The REAL Difference Between 8 and 24 Kobe Bryant

18-year vet Trevor Ariza, who won the 2009 Championship starting along Kobe Bryant, describes the difference between 8 and 24.

[rommelflores]

Ariza was so sick in 2009. Thanks for his effort to help us win the ring that season!

[gabrielalele]

Imagine if #24 Kobe hadn't ruptured his Achilles in 2013. With his High Level of skill & knowledge of the game his prime possibly could have been extended for another 4 years. Still my personal 🐐🏀.

[jamaalgill]

02-03 Kobe (when Shaq was out a lot of games with injuries) and then 05-06 Kobe were the most frightening wing players of my lifetime (I’m 33 years old). You could just see the fear on every defenders face from before the opening tipoff

[GS-mhub]

Kobe Bean Bryant, the legend that will never be forgotten! 🏀🤩 He was second to none and my all-time favorite player. 💜

[Xlucev]

Love hearing from you Trevor, Kobe really admired you as a teammate.

[LucasGoncalves-xmyc]

Yao was out only on the last game. The runs on 08-09-10 were insane.

[saiyaninfuture]

24 is most polished skilled player ever

[sharaymecrumble]

Man even though I love arrest nd he helped us win. I was upset when they traded ariza! I loved him for us

[SaberisloveSaberislife]

#8 is looking to attack the rim every opportunity with high flying moves. #24 looks to take you down methodically at every range.

[montaviouswilson]

The kobe hate is off the charts. It's unreal how some people let the media brainwash them into purposely ignoring what we all saw. Dude was a tyrant on the court, pure and simple. No weakness in his game, played both ends of the court every possession, ect. But ESPN will tell you he was never the best in the league. 😂

[Reason_ACXV]

Respect to Bynum....ppl forget he gave all he had left in his knees during that 2010 run. If I'm not mistaken I think he held off surgery to finish that season.

[jukingmaster]

Kobe was running the league and had it in a chokehold for more than a decade 🔥☄️🔥☄️

[Dre-xcno]

My favorite Kobe seasons were probably 2000-01, when he first became a consistent big time scorer, and 2012-13, when he dragged that not so super team to the playoffs, and tore his Achilles in the process.

[Michigan_dad]

2:49 Really? Smoke detector beep? 😂😂😂😂😂👍🏽Damn it!

[kisswriters]

If there were such an award in 2009, Ariza should’ve won the playoffs MVP. That’s how well he played, sensational!

[FUG]

That’s cool that Larry Brown let players start in their hometown even if they weren’t starters. 👏🏼

[VeegovonDOOM]

Number 8 could jump out of this world and was a high flyer.

[lostcub]

#33 Because of his father to carry lineage.

#8 Kobe was working on skill. Learning.

#24 Black Mamba Mentality

[Duffield_World]

Ariza salute big homie fasho Kobe mamba rest up 🙏🙏

[Dre-xcno]

Kobe addressed #8 vs. #24 in that commercial. Different animal, same beast.🤣 #8 had more raw athleticism, and #24 had more patience.