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Jalen Rose talks about injuring Kobe in the 2000 NBA Finals ”I didnt want him injured, I just wanted him to get hurt”. Trainer Gary Vitty the unsung hero



Jalen Rose talks about injuring Kobe in the 2000 NBA Finals ”I didnt want him injured, I just wanted him to get hurt”. Trainer Gary Vitty the unsung hero

by Kjigger

25 Comments

  1. HolyRomanPrince

    Kobe was all heart and will. You can hate on him for a lot of stuff but that dude played hurt and played well so fucking much it was just special to watch

  2. Party-Benefit-3995

    Kobe remembers, made history against Raps and Rose scoring 81 pts.

  3. Ok-Swimming8024

    Man…I just want the Pacers to get 1 chip. Just 1.

  4. Flykidd47

    “Times were different” “Its was a different era” Sure buddy you are just a dirty player.

  5. Modest_Yooth

    “Times were different.” Uh were they though? I was watching basketball around this time and don’t recall players intentionally injuring each other with the exception of some dirty players.

    Edit: Yes, by dirty players I’m obviously referring to Bruce Bowen.

  6. Pleasant-Emergency14

    “I ain’t want him to get injured, I just wanted him to get hurt.”
    … You keep using that word.  I do not think it means what you think it means.

  7. NoKizzyOnMyGlizzy

    “I wasn’t trying to injure him I was trying to hurt him” MF that’s the same goddam thing

  8. WrestleBox

    Jalen trying to justify it as “the times”.

    Sliding your foot under a jump shooter has always been dirty.

  9. Gary Vitty is the definition of an absolute legend.

  10. Jeanlucpfrog

    This is why I don’t believe that whole “no one wants to injure another player” stuff. Yes, some players absolutely do try and injure another player and I wish it got called out more by commentators.

  11. Wise_Ad_112

    R/nba “but but Kobe only averaged this much in these finals” while not knowing or caring the guy was injured and it was intentional while making excuses for their favourite players playing bad because they probably slept wrong. Other guys were also trying to injure Kobe through his career, that’s all they could do.

    Kobe won a ring in 2010 on a busted knee that needed surgery and was getting his knee drained throughout the playoffs and had a broken finger, but idiots said “look how bad he shot in game 7” any other player would have media and fans making excuses about how injured he is and that it’s ok cause he’s injured. Kobe never looked for sympathy or talked about how injured he was. I never seen a dude have so many 40 point games while being sick or hurt.

  12. Rafaeliki

    Sports medical science is so funny sometimes.

    “Well I moved his bones around and then I heard a pop.”

  13. TexasVincent512

    Kobe was an absolute beast and could take over a game whenever he decided to flip that switch. Impressive for sure!

  14. LuluGuardian

    Man I fucking miss Kobe so much. He was so much fun to watch and such a big part of my childhood

  15. Now go watch the jalen rose Kobe commercial for a good laugh

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