Kobe Bryant defending Ron Artest

There are plenty of vids highlighting Kobe's creative offense. I really liked this defensive sequence (against one of the best, no less) so I'm throwing this up here.

Game: Lakers vs Rockets, 11/9/2008
Video courtesy of: JasonFeng

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• los
• angeles
• lakers
• kobe
• bryant
• ron
• artest

[1PedroAmor]

Kobe and Artest 'the lost trash talk' is much much better than this sh*t

[emmaknightley]

@1PedroAmor Cookies!

[emmaknightley]

@rob23molina Sure, every NBA player wants fouls called in his favor, and complains to get it, and on the other hand thinks he should be able to guard aggressively. That's nothing new -- just human psychology.

[emmaknightley]

@rob23molina I think I see what you're saying -- especially because you seem to not like floppers. You want players to just play, and quit complaining, right? A lot of analysts say that flopping will stop when the NBA stops rewarding players from flopping -- but it's hard for any regulating body to keep up with athleticism and modes of play that are constantly evolving. However, part of your argument is lost on me due to your lack of punctuation... but this is what I got from it.

[123teletubbies456]

@juniel12 And it really doesn't make it fair to criticize Rose's lackluster 4th quarter performances when your "boy" LeBron scored less than...what? 15 or less points in the 4th quarter for the WHOLE Mavs series, and scored 7 total points in a Finals game. So...right now, anything you say about LeBron is making me question your BBIQ.

[123teletubbies456]

@juniel12 At least try to sound educated when you call someone a scrub. Oh, and by the way, cussing someone out because they dislike a particular team, and/or, player, doesn't make them more likable.

[denistmac]

Ron (Metta) is really strong. He is an animal. Look how he creates position in front of kobe using strength.

[Funpants94]

how is that not a foul on kobe???? I'll tell you why..cause it's kobe

[MrImSoFine]

oh i thought this was going to be a video of kobe backing up artest lol

[bodybuilder718]

@juniel12 lmao lebron is skilled, oooo hell yeah, a plane cant stop him, however no rings, travels sooooooooooo much its not even funny anymore, and hes a sellout, and he just cant win. but he would do up any player in the world, and no one on earth can stop him on the fast break just ask kyle korver.

[Db8nIsStupid]

@juniel12 lmao ur just cheezed cuz ur heats lost. i'm not an NBA fan but i'm a Lakers man. we lost but soft, atleast we got championships. where's lebron's ring at? mayb the heats thru the leadership of NOT lebron will win a championship in due time; but untill that happens, DONT TALK TO ME SON! and I aint hatin on ur whole team, just LeBron

[juniel12]

@Db8nIsStupid just stfu ur a fucking hater like 98% of basketball fans wats ur team then scrub? that was our first year were gonna at least win 2 titles so hop off my team u FUCKING FAGGOT!