We were spoiled with Kobe

Mind you this was 2003. He was coming off a 3-peat and looked as dejected as one could.

I Miss Kobe. We will never have another player like him

Watching Kobe was such a blessing! A man that squeezed every ounce of juice from his God given gift! No excuses! What a man!

We were too spoiled. We went from Magic & Bird, to the GOAT vs The World (literally), to the Remix in Kobe, then the cliff came and LeBron drove the NBA off it head first crying foul the whole way down.

it's mj, Kobe. that's the list.

Bro could've said at the end of the day I'm rich and yall gotta go back to your problems while I live a rich life but he didn't go out like a sucka

And he made it to the finals next year🥹🥹 Led team in scoring Top 5 MVP votes All nba 1st and 1st defensive team 2004 an Underrated year

So spoiled

The fact of the matter is we're not going to make any excuse because. We play better than @KingJames ✌🏾🤣 @stephenasmith @StephenCurry30

This sound like the leader of the team to me

interviewing the losing team on the floor is so crazy lol. different era for sure

This is why he’s my favorite. No excuses. An L is an L no matter why or how. Only goal is getting the W by any means necessary. 🐍🏀

SGA tries so hard to have iconic quotables like this, which i do admire, but man "I'll push myself to exhaustion" and then go back to back finals mvp.. different man.. different

He was special man!!!

@JaredMello33 @bobbydattero this is what a real competitor looks like ….

God I miss him

My dude

I cant believe our fanbase after having a player like this can come back every season and give a million and one excuses to scapegoat players for minor set backs. We gotta fix our bench and add some more two ways players rather than specialists and find out future post. Thats it.

I miss kobe man

The same reason why I hated him - the supposed bravado and stoicism - is the same reason why I miss him and admired him more post-retirement! Your post’s video totally explains what I say in my pod- focus on the Kobe bits! Episode 21 here for full take⤵️

My Laker Goat!

2003. The "I got hurt on company time I'll rehab on company time" year. No big, just going for a 4peat. Shaq🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Gave no excuses. No "give me more help". No "it's just basketball". True passion and leader.

My 🐐