Kobe Schools Wesley Mathews with Footwork and Jumper vs.Jazz [Game 2-'10 WCSF's]

[3ScRuBa3]

mathews is still a rook give him a few years & hes gonna be up there!

[jukteen416]

he traveled.. im juss sayin

[thug8200]

@jukteen416 nah no he didnt never changed pivot foot

[benni2005]

So nice

[MantisAtlantis]

This move is better than his other spin moves because it is towards the basket.

[OnlyRawAudio]

That is sooo beast!

[CBarber22]

that's about the only way you can score on wesley matthews, multiple head fakes and pivots

[GanNing89]

Obvious travel 0:13

[SlyAndWhit]

@GanNing89 that is not a travel, that is a reverse pivot going to the left. thats the real basketball move.

[Bosanac199pete]

Damn, When did Lebron win 2 rings?

[LatrellHassell]

Learned that from the Dream

[KevinDiggitty]

slid his pivot foot so it was a travel

[101tphillips]

best

[MammotSwitch]

THAT IS NOT TRAVELLING LOL:)

[coolpkb]

You can take as many steps as you want in between dribbles and when you touch the ball has nothing to do with it. The only thing that matters is when you terminate your dribble. That requires doing something that precludes you from dribbling again. In this case, that happens only when Kobe grabs the ball with both hands. Yes, it would be traveling if someone ran down the court with the ball in one hand. But that's because he terminated his dribble by carrying the ball.

[yamanpaks]

@coolpkb you cant take as many steps as you want in between dribbles douche... Learn the rules before you decide to make an argument about 'em...

[moustik05]

I think it could be a travel if you consider that he hasn't planted his two feet at the same time when he gathered the ball. If you look closely at the replay, he actually steps his left foot first, then the right, and uses the right as a pivot, which is illegal. But there's no way going at live speed that you can claim he's planted the left foot first...

[oneman91]

This is a reverse pivot move going to the left... Kobe usually does this turning back right...

Anybody that knows anything about basketball knows this is a real basketball move and not a travel.... Kobe is the only player I've ever seen (streets and professional) that has ever used the reverse pivot like this

Most players use the double pivot that MJ made popular by a left pump fake, followed by a follow through going left again... most players don't have the balance to go back right

[badpdx]

@oneman91: Hakeem Olajuwon and Kevin McHale used to do this move. With McHale, it kind of looked accidental, so I don't know if his counts, but Dream definitely did it. Props to Kobe for being such a student of the game.

[dieric1b]

@badpdx Because Kobe actually got taught footwork and post moves from Hakeem...look it up you should find it and Kobe is a student of the game its actually inspiring

[badpdx]

@dieric1b: yep. I'm not a big Kobe fan but I love his approach to the game.

[Christusolus]

@oneman91 true that

[startingsprinter]

lebron should learn from this. That's how footwork is done, not 3 steps

[GiLbo100]

COOL

[KobaineCityEnt]

this is how u last in the league... when the athletics start to fade u out think ur opponent. its why he's the best in the league right now

[OmarLeeMario]

If you look closely you'll notice Lebron isnt in this video...

[eshnajizzle]

DRIBBLE + STEP (RIGHT) + HOP (RIGHT) + PIVOT FOOT (LEFT) = TRAVEL

Not because of the very near slide of the pivot foot, but because of the hop off his right leg to his right leg.

[DkilluminatiX1]

@eshnajizzle its not a travel..even when people do an up and under goin to the right and they bring it back left u have to hop off both feet thats not traveling its called goin up for a jumpshot

[eshnajizzle]

@DkilluminatiX1 Did I not say, that it isn't about the near slide on the pivot foot, but about the hop from right to right at the very beginning of the move? In effect, he already had selected the pivot foot and then planted the other foot and used it as a pivot. After that, it's a great move, but he had already travelled at that point.

[DkilluminatiX1]

@eshnajizzle Kobe's left foot was the pivot the whole time and thats all he used so what are you talking about?

[eshnajizzle]

@DkilluminatiX1

Sorry, talking about the wrong leg here...

He 1) dribbles 2) sets his left foot on the court 3) jumps off his left to land again on his left (very small hop, but it left the ground), 4) plants his right foot, 5) uses left to pivot around the right (which doesn't leave the ground).

There's one step too many due to the hop from left to left. It's a great move, and it's hard to avoid lifting the left. But he did lift it, and it should be a travel.

[DkilluminatiX1]

@eshnajizzle ...are you talking bout when he spinned towards the baseline he lifted his right foot? is that where your saying the travel took place?

[eshnajizzle]

@DkilluminatiX1 No. Before that. Right after he dribbles the ball, he plants his left foot. He lifts it, and plants it again. Then he starts the spin.

[amunrahII]

@eshnajizzle he really doesn't



[eshnajizzle]

@amunrahII He reeeally does.

[amunrahII]

@eshnajizzle he didn't he kept it down until he goes up for the shot

[eshnajizzle]

@amunrahII

Just prior to the shot, yes, he keeps it down.

He does however lift and hop off, or slide with, his left foot by about one foot immediately after the dribble. That counts as a step, and that makes the travel.

[DkilluminatiX1]

@eshnajizzle ....he has to lift his left foot to turn..

[eshnajizzle]

@DkilluminatiX1

I don't know if you're looking at this through Kobe glasses, or if you're just simply blind...

Yes, he has to lift his left foot to turn AFTER he has planted his right. Nothing wrong with that.

BUT he lifts his left foot and returns it to the ground BEFORE he plants his right foot. That's 2 steps. His right then = 3 steps, his left around the pivot-foot-right = 4steps.

[yamanpaks]

@eshnajizzle If you say its a travel , learn what a travel means

[coolpkb]

@eshnajizzle You clearly don't know the game. you an take as many steps as you possibly can in between dribbles. The dribble doesn't stop until the ball is gathered. All the things you mentioned happened under the legality of that one dribble. After he gathered the ball, all he did was pivot. Legal move.

[eshnajizzle]

@coolpkb It counts as gathering the ball when his hand returned to the ball, he doesn't have to have it in two hands. And that actually happens before his first step. So try again.

[coolpkb]

@eshnajizzle LMAO. No, it doesn't count as gathering the ball until he does something that terminates his dribble, meaning he isn't allowed to dribble anymore. That would pretty much be grabbing the ball with both hands (or carrying the ball). The ball coming back up to his hand is not gathering the ball, because he could just dribble again. Learn the game.

[eshnajizzle]

@coolpkb Sorry to tell you, but even if you continue on to a second dribble, touching the ball after it bounces sets the amount of steps allowed to be taken after it. You can throw the ball forward, take five steps, touch it, take two steps and it's not a travel. Take a third before initiating a second bounce, and it is. You know why it's like that? Because otherwise players could just keep running with the ball in one hand without travelling. Touching the ball limits the steps allowed after it.

[nitotech]

Kobe did that the whole series against Utah. I still can't believe that Mathews got that huge contract from Portland.

[UExOG]

Not a travel u dumbasses trying to ruin every move he pump fakes pivot dribble pump fake pivot shot kobe does that shit all day

[siriah1976]

Im not sayin this cause im a laker fan, but I think Kobe's footwork is damn near perfection. just a little under Jordan skill wise.

[thug8200]

@siriah1976 nah kobe is more skilled then jordan but jordan is more gifted

[TheAmazingJelly]

@thug8200 kobe is more skilled than jordan?? IDIOT!!

[thug8200]

@TheAmazingJelly he is even people that played with jordan have said it and phil jackson who coached both said it

[TheAmazingJelly]

@thug8200 i really hate 12 year old like u. i bet u havent even seen jordan play basketball live!!!! search in "the artistry of michael jordan!!! jordan didn't have the gift!!! HE WAS CUT IN HIS HS VARSITY FOR PETES SAKE!!!! WHAT r u smoking??? while kobe at the age of 18 was already in the nba!!!

[FlipStar26]

Kobe's footwork is the best in the league at the wing position.

Down low? KG and Timmay

[nitotech]

@FlipStar26 Naw they're old. I would take Pau and Amare

[tabkitchen1983]

lets see LeBron do that, not happenin

[fullybuiltcivic1]

Kobe is fuckin beast

[uhhjjyyeeah]

if you look closely lebron traveled

[13randonLee]

@uhhjjyyeeah SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCHASS 

[uhhjjyyeeah]

@13randonLee im just copyin everyone else so calm your ass down

[13randonLee]

@uhhjjyyeeah therefore, you're a tool

[welovespamming]

lebron cant do that shit

[aznmafia77]

theres a wesley mathews at my school, after i showed him this vid, he wanted to change his name.

[EzeffinE]

@aznmafia77

im sure theres a wesley mathews at almost every school. thas a typical white boy name

[WhatTehFcuk]

@EzeffinE Typical white boy name? Do you live in a city with no black people? Cuz every single wesley I met has been black.

[EzeffinE]

@WhatTehFcuk

i live in an area wit a lotta asians an browns. an wesley is a common first white boy name an surname

[rusty111fire]

@aznmafia77 Tell him to change it to Metta-World-Peace

[lalalaelfullin]

Eat that shit nigga!

[VICIOUSandDELICIOUS7]

travellllll he shuffled his other foot on the pump fake

[sheepylfcforever]

damn! this schooled me nevermind mathews!

[doomriser]

he travlled

[Deejeezy405]

LOL you guys are idiots. He did not travel. Get off LeBron's nutsack.

[keverinkarama]

thats fundamentals for ya. im kind of wondering why not too many players can do this; they are professionals after all.

[thug8200]

@keverinkarama i know they are nt kobe thats why

[keverinkarama]

@thug8200 umm no, those are fundamentals something you're supposed to know.

[thug8200]

@keverinkarama THATS WHY THEY CALL HIM THE MOST SKILLED FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND PLAYER EVER

[keverinkarama]

@thug8200 that would be michael jordan. but im asking why other people dont learn them from the start, not because kobe is good at it.

[thug8200]

@keverinkarama nah mj is the most physically gifted but not more skilled then kobe sorry

[keverinkarama]

@thug8200 most physically gifted? there's a lot more physically gifted athletes than him (e.g. lebron) but more skilled than mj? you must not have known mj too well.

[letario]

@thug8200 him for the guard position and tim duncan for the forward position

[LaMdies3L]

Kobe's like the honey badger. He doesn't give a shit.

[guywhoflys1]

@LaMdies3L love the commentary on that haha

[whitedaddy50]

all of lebrons rings disliked this video

[DonCorleone87]

@whitedaddy50 actually no, because there's 1 dislike XD ahahahahahaha

[TheCuteLittlePanda]

@DonCorleone87 that's lebron's headband

[JohnBrody23]

Brilliant shit.

[MisterBinx]

Slight travel by Kobe. That pivot foot slid a little, still brilliant move.

[qyxzz]

@MisterBinx

Cant really tell, the video is a little blurry.

I think a centimeter slide isn't a travel.

[JohnBrody23]

@MisterBinx STFU

[16scott17]

@MisterBinx yea he def traveled....