 All-Star Game, Dwyane Wade got too physical with Bryant and ended up breaking his nose.

Kobe acted calmly because it was a family event, but after the game he had a little message for Wade. I called him, you know, I didn't hear him. I called him and said everyone called. He was like a brother, so when the next matchup came, Kobe was anxious. to get it back when the Masked Mamba broke out, he missed the one at the end of the Utah game, which is a makeable shot, a normal shot for Kobe, probably an afternoon in the NBA to convert turnovers into fast break rhythm, going here early . Brian Oh shake and bake Bryant absolutely dominated the Miami duo practically single-handedly scoring 33 points and got excited about his new mask, great guys, thank you so much for watching, let me know what your favorite black mamba memory is, leave a comment below and don't do it. forget to like and subscribe