1997 NBA Rookie Challenge - 4th Quater

[sittingonmyass]

clean arms :))

[TheMmacedon]

the 2003 class is no joke either they just lack the accolades.

[FreezeHD1]

@upanshu56 Treated..

[Hovmyster]

fisher still sucks here

[metreveli25]

kobe looks like 2 pac

[NICEisNICE]

Sandusky at 3:11..hahahaha

[eri1garcia]

This is no Rookie challenge, its a damn All-Star Game. Nothing but talent, look now and see who's still going at it. Wish Iverson was still around. Oh and Kobe Fan here!

[castillogarneth]

Nice

[gregocr]

IVERSON with no tattoos !

[duggie25]

it seems so weird watching Lorenzen Wright and us knowing exactly when he died, while he at this particular time could have no idea...creepy.

[LoveNLoot]

should have 2 mvps minimum he certainly got robbed when nash went back to back mvps

[armst012]

Wow 15 years later Derek and Kobe still together

[anthonyyCQ]

nash to kobe

[THEJustinSimmons]

95 AND 96 DRAFT CLASSES WERE TWO OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

[baryam11]

how can iverson foul kobe when they both entered the league together as rookies ?

[natepazmusic]

@baryam11 Back then only the East rookies played against the West rookies. No sophmores.

[MIAMIHEAT1221]

I wish they would do the rookie challenge (and the all-star game) like this, with the players wearing their team jerseys. This is a really cool vid, I love how it looks like Kobe barely looks any younger while Ray Allen looks like a completely different person! You should post more classic vids like this.

[THEJustinSimmons]

@MIAMIHEAT1221 you should look around youtube more these vids are everywhere.....

[luap627]

I love this batch of rookies.

[upanshu56]

With Kobe, Ray, Iverson, Nash this group shares:

6 rings, 4 MVP awards, 2 Finals MVP, 41 All Star appearances, 6 NBA Scoring titles, 5 Assist titles, 15 NBA-First team mentions.

This must be the most illustrious class of rookies ever.

[THEJustinSimmons]

@upanshu56 yes. 1996 was the best draft class of all time.

[shizbino]

@upanshu56 1984 draft class: Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, John Stockton

8 rings, 7 MVP awards, 8 Finals MVP, 47 All Star appearances, 10 NBA Scoring Titles, 9 Assist titles, 23 NBA-First team mentions, 3 Defensive POY, 3 NBA Rebounding Titles, 5 NBA Steals Titles, 14 All-Defensive First Team

THIS is the most illustrious class of rookies ever.

[upanshu56]

@shizbino That's a great class as well.

[IceGlaze95]

@shizbino and drexler

[keithplaywitit]

@shizbino now make a summary of 2003 draft class!!

[eri1garcia]

@shizbino point is? These old fools aren't playing in the video.

[blacktee31]

@shizbino Take out Jordan and the list is much less impressive. You would only have 2 rings, 2 mvps, 33 all-star appearances, 2 defensive player of the year awards, and 5 all defensive first team lol and probably even less had he never retired.

[himminy]

@shizbino yea, there's really no arguing the 84 class.

[andergra000]

@upanshu56 yeah right. 1984-1985 rookie class is the best class ever

[mattdayjr]

@upanshu56 I think you forgot Derek Fisher and his 5 rings.

[vishyvikranth]

@mattdayjr Fisherman is like Rob Horry... hez a role player....dont make him more than what he is: a back up point guard at best....he survived on the lakers coz of his relationship with Kobe.

[Basil1976]

@upanshu56 look up 1984 rookie class... Hakeem, Jordan, Stockton, Barkley...

[vishyvikranth]

@upanshu56 The year was 1984. 4 of the top 5 picks:

1) Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon (Top 3 Center of all time)

2) Micheal "Air" Jordan (G.O.A.T)

3) Charles Barkley (Top 3 Power Forward of all time )

4) John Stockton (Top 3 PG of all time)

Now tell me which draft class is more illustrious ? -_-

[ihofaerefa]

@vishyvikranth 1996 WAS more deep-go look at it...but 84 and 96 and 04 are considered the best

[saumyab44]

@ihofaerefa 03' you mean :)

[austin78993]

@upanshu56 well iverson and ray are in the class before kobe. but i get what you mean. a great era for basketball. you could also throw in that ray allen has the 3 point record

[ChillyCloth]

@upanshu56

It's funny cuz Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan combined have over twice the amount of all those things

[Fazotronic]

@ChillyCloth they arent in the same draftclass/rookie game dumbass

[ChillyCloth]

@Fazotronic

yeh but they got more shit and it's only 2 guys against 5 settle down.

[dm319756]

@upanshu56 Kobe,Ray,Iverson,Nash,O'Neal,W­allce,Stojakovic : 8 rings, 4 MVPS,2 Finals MVPS, 54 All star, 4 DPOY, 2 rebounding titles, 6 nba scoring titles, 5 assists titles, 15 all first team, 10 Defensive first team

[jbanaag21]

This batch of Rookies is the best ever. Lot's of good players.

[doenerman05]

and now kobe has 28,000 points :O

[KobeBryantROXz]

what if he stayed a PG through his career? who knows......

[LeatherBootz]

@KobeBryantROXz the world would explode. i cant imagine kobe passing the ball

[georgidimer]

3:11 is that sandusky!?

[JoeTheGreat08]

RAY ALLEN MISSES FREE THROW... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.. LOLLLL

[Marmalada180]

man he's so skinny here

[SLIPJOEBE]

By far the best draft class. The 80% of the first had acceptable careers. Not to mention Nash , jermaine oneal and Paja Stokavich. Multiple allstars ,mvp's and hall of famers

[dune310la]

U can tell the guy @0:20 Enjoyed that play a lot!

[JxLdalastround]

Retards!, jordan retired in 2000-2001, cuz he was with the wizards!

[bluedollars]

Back when the NBA drafted skills over talent, if you only had talent you had to set until it turned into some skill.

[julre15]

rookie game record for KOBE BRYANT 31points+slam dunk champion..kobe is simply the best! c:

[99robvamdam99]

man i miss it when AI was in 76er, rayray in bucks, antonie walker in C's with pierce

[chart3]

Too bad about Shareef Abdul Raheem's injuries and R.I.P. Lorenzen Wright.

[Noobssuckass300]

Where's his fro?

[jsoriano41610]

lebron traveled

[Hauntstrike14]

was this jordans last season?

[martinrotche85]

@Hauntstrike14 what year are you born?

[Hauntstrike14]

@martinrotche85 94

[CycleOfMichael]

This is a all star. not an eastern allstar team based off 3 teams.

[brunoblood]

It's Kobe baby !

[1amlegend11]

i know abdul-rahim was good but imagine him in his prime

[iamkiddavid]

A. I. For life

[dansfera]

Lorenzen Wright, RIP

[2gsuu]

Woa shit! Iverson, Kobe, Walker, Allen, Fisher, Nash this is like all star game..

[abelex157]

derek cant handle iverson

[sharpooch]

travel 0:42



[MrFernandobeni123]

lol they were playing defense

[walaodude]

kobe's face never change at all. lol

[MultiDoctorfeelgood]

Man Allen Iverson Rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :DDDDDDDDDd

[poedgon123]

fisher had hair?!?!?!?!

[MrSpitPersonality]

man.... dat rookin n sophopmore class...... outrageous!! we dont get talent like that no more. it might be 2 or 3 in a class now but then.. .the field was wide open. BRING DA TALENT BACK!!!!!!

[LXA2008]

How can this be the "4th Quarter" when the game was played in 2 halves?........

[LXA2008]

Those Grizzlies uniforms look a lot cooler now than they did back then!

[BIGMERVS]

Mannn! one of the best rookie years everrrr..

[dixie11]

Man, Abdur Rahim use to be a baller, i remember as a terrific scorer and low post player for many years under the horrible grizzlies

[WhatTehFcuk]

4th "Quater"... something lebron doesn't have.

[MiggeX]

5 championships later :D!

[BreakinBenjaminBest]

what is a quater?

[joekhoury17]

@BreakinBenjaminBest wow..............

[arkadio884]

iverson bryant nash fisher allen wallace

[jaygordon94]

Kobe Bryant... "back up point guard" 14 years later he has 5 rings and two Finals MVPs, and 1 MVP. hhahahaha

[americanaccents]

@jaygordon94

When you're an 18 year old kid on a championship contender, being a backup pg shouldn't surprise anyone. Being on the damn roster is luck enough.

[alejandrothefader]

@jaygordon94 and MUCH more that can't be counted with that kind of awards! (81 pts, outscoring a team, a lot of games 40+, one of the top scorers ever etc) hey, mabe i would like to start as a "back up point guard! hey, wait, when was kobe a pg? LOL

[MultiBlackjack24]

@jaygordon94 and 4 all star mvps

[EFFU99]

@jaygordon94 how's that funny? very few players get to start off the bat, all it shows is what hard work and the hunger to win and be the best can get you

[EFFU99]

@jaygordon94 my bad meant his 2nd season

[wornoutshoes11]

@jaygordon94 3 kobe bryant... "back up point guard" 14 years later he has 3 rings gift wrapped by SHAQ, 1 ring from GASOL & another 1 finals mvp from gasol hahahaha...

[MrDiscostu32]

@wornoutshoes11 You are retarded or just trolling. I hope you die in a fire.

[RydahReborn]

@wornoutshoes11 You're so retarded it was almost funny.

[IronN1pplez]

That Derek Fisher pass scared me a lil bit

[Guitarherotimmydude]

i think iverson is the 2nd best pg ever next to magic and kobe is the seconf best sg next to of course your airness MJ

[paul734]

@Guitarherotimmydude Thank you dude. I don't know why no one ever wants to give Kobe credit.smh

[MrSavageVideos]

7:47 the start of something great for the young man that got the Assist.

[biv2191]

dam derek fisher seems madd old compared to these guys now

[ThePatrickb91]

so many freaking great players in this dang game

[ChillyCloth]

I Googled the last word of the title and I discovered an overseas Airline, anyone else?

[SogeKingXXIII]

@ChillyCloth LMAO

[The8310353]

best class ever

[Eremi124]

Yeah so many stars was in that year :)

[TIMarbury]

RAY ALLEN WEARING JORDAN 11'S?

[jrrussell29]

kobe owned on hand checking rules and "hardcore" rules

[number25king25]

ray had handles back then

[yungtre385]

damn allen iverson, ray allen, kobe, antoine walker man this is a all star game

[52PACKISBACK12]

@JMiahNYC20Fo

lol, is that why he broke Kome's ankles??

[CoD360X]

fischer looks real young

[loplification]

not only quarter is spelled wrong in the title, but also there ISNT any in the video. You do know that there are 2 halfs in the Rookie Challenge dont you ?

[mlitvak07]

this is should be the all star game lol

[spencert151]

love the haircuts and old jerseys

[Bears85yemi]

96' class was the best. Then 03' class killed it.

[superrunscape2]

@TheFireArc lol i was thinking he same thing ahahahaha

[G0FlyAKite1]

Why is kobe & ray Allen not on the same team? They both were drafted the same year/draft. WTF.

[mochtesh]

@G0FlyAKite1 - back then it wasn't rookies vs sophomores, it was east rookies vs west rookies. it was the "Rookie Game" not Challenge.

[jlee222ballin]

I bet all 19000 people in the arena at the time didn't know that they'd be watching one of the greatest players, except one person....Kobe

[thetrixta123]

96 had the best jersey's

[2kmasterful]

Stacked class

[megatentyler]

1:07 announcer says fuck

[PrinceGeeTV]

2:28 a young shareef. this is dope.

[brunolrhl]

guys check out..."Kobe Bryant - Where Amazing Happens (best Kobe video ever, MUST SEE!!!)"

[OMEGA31100]

31 point forrr Kobe bryant and rookie ufffffffffffffffffffffffffffff­ the best

[MiXmAsTeR377]

1:14 still hasn't changed in 14 years

[slmnsulaimon]

So he scored 33 points AND still had the legs to win the Dunk Contest?

[KillenEMsoftly]

what year did they change it into rookie/soph game?

[d277kaiser277]

kobe, iverson, ray allen. talk about a sick draft class lol

[lmaostrnoob]

Kobe was a point guard before? Wtf? He says at 1:19

[Technobeep]

@lmaostrnoob backup



[dizy91]

this was a sick ass class man future great players at the time

[dixie11]

What a great talent Abdul-Rahim was, its a bit sad when players like T-Mac, Abdur-Rahim, Yao and others never reach their true potential due to career ending injuries

[jagemobe]

notice the subtle comparison of kobe to eddie jones. I think it's safe to say the young Bean Bryant left that comparison in the dust lol. Kobe's pretty much reached mt olympus. Of course, Michael is atop Everest.

[dizy91]

@jagemobe i think mount olympus is bigger than everest lol

[hak2791]

wait rookies used to play against rookies i never knew that what year did that sophmore effect come in

[Mr19901611]

84, 96, 03 best draft classes

[nickgibson96]

This is so serious compared to today haha

[kevboogie35]

back when all star jerseys were cool

[tubenachos]

Where's Steve Nash???

[jagemobe]

@tubenachos trying to figure out how to play behind jason kidd

[ZachRose88]

Class of '96 was so sick.

[KobaineCityEnt]

@ZachRose88 yes...best nba class ever!!

[laurentbooz]

@ZachRose88 '03 class is the best

[Lightclops]

lol i like how the title spells "quarter" wrong

[Moybs666]

one of the best batch of rookies ever. 1983, 2003, 1997 rookies are the beasts = michael jordan, barkley, olajuwon, malone, stockton, wade, lebron, carmelo, kobe, nash, iverson, walker, allen; it's amazing pool of talent that somehow defined the league that it is today.

[TheAssgas]

rofl @ antoine walker being an up-and-comer back then.

[awakeskes88]

high scoring affair lol?! .. if only they saw what these games had in store in the future ..

[jermycha]

Shxxxt a 3 point shot for a million dollars!!!

[TonyTCite]

lol @ Kobe being the backup PG. Look at him now. 5 Rings. Even breaking records as a rookie. They all looked so young.

[rmpaas]

Iverson 1 final apperance, Rey Allen 2 final appearance, Antoine Walker 1 final appearance, Z Ilgauskas 1 final appearance, Kobe Bryant 7 final appearnce, D. Fisher 7 final appearance = 19 Final appearance for this draft class... I dont know if there is a draft class that has appeared in an nba finals more than this class

[xxxtumxxx]

@rmpaas the year the celtics drafted bill russell. idk the numbers but i promise its higher

[mimineminou1]

13year afther kobe win an other:)

[PRzGreat1]

A lot of Future Hall of Famers playing in this game

[blacktee31]

Iverson is and was fuckin beast. Too bad he's gone now.

[DrakePolo632]

u spelled Quarter wrong lol

[hachakaza]

1996 - Iverson, Bryant, Nash, Wallace, the time of the great

[09tilinfinity]

Lmfao, does he say "And1....Biiiiieeeeeetcccchh" @:18

[killerwhale333]

the 1 dislike was me -_-

[holdupsway]

Man its crazy that these guys are already at the edge of there careers. Time flies.....

[sikwitit18]

that is the greatest draft class ever! period

[RTR9]

Man. Kobe is the last of a Dying breed of NBA Players. There is no more from that generation after Kobe retires, and the fucking SUCKS.

Damn Abdur-Rahim was pretty sick back in the day. I got an old school trading card Kobe Bryant vs Abur-Rahim from 97.

[awakeskes88]

@RTR9 Yeah ... although maybe ray allen will outlast him coz their games are different even tho he is older, all allen has really done in his career is specialized in running thru screens and making jumpshots, while kobe did everything really. Gna b a sad day when kobe retires il tell u that.

[tobishi25]

damn, he still looks the same now! lmao

[thorncliff1994]

one of the best rookie games ever.. and what ever happened to abdul rahib?????

[lolhahah21]

@thorncliff1994 It's not "rahib". His name is Shareef Abdur-Rahim which is arabic and translates to (noble slave of the Merciful). Calling himself noble sounds a little strange. But anyway, he is currently an assistant general manager for the Sacramento Kings.

[fasterdisco]

8:32 the last time Ray Allen missed a free throw

[fasterdisco]

what the fuck, 6:25, am i hearing things? some guy can get a million bucks if he makes a 3 point shot?

[name456vids]

@fasterdisco and $10,000 if he misses hahaha

[TheDorianShow1]

@drmeh3 I know it's crazy to see them what 12 years ago

[DrMeh3]

half those guys are allstars

[IAMtheNewWorldOrder]

Wasn't Marbury in this class too? Or am I mistaken?