Serious question about Kobes leaping ability

[Diesel J]

In another thread..

You think Bryant could never dunk from the freethrow line? Not ever in his life? I've seen 6'5 guys who go the UC Riverside dunk from the freethrow line in dunk contest who aren't close to the athlete Bryant is. I'll bet all the money I ever make for the rest of my life that Bryant could dunk from the freethrow line at one point in his career, maybe even today still. C'mon.

Now, I don't think KObe could ever dunk from the FT line but also don't think he ever had jaw dropping leaping ability. To me, he's an above average leaper more around that Rudy Fernandez level but clearly not Vince Carter type hops. Does/did Kobe have better hops than D Wade in your opinion? This dunk contest video of Kobe from highschool is all of the proof you need..

1996 High School Dunk contest feat Kobe Bryant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3RnTLLF19o

KObe dunks @

:48 left handed

1:16 gets hung on a 360

1:19 blows a self bounce lob dunk

1:23 baseline reverse

1:25 gets hung again ona simple bound lob dunk that he didn't jump that far out from

His hops clearly don't backup that he was capable of dunking from the FT line

[mswank]

he jumped over a pool of snakes dude...

[inclinerator]

dude kobe dunked over the pit of hell and dunked on the devil

[Noob Saibot]

lol, Kobe jumps over moving cars. With the hops he has, Kobe should win every dunk contest.

[Allstar24]

You just had to make another Kobe thread didn't you?

[inclinerator]

lol, Kobe jumps over moving cars. With the hops he has, Kobe should win every dunk contest.

i know kobe is from another planet

[clayton]

No... Kobe dunked on Nene, at the same time kissed his bride.

[eliteballer]

Seriously, STOP comparing Wade's hops to Kobe's. You've done it more than once and it's INSULTING. Wade has a weak vert but long arms so he can still smash on people. Also LOL @ you using a 17 year old Kobe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMiX_FKCdQ&=fmt18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQoM4UW_nAM&=fmt18

^Watch those and tell me he can't/couldn't do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxX80NHuRs&=fmt18

^Wade can only dream that he had those kind of hops.

[inclinerator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EeVLK8XWQ crazy hangtime

[OneMoreSucka]

Steroids.

[Mikaiel]

So Brent Barry can dunk from the FT line but Kobe can't ???

[Juges8932]

Lol, yeah, I definitely think Kobe could. Not sure about now, although would not be surprised, but in his prime, definitely.

[mongePR(kb24)]

i've never seen kobe elevate like lebron, jordan, carter, etc.

He is a second fiddle leaper. The most that ive seen him elevate is when he posterized dwight. His head was almost at rim level.




style , agility and creativity ? one of the best. Top 5 - 6 all-time for sure.

p.s. from free throw line? maybe in his absolute physical prime.

[DC Zephyrs]

Never in his life has he Kobe the leaping ability to dunk from the FT line. He's a good dunker with a lot of style, but his vert isn't all that spectactular.

[Biddy77]

i haven't checked any of the links provided to see if anyone showed it, but that 'oop garnett threw him in the ASG years ago was WTF crazy elevation...