Kobe - pivot/spin move vs. Knicks @ The Garden

[courtneytooraw]

i use this move in the life and i worked my defender

[HPhenomenal]

if you think thats a travel, give up basketball and play golf or something

[HPhenomenal]

there are idiots in the crowd doing the travelling sign.

[RaiRai122302]

man when I do that to my friends they say TRAVEL -_-

[HPhenomenal]

@RaiRai122302 tell them to read the rule book if not start playing golf

[methodboy57]

absolutly no travel !

[JuLiiioP]

not a travel just a great move

[MrPrincePhengie]

If you look carefully, Lebron Travel.

[multiReact]

no travel

[BasketballStud99]

Kobe travelled.

[TheBlur30]

can chuck norris stop kobe????????

[LJDMH95]

Kobe is my favourite player i look up to the guy. He is unstoppable! As George Karl said "jesus would have trouble covering kobe"

[BasketballStud99]

@LJDMH95

You look up to an egoistic rapist?

[LJDMH95]

@BasketballStud99 no need to troll dude :)

[HPhenomenal]

dumbfucks in the crowd doing the travel sign hahaha

idiots.

[MackMurdera8092]

lmao at 0:06 gasols like god how does he do dis

[popcrnshower]

0:06 gasol reaction is priceless

[garchomp119568]

this is such a great move! ever since i saw this game ive been using that move and it works everytime

[HIM600]

LeBron traveled

[TonyThriller]

It's not a travel. Anyone who thinks it is doesn't know what they're talking about.

[leo1fun]

He's on his pivot foot, so no travel.

[TheWizardAce1]

Well as You can see the REF is CLOSE enough to make the call and he made the RIGHT one. IT's A GREAT MOVE not a travel to me

[adi1096]

At 0:03 why did he yell "YES!" Did he really think Kobe would miss that after spinning?

[superchef78]

@adi1096 I don't think he thought he was gonna miss it. If he thought he was going to miss it, he probably would have said "no."

[816barnes]

He's on his left pivot u can go in a circle wit ur pivot does anyone kno how to play ball nowadays for someone to say that is traveling u have to be a scrub to not kno how to pivot in basketball.lol

[816barnes]

Stealing dat asap!

[DemonXY2J]

Your opponent have to know that you are a sharpshooter in order to execute this move. If this move doesnt work for you then you arent a sharpshooter like kobe

[roy21g]

if lebron did that they will say that's a traveling xD

[NeCroChad]

@roy21g he actualy tried this move and he traveled - lebron

[mhrce]

@NeCroChad so did kobe actully, you technically cant do this move leaning towards your non pivot foot without traveling.

[MrDrag0npunch]

ur allowed to lift your pivot foot, u just can't let it touch the ground again. nice move, not traveling.

[ARTAthletix]

Nice, but you can't lift your pivot. It is a travel

[20Lipz]

i have done this move so many times and 8/10 you get a clear path to the basket

[Moliani2]

i use this move sometimes, i get a clear path 90% of the times

[7SkipToMyLou7]

Brick James need to watch this.

[batmanrocks245678]

ill try doin that while playing ball

[itsyaboy41]

he took an extra step, left foot is pivot which means he only make a move off that foot, he jumps off his right foot

[silverblackhoe]

wow thats MJ's move

[8cruz88]

@silverblackhoe MJ's move?? what the fuck are you talking about?? i've NEVER seen MJ do that.....so get the fuck out of here with you MJ bullcrap

[silverblackhoe]

@8cruz88 LOL Brainless Monkey! go watch mj highlights in his 40s and youll see many pivots greater than kobes,,.. haha stupid asscrap fatard!!! LOL

[8cruz88]

@silverblackhoe "stupid asscrap fatard"??? lol damn that imature huh?? anyway who the fuck is talking about "many pivots"?? im talking about this particular move you moron

[gtfan7676]

thats a travel because he left his pivot foot and took another step.

[DemonXY2J]

@gtfan7676 your moms a travel

[geeknows171]

@gtfan7676 thats what we call jump shot lol

[gtfan7676]

@geeknows171 yeah smartass a jump shot isnt taqking another step before you jump dumbass

[fdlmania]

@gtfan7676 are you kidding?learn rules before posting..

[gtfan7676]

@fdlmania your such a bias dumbass. stop obsessing over a great layer and YOU read the rules,

[TheSaka24]

ahhaahha

When I hear that guy laughing I just can't watch without laughing myself

[thug8200]

thats his favorite move cus he make people look stupid he did it lastnite

[WAYNEOO0]

i just made that move a while ago.. but i banked it off the glass lol

[mjmitch33]

Let me shed some light. If you jump off both feet it would have never been a travel as long as you release the ball before returning to the floor. However about 4 years ago the wording in the rule was changed. The rule use to be that once you establish a pivot you may lift the pivot but neither foot can return to the floor before the ball is released. Now the rule states that your pivot cannot return to the floor. So the rules wording changed but many older refs still call it a travel.

[gfunkgfunk]

just got a bonner

[HPhenomenal]

if you think thats travel, i think you should give up on basketball and try golf or something.

[JohnNguyenFTW]

That's just fucking sick.. He did this yo-yo move in the Olympics!

[fdlmania]

I am sick idiots who say travel to every move they see..

[mambaKB24mvp]

that shit is called greatness not traveling dumb fucks

[dkthebeast92]

That's one beautiful move, with a great use of the pivot. If you think that's a travel, you're truly stupid.

[stevechen1991]

damm how does he even come up with that move???if that was me and chandler jumps at me at that split second i dun know wtf to do lmao i would jus throw up the shot

[success2life]

@stevechen1991 That was good quick thinking...but he didn't create that move

[MarshallEricksen]

Legend- wait for it- dary!

[34thballer]

I love it when the fans at the top try calling a travel and the people on the left side just keep cheering hahahaha. stupid .

[RyomaFujiTezuka]

some are motioning travel lol..that is called a pivot..

[atl2maryland]

Why were fans in the background motioning that he traveled. It's called a pivot and good footwork. I guess they are used to seeing skills

[EfeKs2]

it' not traavel...to you dumbasses...kobe has clutch footwork

[jamalrjames]

This move came from MJ!!!

You can see it @ 4:08 on this video youtube. com/watch?v=KX2UkpRexOQ

[timmychen6]

it wasn't travel at all, he used left foot as pivot. He did a fake shot then a about 300 degree spin clockwise very quickly. The difficult part of this move is the timing to use it and doing it so quickly. Almost everyone can do this move but it's just hard to get a timing like this in the video and spin so quickly for 300 degree. (I said about 300 degree coz it's not a full round spin.

[mistahwestnile]

who the fuck has the ONE dislike on this =/

[dishrags]

its hard to say if its a travel or not. i really couldn't tell if he jumped of his pivot foot while his other foot was down. if it was traveling if it wasn't then a great move. well its still a good move even if he did travel.

[ccchan987]

Well, this is not traveling as long as you jump off your immobile planted foot. If you jump off your movable foot, then it's a travel. the travel is not on your pivot foot leaving the ground. The traveling is resulted just before you jump off your movable foot because you have lifted the pivot foot (and took a step) before you take off the pass or shoot. In this vid, kobe didn't travel, but in some other he did. Still, he's too fast to be caught XD

[92890javier]

Kobe is the best by far in this day of time. LeBronze who?

[younghoush]

umm this isnt travel. His pivot is the left and it doesnt come up until he shoots. Look at this move when he does it against Manu i still cant tell if its a travel

[KushPizzaSleep]

kobe got the best footwork in the nba

[LyleLe]

youtube[dot]com / watch ? v = 7l053a5oYxc

He's travelling. Might be too fast to catch in-game, but he's travelling.

[LyleLe]

@LyleLe ignore this, accidentally linked the same video.

[Ramp10er]

It doesn't matter if he travels or not, the refs can not see the movement anymore because they move too fast...

[Ramp10er]

It's traveling... First he skid and then he lifts his pivot foot... By the way his popular that's why he gets away with no call just like MJ...

[stewar91]

@Ramp10er thats not travel..he gets rid off the ball before landing..read the rulebook

[Josu527]

I do this move all the time ecept i dont spin, i just go under the defender after he jumps. But i might have to start spinning after seeing this

[DemonXY2J]

This is why he is the best shooter in the game

[ammkcolcoib]

Tough move, a lot of balance and coordination involved, definitely practice this a 1000 times to get it right, Kobe does simple and effect moves, he is never going to be good like jordan but comes pretty damn close

[aj822]

This is single-handedly the best basketball move ever put into the game and the way it is utilized is impossible to defend. Kobe can just drop the easy free throw J or he can just pivot spin and get an even closer shot..they bring some help on you then you just pass the rock. Epic.

[LAistheplace]

Even Spike Lee had a laugh. KB24 The best in the game.

[Datsingrgal]

thats just not fair kobe.

[erwhinn]

pumpfake and pivot !!!!

:)

[8TheBlackMamba24]

my coack keep on saying that this is a traveling when i doo this move but when i do it in a real game its not a travel.... my coach is dumb haha

[miamiforlyfe]

your coach is a dumbass

[curiousgeorg4242]

@miamiforlyfe and he cant do the move either haha

[nicoj36]

people who calls travel right away on special fakes or moves are very fucking annoying, i think they're very stupid, dumb, and needs to learn the game of basketball some more.

just because their dumbass got faked, the word "travel" comes out of their mouth right away. haha dumbfucks!!

[LyleLe]

@8TheBlackMamba24 You're a dumbass. Your coach is right.

Here's the slo-mo: youtube[dot]com/watch?v=hClt0s­QodDM

It may be too fast to catch in game, but it's a travel.

[jbauer2]

@8TheBlackMamba24 ur coach is fucked in the head

[2pacisthebest90]

@8TheBlackMamba24 Your coach is a retard

[fegekic]

@8TheBlackMamba24 The thing is if you jump with both foot then it's not a traveling violation otherwise it is. Tho in a real game this kind of combos are too quick for the refs to judge if you jump with two foot or one i guess.

[8MunchenBayern8]

@8TheBlackMamba24 how is it travel? what a moron, you're holding your pivot foot the whole time.

[koalalauncher]

@8TheBlackMamba24 i'm guessing ur coach is old school lol. probly just hates flash in general

[DkilluminatiX1]

@8TheBlackMamba24 he's a lebron fan

[sakon44]

@8TheBlackMamba24 are you sure it doing it right? haaha

[2Luke]

i always try this move in a real game... it worked a couple of times... pump fake then spin.

[magnumx23]

He basically created movement without moving. The pivot foot he spun on was the same foot on which he stopped his dribble. He never took another forward step. Or a step in any direction for that matter. He just manuevered the free foot around. Genius.

Check out the video "kobe impeccable footwork against wade in all star game". That's another good. In that one, he loses D-Wade with only a single step.

[tonytouch566]

i did that move today....it felt amazing

[jamalwoods89]

one of the best moves i have ever seen!!!!!!

[jamalwoods89]

that was on of the most amazing moves i have ever seen!!!!!!!

[balane619]

Wait I dont get it, isnt that a travel cuz he lefted his pivot foot?

[realtalkjohnny]

he jumped he didnt take a another step

[SwaggerBoi112]

no he dropped his left foot and turned on his right and when he turned he jump to shoot its ok i thought it was a travel at first too cuz i tried it myself and i traveled but i figured it out

[billma12345]

he never put it down though

[MasterThomers]

hard to say, but you don't need to call it, cause he still jumped off two feet and that's the more important thing.

[Pimpinaintezy]

true bro

kobe is more skilled

the game has changed, so do the players

[kmakjop]

This is art at its best in basket ball. How can someone say Jordan is the best and then say Kobe is not, when kobe took all jordans moves and improved up on them. I am not here to start a who is better than who debate, I am a fan of basketball greatness and jordan was at a point but Kobe is more skilled than Jordan no doubt. No need to respond because this is just my opinion

[laepnud]

@kmakjop Just cause you copy someone's move doesn't mean you do it better. Kobe perhaps added flair to the move, but statistically, there has been NO IMPROVEMENT. In fact, statistics show that Kobe is actually LESS efficient across the board. There's a reason why they call it "fundamentals." Jordan's move didn't need improvement cause they weren't even Jordan's They are just basketball fundamental moves.

[CHRISTIANABUSED]

no Spike will make some commercials with Kobe to prove he's the biggest Knick fan.

[m0nkeydump]

I've never seen another player use that move before. Not even Jordan. If you think I'm wrong, prove it.

Why Jordan is still considered G.O.A.T. and Kobe only cracking Top 10, is beyond my comprehension.

[solo4321]

LMFAO!!!!! I guarantee you don't know the first thing about basketball. So sad in a sense too.

[SmoothMM]

You're the rapist. You're morally raping sweet lady America with your narrow mindedness.

[SmoothMM]

aimed at dingles420

[SkullFir3]

I did that move yesterday at the park, and people were laughing at me because I was trying to be like kobe, and I said No i was trying to be like me.

[l23cb4]

word. I used that today @ the park too. Awesome move! =]

[DBlockn05]

lmao me 2 :D I juked 2 people out, am barely 5'10, my friends are all 6ft+, excellent move to use!

[Ns205]

Spike lee please get off kobes nuts ur a knicks fan

[KevinWestley]

Whoa... You all think that's a Jordan move? Give me a break... Player's have been using moves like this since the 50's... It's just a drop step (quick) that turns into a jump shot. I've done this in high school as a perimeter player numerous times...

[kennyho24]

of course, he didn't invent the move , but its one of his signatures he used alot , which of course being a good player, he gets recongition and credit. aka tim duncans bank shot, dwayne wades fast side steps

[anderl1n]

I hate how ppl in the park wanna learn kobe's pivot movements. Piss me off to guard them.

[kennyho24]

people are often confused by this move, rules state that you can lift your pivot foot and switch to your other foot only in the act of shooting or passing. Its traveling if he lays his pivot down again. SO THIS IS LEGIT. aka, this is the same as jordan's step through move.

[Jav0Oo]

be biggest kobe haters are the mj fans because they're afraid of how good kobe is and they don't want their precious jordan legacy to be topped...people who say kobe is copying jordan are ignorant...what do you have to say about jordan copying dr j? exactly...Kobe is Kobe, Jordan is Jordan...get over him...the guy is retired...he wasn't always gonna be the best...

[Afrothunnda18]

kobe is great and im a HUGE fan but he isnt better than Jordan yet at least...Jordan's story is too perfect but if kobe gets more rings then we got something to really talk about

[PhatTok]

I agree, I think Kobe is amazing and is the best player that has playd the game since Jordan but for Kobe to be compared with Jordan, he needs to match those 6 rings first.

[Lookeat117]

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[memomb]

you guys are retards, its not a travel until your privot foot touches the gorund again

[youarehectic]

I love seeing those two idiots in the crowd calling a travel.

[methdxman]

Lots of courtside people calling travel, which just proves they don't know shit about hoops.

[neyboo]

Greatness.

[DuDeeBrown]

Actually it's not meant to be a travel but it's arguable! He jumped off of his right foot so it's travel, but had he taken off of both feet than it wouldn't have been a travel!

Not a big deal, in the NBA refs never call a travel on moves like this!

Beautiful and effective though:)

[socrball87]

at least you know what im talking about when i say its a travel. im glad they dont call it a travel tho!

[jun2xtreme]

lol. do you guys know how to play basketball? it's travel IF he changed his pivot foot to his right then jumps to his left (counting it 3 steps with his first pivot foot as the first step). but in that move, he planted his left foot (1st step) then jjumps with the right(counted as the 2nd step). learn how to count before you play

[Noc4ball]

No, it's not a travel. He jumps off his pivot foot, but you can do that. If any move is "arguable", it's the spin move when the player picks up his/her dribble. Now, that's a travel, but it's allowed.

[socrball87]

travel ... changes pivot foot after he spins ... but its the nba

61 points though ... unreal

[Grainmunch5]

dude that wasnt a travel... LeBron "King Crab" James travels all the time but Kobe knows his footwork sometimes the referees get carried away by the crowd and do "make up calls".. Kobe does it so well it looks like a travel but its clean

[socrball87]

the "king crab" and this spin move are both travels. dudeebrown knows what hes talking about. try it on the court and count your steps when you do the move and you can easily tell its a travel.

i think its sometimes a good thing that referees let travels go by a step tho in the nba because it adds excitement to plays like this.

[jsbs84]

Kobe's the picasso of the NBA. What an artist.

[yanakiss]

holy shit !!! that was beautiful, thats why hes the best! call me when you ll see lebron or dwade doing that !!!!!

[luckylefty232323]

is not a kobe is a jordan move!! stop giving this guy so much credit..all he does is emulate MJ to even his off da court mannerisms..let's knock it off!..youtube michael jordan above and beyond part 1 and skip to 2:21.

[touyxiong]

yes this is a jordan move but you still have to give him credit for pulling off a move like this....no one in today's NBA can pull of a move like this...

[yanakiss]

Well this amy be a jordan so what ?? Every player have models, whats wrong with that? The guy deserves credit, im sorry but I cant name another player able to do that with that class

[babyNard]

he's not copying and if he was he's doing a damn good job lol