#1: Jab step, drive, behind the back dribble, step back, pump fake, step through up and under. Absolutely magnificent fundamentals sequence put together like music.
Not only the footwork but the shot was impeccable, ive never seen any player in the history of the game with such a beautiful and aesthetically pleasing game as kobe had. I know jordan came first but kobe took his game to a whole other level. RIP kobe i will miss you dearly and RIP to gianna and others on board.
dominic chan I think Kobe's footwork is more advanced. Kobe's pump fake and pivot jump shot was never done by Michael, or anybody else. Michael is still better over-all though.
When Kobe arrived on the scene, I'd never seen anyone so fundamentally sound. and there's never been, nor will there ever be anyone with his Mamba Mentality. Kobe was the Ultimate Warrior.
Lebron? the most skilled? lol lebron just big bruh if kobe was as big as bron he would be the best player of all time. bro n is big and athletic but not the most skilled player
what i like about him had always been, he wasn't the fastest, strongest, highest vert, best handles guy but he could get a bucket anywhere and get to his spots at will. that is skillful mastery right there.
I Miss Kobe Bryant. The Last Time I Watch A Game (Lakers Game) Was His Last Game When He Dropped 60! He's Very Exciting To Watch. The Most Fundamentally Sound Player. Most Skilled. Clutch! For Me, He's The GOAT!
Black mamba was,is and will always be the greatest nba player we have ever seen-undisputed. Kobe the more I see your videos the more I miss you, tears in my eyes remembering you. R.I.P forever legend.
márton jakab Yea that’s true I see it in slow motion. Though if you do it fast enough refs will let it go saying you landed on both feet and therefore have not established a pivot foot giving you the choice to chose the pivot foot
@@User1Mac well to me it is pretty clear in real speed too. but i guess in the nba, for kobe they don't call stuff like this. also, i think this is what really fools his defender. that he thinks that kobe has his left as a pivot and then suddenly he just picks it up and goes under.
he didn't win 6 ring but he is the best and he played the best...but even if he would've won 7 rings the haters would still be talking...just 3 more games left for this legend then he retires and goes down as the best to ever do it....
+Casual REL - who wants it more than Kobe who...and who's the best in your eyes... explain and why? ive watch...all the 80s and 90s and Kobe stands out the most...but haters going to hate...just saying
Jesus Negrete who cares about "who wants it more?" Every nba Legend wants to win. Kobe isn't the greatest because there are at least 7 legends above him. Kobe has the most missed field goals of all time, under performs in the Finals, is overrated in the clutch, and had very little team success without an elite big man. He's nowhere near Jordan or even top 5 of all time. He's top 10 at best (somewhere around 8-12)
Not sure about the last play is a travel or not. It seems when he did the stepback, his left foot touch the ground first so it supposed to be the pivot foot. But when he stepped through the defender, he used his right foot as the pivot Anyway, Kobe always has great footwork
***** You're allowed to lift the heal of your pivot foot up, but I don't see his foot sliding. I've replayed the video countless times and I don't see it moving the way you do. Its not like your pivot foot has to be completely straight, hence why its called "pivot"
Dondrey Taylor the problem is when he stepped back his left foot touches the floor first, it does, unless both feet come down at the exact same time, the first foot down is the pivot foot
LeBron James doesn't have even 50% of Kobe basketball technique, but hey... that could be applied on almost EVERY BASKETBALL PLAYER of modern era (except maybe Kyrie Irving and Curry). I'm somewhat old basketball school, and today Basketball and NBA makes me sick... When Duncan, Kobe and rest of "OLD GUYS" leave NBA, I will leave it as well from watching because THERE IS NOTHING AND NOWONE to watch. You know why? Because If I want to watch ANDROIDS without any kind of technique, I will rather watch TERMINATOR MOVIES than today's NBA lol.
***** What's exciting about watching Durant (or Westbrook)? no offence, It's like watching an android without any "soul" considering technique or footwoork just run and shoot, I mean compare him to Kobe, It's for laughing. Ok that about A.Davis, but same thing ppl were talking about Garnett, and Kevin was great player but he never carried the league, I mean... face it man... today basketball in compare to 00's and ESPECIALLY 90's is...disaster ... sorry brother, but It's disaster without any soul, technique or rivalry in it, and you know it, deep down in yourself you know it, but you are lying to yourself :) lying because both of us love basketball, but at least Im not lying myself what is basketball today.
***** Even though Im optimist, maybe it will never come back. Look at Football/Soccer for example, it advanced into even better considering tecnique, but basketball got worse for sure. Unfortunately not always evolution of things are making things better, sometimes they just get worse and worse to the point where things are pointless. And even now I can see NBA as pointless.
+CroPETROforeverNBA no one gonna miss yo old crusty ass, handles have replaced footwork and if you were REALLY serious about the "old guys" you'd have known it's Allen Iveron's fault for why the game is so fast paced and iso focused but hey he's not an "Old Guy" in your textbook is he? Did you just conveniently forget about this perennial "Old guy" that retired BEFORE tim duncan or Kobe? check your fucking history, just because you use the word "old guy" and TRY to pretend you have archives of knowledge and authority to talk about it doesn't mean your shitty knowledge isn't going to get checked. The fact that you're trying to pretend that this new meta of basketball came out of nowhere laughably shows your lack of knowledge about basketball in the last decade
+Kolokotronis Zaf the NBA is shitting on fundamentals. I've never seen them call a travel when the guys switches his pivot foot before dribbling and damn it happens almost every play
#1: Jab step, drive, behind the back dribble, step back, pump fake, step through up and under. Absolutely magnificent fundamentals sequence put together like music.
+MrFraiche poetry in motion
travel tought... but still amazing
not a travel
ahaha ofc it is look in 0.25 velocity
not a travel
Not only the footwork but the shot was impeccable, ive never seen any player in the history of the game with such a beautiful and aesthetically pleasing game as kobe had. I know jordan came first but kobe took his game to a whole other level. RIP kobe i will miss you dearly and RIP to gianna and others on board.
Kobe and Hakeem have the best footwork in NBA history.
indeed
+NBA Countdown Make a Top 10 list of Best Footwork! :)
+NBA Countdown dont forget jordan..... kobe got he footwork from jordan
dominic chan I think Kobe's footwork is more advanced. Kobe's pump fake and pivot jump shot was never done by Michael, or anybody else. Michael is still better over-all though.
+dominic chan no he got his footwork from hakeem, u have their fadeaway confused
His movement is calculated and the execution is so perfect. Kobe is a true genius on offense
When Kobe arrived on the scene, I'd never seen anyone so fundamentally sound. and there's never been, nor will there ever be anyone with his Mamba Mentality. Kobe was the Ultimate Warrior.
You’re an outright *LIAR* . All of his footwork was *copied* from the GOAT who you pretend doesn’t exist.
most skilled player the NBA has ever seen.
Bruh what have you been smoking
name another player that has the skills kobe had I'll wait
Justin thats right
Lebron? the most skilled? lol lebron just big bruh if kobe was as big as bron he would be the best player of all time. bro n is big and athletic but not the most skilled player
Jordan
what i like about him had always been, he wasn't the fastest, strongest, highest vert, best handles guy but he could get a bucket anywhere and get to his spots at will. that is skillful mastery right there.
One of the smartest players alive
Jaylon D. Ur def right on that
Agreed
Yes all copy by MJ what are smart Kobe
His shot selections can be really awful sometime
Jaylon D. Facts bro
Not really fan of Kobe but he really kills everyone with his footwork..
Salute!!
I Miss Kobe Bryant. The Last Time I Watch A Game (Lakers Game) Was His Last Game When He Dropped 60! He's Very Exciting To Watch. The Most Fundamentally Sound Player. Most Skilled. Clutch! For Me, He's The GOAT!
Black mamba was,is and will always be the greatest nba player we have ever seen-undisputed. Kobe the more I see your videos the more I miss you, tears in my eyes remembering you. R.I.P forever legend.
He Mastered both Hakeem's footwork, Jordan's heart, Mamba Mentality
Playing soccer this is why he has amazing footwork and balance. Rest in power #8 #24
so true!
In the words of Shaq: NICE FEETWORK
+Fountain Fellas that's barbecue chicken.
Kobe Tribute video I made guys! What do you think!
th-cam.com/video/LTPV7zrvo_U/w-d-xo.html
insane. master class. young ballers should learn from him
WE WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE KObE EVER AGAIN! HE IS WITHOUT ANY DOUbT THE GREATEST OF AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW TIME!
He has ball skills very talented foot work I'm so sad they all loss their lives I just can't believe it he is no longer #tears
I miss watching him play
Me too bruh :( i miss kobe
Manu Teran now we really miss him
Best footwork in NBA period. Nobody has the skills like the black mamba
Kobe, Iverson, Hakeem, and Jordan The best footwork in the basketball history.
Man, the reverse pivot. I've never seen anyone else use it but, man, every single time Kobe used it he created so much space.
This kind of basketball game wont never be the same again without kobe 😭😭 rest in paradise man ❤️ you will be forever loved.
His daughter too man 😭
Greatest of all time G.O.A.T, the one and only BLACK MAMBA
Damnn... Those , pump fake then turn around.. so smooth!!👌👌
THE MOST SKILLED PLAYER EVER
I remember being 16 years old and watching that game against the Spurs.
R.I.P. KOBE Mamba forever. You’ll always be my hero.
Kobe is the Goat
DenverStruck yo I’m see this comment 4 yrs later and I watch your my team videos bro
edjo
i can't stand other ppl saying this is travelling. so obvious they're not as elite as the players in any major basketball league. This is art
Masterful! My favorite player!
Kobe is the most skilled basketball player ever!!!!
for me KOBE AND JORDAN was the BEST anything goes😁😁😁
Rip to the black mamba Kobe Bryant🙏
most skilled player ever
#2 impeccable footwork at it's finest. True inspiration
damn kobe use those triple threat like a master, schoolin' everybody on the how it's done.
dude the ninth move was the best i have replayed like a 100 times already kobe is mad
#6 is too smooth..
YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON. KOBE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
Kobe was a BEAST! He has a lot of options when he's scoring
Main reason why he'll still get buckets . Footwork is key to remain a great player in your later years . Respect ✊🏻
Best basketball player ever!
Love to see Kobe cooking with those footworks
KOBE IS REAL JORDAN 2.0
There were so many more too , that man in the post .... unstoppable like we haven’t seen till kd
now I get why Ginobelli has lost his hair chasing kobe !
Cesar Ramirez LOL
Cesar Ramirez 😂
Cesar Ramirez W
ginobili*
Dang... the Spurs left Manu on Kobe Island all by himself. I've never seen so much of the court empty before.
MJ influences Kobe. Kobe influences Me. That why I play basketball... in 2k.
That last one was sickest move of them all damn Kobe!!! Wish u could still do those moves
what a move by the mamba..
The greatest of an era. Much missed and loved.
LeBron would have travelled in all those plays
ikr
lol
lol!
Lol he did he tried doing something that t-Mac did and traveled
Somehow LeBron is part of this video..? People are so quick to hate on LeBron.
Spike Lee was saying I love my Knicks, but that Kobe ticks me every time. RIP Kobe. God Bless
I still say, “KOBE” when I shoot something in the trash.
Definitely some next level shit. I've seen Curry pull off similar plays to #2 with those impossible angle passes, great stuff
#1 is a great play and all, but if you look at it strictly, it is a travel. It is a weird choice for #1 on the top 10 list of footwork :D
Jordan traveled nightly. He also pushed off alot.
I just noticed that too. Granted which moment one are you talking about? His pivot foot sliding or his pivot foot coming off the ground?
@@User1Mac his pivot coming up. He lands on a left-right and then just picks up his left. (Also his right slides in the process.)
márton jakab
Yea that’s true I see it in slow motion. Though if you do it fast enough refs will let it go saying you landed on both feet and therefore have not established a pivot foot giving you the choice to chose the pivot foot
@@User1Mac well to me it is pretty clear in real speed too. but i guess in the nba, for kobe they don't call stuff like this.
also, i think this is what really fools his defender. that he thinks that kobe has his left as a pivot and then suddenly he just picks it up and goes under.
When I saw the number 9, I knew the rest would be awesome
quit to watching NBA after this guy retired.
but he didn't retire..
+Kelvin H well he doesn't really deliver anyways .
Quit now ;)
seems like you quit on grammar a long time ago
Absolutely Zero me too
I can't believe he's gone but legends live on. Rest well Kobe
i Just watched a video about mj's foot work and I have to say that Kobe's foot work is better and more complex!!
fetobeatle Kobe also had skills from Hakeem, who originally learned from Jordan.
You do realize MJ did a lot of these same exact moves. Especially #1 right? MJ is the most skilled player to ever play... along with Hakeem
you watched ONE clip of MJ and come to that conclusion already? Try better.
Unmatched
poetry in motion
That’s Kobe’s specialty. Best foot-worker in NBA history.
MJ was better and more fluid. smoother and had more variety and counter moves. th-cam.com/video/FrfMT2lA6nQ/w-d-xo.html is just part 1 of that.
It's crazy how #10 on Durant, he did the same move from the same spot on Lebron
It makes me cry every time I see him in a video playing when he was still alive
LBJ : footwhat ? I can fly around the world with my TRAVELING documents
I always thought his full court catch behind the back to reverse dunk was the most on the spot creative shit I've ever seen on a court
If Kobe still playing right now, every time he shoot will have a foul 😂
best footwork ever I swear.
Kobe took this from MJ and perfected it.
Kobe is da best player of all time..
he didn't win 6 ring but he is the best and he played the best...but even if he would've won 7 rings the haters would still be talking...just 3 more games left for this legend then he retires and goes down as the best to ever do it....
Kobe is nowhere near the best
+Casual REL - who wants it more than Kobe who...and who's the best in your eyes... explain and why? ive watch...all the 80s and 90s and Kobe stands out the most...but haters going to hate...just saying
Jesus Negrete who cares about "who wants it more?" Every nba Legend wants to win. Kobe isn't the greatest because there are at least 7 legends above him. Kobe has the most missed field goals of all time, under performs in the Finals, is overrated in the clutch, and had very little team success without an elite big man. He's nowhere near Jordan or even top 5 of all time. He's top 10 at best (somewhere around 8-12)
Kobe in his last game dropped 60 at age 38 Wow
Lol no where near the best If he is not near the best that means lebron Curry are not even average players
This is what greatness is, no one on this planet, dead or alive had his skill set, he surpassed Michael jordan..skill set wise
Travelled on #1?? Plz explain me
Kobe is my inspiration while im playing basketball💯
can you do Lebron James Top 10 Worst Footwork?
It would consist of nothing but travels though LOL
lmao, I get that everyone travels, but Lebron's travels are just outrageously bad and that was one of them!
agree, would love to see that
@@earlcayago3612 And made up for it with a contested fade away three to tie the game.
VIPVICT LMAO BRUH
No. 2 play is the best. Imagine Kobe giving a PASS for his teammate? Wow unbelievable.
*One Of The Hardest Move You Could Do* .
RIP 8/24
ALL UR HIGHLIGHTS LIVES FOREVER 🙏
Kyrie just donated 50k to charity.
Kobe:' easy money'.
He used to play football as a kid
No wonder his footwork is so good
RIP mamba
Not sure about the last play is a travel or not.
It seems when he did the stepback, his left foot touch the ground first so it supposed to be the pivot foot.
But when he stepped through the defender, he used his right foot as the pivot
Anyway, Kobe always has great footwork
Kobe’s footwork is the most amazing footwork by an nba superstar
Kobe is the perfect combination of body and talent. Durant looks so boring compared with Kobe.
RIP Kobe...
To the comments below. Number 1 is NOT a travel. His pivot foot is the foot closest to the basket which he jumps off.
lmao u cant elevate pivot foot
ethan lindoro I know, that's why I said his pivot foot is the foot closest to the basket because he didn't move it.
Yes, he lifted his right foot ever so slightly off the ground; traveling violation
***** You're allowed to lift the heal of your pivot foot up, but I don't see his foot sliding. I've replayed the video countless times and I don't see it moving the way you do. Its not like your pivot foot has to be completely straight, hence why its called "pivot"
Dondrey Taylor the problem is when he stepped back his left foot touches the floor first, it does, unless both feet come down at the exact same time, the first foot down is the pivot foot
Top 6 is one of my favorites, such a bad ass moves..
This is why he's better then Jordan and Lebron skill wise and ability to create his own shot.
Can’t believe he’s gone. First nip, then my grandma and now Kobe! Wtf
Real Madrid Until I die keep your head up bro💯
Travelled on #1?
Hi kobe still shocked about what happened. Been a fan since the early 2000. Dont worry its hell right now on earth. We miss you
waiting for lebron travel jokes!
you could make 10 more top 10 footwork videos with this man
LeBron James doesn't have even 50% of Kobe basketball technique, but hey... that could be applied on almost EVERY BASKETBALL PLAYER of modern era (except maybe Kyrie Irving and Curry). I'm somewhat old basketball school, and today Basketball and NBA makes me sick... When Duncan, Kobe and rest of "OLD GUYS" leave NBA, I will leave it as well from watching because THERE IS NOTHING AND NOWONE to watch. You know why? Because If I want to watch ANDROIDS without any kind of technique, I will rather watch TERMINATOR MOVIES than today's NBA lol.
*****
What's exciting about watching Durant (or Westbrook)? no offence, It's like watching an android without any "soul" considering technique or footwoork just run and shoot, I mean compare him to Kobe, It's for laughing. Ok that about A.Davis, but same thing ppl were talking about Garnett, and Kevin was great player but he never carried the league, I mean... face it man... today basketball in compare to 00's and ESPECIALLY 90's is...disaster ... sorry brother, but It's disaster without any soul, technique or rivalry in it, and you know it, deep down in yourself you know it, but you are lying to yourself :) lying because both of us love basketball, but at least Im not lying myself what is basketball today.
*****
Even though Im optimist, maybe it will never come back. Look at Football/Soccer for example, it advanced into even better considering tecnique, but basketball got worse for sure. Unfortunately not always evolution of things are making things better, sometimes they just get worse and worse to the point where things are pointless. And even now I can see NBA as pointless.
*****
Well that's all true, but what is the basketball without a fundamentals? In my opinion it's circus.
+CroPETROforeverNBA no one gonna miss yo old crusty ass, handles have replaced footwork and if you were REALLY serious about the "old guys" you'd have known it's Allen Iveron's fault for why the game is so fast paced and iso focused but hey he's not an "Old Guy" in your textbook is he? Did you just conveniently forget about this perennial "Old guy" that retired BEFORE tim duncan or Kobe? check your fucking history, just because you use the word "old guy" and TRY to pretend you have archives of knowledge and authority to talk about it doesn't mean your shitty knowledge isn't going to get checked. The fact that you're trying to pretend that this new meta of basketball came out of nowhere laughably shows your lack of knowledge about basketball in the last decade
+Hoops Journey blame AI
Dang I though Kawhi had good footwork but talk about recency bias.
ninjacow Kawhi does have good footwork. Pretty sure he emulated some of his work from Kobe. New greatness takes advice from old greatness lol
@@ghostflame9211 yea, respect to Kawhi, his footwork is really good. Kobe's is next level though. I'm sure we haven't see Kawhi's ceiling yet though.
Kobe is kawhi’s mentor
Truly amazing to watch
I think I know why Ginobli started going bald.. Kobe shook most of it off
With a phenomenal footwork u can do anything
is the last traveling
祐宏王 Nope, he only moves his pivot foot forward and then jumps
+Jashan721 ok
RIP kobe! 💔😭
#mambaout💯
He traveled on the first and last play
and if you are strict, he also travaled on the 5th play
+Kolokotronis Zaf the NBA is shitting on fundamentals.
I've never seen them call a travel when the guys switches his pivot foot before dribbling and damn it happens almost every play
Kolokotronis Zaf are you a referee
No, just saying ... If you travel you have an adventage :)
You're blind asf the first one maybe but the last one he never moved his pivot foot