A tremendous learning tool. Great video. Watching in particular how Kobe reads his defender's position and often leads him to take a position where one foot is ahead of another. Kobe moves hard in that direction knowing his defender has to take a long step with his lead foot and no way he can do that fast enough to contest his pull up.
Such an easy watch, didn’t even feel like 30 mins. I noticed he likes to work with his left foot being the pivot foot. He goes left a lot, when he does he takes the negative step backwards then into his 1-2 step. The negative step gives him more speed and sells the drive more which turns the defenders hips so he can rise up. When going right he uses the long step into the 1-2 step. Most of the time he isn’t facing the basket, squares his shoulders when he is in the air and kicks his leg out for balance.
You can see how later in his career, he dominated with pull up jumper alone. That's why the fundamentals are so important in basketball. When combined with athleticism, you have a hell of a basketball player.
If people bothered to look up shooting stats, they'd realize just how good of a midrange shooter Kobe was compared to his peers especially in the playoffs. He had all of the tools and yes, more moves than MJ.
@Jonas Bunokas Isn't that what having someone as your role model and mentor is all about?? Kobe always said he credited everything to MJ so I guess he became a replica of his role model which is perfectly ok...
Battier had to be the most frustrated defender on Bryant. Some of those clips, one could not have defended any better and yet still.. R.I.P to the modern day 🐐
This is why he’s the greatest NBA player in my eyes. He shouldn’t be doing those kinds of things and having those accolades because he looks like an average player but he worked his ass out to outplay everyone.
Going full speed to the right, pulling up on a dime, and squaring in mid air is a very tough shot that very few people players mastered (Kobe was one of the few).
Them guys from to day how deadly the dribble Jumpers are. Especially in the clutch when you shoot them and both the help and you annital defender can't do nothing about it. Unlike when you are on the three point line, where you are always in front of the defence, and can also be trapped. This shot is art. If you have it, the three pointer , and the ability to finish around the rim, then you are unstoppable. Cause that's what Kobe was, unstoppable.
JL-CptAtom Kobe gave up on his team in the 2007 playoffs against the suns and needed Shaquille O’Neal Pau Gasol and Ron Artest and he had a great coach in Phil Jackson while LeBron hasn’t had a great organization. And be realistic if Kobe played today he wouldn’t be able to beat the warriors with kd curry klay and draymond
JL-CptAtom when he got swept there was no chance of winning anyways. LeBron got swept by the spurs with Tim Duncan tony Parker and Manu ginobli and the warriors. And don’t act like Kobe didn’t get swept before
Any time he has a defender face-up, he attacks the front leg to force the defender to retreat. Once he's on his heels, 1-2 dribbles, pull-up, and the ball is already out of his hands by the time the contest comes. Textbook and effective.
when kobe was young, from his rookie year to about 2003, he had this faceup crossover pullup/fake crossover/in and out pull up that he used all the time. you can check game 4 of the 2000 finals or jumpers he shot vs pippen. it always looked forced and too many dribbles, but he usually made it. after those years he improved, with the help of hakeem for footwork, developed more moves in the midrange and the post, and that forced crossover pullup disappeared, and it became what you can see mostly in this collection of pullups, this is already prime midrange kobe. this is when he became a master of midrange. it was fun to watch his improvement in skill, creating space instead of rellying on that faceup crossover pullup during his early years.
He still LED ALL PLAYERS in the 2001 NBA Playoffs in Win Shares, AHEAD OF SHAQ, something no other guard has done in many, many years. 2003 Kobe to me is my favorite Kobe because he was lightning quick, crazy athletic (his athleticism, through hard work, IMPROVED from his 18 year old days to his 23 year old days - Kobe had about a 40 in vert at 23, not quite MJ's 50, or Zion's 45 in, but still SUPER ELITE). 2000 wcf game 7, he OUTSCORED Shaq and OUTREBOUNDED Shaq in the pivotal game of the REAL NBA Finals that year. Kobe >> LeBalco!
This video should be called "Kobe's Krossovers"! But is there anything more pure and beautiful than Kobe's jump shot?! Jordan is still my GOAT but Kobe is on my Mt. Rushmore (along with Magic and Bird).
Honestly he was a better shooter than mj but no doubt mj had better shot selection partly due to kobe facing superior perimeter defence facts... 00s was more sophisticated defence
If you noticed, all his shoots that are followed by series of pump fakes, he kicks his legs to get that edge.. That's weight room y'all. We talking about practice!!! Gets me fired up imma go shoot some hoops now!
Man.... I just discovered your channel but all your compilations are very very helpful.. Please do more of this and cover the underrated and detailed parts of the game You could start with Anthony Davis spin moves
I never noticed how big Kobe got towards the end of his career. It is common for vets to put on muscle when they've lost some speed, but he got ripped toward year 16. Like MJ in 96-98 and Kawhi Leonard now, it let him get to his elbow spots using strength and finesse instead of just the latter, like early career.
Thanks for the love. Appreciate it. I’m quite lazy by nature hence lack of content. I’m in the process of putting together a couple of super compilations. No eta atm
STATISTICALLY the league average from 3 point line to the free throw line is 38%, Kobe shot 45% from that range thats 7% above league average within that distance. Kobe was a monster. Kobe > LeBalco. EASILY. High IQ people = MJ/Kobe Low IQ people= LeBalco Kobe GENTLEMAN SWEPT the 2008 Spurs in 2009 with PRIME DUNCAN while LeBalco got Swept by the same Spurs in 2007. Kobe then GENTLEMAN SWEPT the 2009 Magic 4-1 with PRIME Howard who sent LeBalco home 4-2 in the playoffs, and then Kobe came back from 3-2 to BEAT BOSTON 4-3, the same Boston that sent LeBalco to South Beach. THREE STRAIGHT YEARS Kobe BEAT teams that sent LeBalco home. P.S. Kobe LED ALL PLAYERS in the 2001 Playoffs, INCLUDING PEAK SHAQ, in WIN SHARES. Game 7 2000 WCF, the most important game of Shaq's CAREER, he was choking, and the Lakers were down 20 and Kobe brought them back and OUTSCORED and OUTREBOUNDED PRIME SHAQ in game 7. 2001 Spurs WCF, Kobe was the highest scorer in that series. 2002 Kings WCF Kobe led all players in 4th quarter scoring in a series that went down to the WIRE.
I’m a Kobe fan but watching him pass up open 3s for long 2s remind me of the Game of Zones episodes with Chris Paul and Carmelo lol “But is merely a pump fake” 😂
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30 minutes of Kobe mid range pull up jumpers. Talk about basketball heaven!
Blaise the gospel lol
You could make hours of Kobe shooting pull up Js lol
the pinnacle of shot making
These days there are only boring threes
Now he in heaven
RIP KOBE 🙏 one of the best to ever play the game
@Raditya Ranugra if not the best
Curry is the goat
@@근수-s3w 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Kobe is the GOAT!!!!!!
His pull up and when he’s in the air with the swish it’s just so crisp
Kobe is the best mid range shooter ever. And he's the greatest to ever touch a ball simply because of his dedication. Rest in peace GOAT.
No mj is better
Mid range?? Kd is better
@@tauruscyllar2461 hell nah MJ better den both but kobe a close ass second
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An absolute beautiful thing to watch Kobe shoot midrange jumpers
Look at all the hall of fame level defenders he’s doing it against in every clip too
@@Simon_Sez it’s like they aren’t even there
A tremendous learning tool. Great video.
Watching in particular how Kobe reads his defender's position and often leads him to take a position where one foot is ahead of another. Kobe moves hard in that direction knowing his defender has to take a long step with his lead foot and no way he can do that fast enough to contest his pull up.
Such an easy watch, didn’t even feel like 30 mins.
I noticed he likes to work with his left foot being the pivot foot. He goes left a lot, when he does he takes the negative step backwards then into his 1-2 step. The negative step gives him more speed and sells the drive more which turns the defenders hips so he can rise up.
When going right he uses the long step into the 1-2 step. Most of the time he isn’t facing the basket, squares his shoulders when he is in the air and kicks his leg out for balance.
RIP KOBE 🙏 one of the best to ever play the game
Can we just take a second to admire this mans fundamentals. 1 dribble pullups are so rare nowadays and Kobe shot them all on balance.
5:25
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RIP Kobe and Gianna Kobe got the best Midrange Shooter in the History of the NBA🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
@0:36 Kobe gives young KD a fake pull up hesi then scores. then a few years ago, KD pulls the same move out on Giannis, then scores
You can see how later in his career, he dominated with pull up jumper alone. That's why the fundamentals are so important in basketball. When combined with athleticism, you have a hell of a basketball player.
I could watch this all day
I sure miss Kobe jus by watching this. Jus breaks me down to tears 😭
R. I. P.
The true G.O.A.T.
Kobe Bryant
Going to ball for the first time in over a year. This was the correct video to watch.
They say the memories will suffice, but it just hurts too much
If people bothered to look up shooting stats, they'd realize just how good of a midrange shooter Kobe was compared to his peers especially in the playoffs. He had all of the tools and yes, more moves than MJ.
GoonSquadMonopoly You can have the moves and the tools....but MJ was more efficient🤷🏾♂️
Kobe looks like the most guarded basketball player ever.
Jonas Bunokas that is incorrect.
@Jonas Bunokas Isn't that what having someone as your role model and mentor is all about?? Kobe always said he credited everything to MJ so I guess he became a replica of his role model which is perfectly ok...
Less effective than MJ by a longshot. MJ didn’t force shots like Kobe.
Battier had to be the most frustrated defender on Bryant. Some of those clips, one could not have defended any better and yet still.. R.I.P to the modern day 🐐
We love you kobe. Laker legend #8 #24
His the greatest for me.
#Relentless
"I don't get 5 championships here without him" >- Kobe's comment about Michael Jordan 🐐 in the Last Dance Documentary
This is why he’s the greatest NBA player in my eyes. He shouldn’t be doing those kinds of things and having those accolades because he looks like an average player but he worked his ass out to outplay everyone.
Going full speed to the right, pulling up on a dime, and squaring in mid air is a very tough shot that very few people players mastered (Kobe was one of the few).
Who else you got in mind that does this move
@@uptwoaim2924 Kyrie, TMac, and pre-injury KD come to mind.
@@uptwoaim2924 Honorable mention is Joe Johnson.
Had durant jumping like he just got accepted to the nba over the phone
Watching a dead man balling and enjoying rip goat
Absolutely beautiful, lethal & complete. Jordan & Kobe. No one else. RIP 👑🫡
Thank you for the compilation, very useful for biomechanical learning!
@YAQOOB ISMAEEL it was neither trolling nor an insult. I really use this kind of videos to learn.
Kobe is great...
Them guys from to day how deadly the dribble Jumpers are. Especially in the clutch when you shoot them and both the help and you annital defender can't do nothing about it.
Unlike when you are on the three point line, where you are always in front of the defence, and can also be trapped.
This shot is art. If you have it, the three pointer , and the ability to finish around the rim, then you are unstoppable.
Cause that's what Kobe was, unstoppable.
Rest in power 🙏💜💛
miss u Mr. Bryant
That foot work at 8:50 is something else.
#RIPMamba
Another 30 minute video of the 🐐 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
30 minutes of greatness. Ty sir!
Oh look. Another move he mastered.
One of my favorite moves
Kobe > Lebron
@JL-CptAtom your right lebrons way better
@JL-CptAtom you are elite i can't deal
@JL-CptAtom haha. That was something. How do i save youtube posts? . Lol
JL-CptAtom Kobe gave up on his team in the 2007 playoffs against the suns and needed Shaquille O’Neal Pau Gasol and Ron Artest and he had a great coach in Phil Jackson while LeBron hasn’t had a great organization. And be realistic if Kobe played today he wouldn’t be able to beat the warriors with kd curry klay and draymond
JL-CptAtom when he got swept there was no chance of winning anyways. LeBron got swept by the spurs with Tim Duncan tony Parker and Manu ginobli and the warriors. And don’t act like Kobe didn’t get swept before
Any time he has a defender face-up, he attacks the front leg to force the defender to retreat. Once he's on his heels, 1-2 dribbles, pull-up, and the ball is already out of his hands by the time the contest comes. Textbook and effective.
when kobe was young, from his rookie year to about 2003, he had this faceup crossover pullup/fake crossover/in and out pull up that he used all the time. you can check game 4 of the 2000 finals or jumpers he shot vs pippen. it always looked forced and too many dribbles, but he usually made it. after those years he improved, with the help of hakeem for footwork, developed more moves in the midrange and the post, and that forced crossover pullup disappeared, and it became what you can see mostly in this collection of pullups, this is already prime midrange kobe. this is when he became a master of midrange. it was fun to watch his improvement in skill, creating space instead of rellying on that faceup crossover pullup during his early years.
He still LED ALL PLAYERS in the 2001 NBA Playoffs in Win Shares, AHEAD OF SHAQ, something no other guard has done in many, many years. 2003 Kobe to me is my favorite Kobe because he was lightning quick, crazy athletic (his athleticism, through hard work, IMPROVED from his 18 year old days to his 23 year old days - Kobe had about a 40 in vert at 23, not quite MJ's 50, or Zion's 45 in, but still SUPER ELITE).
2000 wcf game 7, he OUTSCORED Shaq and OUTREBOUNDED Shaq in the pivotal game of the REAL NBA Finals that year. Kobe >> LeBalco!
King of tuff shots🔥🔥🔥
beautiful
The perfect pullup jumper
He's attacking the front foot EVERY time..what a killer
Not 13:19 but most yes
This video should be called "Kobe's Krossovers"! But is there anything more pure and beautiful than Kobe's jump shot?! Jordan is still my GOAT but Kobe is on my Mt. Rushmore (along with Magic and Bird).
This is ART 💛💜
pure poetry in motion
Thank you, kobe
This is gold. Atta boy. Much respect.
RIP Kobe damn
I then watch this 8 times
RIP Kobe Bean Bryant
This channel needs to go viral already
Honestly he was a better shooter than mj but no doubt mj had better shot selection partly due to kobe facing superior perimeter defence facts... 00s was more sophisticated defence
If you noticed, all his shoots that are followed by series of pump fakes, he kicks his legs to get that edge.. That's weight room y'all. We talking about practice!!! Gets me fired up imma go shoot some hoops now!
this is what i loved about kobe
Kobe’s handles so underrated!
A true basketball fan can name everyone he scored on
Best mid range game of all time. It’s all about threes now though. Mid range is out of style.
still deadly tho!!
Pull up shot is arguably is the most difficult shot to guard
RIP MAMBA
For me
Best SG of all time
1. You know who
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwayne Wade/ Allen Iverson
The best is when the ball hits the back of the rim and it just falls right in with that clank while he’s falling back.
Shane Battier got a lot of these boy......
If you wanna become a midrange specialist this is probably the only video you ever need to study
Great video loving every minute of this.
Awesome video. GOAT
I love the fact that the whole team even managers and coaches are trying their best to stop him 19:26
rip kobe
Long live Kobe Bean
he doesn't take long to get to his sweet spots, amazing
Thanks for the upload I love Basketball and Kobe😁
Man.... I just discovered your channel but all your compilations are very very helpful..
Please do more of this and cover the underrated and detailed parts of the game
You could start with Anthony Davis spin moves
RIP KOBE
Great content
2020
#ripkobe
#mambaout
I never noticed how big Kobe got towards the end of his career. It is common for vets to put on muscle when they've lost some speed, but he got ripped toward year 16. Like MJ in 96-98 and Kawhi Leonard now, it let him get to his elbow spots using strength and finesse instead of just the latter, like early career.
Rip 🥺💕
Bruh
Please come back and bless us with more videos
Thanks for the love. Appreciate it. I’m quite lazy by nature hence lack of content. I’m in the process of putting together a couple of super compilations. No eta atm
30 damn minutes
Ice Cube on Friday
Yes Yes
Am I about to sit here and watch 30 damn of Kobe doing the same technique over and over again?
You damn skippy I am
beautiful standard
Masterpiece
The One dribble, Two Dribble Pull-up it's a Rhythm thing. Because if he goes beyond that it should be a lay-up or a dunk.
Text book
That slow motion shot of Kobe hitting the shot over Ray is literally what they call “Poetry in Motion” 😩🤦🏾♂️😤RIP 2 the 🐐
And these are just form when Kobe was 24 lmfao
top 3 pull-ups
3.pull up to the curb
2.drive by pull up
1.kobe pull-up
4:21 “Kobe.. OH-“
🐐🐐🐐🐐
Daryl Morey watching this with gritted teeth
❤
Getting to your spots 🔥
Midrange
Maestro
Fadeaway god 🙏 kobe and Jordan
When people say Kobe makes difficult shots they don’t know basketball. All his shots are calculated and perfected. It’s actually easy shots for him.
Yeah but I mean his fg% wasn’t that good
STATISTICALLY the league average from 3 point line to the free throw line is 38%, Kobe shot 45% from that range thats 7% above league average within that distance.
Kobe was a monster.
Kobe > LeBalco. EASILY.
High IQ people = MJ/Kobe
Low IQ people= LeBalco
Kobe GENTLEMAN SWEPT the 2008 Spurs in 2009 with PRIME DUNCAN while LeBalco got Swept by the same Spurs in 2007. Kobe then GENTLEMAN SWEPT the 2009 Magic 4-1 with PRIME Howard who sent LeBalco home 4-2 in the playoffs, and then Kobe came back from 3-2 to BEAT BOSTON 4-3, the same Boston that sent LeBalco to South Beach.
THREE STRAIGHT YEARS Kobe BEAT teams that sent LeBalco home.
P.S. Kobe LED ALL PLAYERS in the 2001 Playoffs, INCLUDING PEAK SHAQ, in WIN SHARES.
Game 7 2000 WCF, the most important game of Shaq's CAREER, he was choking, and the Lakers were down 20 and Kobe brought them back and OUTSCORED and OUTREBOUNDED PRIME SHAQ in game 7.
2001 Spurs WCF, Kobe was the highest scorer in that series. 2002 Kings WCF Kobe led all players in 4th quarter scoring in a series that went down to the WIRE.
I’m a Kobe fan but watching him pass up open 3s for long 2s remind me of the Game of Zones episodes with Chris Paul and Carmelo lol
“But is merely a pump fake” 😂
kobe a hall of fame paint beast.. any where near the paint he gets to is already toooo late
The real GOAT pounds per pounds. Never the world had seen a player go against more than 5 to stop him
Mid range is a lost art. Only a handful of players are using it. Its either dunk/layup or 3pts.
Kobe Is the best shooting guard ever . Michael Jordan who