Kobe Bryant 22 points in SPL vs China 1996-97 *RARE

[pandamalone]

see 4:40 awesome defense on kobe

[LiLSiCk916]

4:42 VINTAGE KOBE... omg this guy was unbelievably good for a 17 year old.

[magic32v7182]

4:41~~that is AMAZING~~~

[JMiahNYC20Fo]

if i was kobe and del harris ddnt start me i wouldov called for a trade

[nitotech]

Damn was this a preseason game? Todays games don't make this much noise. The crowd was buzzing. Gotta love that nasty kobe crossover

[HanGookPOWER]

@nitotech No it's a summer league game. Not pre-season.

[Markley24]

Your statline doesn't add up to 22pts...

[eastsider251]

starting at 4:41 was a sexy crossover lol kobe had mad handles 

[razzle9438]

wow! kobe was so RAW! his handles ......i never seen his handles on point like that before! this guy did rite by going straight to the nba!

[leeel2003]

KOBE BRYANT

[Keanu11Saito]

this nigga kobe, has somemad handles

[D332Fr3sh]

i see d fish out there didnt he pass that alley to kobe at the end haha.

[de1ta3phase]

Pure skillwise, I believe Kobe was better than majority of the League even at this young age. To quote Jerry West at a 1996 workout before the draft, "That's it, I've seen enough, he's better than ANYONE we got on the team" . Kobe was only 17 and just out of high school...Amazing.

[RohoicRamz94]

Skillwise you mean like run,jump,pass,shoot dribble?

[hazakous]

32-8=24

[ikeelyou]

KOBE BRYANT

and the rest of the team

LMAO

[TheAssgas]

kobe had some mad handles

[Sroundz]

DAMN THAT PASS AT 2:31 was amazing

[redevil316]

DFish is also in this vid!! awesome..

[jaybezzy3]

yo kobe,lebron,and dejuan wagner are for sure the best high school players ever dey were da most dominant- Kobe Bryant averaged 30.8 and grabbing 12 rebounds national player of the year-Lebron James averaged 30.0 and grabbing 10.4 rebounds national player of year-And last but not least the most dominant scorer out da group Dejuan Wagner averaged 42.5 and had a 100 point game national player of the year

[AllEyesOnMe08]

Wb Tyson Chandler?

[KB24OneOverJordan]

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[U2B8]

I think this was right before the atlanta olympics, and jermaine o'neal was the youngest to be drafted at the time

[PhanatixDDH]

2:31 is a sick pass!

[rlee99p]

awesome for finding/uploading this video

[blajing]

Wow, wat a majorrrrrr ball hog, forcing and missing half his shots...

[PhanatixDDH]

He was 17 years old dude. chill out.

[halobeast411]

He is still a ball hog...

[PhanatixDDH]

You obviously don't watch basketball.

[phantomsmokes]

Haha the video is 6 minutes long, and you conclude that he is a ball-hog? lol You're a retard. The video is only focusing on Kobe Bryant, not the whole game. Use some common sense.

[U2B8]

retard

[omgwtfjay]

obviously he doesnt watch basketball look at his name "halobeast411" he probably just plays that game all day long like a couch potato.

[damnicantwin]

was that fish that threw him tha oop?

[Caseyford10886]

thanks for the ring

titletown, MA

[Autonomy07]

He was the best player on the court even then.

[RyoshiRox]

he has owes been a great player. improving day by day. getting better every second. kobe roxas!

[timmyVjr]

wait more like 3:02

[timmyVjr]

3:04!!!

[franchi1234567890]

WHY YOU DONT APOLOGY ABOUT GUANTANAMO

[ratzkie619]

nice footwork

[8castro22]

Bad ass video

[paternagnstuser]

and a star is born....

[urArchitect]

COLD!!!!!!! No wonder the chinese love him.

[Iwilju2]

u can tell he was going to be the truth

[laker4lyfe2433]

UGHt-OH tHEy luCkii CuhZ...bEcuH At 4:35

hE wAS FinnAh bAng oN nIggAhz......hE reAlii CAn Do thAT noW-a-DayZ!!

[laker4lyfe2433]

hE'S 6'7.....205

[BlackMambaLAKB24]

What's so funny about this is that they were always saying since the beginning Kobe and the Lakers, KOBE AND THE LAKERS, It represents the much expectation from him in 96

[BlackMambaLAKB24]

He's wearing #32 because of his childhood idol Magic Johnson. He chose #8 later in honor of his favorite player in Italy Mike D'Antoni.

[Je4emy]

Awesome vid. I have never seen this vid before. Thanks a bunch dude.

[DUDEYOURS0GAY]

yeah but Cleveland needed Lebron to play, the Lakers did not need KObe..Shaq was already there.

[samt8405]

Yea because Shaq had so many titles before Kobe.... How many rings does Shaq have without Kobe or Wade? Fuck Cleveland and Lebron, most boring team in the Nba to watch.

[jaybezzy3]

shaq only has 4 rings 3 with kobe and 1 with wade he neva won at orlando he lost in the finals

[urArchitect]

Actually, it wasn't because of shaq. it was because of eddie jones and van exel, two all star guards, and del harris reluctance to let a 17-18 year start before them. If he had went to a team like cleveland, he would have played every minute and average over 25 ppg easily.

[thereemix]

hey , do you have any more videos like these

[zacefroniscool]

why is Kobe playing in number 32 ????????

[filahohi]

The only reason why lebron has better numbers than kobe in their beginning years is b/c lebron had WAY more minutes to play than kobe did, that's why kobe averaged like 8 pts a game but if they wouldve played him like the cavs did to lebron in the beginning his average would've been in the very 20's a oppose to the mid 20's

[filahohi]

What kind of moron would pass on kobe bryant in the 1996 draft ?

[NFLranking]

Does anyone have game 6 2002 WFC?

[tghetto5]

Why so you can claim its fixed???

[erik24MVP]

lmao. you owned NFLranking with your reply. i'm familiar with his work, thumbs up to you sir. good shit.

[margerios]

amazing ball handling at 4.44

[thereemix]

that technical on the dunk was gay. i hate when refs do that

[igmetot]

wow he's so young den..and so was i..lol..nice vid dude! chill!

[720JC]

lol at around the 1:20 there are 2 guys talking about a girl

[CrossinX]

mad sick back then man

[piemuo88]

kobe was way more flashier and had awesome handles back then , but had no experience , he just wanted to get to the rim every time he got the ball in his hands

[piemuo88]

maybe 32 is magics number huh? and he idolized him more than jordan ;)

[paoloverpaolo]

he really idolizes MJ.. i mean he's #32 in this video. get it ? 32 = 23 .. :)) fooling

[urArchitect]

MAGIC WAS KOBE'S FAVORITE PLAYER.

[cuongvo85]

his favorite player is magic...that's probably why he wore number 32

[MantisAtlantis]

Hey LakersRule24 thx for sharing... Is it possible to post more footage of the young Kobe... Kobe had awesome handles as a teen

[paoloverpaolo]

was he already 6"6 ny this time???

[patrickblah]

Never was. :p

"Upon meeting Bryant two Fridays ago, O'Neal Mitchell of Tenaha, Texas, surmised that Bryant wasn't as tall as advertised. Bryant, listed at 6-foot-7 when he entered the NBA and now listed at 6-6 (without the Afro, apparently), came clean with a grin: "I'm probably 6-5 in sneaks."

Bryant's wife, Vanessa, was there and had prodded him by saying she suspected the same thing — and measured her husband at home one day at 6-4 3/4. O'Neal smiled at getting the truth;"

[urArchitect]

KOBE IS 6-6 OR 6-7.

[patrickblah]

No, he's not.

[confusedirishnigger]

haha u see d fish wit the fro

[MantisAtlantis]

The commentator at the start says Kobes number is 32 ... so he changed from 32 to 8 to 24?

[KillaCali4200]

this is the sickest thing ive ever seen

[kobemamba]

what number is he rocking?

[0427401003]

牛

[0427401003]

牛

[airwindkb24]

LOL 5:17

[8angelbee9]

this is so rare, never had seen this before. lol still cant believe hornets gave him away for vlade. ironically they were rivals when divac was in the kings and one time teammates

[MorningJean]

Chinese getting owned.

[piemuo88]

damn he's quick

[caffiendx27]

and hes going back this summer to destroy the chinese once again

[yvesttt]

KOBE IS A BEAST HERE...

HE IS NO FEAR...

[jsbs84]

its called common courtesy. apparently some of you guys have never heard it. I keep hearing comments of "Oh, damn where did you get this footage" Wake up, thats not his personal footage. Don't make it sound like you capped and uploaded it yourself.

[dudewheresmycar11]

kobe always attacted back then

so fucking goood and aggresive

now hes just a shooter

[jmanw480]

ya an awesome shooter.

[jetballer2]

If u watch the playoffs, kobe still attacks the rim, but his game is much more balanced and advanced today. Its even more beautiful to watch today

[dachoosenone24]

keep up the good footage lakersrule24 fuck the haters keep doin you. peace

[jsbs84]

LakersRule24, if you gonna post rare footage of Kobe at least give who ever uploaded some credit. Stop stealing shit from everyone.

[LakersRule24]

Actually, more than half of my videos are my own capping footage or VHS rips. As for the other half, downloading full games isn't necessarily "stealing." I find these games on other forums. I always get permission from posters on those forums and pay back my share of dividends. I even upload my share of Kobe games/highlights on those forums, don't make idiotic assumptions.

[devinleolawn]

jsbs84...If ur offended by something on here....then get lost. We enjoy the Kobe content regardless of where it comes from. We dont need you here causing shit and making dumbass comments. Fuck off.

[KB42PAH]

Knowledge.

[iMPERiOUS]

oh no, the credit-giving police!

how do you know he got them from someone else other than his own work? LOL @ U

Just in case you cry, to make this post possible, I thank youtube, google, the creators of youtube, LakersRule24 for this video, NBA for basketball, Kobe for being in this video, Kobe's mom for having Kobe, my mom for giving birth to me to be able to type this,Con Edison for providing electricity, Dell for my computer so I am able to watch this video

Basically, JSBS84, FUCK YOU :)

[RalphyX10]

hahaha!

[RalphyX10]

hahaha!

[TripakaBlankman]

17 years old... thats all i need to say... he was only 17 years old if this was correctly dated to July 1996

[SiLenT366]

I find it ironic that Kobe's number was 32.

[yowass126]

is that fisher in there?

[Fj3]

wow, the sensational rookie phenom kobe bryant and the lakers...

kobe was really good at this game, thanks for the RARE post! If i was a laker fan at that time, I would feel really good about the future of my team, with the flashes of greatness shown by kobe... and guess what, I wouldn't be wrong about my feelings. =)

[FlamesXT10]

lol he wasn't a sensatinal rookie phenom fj3

[Fj3]

maybe, but that's what was said in the video. =)

[FlamesXT10]

yes i know but its false

[kglin]

wow.. where the fuck in the world did you get that shit from . rare ......thanks

[ddsballa]

Where the fuck did you get this video footage from Niggaaa??? SHIIIIITTT!!

[ImmortalDragon]

Thanks.

[jeeazy]

rare stuff and I expect nothing but the best Kobe game highlgihts from you.

[ManlaiSadis]

woow...how he was flashy!awesome stuff bro

[koolfool1]

kobe had some long arms

[San72390]

Super rare footage, thax for sharing. Wow im 17 and you don't see many 17 years olds out there like Kobe.

[skippyskiptomylu]

lol you can tell kobe was hella raw back in the day. LOL that one play where he tried to take off and dunk over like 3 ppl and ended up throwing the basketball at the rim lololol rookie

[LakersRule24]

Yeah, amazing to see how much he has grown from those days. He had LOTS of turnovers in the game, at least around 7 in this game if not more but I didn't bother counting. I didn't add them, but there was one play where Kobe around his back between the legs then ended up dribbling the ball off his foot and out of bounds. Another one where he had an array of dribbling moves only to get it picked.

[rlacjfdn]

this is rare

[Janggoon1]

people compared javaris to a young kobe...it's not even close...people said javaris had better handles than kobe at a young age...people should peep 4:44-4:49...insane

[Janggoon1]

good stuff bro...

[fsc125]

rare, rare game. Great job.

[royalkunia]

this is crazy stuff man

[jektopi]

Great upload!

[FabolousForlife24]

Awsome Video Bro. 5 Stars

[kobebettathanjordan]

even young kobe betta than jordan

[bChow12]

great upload dude

[LakersRule24]

Rate, comment, subscribe.

[peteandjordanlover23]

RARE!