Happy #MambaDay: The Good, The Bad, And The Ridiculous Of Kobe Bryant's Career
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#Mambaday is trending on Twitter, with fans sharing their favorite Kobe moments like his 81 point game or five championships. But these are the real most memorable moments of Kobe’s career if you followed closely.
Taking Brandy to prom.
The fro from his younger days.
The infamous, ridiculousssss LA Times photo shoot.
The “I’m sorry about those rape allegations/rumors” pink diamond.
The Chris Childs two-piece.
The time he called Dwight “soft” on national TV.
Eating up and spitting out Matt Barnes’ pump fake to the face.
The ridiculous behind-the-back, 360 dunk back when he could fly.
Dunking on Dwight and imploding the Magic’s arena.
Reminding some heckling Mavs fan how many rings he has.
These attrocities.
The hip hop album.
The K.O.B.E. song with Tyra Banks.
Performing K.O.B.E. live during All-Star Weekend.
The infamous “Kobe How My Ass Taste” Shaq song. How they ever patched things up after this is a mystery. Closest thing we will ever see to “Hit’em Up” in the sports world.
His airball party against the Jazz in Game 5 of the playoffs during his rookie season.
Legitimately winning the dunk contest as an 18 year old.
The alley oop to Shaq in Game 7 vs. the Trail Blazers.
Calling Swaggy P soft as Charmin:
Telling GM Mitch Kupchak that his teammates aren’t doing shit for him.
Shooting and hitting two free throws after tearing his Achilles.
The MJ/Kobe Identical Plays trilogy.
The commercial with Michael B. Jordan.
This is pretty cool.
And the #MambaDay hashtag emoji being a sneaker is perfect since it always felt like Kobe was trying to sell himself to us, right? Or am I just being a hater again? Eh, who gives a shit. I’ll be watching the Warriors tonight.
Also, here are highlights from four of Kobe’s most ridiculous games. Again, love him or hate him, Kobe was a badddd dude.
Putting a double nickel on MJ and the Wizards.
Dropping 61 on the Knicks at MSG.
Scoring 62 in three fucking quarters.
Scoring 81 in four fucking quarters.