I see why Kobe was so inspired by iverson after this game. Ai demolished and crossed the shit out of him. Dam. Ai my fav player of all time hands down.
striker moon Oh and guards didn't thrive when he played? Have you ever heard of T-Mac, Vince Carter, Gilbert Arenas, Steve Francis, Gary Payton, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Baron Davis, Chauncey Billups, Brent Barry, or Manu Ginobili?
Alyssa Lemus Iverson was carrying a whole team with no superstars to the finals and he played against the strongest team at that time and won a game at staples center almost alone and breaking records. ai was a fucking beast and Kobe tho ( rip kobe 😭)
@@MyronMagnus All Lakers early 00’s games were horribly officiated. G2 was crazy cause Shaq took his drop step with that elbow to the face/chest ( offensive foul ) to a whole new lvl, he was truly destroying mutombo with an elbow every possession and even doe he keep complaining the referees did nothing. All around it was more close than people think if Iverson had great power forward on that team def 7game series
@@rapereggae7961All I hear is whining excuses. There was no way the Sixers were beating the Lakers than year because their offense relied HEAVILY on Iverson scoring 40+ points for them to win. It was Iverson + defensive role players. Lakers had much more offensive firepower with Shaq, Kobe, Fisher, Fox, Horry plus strong role players. D Rose’s 2011 Bulls had the same exact problem relying heavily on Rose and it bit them against the Heat in 2011 ECF.
Kobe has shaq. AI has...no one. Kobe has olympic gold with LeBron Melo Wade Howard Kidd... AI has bronze with Duncan Marbury Odom Jefferson. Kobe has MVP with Gasol Odom while AI has MVP with who?? U can say kobe is better but u can't compare them with the above accomplishemnt Put AI into Kobe's situation he can easily get the same.
Great player...I love last action when he passed ball. Of course hes at 41pts, but he can pass like he doesnt care about his personal achievments. Great player, and hes cross-over dribler even better then MJ.
Iverson u were my favorite player growing but the only step u missed to go from superstar and legendary you never learned how to let go and make the neccesary adjusments u need to make when you got old. Thank you for the nice memories.
brother many dont recognize the true raw talent he had. snap back on that viper steal like cobra you couldnt even leave AI alone once his engine got warm be smackin dem 3's 2's well his favorites crossovers so nasty that makes you get chillz from just seeing how he got them done.
LA Lakers may have won more titles because they had a stronger squad all round. But player for player, Iverson is by far more skillfull and talented than kobe, ....i mean the videos speak for themselves. much like Alan shearer in Soccer, who never won anything cos he played for a weaker team (tottenham)
He didn't become bad, he just got blackballed and discouraged by the league, who had it out for him and made his life hell. He didn't seem so bad when he played the Lakers in 2010. THe NBA just didn't want him around.
***** Nobody could win shit with Melo. He's too slow and indecisive to move forward to the Finals.Kobe should thank Shaq for the 3peat. Kupchak is Kobe's puppet that's why he manages to have 2 more championship after Shaq.
This Sixer team reminded me of today's Oklahoma City thunder.A very young team that likes to get up and down led by great scorers and pretty solid role players.The Sixers didn't have a Russel Westbrook type player like Durant.Larry Hughes was supposed to be Iverson's sidekick but they traded him away.I think they shuda made Hughes and Iverson Co- Exist because it would have made them a better team down the road especially in 01 Finals.
hahah the announcers make it like the ONLY reason they lost was because Shaq wasn't on the floor more. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Iverson was a beast in his hayday.
my opinion MJ AI kobe AND LeBron are on 1# curry antetakoumpo wilt chamerlain james harden 2# westbrook chris paul akareem abdul kabar3# There talk are your shit those are my opinion
Y Fernandez both great players but AI really never played on a great team besides a decent nuggets but he wasn’t in his prime. Kobe has had shitty teams, shaq, and decent teams like 07 to 2011 . 5 rings beats 0
jason pezzetti pause... the 2008-2010 Lakers were decent? Kobe & Pau? Lamar Odom? Trevor Ariza then Metta World Peace/Ron Artest? Not to mention their supporting cast? Idk bro to call those teams just decent is an understatement.
Derek Fultz what I am trying to say is if u take Kobe of the 2000-2004 teams they still make it far in the playoffs because of prime shaq. Take Kobe of the teams from 07-11 them teams might not even make the 2nd round. I know he had decent players but most teams had 1 or 2 superstars. Especially getting past Boston’s big three, that lakers team isn’t doing it without Kobe
Man, Iverson is in his 11th year in the NBA right? And yet, he's still so dominant! If the Nuggets can focus on DEFENSE, they might have a shot against Houston or the Lakers this season.
funny how guys like kobe and tayshaun prince used to guard him every night and he scored 30-40 points easy... AMAZING thats why he my fav athlete of alltime
LIES !!! '01 76ers had... Larry Brown-COY Dikembe Mutombo-DPOY Aaron Mckie-Six man of year Plus Eric Snow a true floor general George Lynch a defensive stopper Matt Gieger a very solid BIG coming off the bench. Larry Hughes another defensive stopper wing player who IMO they never used the right way. So cut da Bullishit the '01 76ers had a shit load of talent around him, which is why they won the East that season.
@@AHMAD-2324LMAO thank you 😂 I truly love AI, one of my favorite players oat but that 2001 team was built like most championship teams, one main extraordinary scoring talent with great defenders and role players around him
ring or not,he was the best of his generation no matter what the media,the nba establishement want to make us believe,the marketing over kobe etc etc etc... iverson at his best was a phenomenom,the best of the post jordan era!
Kobe guarded Iverson the whole game. Jordan wouldn't dare guard anyone who is a scorer. Oh an every time I go back and watch old footage, I find people like Vinnie Johnson, Benard King, Elgin Baylor and more who has the same skill as MJ but somehow MJ is the greatest cuz of 6 rings when Robert Horry has 7. I keep telling people MJ ain't as great as people say. He was just the NBA 1st megastar. They had superstars, but Jordan was a megastar having made NIKE what it is today, and being the 1st to wear longer shorts. But besides that, Iverson changed the league into what it is today.
lemme guess you gonna bring up 6 rings. A whole lot of people are better than MJ. People just point him out because he was the first Megastar of all the NBA superstars.
A.I. is one of the greatest guards of all time. Look how he shook the hell out of Kobe at (:48 secs) with a baby cross. If the NBA changes the rules because of your move... I think it's safe to say he had the sickest cross-over in league history.
It’s funny how they were saying “they will settle for outside shots” but now since every is shooting threes proficiently it’s like “let him drive cause 2 points is less than 3”
This is why I miss Chick Hearn. Even though he was the Lakers play-by-play commentator, he still recognized a player's great performance whether he's a Laker or not.
@devegasmells - no, he tried to shoot the ball from halfcourt with 2 seconds to go on the shot clock. take a look at it. there is a difference between the game clock and the shot clock. Look first, then laugh / talk.
allen is getting up there in age though...... He was a BEAST in his prime,....maybe you were too young to remember. He led is 76'ers to the nba finals...he basically carried the entire team on his back... This man also made the "crossover" very popular. If he had more help in the finals against the loaded lakers..they could have won.. But he literally had no help whatsoever. Dont deny him and say he wasnt phenomenal. Look at penny hardaway.. was he not phenomenal? He lost shaq,..no ring
I see why Kobe was so inspired by iverson after this game. Ai demolished and crossed the shit out of him. Dam. Ai my fav player of all time hands down.
R.I.P. to Chick Hearn one of the best play by play commentators for the Lakers I miss the first union center #Nostalgic
I see he had Kobe on "skates" tho! AI was a bad ass dude man!
Damn I miss this era....
1:17 why would you no look pass in back court LOL
+Eye Washere Hahahahah what a idiot
Cool guys don't look at explosions lol
So this is the game Kobe can't forget against AI.
+darwin orendain bingo!
Yep!
The first 01 finals game too Haha
No they were wearing those star jerseys
“this little guy will eat you up, he’ll eat your lunch” 😂
#Classic
If hes in the league today playin like this he'd be unstoppable
nope he would be about the same
+Ernesto Hendrix it's a guard league today so yeah he would be unstopable
striker moon Oh and guards didn't thrive when he played? Have you ever heard of T-Mac, Vince Carter, Gilbert Arenas, Steve Francis, Gary Payton, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Baron Davis, Chauncey Billups, Brent Barry, or Manu Ginobili?
Ernesto Hendrix smh
+Ernesto Hendrix don't forget mike redd
Kobe was schooled by A.I. so many times and so badly. Man, A.I. made look Shaq and Kobe like rookies.
4-1 obe owns al
Alyssa Lemus Iverson was carrying a whole team with no superstars to the finals and he played against the strongest team at that time and won a game at staples center almost alone and breaking records. ai was a fucking beast and Kobe tho ( rip kobe 😭)
@@rapereggae7961 Finals was rigged for L.A. too win(The refs)
@@MyronMagnus All Lakers early 00’s games were horribly officiated. G2 was crazy cause Shaq took his drop step with that elbow to the face/chest ( offensive foul ) to a whole new lvl, he was truly destroying mutombo with an elbow every possession and even doe he keep complaining the referees did nothing. All around it was more close than people think if Iverson had great power forward on that team def 7game series
@@rapereggae7961All I hear is whining excuses. There was no way the Sixers were beating the Lakers than year because their offense relied HEAVILY on Iverson scoring 40+ points for them to win. It was Iverson + defensive role players. Lakers had much more offensive firepower with Shaq, Kobe, Fisher, Fox, Horry plus strong role players. D Rose’s 2011 Bulls had the same exact problem relying heavily on Rose and it bit them against the Heat in 2011 ECF.
AI was having a 'can't be stopped' night. Man, I love watching dude play.
A great defender like Kobe still couldn't cover A.I. I never seen another player score on Kobe like that
Kobe wasn’t an elite defender back then. Although AI made him one, in this game he wasn’t
@@idontgetjokes4614 he sure was in the '01 finals.. still cooked him. AI was special
Kobe was a good defender he’s kinda overrated defensively because he has taken the mystique of Jordan
Arenas💥
@@duinedubhmaurus144 So if Kobe is overrated defensively...Then WTF is LeBron James?
He is an awesome point guard, and he never gets credit for his football skills. Lets not forget he was a stand out corner back when he played.
1:08 A.I. really used to play full NBA games while wearing earrings LOL too much sauce
I'm a die hard Kobe fan and Iverson fan and dis was great to watch. How can anyone not like Iverson's game!?!?!
"He'll eat your lunch"
IM WEAK KKKKKK!!!😂😂😭
Never really watched basketball but this was awesome! The shortest guy on the court making sport of giants.
Facts
The crazy part is he played football even better
during his prime, iverson was the most amazing player i have seen. sadly, age is extremely lethal to smaller player that relay heavily on his agility
Iverson needs to come back to Philly, we love him here
Allen Iverson = Hall of Fame.
Kobe has shaq. AI has...no one. Kobe has olympic gold with LeBron Melo Wade Howard Kidd... AI has bronze with Duncan Marbury Odom Jefferson. Kobe has MVP with Gasol Odom while AI has MVP with who??
U can say kobe is better but u can't compare them with the above accomplishemnt
Put AI into Kobe's situation
he can easily get the same.
Great player...I love last action when he passed ball. Of course hes at 41pts, but he can pass like he doesnt care about his personal achievments. Great player, and hes cross-over dribler even better then MJ.
When the games aren't scripted. The REAL talent will always win.
Every game is scripted
@@fatalsniper3413 Not all but a greater sum are.
Iverson u were my favorite player growing but the only step u missed to go from superstar and legendary you never learned how to let go and make the neccesary adjusments u need to make when you got old. Thank you for the nice memories.
iverson is so underated after he did that bs with that home invasion the nba hated him
brother many dont recognize the true raw talent he had. snap back on that viper steal like cobra you couldnt even leave AI alone once his engine got warm be smackin dem 3's 2's well his favorites crossovers so nasty that makes you get chillz from just seeing how he got them done.
Damn I miss Chick Hearn announcing laker games after this.. and holy crap you forget how amazing Iverson was in his hayday.
Im not a keen basketball follower...but someone please explain to me why K Bryant ranks above Iverson, ....having a rough time understanding this
Mark C Wobil ESPN brainwashing people because Allen Iverson wasn't an NBA puppet.
i notice your a huge Kobe Bryant fan
LA Lakers may have won more titles because they had a stronger squad all round. But player for player, Iverson is by far more skillfull and talented than kobe, ....i mean the videos speak for themselves. much like Alan shearer in Soccer, who never won anything cos he played for a weaker team (tottenham)
He didn't become bad, he just got blackballed and discouraged by the league, who had it out for him and made his life hell. He didn't seem so bad when he played the Lakers in 2010. THe NBA just didn't want him around.
***** Nobody could win shit with Melo. He's too slow and indecisive to move forward to the Finals.Kobe should thank Shaq for the 3peat. Kupchak is Kobe's puppet that's why he manages to have 2 more championship after Shaq.
This Sixer team reminded me of today's Oklahoma City thunder.A very young team that likes to get up and down led by great scorers and pretty solid role players.The Sixers didn't have a Russel Westbrook type player like Durant.Larry Hughes was supposed to be Iverson's sidekick but they traded him away.I think they shuda made Hughes and Iverson Co- Exist because it would have made them a better team down the road especially in 01 Finals.
hahah the announcers make it like the ONLY reason they lost was because Shaq wasn't on the floor more. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Iverson was a beast in his hayday.
haha great no look pass from Shaq and A.I picked it up and scored with such ease..
AI was a beast. I think he was better than kobe.
my opinion MJ AI kobe AND LeBron are on 1# curry antetakoumpo wilt chamerlain james harden 2# westbrook chris paul akareem abdul kabar3# There talk are your shit those are my opinion
A.I. never really had help like Kobe had Shaq
Y Fernandez both great players but AI really never played on a great team besides a decent nuggets but he wasn’t in his prime. Kobe has had shitty teams, shaq, and decent teams like 07 to 2011 . 5 rings beats 0
jason pezzetti pause... the 2008-2010 Lakers were decent? Kobe & Pau? Lamar Odom? Trevor Ariza then Metta World Peace/Ron Artest? Not to mention their supporting cast? Idk bro to call those teams just decent is an understatement.
Derek Fultz what I am trying to say is if u take Kobe of the 2000-2004 teams they still make it far in the playoffs because of prime shaq. Take Kobe of the teams from 07-11 them teams might not even make the 2nd round. I know he had decent players but most teams had 1 or 2 superstars. Especially getting past Boston’s big three, that lakers team isn’t doing it without Kobe
Iverson will always be known as the greatest ankle breaker of all time.
2:53 hahaha "driving Kobe nuts"
Man, Iverson is in his 11th year in the NBA right? And yet, he's still so dominant! If the Nuggets can focus on DEFENSE, they might have a shot against Houston or the Lakers this season.
Chick on AI~ " Beautiful beautiful beautiful, this guy can shoot!"
funny how guys like kobe and tayshaun prince used to guard him every night and he scored 30-40 points easy... AMAZING thats why he my fav athlete of alltime
Facts
i love how he's rocking earrings while playing #sofresh
Allen Iverson was just a beast...
this 76ers team was BEAST, i love it!
Amazing! He carried the sixers all by himself to the finals.
LIES !!!
'01 76ers had...
Larry Brown-COY
Dikembe Mutombo-DPOY
Aaron Mckie-Six man of year
Plus Eric Snow a true floor general
George Lynch a defensive stopper
Matt Gieger a very solid BIG coming off the bench. Larry Hughes another defensive stopper wing player who IMO they never used the right way.
So cut da Bullishit the '01 76ers had a shit load of talent around him, which is why they won the East that season.
@@AHMAD-2324LMAO thank you 😂 I truly love AI, one of my favorite players oat but that 2001 team was built like most championship teams, one main extraordinary scoring talent with great defenders and role players around him
ring or not,he was the best of his generation no matter what the media,the nba establishement want to make us believe,the marketing over kobe etc etc etc...
iverson at his best was a phenomenom,the best of the post jordan era!
a.i killed kobe
Tis was back when Iverson was the most dominant perimeter player in the league.
Kobe guarded Iverson the whole game. Jordan wouldn't dare guard anyone who is a scorer. Oh an every time I go back and watch old footage, I find people like Vinnie Johnson, Benard King, Elgin Baylor and more who has the same skill as MJ but somehow MJ is the greatest cuz of 6 rings when Robert Horry has 7.
I keep telling people MJ ain't as great as people say. He was just the NBA 1st megastar. They had superstars, but Jordan was a megastar having made NIKE what it is today, and being the 1st to wear longer shorts. But besides that, Iverson changed the league into what it is today.
Are you saying AI is better than Jordan?
lemme guess you gonna bring up 6 rings. A whole lot of people are better than MJ. People just point him out because he was the first Megastar of all the NBA superstars.
Eye Washere So, your saying AI is better than MJ....
King Beef
and jordan did. yeah ok...whatever
Eye Washere nothin against ivo he was great at both ends but prime althetic jordan was the best offensive and defensive gaurd of all time
Allen Iverson had a finesse game part street..part college..part pros
kobe was ass when he first came in the league lol, he was ass for the first few seasons. iverson was definitely better back then...definitely
Kobe was decent his first season. He was great as a 19 year old averaging like 14 . And he averaged 21 his 3rd season
they wouldn't pass him the ball lmao
+Miles Davis And he wouldn't pass them the ball. Laugh ur ass off.
Bruh ?
Miles Davis sorry wouldn't* pass them* the ball.
A.I. steals puts him in the Hall of Fame alone
AI was better than kobe back then by far kobe had all those teachers Jordan, eddie jones, all help his game but not AI he had no help
Holy fuck I miss Iverson he was a fucking beast
Iverson,the best ankle breaker
0:47 Iverson killed Kobe, 2:49 Iverson crossover shook Kobe. Iverson is certified HALL OF FAME.
A.I. is one of the greatest guards of all time. Look how he shook the hell out of Kobe at (:48 secs) with a baby cross. If the NBA changes the rules because of your move... I think it's safe to say he had the sickest cross-over in league history.
look at a.i. make kobe dance! that the definition of dribbling skill
Saw that game. AI looked incredible that night.
hahaha rofl love that guy talking..he talks so fast its so funny..loveed it when he said "driving kobe nuts" hahahha
Iverson one of the grestest shooting guards ever !! too bad he never had a good team around him at his prime
best player in the world during this era
Ahhhhhh Iverson's young days.
Damn... Iverson got some skills...
love this...love basket...keep it up with your great video's...
My favorite basketball player I wish he had a ring
"This guy will eat you up. He'll eat your lunch"... lmao.
It’s funny how they were saying “they will settle for outside shots” but now since every is shooting threes proficiently it’s like “let him drive cause 2 points is less than 3”
by far one of my top 3 hoopers!
Iverson is my fav playa of al time good vid
crazy crazy crazy......you cant stop this man when he is on fireee
Comparing AI to kobe is like comparing Damien Lillard and Lebron
One of the best point guards to ever live
if AI's height is 6'5"-6'7", he would have averaged 40+.
the best scorer since MJ, his stats shows it all.
the good ol' days when you could say something about Kobe.
Iverson my héroe👌👌💪💪👏👏
Allen Iverson Is Sik my fav player
Shaq tried to make a "no look pass" at 1:17 but failed xD
KOBE BRYANT WAS NOT READY😭
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful. THAT GUY IS GREAT!
In retrospect the league would have been better off with more braids in the Iverson era
In my eyes iverson best to ever do it.
Can't argue. But there were so many "deserving" goats in this era. Just makes you wonder how today's era would do against it
EEEEATS poor young Kobe alive at 4:15.... poetry in motion
bro this is great editing. i love chick.
he must of had a lot of practice . lol. that guy is incredible when hes healthy .
This is why I miss Chick Hearn. Even though he was the Lakers play-by-play commentator, he still recognized a player's great performance whether he's a Laker or not.
great video man.
A.I is cooking them
@devegasmells - no, he tried to shoot the ball from halfcourt with 2 seconds to go on the shot clock. take a look at it. there is a difference between the game clock and the shot clock. Look first, then laugh / talk.
Iverson wuz so nasty bk in da day. Da boi wuz unstoppable. Va all day!!
Great video!
iverson Rulez!
Allen Iverson is a beast
allen is getting up there in age though......
He was a BEAST in his prime,....maybe you were too young to remember.
He led is 76'ers to the nba finals...he basically carried the entire team on his back...
This man also made the "crossover" very popular.
If he had more help in the finals against the loaded lakers..they could have won..
But he literally had no help whatsoever.
Dont deny him and say he wasnt phenomenal.
Look at penny hardaway.. was he not phenomenal? He lost shaq,..no ring
His a BEAST !!
again i ask this question if iverson had shaq how many championships u think they would win???
I believe that this was his prime year
@ta4life27 yah..i admit that! but where is he now? (shaq)? how many ring does he made compare Kobe?
El mejor 1 de la historia Allen Iverson
Dam Kobe was slippery on the floor guarding AI lol
5:11 - PASS UNDERNEATH, GREAT PLAY, SLAM DUNK, HUGE!
@MrRoywally I really don't think that people were talking about Kobe before maybe 99 or 2000 in the same way they talked about Iverson.
5:30 "in this half...in this half" what a troll lol
sucks how his career ended the way it did, but he always will remembered as a beast
Good ole days stars on every team
Iverson is soooo quick