Serious question about Kobes leaping ability

[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.

Going to play blind, deaf, and dumb yet again you POS?

[gts]

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.

you're correct he probably never has had that type of kick but it's good enough to get the job done... a player only needs to get the ball over the rim for the points.. everything else is just for the fans

[xcesswee]

Kobe has beautiful dunks with a lot of creativity. However, like someone else said his vert isn't all that spectacular. If i were to guess, he prob had around Mid to high 30s vert in his prime.

[andgar923]

In another thread..



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

I clearly remember that dunk contest.

And NO.... Kobe could NEVER dunk from the ft line.

Anybody that believes so is an idiot.

[wozzler]

lol, how can people compare kobe to VC or lebron, they're just not in the same league in terms of vertical leap.. although i believe kobe is a better player than both of them, i watch kobes dunks and get amazed by how good they look but when I see people like VC/lebron i get amazed at how effortless and high they get, never really felt that way with kobe.

[LaLuzdeLucyfer]

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

Fraudulent information.

He carries the mark of my Beloved Beast, and I have no doubts. He produces power from two feet, but with proper momentum, a 15 foot leap is not out of the question. Especially in the years 1999 and 2000 of your false Gregorian Calendar.

[andgar923]

Fraudulent information.

He carries the mark of my Beloved Beast, and I have no doubts. He produces power from two feet, but with proper momentum, a 15 foot leap is not out of the question. Especially in the years 1999 and 2000 of your false Gregorian Calendar.

And this poster would know, so I take his word for it.

[Diesel J]

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.

wade hops > Kobe hops

[eliteballer]

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

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

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

[JM720]

On Ben Wallace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1O4...eature=related

[bruceblitz]

The best NBA athletes ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyFMCnHxcxE

Some sick dunkers:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/466977...uperman_theme/

&

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/468663...e_to_see_this/

Clyde Drexler = better jumper than Kobe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw7nvYeDRKo

D Wade is a better athlete than Kobe, having a better season than Kobe, has more finals MVP's than Kobe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SKFntjMYE

LeBron James head above the rim(You wish Kobe fans):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agHH7o2sz6I

[andgar923]

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

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

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

Wow the "dotted line"

You do know the elite jumpers can do windmills and reverse dunks from that distance right?

[eliteballer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1E9vIrYXI&=fmt18

@ 30 seconds getting just about rim level on a knee that was in need of surgery the whole season.

[LaLuzdeLucyfer]

[COLOR="Red"]Absolutely preposterous. Dwayne Paid maxes out at a mediocre leap of thirty-nine inches in the vertical. His short, stocky torso, and rather long arms provide opportunity for posterizations. Jordan, Wallace, Gay, Farmar, Richardson, Bryant, Outlaw, Roy, Howard, James are a few who can get significantly higher than this fool they call Wade.[/COLOR]

[Diesel J]

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

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

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

Wade dunks on Garnett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox1Ix-8drAo

Dwyane Wade Soars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-9pI...eature=related