Kobe vs. MJ - Identical Plays 3 vid

[ringfinger]

^ Yup. I used to play tennis and modeled my serve after Pete Sampras. All the way down to the exaggerated angle of the foot leaving only the heel on the ground to start the serve.

What I don't get, is why people get so defensive about the idea that Kobe modeled his game, and just about perfected it, from one of the all-time greats (if not the greatest). IMO, one of the greatest things about Kobe is that he will work with someone who has a patented move that was successful and learn how to do it and then go and do it right there on the court. (And in some cases, improve upon it). I've also seen Kobe pull off the Dirk fallaway, Hakeem post moves, the T-Mac off-the-backboard play, etc.

Subsequent generations have modeled themselves after Kobe too as you point out. For instance, I'd say Kobe really popularized the swing through move (which, they're not calling as much at all anymore), but for a period of time all of the younger players were doing it. I guess they weren't modeling after Kobe, they were just basketball moves. lol

[Dladi Vidac]

Of course I do that (bleep) all the time. But I miss 90% of the damn time even playing with 3rd rate chumps or Mahorn and Oakley (who are invisible). I also do a bunch of other weirdo moves that cause me to miss 99.9% of the time. They're still basketball moves (well almost).

You see other NBA players pulling off Kareem's, Hakeem's, Kobe's, Magic's and Michael's ever so often. You simply get glimpses from time to time. It's because they are inherently harder shots and most players besides a few don't have, as I mentioned earlier, the skill set , the confidence to do so. They're not playing against 3rd rate chumps at the playground either , they're playing against NBA elite defense. It's going to be way less than 50% fgp and they'd get benched in a jiffy.

VAN EXELLLLLLL as I attempt a 70 degree turn around upside down finger roll off a tree branch, killing a nest of blue jays, with a tennis ball then knocking off the last 3 shingles of my POS roof off that I've already destroyed with my countless other Van Exel's.
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[Yoki24]

Notice how most of the clips are from 2nd 3-peat Jordan.

Prime Jordan (87-83) and Prime Kobe (03-09) didn't play anything like each other.

That's why people get frustrated when you hear idiots sprouting that garbage about Kobe "copying" Jordan. Not to mention the fact that Kobe has stolen moves from damn near every all-time great.

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[NYClakerguy]

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[LoLakers13]

This is Jordan signature move:
MJ

[scuddman]

I hear this all the time, that Kobe modelled his game after Michael Jordan. Actually, he modelled his game after many all time greats:

Olajuwon's and Kareem's post moves. His own style of shot off the backboard. And the little Mark Jackson floater. Those are non-Michael Jordan moves.

[scuddman]

Some more nonjordan stuff:

0:56 -> Step through finger roll. That's a footwork/post move.

2:35 -> step through floater, left hand. Very few post players have this kind of mid range touch with both hands. Maybe Pau...and that's about it. Other good post players...basically don't have this move.

2:40 -> turn around to left hand. LeBron used this against the pacers pretty well that playoff run where he won his 2nd ring two years ago.

3:02 -> left hand finger roll Same move as :56 with a smaller step but left hand.

3:24 -> another step through move, but the way he splits the defenders reminds me of Kevin Johnson.

3:39 -> step through fake to right hand floater.

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