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Strictly hoop. Celebrating the essence of the game. Weekly podcast and analysis 🏀🎙👇🏽

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Will Barton says Kobe Bryant is the best basketball player of all-time. Yet another pro breaking down the real.
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This is a 42 year old? 🤔
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This is dope, but why is a player who averaged 16 and 5 a game over the last four years while being their best player in the 2021 playoffs being treated like he’s in a farewell year, getting feel good minutes? Derrick Rose is a hooper and should be playing.
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Knicks fans chant for Derrick Rose and Tom Thibodeau checks him into the game 👏 His first game action of 2023.
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Ridiculous bucket by Cam Thomas. He jump stopped with his back to the hoop then rises up and lines everything up mid air to get it over Jaylen Brown. Pure hooper.
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Insane footage of Kobe Bryant at his peak with Team USA in 2007 🤯 You can’t tell me this isn’t the best basketball player of all-time. Every gym he entered to it was like the God of hoop has arrived. #TBE 🎥 @fiba
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Most pure ever 👇🏽 Kobe was at the Batman stage here, like the you actually can’t spot him in LA, he’s legitimately too big of a star to go in public. The five chips and all that other glory was just him and Mike type territory then. This was out of LOVE for hoop. 🎥 @drewleague
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A three dribble max 1 on 1 tournament featuring the top hoopers in the game would elevate the All-Star Weekend to new heights.
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This is bad. Kids gotta be taught early to respect all opponents. We live in a toxic age. The game will humble you though.
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Them boys straight MENACES 😭 (via hangtimehoopsm/TT)
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Never seen anyone move like this on an NBA court...just ridiculous.
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Kobe Bryant in the 2009 NBA Finals is the peak of mastery in this sport.
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Jayson Tatum is 24. He’s been to the Conference Finals four times, won a Gold Medal, made a Finals and had major series vs KD and Giannis. Don’t let toxic troll culture convince you he isn’t well on his way to all time great status. Work has to be done. He will do it.
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Never seen anything quite like Kyrie on that 2016 Finals stage. He’s just cooking all world defenders 1 on 1 off pure skill. So polished and sharp.
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Nate Robinson doing things you can legit only do in a video game.
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Kyle Kuzma says the 2020 bubble wasn’t easier, it was a true test of who really loved the game of basketball. 📺 FULL:
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Randle and Clarkson: Two of the last players Kobe embraced as teammates on the court on his way out the game 🙏🏽 The 2021 6MOTY and Most Improved Player. His guys are shining. You love to see it.
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Said it a 1000 times before and will say it again👇🏽This is the best basketball player of all-time. Kobe Bryant at his apex. A true 99 overall. The skill level, showmanship, the athletic aggression, the precision and perfection of each rep all on display here. Alpha dog. 🎥 @fiba
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This was ridiculous to witness in person. 15-year-old ambidextrous hooper King Kendrick puts up 33 points against grown men at our Pro Am in Toronto. So hard to read and stays in attack mode. Pure bucket.
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Pure Hooper.
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Somebody has got to sign this man 🤦🏽‍♂️ One of the smoothest hoopers to ever live and he has SO much in the tank. He could literally walk into an NBA game at half-time after sitting all this time and go off for 20 and change the complexion of a game. @JCrossover the purist.
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Dame paid homage to Oakland when Too Short’s Blow The Whistle came on after his deep three 🤯🔥 🎥 @trailblazers
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Derrick Rose high school highlights hit different.
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Dear casuals,
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Here’s 2 straight mins of young LeBron James 😤 Just disgusting. Generational athleticism and he knew it too.
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Mad respect to Kyrie for standing on his morals. Real one.
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Don’t let casuals and meme boys tell you Kyle Kuzma’s not nice like that 🤦🏽‍♂️ Situations are everything in this league. He went from a key young piece with the Lakers core, putting up 19 and 5 a game to sacrificing his entire role and rhythm to win a chip with greats. He’ll shine.
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Carmelo Anthony is one of the very best basketball players of all-time.
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“Your apology needs to be as loud as your disrespect was” Carmelo Anthony puts up 23 points and 11 boards against the Bulls. The Blazers win their third straight and are back in playoff range in the West. Situations are everything in this league. He never lost it.
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Dwight Howard did a hell of a job on Nikola Jokic in the 2020 bubble. Nobody is stopping Nikola in todays game, but you need size and physicality to contain him in key moments. Dwight has a crazy strong base and wingspan so Jokic couldn't bump him with ease. Need bruisers.
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This world has literally has not been the same since this man left 😔💜💛 📸 @CreativeNLB5
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“You swing big, you miss big. I have no fear whatsoever” - Kobe Bean Bryant 🙏🏽
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Gilbert Arenas by the age of 25. It was a legendary stretch. The eye test was off the charts too.
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Isaiah Thomas dropped 81 in a pair of Kobe’s @thecrawsover today 🤯 He’s back. He belongs in the NBA.
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This was a monumental run.
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2013 Kobe was doing whatever he wanted on the basketball court before that injury. The game had become so easy for him. The most advanced performer in the history of the game.
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They don’t know.
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The complexion of the league changed this moment…
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Peak Gilbert Arenas could step on the same court as Steph Curry, Kyrie Irving and Dame Lillard.
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People can say what they want about this guy, but since 2016 nobody took this Warriors team further than Harden and the Rockets. Even when they had KD.
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This Redeem Team doc just further confirms what the real ones already knew. Not only was Kobe Bryant the most skilled and talented player, but he was the ultimate alpha and winner. The basketball savant. He was wired a lot different. He flipped that culture.
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If Paul George and Kawhi Leonard return the West changes overnight.
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Pau Gasol says the game has lost its beauty and purity.
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Dwyane Wade in the 06 Finals: 34.7 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.8 APG, 2.7 SPG 3rd year in the association, being an absolute dog on both ends of the floor, on the grandest stage in hoops 🤯 This guy was so special. Strong, skilled, explosive, controlled, calm and poised. #Flash
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Let this Rodney Hood performance be a reminder to you that there are a ton of ballers in the NBA who have all the talent in the world and are tailor made for the bright lights, but due to their situation or perception...they are odd men out. He was always this good!
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Derrick Rose was in high school effortlessly throwing down dunks like this in baggy warmups and shorts 😳 (via @hoopmixtape )
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Kevin Durant is the best player on the planet.
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An Eastern Conference locker room full of legends and the topic of conversation was a 19 year old Kobe Bryant, who wasn’t even a starter on the Lakers yet. That’s when you know you different. #TheLastDance
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“Let me guard him” 😤 - Kobe to Phil during Game 5 of the 2010 Finals when Paul Pierce was going off. #TBE
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Man dropped 81 points in a game and was mad about two missed free throws 🤣 When it came to basketball, Kobe was a perfectionist.
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D’Angelo Russell is a prime example of what a hooper is and how easy they make the game for you 👉🏽 He has a natural feel and control for the game because he operates on skill. He understands pace and is a great shot maker and passer. Notice how calm he is in the paint area.
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Kobe Bryant was a basketball monster at this point. You had to be there. His aura on the court was similar to the fear factor MJ instilled into teams and opponents in his second three peat. He just needed Pau, Phil’s system and a good group of role players around him.
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Kobe Bryant from 2003-2007 is the best basketball player that ever lived. The skill level, shot making, foot work, defensive tenacity, athleticism, post game, ball handling, counters and the sheer will and determination to take a game over and torch any defense was unmatched.
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“He was given a load of God-given talent, but he paid back God everyday with his preparation” - Matt Barnes with one of the deepest and realest messages about the great Kobe Bryant 💯🙏🏽
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Here’s 2 straight mins of Kobe Bryant locking up against some of the greatest players of his era 😤 An absolute dog on the defensive end. He was getting 40’s, 50’s and 60’s on one end then doing this on the other? #TBE
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Dwyane Wade putting up 35, 8 and 4 a game in his THIRD year in the league to lead the Heat to their first NBA title is one of the greatest feats in the history of basketball. #Flash
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There's an AMBIDEXTROUS 15-year-old point guard coming out of Columbus, Ohio who is impossible to read and anticipate 🥶 King Kendrick is going to be so special.
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No other player in the history of the sport is even thinking about attempting, let alone making most these shots in a closeout game of the WCF 🤯 Keep counting stats off a paper, nobody was as advanced at the game of basketball as Kobe Bryant. #TBE stands for the best ever.
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A 6’2 point guard has a legit post game 🤣 Think about that.
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Kobe Bryant and Jamal Crawford exchanging buckets at MSG in 2007 🔥🙏🏽 Two purists just doing what they do best.
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Scary to think that Sengun is only 21 years old. The game comes easy to him because he operates on skill and makes the right reads. If he expands on that Dirk type middy it's over for the league.
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They labelled Kyrie Irving an idiot, crazy, selfish etc. when he even suggested sitting out. Now what? Kyrie is one of the best in the world, he loves hoop, but he was willing to put it away to shake the system up. Now it’s happening. Salute to him for having the vision.
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LeBron’s skilled no doubt, but when comparing him to MJ or Kobe…he didn’t MASTER those skills like them. He’s the superior passer and a more powerful athlete, but in terms of foot work, skill, shot making, middy, post game, handle and off ball ability those two are different.
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No spacing, no flopping, no stat padding and no showboating just nasty bucket after nasty bucket going into the chest of one of the great defenses of that era 😤 Kobe Bryant as a 22-year-old was already the second best thing we had seen on the perimeter to Michael Jordan.
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This is the scariest version ever of LeBron James 😤 Fluid, unpredictable, explosive and in attack mode offensive with his handle, slashing, shot creating for 44 mins a night. This is when he really was single handedly willing teams. If Amare joins him in 2010 in Cle? Game over.
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Pure.
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Saw a crazy stat the other day. During his run on the Bulls Michael Jordan took on 983 opponents. He outscored 982 of them head to head PPG wise. The only player that did outscore him? Allen Iverson. AI averaged 27.1 PPG to Mike’s 24.0 through their matchups from 96-98.
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Don’t even have to go back to the 90’s or 2000’s, just bring back this 2013 level of intensity and we good.
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Michael Jordan punishing the Nets for playing a zone in 1998 🤦🏽‍♂️ Mid range mastery, patience and skill. He had an answer for every coverage. Flawless arsenal.
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Kyrie Irving going crazy in game 3 of the 2017 NBA Finals 🤯 Most skilled point guard to ever play. This combination of fast twitch and hooping ability is impossible to guard.
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Trey Burke has so much game. It’s ridiculous. Pure hooper 🤦🏽‍♂️ Another guys who’s too talented to not be on an NBA roster. (via @gleaguetv )
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Luka goes to Europe for three months and leans out. The food over there is different. Not everyone reacts well to the ultra processed American diet. You have pro athletes burning 3000 calories a day here still struggling.
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Three weeks before Kobe’s final game I was covering a Laker game and he was limping from one end of the locker to the other wrapped in ice from head to feet. He was physically done. When he dropped 60 that night it was pure will. The skill was secondary. Best of all-time.
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Kobe Bryant is the best basketball player of all-time.
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Pure Hoopers.
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Most skilled PG of all-time. Kyrie’s back. (🎥 @brooklynnets )
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This Celtics squad was tough.
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Darius Garland = Pure Hooper 🤦🏽‍♂️ Shiftiest player in the league, lightning quick with every movement, finishing, shot making and passing all comes so natural to him. He knows he’s cold too. 🎥 @sidelinesources
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Real ones remember this video when it came out 👇🏽 Damian Lillard is a product of straight work and love for the game. He wasn’t highly recruited, but he’ll have made $450 million + from this game when it’s all said and done. The eye test says top 75 easy. #Dog
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Here’s my point 👇🏽 If Carmelo Anthony, DeMarcus Cousins, Kyrie Irving, Dwight Howard, Morris twins, Julius Randle, Kevin Porter Jr. do that exact thing Draymond did…they’d be out of the league or on their way out. Media marketing.
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James Harden does not look the same.
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Our favorite part of the offseason? Not the free agency, the trades or the rumors...but pro’s putting in work, training to take their talent to another level in prep for the season 💪🏽🔥🙌🏽 Zach LaVine getting in plyo work with his father in the backyard is what this game is about!
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2 straight mins of Kobe Bryant making RIDICULOUS shots 😳🤦🏽‍♂️🔥 My goodness. What a savage. Unreal. (2 More Mins):
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Tony Parker’s spin move was so lethal. One of the best to do it at that position in his era. Incredibly crafty.
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Incredible 😳 Kobe Bryant getting MVP chants in Boston. This is peak Mamba putting up 43 in 2007 and that Celtics crowd was just in awe of the basketball brilliance they witnessed 👉🏽 Look at the Lakers broadcast. Commentators in disbelief as a Boston crowd is in a frenzy. #TBE
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Here’s 4 mins of Kobe Bryant hitting ridiculous shots with defenders draped all over him 👇🏽 Shit is mind boggling.
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Kobe Bryant this week in 2007: 65 points, 7 rebounds vs Blazers 50 points, 6 rebounds vs T-Wolves 60 points, 5 rebounds vs Grizzlies 50 points, 7 rebounds vs Hornets 43 points, 9 rebounds vs Warriors The best basketball player that ever lived.
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OJ Mayo is still a bucket. He’s putting in work in Taiwan.
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Kobe’s 5 titles in 7 Finals in a 10 year span in that West with the team that drafted him. Curry’s 4 titles in 6 Finals in a 8 year span in this West with the team that drafted him. Excellence.
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Probably the smoothest hooper I’ve ever seen 🤦🏽‍♂️ @thecrawsover
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The fact that Iverson was out of the league a year and a half after this is mind boggling.
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Pure Hooper.
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“Kobe is the guy for me. The skill set, the mentality, the athleticism, the will…surgical. He’s the guy” - Fred VanVleet on who he considers the best player ever. 📺 FULL VIDEO:
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It’s been three years since Kobe Bryant passed 🙏🏽🕊💜💛 - A lot of you can agree that things still feel off ever since that day. He was like that. God sparks the world through spirits like this. RIP Bean. We miss you everyday!
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Exceeded all the expectations.
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18-year-old Kevin Durant takes the floor with the Redeem Team and puts up 22 points 🔥 Look at all the star power on the floor and how comfortable KD is despite not playing in an NBA game. The scoring prowess and versatility was clear. Basketball purist.
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I legitimately feel bad for people who didn’t witness prime Allen Iverson.
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Seeing OJ Mayo still out here hooping brings a smile to my face. He’s 33 now, been out the league for a little over 4 years, made $46 million in his career and he’s still grinding out in China. Just trying to hoop. The love for the game is deep.
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Happy 59th Birthday to the man who transcended the sport, Michael Jordan 🐐 #GOAT
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The best basketball player of all-time.
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Steph Curry giving the world a teaser of what he was about to do to the game. This style was still sort of scoffed at back then by the old school, especially for a 6’3 point guard. You can just see the defense is kind of stunned on each make. Peep the handles too. #PureHooper
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