This Rookie DEMANDED Kobe’s Respect

For a whole generation of NBA players, gaining Kobe’s respect was the ultimate goal.

But Kobe didn’t just give it out and many failed to meet his expectations.

But in 2013, a rookie came out of nowhere and DEMANDED that Kobe respect him.

Damian Lillard was selected 6th overall pick in the 2012 draft.

He had dominated at Weber State his junior year, but people didn’t know if he was the real deal or not.

So in the biggest game of his rookie year Damian Lillard showed Kobe Bryant and everyone else the TRUTH

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[Jakal-pwyq]

Damn it was great to see Kobe again! We all miss that dude.

[lastmansleeping]

I don’t know that the 6th overall pick, “came out of nowhere.”

[darrylldavis]

Ouch ! " Hey man that boy was serious man "

[lildex]

Gaining kobe respect was a testament to your product being shown by the work you put in

[riannebanzuela]

austin rivers be thanking god for dame to miss man... that's just how good dame is!

[Player-]

Ppl dont realize just how crazy kobe is.
Playing all those minutes and guarding the top dog of the opposing team at that fkin age!
Who tf does that? He's insane

[ryzenedits]

Its like when mj and kobe first went against each other way back then and now its dame and kobe. RIP mamba 💜🖤🐍

[ezrasheppard]

Another underrated player, it's people like him that just bring out the super sayan black mamba in KB

[hshsjsjsj]

I remembered this haha, this is when felton drama was happening.

[bruhkelazden]

As a resident of utah I had an aneurism when you said Webber state

[wesleywashington]

Love Kobe Bryant interviews. It's too bad I never took time out to actually watch him play. I watched Michael Jordan play every now and then but not watching Kobe?! Apparently I missed out on a real treat. smh

[JigglePhysicsX]

Its a shame we won't see Kobe give these young guns his respect anymore.

[RandomShowerThoughts]

I remember dame’s first game like it was yesterday

[josephereaux]

The way you said Weber 😂 is like "wee-ber" not "web-er"

[ramseybones]

Yeah dame a legend I grew up near him and he went to my rival high school, I went there one time for a tournament and he got it all nice 👍

[Logiwrld]

RIP MAMBA AND MAMBACITA YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER WILL BE MISSED I DON’T MEAN THIS IN A MEAN WAY I PROMISE

[rajibsikder]

dame time for evrybody especially against the Lakers, look at 22 ottobre 2022

[zero]

Wasn't this dames first game in the nba?

[RyeAkai]

And literally right after this game, that Warriors game came up and Kobe tore his Achilles. This game was quite a show, but those 48 minutes ended up costing quite a lot. Lakers really did need every possible win to get to the POs though.

[ConradMontgomery]

I saw that game. Kobe was incredible. You could see there was something special in Lillard.