Watching these two talk about Kobe like this brings back so many memories. Rest in Peace Kobe
@sandramartinez-perez236
4 жыл бұрын
On point Steven A
@jrsmith1998
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Especially how he ruined the Lakers his last few seasons in LA.before he bailed out.
@ralphmacias7481
5 жыл бұрын
kobe carried the team single handedly in the 2nd half of the season
@dearshomy
4 жыл бұрын
Facts!
@damonrawlins660
4 жыл бұрын
And his Tires blew out lmao
@joshuagant9997
4 жыл бұрын
Broke his body for they ass n it was over shortly thereafter rip mamba
@blackisismafia97
4 жыл бұрын
He said they was going to make the playoffs and they made it if he didnt get injured
@jackdanielss
4 жыл бұрын
And he blew out his Achillies
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing the photoshop of Kobe as an old man hurts 😔 RIP
@lilrockswag
4 жыл бұрын
Old mam kobe still handsome as heck
@juliuseillya9944
4 жыл бұрын
@Future UFC Tapper i want u to know ur a loser and will never amount to nothing and u know it
@santiagooviedo5219
4 жыл бұрын
@Future UFC Tapper 5000 assist is a ballhog?
@ZionCHarper2k23
3 жыл бұрын
ik right😪
@MidRangeBuckets
3 жыл бұрын
@Future UFC Tapper your videos suck ass bro...
@kendeng9828
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stephen A for standing up for Kobe when everyone else at ESPN clearly is not.
@o0oStillWeRiseo0o
Жыл бұрын
🙏🏾
@tubbylemon
4 жыл бұрын
2012-2013 for Kobe was my fav season of his. Literally every day he was being criticized for his team losing and most blame was on him. Even talks of TRADING him away. He activated MAMBA mentality and he started having games where he went 27 and 10 ASSISTS. He changed his entire game to be a facilitator and be a scorer and his team started winning games. And we all know about his last game :(
@nexusassoon8367
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites too.... he put the team on his back took them up the ladder game winner after game winner
@KK_301
5 жыл бұрын
30ppg on 47% and y’all blamed Kobe Stephen a was right. This just shows the disrespect on the mamba
@tyyct3391
5 жыл бұрын
Karan K exactly
@QuanLovesGaming
5 жыл бұрын
They do it to LeBron too
@tindobranic4791
5 жыл бұрын
King Quan Gaming THANK YOU
@ivanjurleta4213
5 жыл бұрын
@@tindobranic4791 ništa
@Onlyrealmusic4life
5 жыл бұрын
@@QuanLovesGaming lol seriously. Kobe fans expect people to feel bad?
@jsx7362
4 жыл бұрын
This was Stephen A most accurate take he ever had.
@jonahxsmitty
4 жыл бұрын
Jay X4 facts
@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070
Жыл бұрын
He has a lot of those from when Skip was there.
@TheRealTurkFebruary
11 ай бұрын
I wish these three would reunite. This is by far the best version of FT and the peak of 21st century sports media.
@sreerajunnikrishnan6478
6 жыл бұрын
Stephen a Smith was on fire....poor skip....
@yenice3652
4 жыл бұрын
"Metta world peace was slow on a good day, so he's for sure still slow now"
@DiamondEDC
4 жыл бұрын
Kobe was balling the year he tore his Achilles...
@kenechi9083
4 жыл бұрын
😢
@erictoms9798
4 жыл бұрын
Fly high Kobe 😥 Greatest Laker of all time ✌
@CarlosMartinez-ou9gt
4 жыл бұрын
Kobe Bean Bryant carried the Lakers franchise for years and years. Greatest Laker ever RIP to the GOAT competitor. He is up in heaven chucking 40 shots and not a damn thing wrong with that
@satsuma1754
4 жыл бұрын
Was not the only good player on the team....stop with the word carry, he had the most talented team for years.
@abinavsankaranthi264
4 жыл бұрын
IKER MAN we gonna ignore the years without shaq?
@MidRangeBuckets
3 жыл бұрын
@@abinavsankaranthi264 he proved the nba wrong
@MidRangeBuckets
3 жыл бұрын
@@abinavsankaranthi264 didn’t need Shaq and won back to back
@abinavsankaranthi264
3 жыл бұрын
@@MidRangeBuckets thats what I was trynna say
@mylesfrancois7595
4 жыл бұрын
Stephen always had Kobe’s back✊❤️
@hothotheat3000
3 жыл бұрын
He did NOT stand for Kobe slander. EVER.
@PeeedaPan
4 жыл бұрын
I wish Kobe actually got to look old like in the graphic
@luismendes5868
2 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@realtrenorton
4 жыл бұрын
it’s 2020 & this analysis of Mike Dantoni is still relevant. He still coaches the same and can’t win in the championship. Kobe got killed for it back then, but Harden is praised now.
@oluwaseyibolish2780
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, just rush the ball up court and jack up shots. That why a team could miss 27 consecutive 3ss and the coach couldn't do anything, run-a-play or something, to just stop the bleeding, and he still has a job.
@stonersimpson_
4 жыл бұрын
Harden is only "praised" by the nba. Real basketball fans not fucking with his playstyle.
@nexusassoon8367
4 жыл бұрын
Real shit
@skinobaby414
4 жыл бұрын
Trelen Norton facts
@alil2polar
4 жыл бұрын
stoner simpson ya all the NBA players don’t even like his play style.
@ceo_getbucketz6761
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen A Smith looked sooo young 😂😂😂..
@yarapah
4 жыл бұрын
CEO_GetBucketz the Knicks are aging this man and taking his best years lol
@xxtooshiestyxx8756
4 жыл бұрын
@@yarapah 🤣👆
@t-osamamay2625
4 жыл бұрын
CEO_GetBucketz man 🤣🤣
@TheJaiquan17
4 жыл бұрын
Fuck no still look old af dat Jackson 5 ass fro
@starvinturtles4069
4 жыл бұрын
It was the glasses 😂😂😎
@nickgriffin661
4 жыл бұрын
Carrie Champion - the GOAT of First Take moderators
@treyvonwalsh7173
3 жыл бұрын
Nah that's Jay Crawford
@isaacbarrow9155
Жыл бұрын
this first take was the best sports talk TV ever created
@mrboss20ten
4 жыл бұрын
Kobe had a crazy 2nd half of the season and got them boys to the playoffs.
@alexejcrescini263
4 жыл бұрын
barely
@ronin2981
4 жыл бұрын
@@alexejcrescini263 still made it with barely any help.
@davidgutierrez4606
2 жыл бұрын
@@alexejcrescini263 did he or didn't he take that trash ass team to the Playoffs? Jackass go sit in the corner
@reubss9911
4 жыл бұрын
This hit different now. RIP 😭
@KentuckyWaterfall13
5 жыл бұрын
Funny looking back at this all the years later, D’antoni was the problem Kobe basically ran himself into the ground this year and never recovered after his Achilles.
@geoabraham9744
5 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the media was blaming Kobe then and is praising LeBron now.. the disrespect. Lol
@bc0316
5 жыл бұрын
@@geoabraham9744 Who's praising Lebron? Majority of the media and basketball fans have been hating on him since he was 16! 😂
@geoabraham9744
5 жыл бұрын
@@bc0316 I agree they were hating on him at the age of 16, but ever since he became the 'face of the NBA' we have these people come up with stupid as narratives, goat talk and shit.
@Onlyrealmusic4life
5 жыл бұрын
@@geoabraham9744 You act like the dude hasn't earned to at least be talked about lol butthurt Kobe fan spotted. After 2010, the Lakers were irrelevant. Kobe was the leader and face of the team. It falls on him. That''s been the way it goes for LeBron and Kobe is better than LeBron according to you right? So he should be held to the same standard at the very least.
@Rich_iam
5 жыл бұрын
This was one of Kobe's best and most underrated seasons. He fought hard to get this team into the playoffs, he was literally on his last leg. D'antoni was defintely a huge problem, but Nash was washed up and injured often, Dwight was coming off of a back surgery and clearly not the same player, Pau was in and out of the lineup too. I mean Chris Duhon was starting games at some point because no one could stay healthy. It was just an overall bad season, but D'antoni didn't make it any better.
@nameyourchannel2712
2 жыл бұрын
Stephen A been rocking the Cartis
@tadejsiljac1559
4 жыл бұрын
I wake up, hear about the passing of Kobe. And I go on KZitem and this in is my top recommended.
@sergiomonjane6083
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing this after Kobe’s gone. Dammmnnn!!! RIP my favorite player of all.
@jrsmith1998
Жыл бұрын
he was pretty good
@NoName-sv5yl
5 жыл бұрын
This is when First Take was fun to watch~
@varshneyabhay
4 жыл бұрын
“But it’s not as important as it to him as it is important to win his way”... holy shit this Stephen A take still applies in 2019
@emjay1249
8 жыл бұрын
Smith always speaks facts and owns skip
@wallstreetzoomer
7 жыл бұрын
Rare time Smith being right
@RiruKrypto_
7 жыл бұрын
Nate Rivers that's why Skip left first take and make his own show so he can own Shannon
@JohnHMcCoy
3 жыл бұрын
@@RiruKrypto_ 💯💯💯
@yonishussein544
5 жыл бұрын
Fast forward 5 years or so you got the same thing wit the rockets and harden lmaooo common denominator is D’Antoni
@yonishussein544
5 жыл бұрын
Adrian Flores agreed
@lewisgriffin9684
5 жыл бұрын
Not exactly apples-to-apples comparison dad told me he's actually coached good with the Rockets hardness the problem with the Rockets that's why Chris Paul is about to beat Harden's ass
@infernalparadise021
4 жыл бұрын
I dont like Harden but to say the guy doesnt play defense is wrong. Harden believe it or not is one of the best lane and post defendimg guards in the league and his stats proved that. Now his offense? His offense is great. Above great. Legendary. But D'Antoni's system is the reason we see historical numbers and Harden has bought so into the bullshit system that is D'Antoni's run and gun, he DOES believe he's the hero of Houston and thats the issues going on there.
@yonishussein544
4 жыл бұрын
infernalparadise021 ngl imo I think hardens numbers are inflated under dantonis system and that’s no knock on hardens talent I believe he’s a all time great offensively
@animeistrashandsoami2304
4 жыл бұрын
@Adrian Flores Harden's playstyle is hurting the rockets? bruh what
@eliascruz9031
2 жыл бұрын
I’m 100 % with Steven A Smith , Kobe was not the problem , that was on Mike D Antony system, the not fix with the old , slow team the we have on that years .
@pimpinb11
4 жыл бұрын
Crazy watching this again years later knowing that Kobe carried that team on his back to a playoff spot.
@23bitchris60
3 жыл бұрын
Stephen A is one of the few analysts who respected Kobe during and after his career.
@bigplayjayy
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stephen A. Smith
@that_fitness_nerd2574
4 жыл бұрын
Stephan A right on the money with this one
@ultrascreens5206
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kobe! 😳😭
@shawnso4225
5 жыл бұрын
I don't appreciate Skip disrespecting my guy.
@Karlog06
5 жыл бұрын
Skip is a dumbass who always brings up Jordan to cover himself 😂
@TheFlash-je3bl
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah but now skip is on Kobe's side because he hates LeBron
@oscvrfc
4 жыл бұрын
my god, this is prime stephen a smith
@BlockBoyFTW
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kobe 😢
@hunterb851
4 жыл бұрын
Miss Kobe man ...
@zbsfe2193
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kobe Bean🕊🙏🏾
@tubenachos
6 жыл бұрын
Nash with a beard though
@jonahxsmitty
4 жыл бұрын
tubenachos he looks like the leprechaun from “luck of the Irish” 😂😂😂
@MansaMello
5 жыл бұрын
Steve Nash only played 65 games out of 3 seasons as a laker 😂😂😂wow
@zo615
5 жыл бұрын
Romello Bouldin really?
@MansaMello
5 жыл бұрын
Yuri i swear😂😂look it up
@Sam-eq4do
5 жыл бұрын
@@MansaMello yeah, the dude had a degenerative spinal condition and nerve damage. He was in chronic pain in his last few seasons. Can't imagine what the Lakers could have achieved if Kobe didn't tear his achilles and Dwight and Nash were healthy.
@TheMrKobeBryant2012
4 жыл бұрын
Well by the time the Lakers acquired him, he was 38.
@AdamPaul222
4 жыл бұрын
RIP KOBE 🖤
@BudddyyRo
4 жыл бұрын
I miss this first take
@RDthegreat1
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Dantoni still has this problem today with the Rockets
@ashmaterial
4 жыл бұрын
This is surreal now. Rest in peace Black Mamba and Gigi
@MitchMarley1
4 жыл бұрын
I’m devastated this hurt so bad
@jimmy33music
Ай бұрын
It sucks well never get this firat take back, but man does it make it more fun and special to watch looking back now. Pure gold from these guys always
@Midkiffx12
10 жыл бұрын
Blame Kobe even though he won 2 titles in the past 5 years.
@bc0316
5 жыл бұрын
Kinda like they blame Lebron when he won 3 in 5 years.
@christianaupont8924
5 жыл бұрын
Brandon Cabrera Great point you made up. It crazy how people can’t see the hypocrisy in that, Kobe wins 2 titles in 5 years and people sweep it under the rug. But, Lebron wins 2012 + 2013, and 2016 and people bash Lebron and call him overrated and an underachiever. It’s insane at how bias and how much hate they hate Lebron!
@biglisthegoat3315
5 жыл бұрын
Christian Aupont Kobe won 3 in five years too.💀
@amaankhan6673
5 жыл бұрын
@@biglisthegoat3315 Shaq??
@nathannoble3658
5 жыл бұрын
Amaan Khan d wade and bosh???
@karimC35
5 жыл бұрын
Kobe the goat
@GetintheCAH
4 жыл бұрын
Stephen A just described the modern nba. Centers playing like PF, its hard to tell the difference between the two positions sometimes cause today’s centers are so damn versatile its amazing. Stephen A was 100% right about Kobe having to take everything on his shoulders.
@davistaylor3407
5 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of good memories watching this crew.
@estd24
11 жыл бұрын
Smiths always i mean ALWAYS schools skip in these conversations
@zescapegoat
5 жыл бұрын
fast forward 6 yrs and Skip's picking Kobe over Lebron (vs Shannon). Stephen A preach baby!
@davidlastimosa2242
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stephen Smith
@nickz8583
4 жыл бұрын
RIP KOBE😢
@Sombr1lla
4 жыл бұрын
6 years later Pau Gasol still in the League.
@F1nalB0zz
4 жыл бұрын
and hasnt done anything since
@satsuma1754
4 жыл бұрын
@@F1nalB0zz lol 3 more all star game one as a starter, yes nothing 👍
@TheKingofKings2272
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen A used to own Skip all the time
@shamus248
5 жыл бұрын
1:47 the look on Stephen A's face
@ingodwetrust7648
6 ай бұрын
Kobe Bryant SLAM DUNK GIANT 🏀 🙏🙏🙏 🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹
@snaem
5 жыл бұрын
I strongly think that if phil was coaching that lakers team they wouldve won a championship. Phil was a coaching genuis and maybe wouldve saved kobe that season from being injured.
@BobothyThe1st
5 жыл бұрын
I believe if the NBA didn't veto the CP3 trade Kobe would have 1 more title
@mboal.a.158
4 жыл бұрын
Robert Thomas on the hood they would have at least 2 CP3 was in his prime than too it woulda been crazy seeing that duo work
@GameTime-yj6qv
Жыл бұрын
Not bringing Phil back was a major mistake. Those Lakers would have at least been contenders
@satsuma1754
4 жыл бұрын
Pau left to be all star starter in Chicago 😂. Bad knees😆
@darealquartermill3543
2 жыл бұрын
When Stephan a smith wasnt on that bullshit I miss this guy
@JM-fx2cc
4 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace.
@burneraccount1592
2 жыл бұрын
Kari was so good with them. They should have never let her go
@mwizachirambo9598
4 жыл бұрын
This was a great take by Stephen A
@princewembo8905
4 жыл бұрын
Stephen A Smith was right about Mike
@luisvalencia5505
4 жыл бұрын
Rip Kobe
@Dave_Guty_24
17 күн бұрын
I can't believe it's been over 4 years since Kobe's death. RIP 🐐
@tgreg9542
6 жыл бұрын
Steven a be preachin
@yemoochy9553
3 жыл бұрын
Facts Steven
@khalida02
4 жыл бұрын
Way to go Stephen A Smith
@HulkVahkiin
3 ай бұрын
I remember during this period SAS was going crazy on how the media was treating Kobe.
@MrTsunamid89
11 жыл бұрын
Facts on top of facts Skip dont know wat da fuck he be talking bout preach on Stephen
@reallynotmateo8805
5 жыл бұрын
6 years really made these guys age
@kennethstone4590
2 жыл бұрын
It’s so wild hearing this in 2022!!!! Cause Lebron is going through it seems the exact same thing!!!!! With the Buss Family!
@hgetgbg2e1f
5 жыл бұрын
Lakers are gonna get swept if Kobe doesn't play
@robertcolbert4785
4 жыл бұрын
RIP KOBE
@avtalking6252
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Mamba
@IIGhost807II
2 жыл бұрын
One of the few times I've agreed with SAS
@michaelo6161
4 жыл бұрын
*Pops up In my recommendation 02/2020* Me: god why 😭😭
@741923bm
4 жыл бұрын
THIS IS OLD. KOBE REST IN PEACE.
@hotsteppa7337
4 жыл бұрын
Mamba ❤️🐍
@IMA-MAN-FIRST-PODCAST
2 жыл бұрын
RIP GOAT
@tinashemuzira1901
4 жыл бұрын
Just realised mike d’antoni is the perfect coach for the pelicans because they have the ability to run the floor so quickly and has isolation players that slow the game and get a bucket when they need to
@JPerryMMA3
5 жыл бұрын
ESPN slanders Kobe for anything Smhhhhh
@TheJasonJackson84
5 жыл бұрын
ESPN still be trying to hate on Kobe
@Royalwar0305
2 жыл бұрын
Damn sounds like today's lakers
@joecoats5762
3 жыл бұрын
Skip & Stephen a🐐🐐🐐
@sanjeevkumar616
5 жыл бұрын
Kobe was one of the players who got along very, very well with SAS.... Nd he is always a Kobe admirer
@samuel2pac72
5 жыл бұрын
Sanjeev Kumar That implies that SAS is in Kobe’s pocket, which I wouldn’t necessarily agree with. The King got several media figures in his though, well allegedly.
@RayRay-qu4sj
5 жыл бұрын
Stephen a with the buffs on
@RiruKrypto_
7 жыл бұрын
Disabled Pau Gasol 😂
@DrMgo91
4 жыл бұрын
Damn SAS owned skip back then. Shannon kinda wins against skip but SAS beat him down lol
@jeannejereza9691
3 жыл бұрын
Well kobe played best in his team.he did his best to win the game in lakers.
@doubleoju2500
3 жыл бұрын
Stephen A had the spice talk with the buffs on 😭
@Tyler_henry
6 жыл бұрын
Just figure it out kobe
@sanjeevkumar616
5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@TheRewildWest
5 жыл бұрын
He did. Carried em to the playoffs before his body gave out, leading the league in scoring until the last month of the season
@brandoningram4955
5 жыл бұрын
He won 5 rings plus led them to the playoffs that year before he fucked up his achilles
@TheMrKobeBryant2012
4 жыл бұрын
Mike D'Antoni over played him. Dwight Howard wasn't doing shit
@doodelay
11 жыл бұрын
Stephen a. Wrecked skip
@qb6570
4 жыл бұрын
SAS called it from the jump
@wunanzeng7051
7 жыл бұрын
Okay, Kobe's the problem. Well, Kobe's retired now. Where the lakers' at? Oh, right. They are still the doormat of the league.
@hotsteppa7337
6 жыл бұрын
Wunan Zeng because Kobe left the lakers with nothing
@ferryfernandus1423
6 жыл бұрын
he's 35+ years old for god sake... if you're that hater just shut the hell up
@paintrainify
6 жыл бұрын
such a hater haha. tells me you care though.
@TranquilAura77
6 жыл бұрын
because of him you nuthuggers ahahaha
@donniewarren2336
5 жыл бұрын
are they now?
@cosanostra6629
4 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS ONE OF HIS BEST YEARS LOL SHIITINGGG MAYYYY
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