NBA Legends Share The CRAZIEST Kobe Bryant Story From The 2008 Redeem Team

You the real MVP Nick Smith thank you for this one

Crazy how much you can miss someone you never met or spoke to. RIP

Imma grown man … not gonna say I’m the toughest or scariest … but I’m honest enough to admit anytime I watch a Kobe doc on YouTube, some tears will fall. My goat and only person I idolized grown up. We miss you Bean 💛💜 LONG LIVE MAMBA

We really lost a generational human being. The dedication he had is so rarely matched. Rip

“Mamba mentality” goes beyond basketball, it’s a way of life. Thank you Kobe for setting the standards

kobe was basketball for me. legend fr.

Kobe running through Pau in the Olympics is just a testament to how great and obsessed he is with winning.

As a spanish man, that Spain vs USA is one of the best games I've ever watched. The USA team was just crazy, and Spain could've actually won, both teams played some out of this world basket, but in the end Kobe took over. We've always loved Kobe here, he was just on another level.

Grew up watching Kobe. He is my Mike, whatever others say, He is my GOAT. His work ethic is second to none. I’ve never watch a full nba game since”Mamba out”. Rest in Paradise KB24

Kobe Bryant motivated himself and he wanted to do the same to others to be successful RIP Black mamba.

Kobe is the GOAT in my book. His greatness goes beyond his stellar NBA career. His understanding of the meaning of this 08 Redeem Team moment, what it would take to bring his young talented teammates to where they needed to be in a couple weeks, the sacrifice of the spotlight so his teammates would stay motivated,, and then delivering when the gold medal game was in doubt after sitting back offensively all Olympics. On top of it he showed his Laker teammate Pau the mentality he would need towards opponents to avoid losing again like they just did to Boston. It is an all time Basketball great moment No matter how much the NBA and media tried to push LeBron, the whole world witnessed the Black Mamba become the GOAT in that moment.

Kobe asked my friend how a music recording console works. My friend said, “you want the 5 minute version or the 30 minute version?” Kobe asked for the 30 minute lecture. Then he asked my friend if he could repeat back everything to make sure he got it all. He repeated back everything verbatim. My friend, who has recorded everybody in every entertainment field, said the only person he ever worked with who was that smart was Prince.

It's crazy how Kobe at this point doesn't even remember having an open shot before and he still was shooting around 45% from the field. People talking about how amazing Steph is from being defended by 4 guys all the time but Kobe was being guarded the same way for most of his career. Legendary

I’m sad that Kobe is gone but happy that we have so many videos and content that we can devour every day

Kobe is a once in a lifetime player. Im glad all these stories from elite players came out.

This is prime proof why when you judge greatness, you can't go off just stats and analytics. The sight test still matters.

Man the stat heads can read off all these stats, but you can't measure greatness, it is seen and felt by people. Salute to Kobe and the Redeem team.

Man Kobe was crazy after running Gasol in the Olympics the following season he won the NBA finals with him now thats crazy 😂😂

Im from the tiny island and never met kobe but, i idolized him growing up and i literally cry when i heard about his passing 😢😢he was and will always be my champion and goat

1) As a American 2) As an Lakers fan 3) As an Kobe Bryant fan I truly appreciate the mindset/person that Kobe was! He was a special individual on and off the court. I have no doubt with his work ethic he would have been great at whatever he put his mind to. PS: First time hearing how he ran through Pau! Great stories. may he rest in peace 🙏