Yup KD also said Allen was hands down the toughest defender he’s ever faced

Same with Shaq for Big Country lol

The real Kobe stopper. Eat your heart out Ruben.

what bums me out most....is that they never met and talked game after they were out the league...he was even telling tony he was trying to meet among drinks or cigars to talk about their days crossing swords....and i can tell that un-had conversation cuts deep with tony...they could have been more than competitors with respect for eachother and crossed more into peers....and even tony knew...MAN....kob tryna build a bridge with me....a specialist.....class act. Tony rondo and KG were the only celtics i could regard with any respect as a laker die hard...bc i knew they were no bs all ball

@@anhiirr what about paul pierce?

Yeah. Because he is dead. People act like they can’t be truthful when a person dies. Kobe is overrated. But most people actually do know that he is.

You misspelled underrated

@@jrsmith1998 I dont know you. Did you even watch his games in person. You act just like media who never played or coached ball. Players always gave him his props prior to his tragic death!!!

@@bluntlee555 how are you going to correct someone's spelling when you literally misspelled.....misspelled? 🤣😂😂🤣 what a tard!

@@moe4e yeah he obviously has never watched him play

Shoot with pierce and doc in your ear, you better not call for help lol

@@stevenbrown1762 and Garnett 🤣

We need defenders like that today.

@@alexandershabazzi8890 instead we praise patrick Beverly for yelling missing switches and fouling out

Tony was a rare breed. He was freaky athletic in Boston (particularly on offense) before he tore his acl.

@@sharifnasser7635 😝😝😝😝

@@faheemcurtis-khidr7409 a quitter and traitor

*The Rules changed by the NBA prevent that Defense and Defensive play we all love* Which many peope don't point out. 1950s - mid 2000s is probably best defensive basketball we will see, especially in 90s and early 2000s.

They would if they can the ref is just soft as fk look what happens. To draymond yesterday

roberson is a good defender.

@@andylee6147 I understand that I'm with you but *the Refs enforce the rules that NBA wants and implements* it sucks because it cheapens the integrity of the game itself. Today's game has little to no hard perimeter defense Gray Payton, Tony Allen, MJ, Pippen Rodman, many great defenders (Rookies can enter into the league and have no defensive game, all defensive concepts are switches, play passing lanes to get steals, and impede the opponents progress to the basket) you don't even see challenges at the rim for blocks anymore like how 4x Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe mutombo & Ben Wallace use to do, you see a lot of *lane clear outs* This why I don't agree with analysts like Stephen A Smith who down play today's game calling it soft. *Its Soft to degree because The NBA is responsible for the rules changes NOT the players, the players just play under them* if the NBA didn't change the rules then everyone would've played under the same rules however the game does evolve as times goes on to a degree but *what was wrong with the Rules from the 90s to early 2000s nothing in my opinion* but you had *great impacts & Events like Bad Boy Pistons, NY Hardnose Knicks and the Pacers 2004 Malice in the Palace which change the NBA forever!* and that's way the rules changed but shouldnt have in my opinion.

Watch Isaac Okoro on the Cavs. He is one of the best on ball defenders I have ever seen.

Tony allen was built different he clamped kd in the semis in 2014

@Braylon Flowers 😂😂

When did he say that? Link?

That’s a fact, I remember vividly thatTony Allen use to give KD serious issues when he was in OKC.

That's Easy!

26 points probably on 35 attempts or something 💀💀👍👍

@@vannq7785 still he avg 26, that's all that matters 😊

@@Gatorfan_Cavon I'm sure TA motivated kobe to go off on him. If he felt it as tough to was tough lol

@@vannq7785 you know what I never seen that criticism of Iverson of Mcgrady or Vince who shot it just as equally I think there is an unfair bias there because Kobe was so good it was threatening lol.

I remember when it was allen and battier on the Griz and they each would take turns getting cooked by Kobe and they was two of the best defenders in the league

This new generation DISRESPECTS KOBE AND MJ TOO MUCH!

@@manmohanbariana2094 LBJ the most disrespected player ever

@@ddp5406 that is crazy man, he is the most loved player by the media.

@@manmohanbariana2094 he literally has media platforms that were built off hating and disrespecting him...personalities like skip bayless, rob parker, jason whitlock, and doug Gottlieb have near daily segments belittling and discounting Lebron's career and accomplishments...im not saying he doesn't get alot of love, but no player in nba history has dealt with the same scrutiny and disrespect Lebron has.

he's disrespected because of these fools who worship a fraud who thinks he's the goat

He was a lot more than just basketball

But I completely agree

same exact player uh? I think one got a bit more rings than the other one though?

Stop it. But he was my favorite to watch.

Lots of vitriol from the peach fuzz crew. It's my opinion, you can get yours from talking heads and highlight reels I guess.

@@asianangler ok one ring off.. but either way Kobe was just as skilled if not more skilled than MJ He even had the crazy 3’s going in that MJ wasn’t doing at his time not to mention even the difficult shots that man could sink over anyone

Jordan had those MITTS as well as next level athleticism

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@Westside Snoop nah dude, he was underrated. this is a league in which offense gets most of the praise and allen wasnt good on offense.

@Westside Snoop pat bev shouldnt even be allowed in the same room as TA

@@Max-me9ol only during his Celtic career but back when he played for Memphis he was always known as the best or if not one of the best defenders in the league

He wasn't underappreciated. Everyone loved him on defense. He was horrendous on offense though, especially in his 30s

How was he underrated? He was 1st team all defense.

@@JR-kv6ez yet nobody mentions him in 2008 2009 or 2010. All you here is paul pierce, KG, ray allen, rondo and doc rivers

@@randomperson2540 I think you're just hearing what you want to hear. I hear a lot about Tony Allen.

@@JR-kv6ez really?

@@randomperson2540 Yes

But that man got the game to back it up 😂

@@Dman4901 exactly

Who.... Paul Pierce... Y'all smoking rocks 👌

How old are y’all? Lol. Pierce got buckets. Period

But to say if guarding me, Paul Pierce, all the time you should be ready to guard Kobe....Bean....Bryant . That's ludacris

He definitely could do NFL defense.

Lebron: I remember when I was going up for the shot and I got elbowed in the chest. I was in so much pain. I should have been taken out of the game. Where was my EMT?

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Black people don't listen to Eminem - Lord jamar 😂😂

@@russelporley7761 nah fr literally the only line we know about lmao

Dennis Rodman: nah! I don't think so

robin mangalindan He said ONE of the greatest defenders not the greatest moron.

@@bossplayermfs5972 these kids can’t read bro

Top 10 perimeter defenders forsure

Why y’all stay taking shots at Bron when it’s not needed?Lol that’s funny because we getting legendary stories while he still playing. So I could only imagine after.

@Avocaza lol like the time he put them all time games against your favorite team and franchise. We already getting stories

@Avocaza I mean the 4x nba champion and 4x finals mvp and the guy who just picked apart the Nuggets

Rent free

FACTS

Said it too.. the only player when playing in the opponent arena ,fans would chant "MVP, MVP"

Kobe is definitely a GOATED TWO WAY PLAYER.

Because he came in telling people he would be better than mj players/coaches/media didn't like a 17yr kid saying that back then

For as big as Lebron is, it's sad that he doesn't like the physicality. He gets touched on his head and you will think he just got wacked by a bat. While Kobe would always shake his head and wipe it off his shoulders no matter how hard he got hit.

quit hating

That's facts my boy

Imaaker fan too..and I can barely watch them now

Brothers I hear you but we gotta show AD sum luv

That was definitely a redundant and unnecessary question.

That was actually a great question

Why not, he earned it.

No. Not at all. But he was more exciting to watch for sure.

Facts

Lol sure

Height and weight don’t equal defense. With that being said, Rodman and Pippen would be all-time defenders in any era of basketball.

@@thebxsavage Facts

Pip not 6'9" but I feel wut ur sayin

@Accountability & Responsibility he is not agreeing with Gilbert.

Wrong