How CLUTCH Was Kobe Bryant Exactly? (Ft. NBA Playoffs, Kawhi, Game Winners, A Lot of Shots)

Max Kellerman said Kawhi is more clutch than Kobe Bryant, but how clutch was Kobe? Get ready for a lot of NBA Game Winners and a lot of Playoff Moments. #NBA #Kobe #playoffs

I think almost everyone agrees. Kobe is more clutch than Kawhi. I had to make this video after what Max said. I think that a lot of people have forgotten just how clutch Kobe was. Some say he wasn’t clutch at all and others say he was the most clutch player of all time. So I wanted to break down how clutch Kobe was exactly. And I just wanted to say I read all the comments on my last video and I want to thank you for all the wishes. And to the 96% that aren’t subscribed, man that number has gotten higher, please subscribe.

Clutch play doesn’t always mean the last shot, clutch play means under more pressure than normal. It can be the last shot, it can be the games in the playoffs, the last 5 minutes of a game, an important game. It’s a combination of all these things. Not everyone responds well to that sort of pressure, others learn, and some embrace the moment and elevate their game. So to understand how clutch Kobe was, let’s first talk about last shots.

We know Kobe Bryant to take the last shot. It’s why we say “KOBE” when shooting a shot, or maybe cause Kobe did this. Throughout his career he has taken the most game-winning shots in NBA history and made the most in NBA history. He has also missed the most. Kobe has shot 31 of 115 in game-winning shots. That means he’s hit 31 game winners, and also missed over 80 of them. Shooting only 31.5% seems like he’s not that clutch, and that’s what the Max Kellerman’s of the world want you to believe. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. That doesn’t tell the difficulty of these shots, how defenses doubled and even triple teamed Kobe, how everyone knew that Kobe would take the final shot and how he would still get a shot up. From 2001 to 2011, NBA GMs picked Kobe as the player they want with the ball in his hands for the last shot. 10 straight years!

I understand the argument that the 4th quarter is not more important than the first 3 as Nick Wright would say, but uhh he’s wrong. Nick Wright is a dumbass. A team could play well for 3 quarters, be up by 20 points and lose the lead in the 4th. A team could be down by 20, but play well in the 4th quarter and make a final run to win the game. And that’s what makes the 4th quarter so special. Basketball is a game of runs and the 4th quarter is the last run. We saw it in Trail Blazers vs OKC Game 5 when Damian lead the Trail Blazers back down 15 with 7 minutes left. And how you lead a team, how you pace them in the 4th quarter, all that falls under pressure as well.

The 2006 game winner against the Suns is perhaps one of the most iconic Kobe moments because of the circumstances. The Lakers were massive underdogs in the series filled with amazing talent like Smush Parker and Kwame Brown. The Suns were a high powered offense, the best in the league with an MVP. Kobe sent the game to overtime with this and then in overtime, he hit a jumper that was just perfectly Kobe. It is fair to say that the Lakers lost that series after being up 3-1. God damn it 3-1.

The 2008 NBA Finals once again were a sort of stain on Kobe. Not because he missed some important game winner, but because he didn’t pace the team as well as he could have. The Lakers blew a 20 point 3rd quarter lead in Game 4 and Kobe was simply outplayed. He missed key shots. He didn’t make the right plays. And there was talk that Kobe couldn’t win without Shaq. While Kobe averaged over 25 points and 5 assists, he shot 40% from the field and had almost 4 turnovers a game.

And then the 2009 NBA Finals came around. I’m not sure if people remember this, but all the pressure was on Kobe. He had already lost one without Shaq and there was talk of Kobe not being able to win without Shaq. The Lakers were considered the favorites, but that was if Kobe would perform. Losing here would ruin Kobe’s legacy. And my god did he perform. In the first game, Kobe dropped 40 points, 8 assists, and 8 rebounds.

This whole conversation of whether Kawhi is more clutch than Kobe, just doesn’t make sense. I understand Kawhi is having a great series, but this type of series didn’t even make my list for Kobe’s clutchest moments because it just doesn’t compare to the type of moments that Kobe has been through. Kobe has had these type of series where he has carried the load, heck he’s had NBA Finals like that too. Kawhi’s story is still going, but Kobe, he has never backed down from it and that’s why he’s my favorite player. But what do you think? Who is more clutch in your opinion, Kobe or Kawhi? Please say Kobe.

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